Weekly Bestsellers, 18 December 2017

 

Year One by Nora Roberts, author of the long-running In Death series of associational SF/police procedural novels under the name J.D. Robb, debuts on three lists, ranking as high as #3 on the New York Times and Publishers Weekly fiction hardcover lists.

 

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.24
LAT
12.17
USAT
12.10
PW
12.18
Amz
(12.18)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.18)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.18)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   15×3 15×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Bardugo, The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic 10.09.17 / 9 9 +1 11 ++   xxx..      
Bardugo, Wonder Woman: Warbringer 09.11.17 / 13 6 +2   xxx.. xxx..      
British Library, Harry Potter – A History of Magic: The Book of the Exhibition (UK) 10.30.17 / 8           96 -26 x
King/King, Sleeping Beauties 09.25.17 / 13 13 -1 xxx.. 61 +12 11 -1 98 -2 xxx.. 60 +1
Koontz, The Whispering Room 12.04.17 / 3 xx   x 23 -5      
Pullman, The Book of Dust, Volume One: La Belle Sauvage 10.16.17 / 10 3 =   xx 13 -2 xxx..   38 +2
Pullman, The Book of Dust, Volume One: La Belle Sauvage (UK) 10.16.17 / 10           4 +1  
Roberts, Year One 12.18.17 / 1 3 ++   7 ++ 3 ++      
Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Illustrated Edition 11.20.17 / 5       9 -1 xxx    
Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Illustrated Edition (UK) 11.13.17 / 6     70 +7     92 -23  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: The Illustrated Edition 10.03.16 / 33     82 -33 xxx.. x xxx.. 81 -34
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: Illustrated Edition (UK) 10.12.15 / 63           xx 39 -5
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The Illustrated Edition 10.02.17 / 12     19 -3 2 = x 52 -13 20 -4
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: The Illustrated Edition 10.05.15 / 77     38 +6 xxx.. x xxx.. xxx..
Sanderson, Oathbringer 11.13.17 / 6 x x 118 -78 20 -8 xx   87 -36
Saunders, Lincoln in the Bardo 02.20.17 / 33 xxx.. 12 -7 x 18 +3 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Weir, Artemis 11.13.17 / 6 6 +3 1 = 27 -4 7 +2 33 -7 x xxx
Whitehead, The Underground Railroad 08.08.16 / 68 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 63 +13 xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.24
LAT
12.17
USAT
12.10
PW
12.18
Amz
(12.18)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.18)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.18)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale (UK) 01.09.17 / 40           94 + xxx..
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale [tpb] 01.16.17 / 49 xx 6 + x xxx.. xxx..   x
British Library, Harry Potter: A Journey Through a History of Magic [tpb] 10.30.17 / 8   xxx.. 64 -30   xxx    
Cline, Ready Player One [tpb] 06.18.12 / 116 5 = xxx.. xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Cline, Ready Player One 11.06.17 / 7   4 -1 84 -13 xxx.. 25 +16 65 -12 80 -55
Crichton, Dragon Teeth 12.11.17 / 2       4 +4      
Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go [tpb] 03.28.06 / 84 xxx.. 9 +2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
King, It [tpb] 04.03.17 / 37 4 = xxx.. 65 -13   xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
King, It [tpb] 09.11.17 / 15   xxx..   12 -5 xx xxx..  
King, Revival [tpb] 05.18.15 / 11 xxx..   xxx.. 7 +      
Koontz, The Silent Corner 11.27.17 / 4       11 -4      
Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness [tpb] 12.18.17 / 1   12 ++          
L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time 09.25.07 / 15     33 +4   90 +   xxx..
L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time 05.10.04 / 18     xxx.. 21 -2 xxx..    
Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire, 7 volumes (UK) 03.31.14 / 44           72 + xxx..
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 329   x xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. 76 +9
Rowling/Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two [tpb] 08.07.17 / 17     xxx.. 19 +3   xxx..  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [tpb]   xxx.. xxx.. 86 +6   xxx..    
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 102           xxx 21 +5
Rowling, Harry Potter Paperback Box Set [tpb] 06.08.15 / 46     111 -23   x   xxx..
Weir, The Martian 08.31.15 / 33 xxx.. 14 ++ xxx.. xxx..   xxx.. xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.24
LAT
12.17
USAT
12.10
PW
12.18
Amz
(12.18)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.18)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.18)
This cell color indicates rankings on children’s bestsellers lists This cell color indicates rankings of books based on pre-publication sales [Italics and brackets, and/or this cell color, indicate stale data — rankings from one or more weeks before — and do not contribute to the cumulative weeks on any list totals]

 

The table shows the current rank of each book and the change since last week, where:

= same as last week

+/- change since last week

+ back on list

++ new on list

x no longer on list (number of x’s: weeks off list)

All lists rank hardcovers and paperbacks separately, except for the USA Today list, which is a single list combining fiction and nonfiction in all formats. Dates shown are posted dates, except those in parentheses, which are dates compiled. New York Times posts its list one week in advance of print publication.

Note that some sources do not compile paperback bestsellers, and some exclude YA books (like the Harry Potter series) from their hardcover and paperback fiction lists.

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