Weekly Bestsellers, 13 September

Debut of the week is The Sookie Stackhouse Companion (Ace) by Charlaine Harris, ranking #2 or #3 on three of the print lists compiled below.

George R.R. Martin’s A Dance with Dragons remains in 2nd or 3rd place on four of the five print lists.

 

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.18
WP
09.11
LAT
09.11
USAT
09.04
PW
09.12
Amz
(09.13)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.13)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.13)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 30×5 10×2 15×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Brooks, The Measure of the Magic 09.06.11 / 2 15 -12 x x 14 -11
Butcher, Ghost Story 06.28.11 / 12 17 -8 xxx.. x x 18 -9 xxx.. xxx..
Cline, Ready Player One 09.06.11 / 2 29 -8 8 ++ x x
Collins, Catching Fire 08.11.09 / 110 xxx.. 10 -2 8 -3 13 +2 xxx xxx
Collins, Mockingjay 02.16.10 / 83 18 -7 9 -1 12 +1 xxx 71 +
Collins, The Hunger Games 10.07.08 / 137 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 40 -18
Duncan, The Last Werewolf 07.26.11 / 7 xxx.. 11 + xxx..
Golden, Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Ascension 08.23.11 / 4 33 -5 xx xx
Goodkind, The Omen Machine 08.30.11 / 3 10 -6 xx x 9 -5
Grossman, The Magician King 08.09.11 / 6 25 -7 xxx 3 -1 x 24 -7 xxx..
Harris, The Sookie Stackhouse Companion 09.13.11 / 1 2 ++ 3 ++ 44 ++ 3 ++
King, 11/22/63 03.08.11 / 4 59 +50
Martin, A Dance with Dragons 03.08.11 / 28 3 -1 2 = 2 +1 32 -5 2 = 22 +1 35 -10 7 -3
Millhauser, We Others: New and Selected Stories 09.13.11 / 1 9 ++
Paolini, Inheritance 03.29.11 / 25 8 +6 36 +7 8 +15
Pratchett, Snuff 09.13.11 / 1 59 ++
Pratchett, Snuff (UK) 05.17.11 / 17 23 -8
Stephenson, Reamde 09.06.11 / 2 80 -29 48 ++
King, Mile 81 09.13.11 / 1 75 ++
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.18
WP
09.11
LAT
09.11
USAT
09.04
PW
09.12
Amz
(09.13)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.13)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.13)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 137 124 -26 xx xxx..
Brooks, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War [tpb] 10.27.09 / 34 25 = xx xxx
Collins, The Hunger Games [tpb] 07.13.10 / 62 xxx.. 5 -1 5 -3 5 +3 xx xxx..
Cronin, The Passage [tpb] 05.31.11 / 10 23 +1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad [tpb] 04.05.11 / 24 12 = xxx.. 3 -1 xxx 18 = xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Grossman, The Magicians [tpb] 06.08.10 / 11 xxx.. xxx.. 13 + xx xxx..
Martin, A Clash of Kings 04.19.11 / 22 12 -6 x xxx.. 36 -8 12 -5 xxx.. x xx
Martin, A Clash of Kings [tpb] 05.24.11 / 16 22 -5 9 = xxx.. xxx..
Martin, A Feast for Crows 09.19.06 / 30 17 -7 x 53 -11 19 -10 xxx.. 49 -19 x
Martin, A Feast for Crows [tpb] 07.26.11 / 7 28 -6
Martin, A Game of Thrones 12.28.10 / 26 10 -6 x 6 -1 31 -9 11 -7 69 -67 91 -48
Martin, A Game of Thrones [tpb] 04.05.11 / 23 14 -5 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 22 -7 xxx..
Martin, A Game of Thrones 4-Book Boxed Set 04.26.11 / 21 xxx.. 64 -21 14 -3 xxx 3 =
Martin, A Storm of Swords 04.19.11 / 22 13 -6 8 -1 46 -12 15 -10 xxx.. 60 -22 x
Moning, Shadowfever 09.13.11 / 1 26 ++
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 144 x xxx.. 46 +9 85 +
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.18
WP
09.11
LAT
09.11
USAT
09.04
PW
09.12
Amz
(09.13)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.13)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.13)
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]