Weekly Bestsellers, 23 January

A new Stars Wars novel by James Luceno, Darth Plagueis (LucasBooks), debuts on three lists, ranking as high as 4th place on the New York Times fiction hardcover list, 5th place on the Publishers Weekly list.

 

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.29
WP
01.22
LAT
01.22
USAT
01.15
PW
01.23
Amz
(01.23)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.23)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.23)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 30×3 10×2 15×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Bear, Halo: Primordium 01.16.12 / 2 x 16 ++ x
Clare, Clockwork Prince 12.05.11 / 8 6 ++ 98 -42 xxx xxx..
Collins, Catching Fire 08.11.09 / 129 xxx.. 7 -1 2 = 4 -1 50 -22 18 -2
Collins, Mockingjay 02.16.10 / 102 6 +1 3 = 3 +1 57 -23 20 -8
Crichton/Preston, Micro 11.21.11 / 10 22 -1 xxx.. xxx.. 121 -17 21 -1 xxx..
King, 11/22/63 03.08.11 / 22 6 -2 7 -1 17 -12 16 -4 7 -2 17 -1 xx
Koontz, 77 Shadow Street 01.09.12 / 3 13 -8 x 46 -24 12 -8
Luceno, Star Wars: Darth Plagueis 01.23.12 / 1 4 ++ 49 ++ 5 ++
Martin, A Dance with Dragons 03.08.11 / 47 16 -2 xxx.. xxx.. 83 -9 16 -4 63 +2 56 +25 28 -3
Morgenstern, The Night Circus 09.26.11 / 18 33 -5 xxx.. xxx 109 -7 xx xx xxx.. 75 -25
Murakami, 1Q84 10.17.11 / 15 30 -1 xxx.. 4 +8 xx xx x xxx x
Paolini, Inheritance 03.29.11 / 44 20 -3 44 -14 40 -16 x x
Revis, A Million Suns 01.23.12 / 1 10 ++
King, Mile 81 09.13.11 / 16 116 -16
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.29
WP
01.22
LAT
01.22
USAT
01.15
PW
01.23
Amz
(01.23)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.23)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.23)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Cast/Cast, Destined [tpb] 10.31.11 / 13 113 -28 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Collins, The Hunger Games [tpb] 07.13.10 / 81 xxx.. 3 = 1 = 2 = 60 -41 24 -5
Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad [tpb] 04.05.11 / 43 18 -1 xxx.. 8 +2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx xxx..
Harkness, A Discovery of Witches [tpb] 01.09.12 / 3 10 -4 xx 79 -22 16 -6
Martin, A Clash of Kings 04.19.11 / 41 16 -2 xxx.. 13 = 86 -7 10 = xxx.. 65 -24 xxx..
Martin, A Clash of Kings [tpb] 05.24.11 / 32 29 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Martin, A Feast for Crows 09.19.06 / 49 20 = xxx.. xx 16 = xxx.. 58 -5 xxx..
Martin, A Feast for Crows [tpb] 07.26.11 / 21 xxx.. xxx.. 120 -11
Martin, A Game of Thrones 12.28.10 / 45 10 -3 xxx.. 11 -2 63 -18 4 = xxx.. x xxx..
Martin, A Game of Thrones [tpb] 04.05.11 / 39 24 -10 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. x xxx..
Martin, A Game of Thrones 4-Book Boxed Set 04.26.11 / 40 xxx.. 122 -29 72 -8 xxx.. 16 -6
Martin, A Storm of Swords 04.19.11 / 41 22 -3 xxx.. 110 -11 17 = xxx.. 74 -19 xxx..
Meyer, Breaking Dawn 11.21.11 / 10 108 -24
Russell, Swamplandia! [tpb] 12.26.11 / 5 23 -5 15 = xxx
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.29
WP
01.22
LAT
01.22
USAT
01.15
PW
01.23
Amz
(01.23)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.23)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.23)
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]