Weekly Bestsellers, 19 March
 Two strong debuts this week: slightly higher, David Weber’s A Rising Thunder (Baen), the latest Honor Harrington novel, ranks #2 on the Washington Post list and #3 on the NY Times and Publishers Weekly lists.
Only a notch or two below is Patricia Briggs’ Fair Game (Ace), third in her “Alpha and Omega” werewolf series, ranking #4 on the NYT and PW lists, #5 at WP.
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| Title | Debut / #wks on any list | NYT 03.25 |
WP 03.18 |
LAT 03.18 |
USAT 03.11 |
PW 03.12 |
Amz (03.19) |
UK: Amz UK (03.19) |
Canada: Amz.ca (03.19) |
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| Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed | 30×3 | 10×2 | 15×2 | 150 | 15×3 | 100 | 100 | 100 | ||
| Hardcovers | ||||||||||
| Briggs, Fair Game | 03.19.12 / 1 | 4 ++ | 5 ++ | 11 ++ | 4 ++ | |||||
| Collins, Catching Fire | 08.11.09 / 137 | xxx.. | 6 +1 | 2 = | 2 +1 | 4 +8 | 9 -4 | |||
| Collins, Mockingjay | 02.16.10 / 110 | 5 +1 | 3 = | 3 +1 | 6 +11 | 6 +3 | ||||
| Harris, Deadlocked | 03.12.12 / 2 | 23 +23 | 35 -3 | |||||||
| Harris, The Fear Index | 02.06.12 / 6 | xxx | xxx.. | 18 -6 | xxx.. | xxx | xxx.. | |||
| Harrison, A Perfect Blood | 03.05.12 / 3 | 15 -7 | xx | 101 -51 | 14 -5 | |||||
| Ivey, The Snow Child | 02.20.12 / 5 | 25 -1 | 132 -16 | 22 +2 | xxx.. | x | ||||
| King, 11/22/63 | 03.08.11 / 30 | 12 -2 | xxx | xxx.. | 46 -1 | 12 -1 | 71 -26 | xxx.. | ||
| Martin, A Dance with Dragons | 03.08.11 / 55 | 13 = | xxx.. | x | 76 +4 | 15 -3 | 55 -15 | 7 -4 | 12 +9 | |
| Morgenstern, The Night Circus | 09.26.11 / 26 | 35 = | xxx.. | xxx.. | xxx.. | xxx.. | xxx.. | xxx.. | x | |
| Novik, Crucible of Gold | 03.19.12 / 1 | 19 ++ | 18 ++ | |||||||
| Paolini, Inheritance | 03.29.11 / 52 | xxx.. | 95 +2 | 108 -46 | xxx.. | xxx.. | ||||
| Rice, The Wolf Gift | 02.20.12 / 5 | 11 -5 | xx | 8 -3 | 62 -8 | 10 -4 | xx | xxx.. | ||
| Weber, A Rising Thunder | 03.19.12 / 1 | 3 ++ | 2 ++ | 63 ++ | 3 ++ | |||||
| Title | Debut / #wks on any list | NYT 03.25 |
WP 03.18 |
LAT 03.18 |
USAT 03.11 |
PW 03.12 |
Amz (03.19) |
UK: Amz UK (03.19) |
Canada: Amz.ca (03.19) |
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| Paperbacks [tpb=trade] | ||||||||||
| Carriger, Timeless | 03.12.12 / 2 | 22 -5 | x | 20 -8 | ||||||
| Collins, The Hunger Games [tpb] | 07.13.10 / 89 | xxx.. | 2 = | 1 = | 1 = | 1 +5 | 1 = | |||
| Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad [tpb] | 04.05.11 / 51 | 34 -4 | xxx.. | x | xxx.. | xxx.. | xxx.. | xxx.. | xxx.. | |
| Harkness, A Discovery of Witches [tpb] | 01.09.12 / 11 | 35 + | xxx.. | x | xxx.. | xxx.. | ||||
| Martin, A Clash of Kings | 04.19.11 / 49 | 16 +10 | xxx.. | xxx.. | 98 +4 | 18 +5 | xxx.. | 23 +55 | xxx.. | |
| Martin, A Clash of Kings [tpb] | 05.24.11 / 40 | 21 -3 | xxx.. | xxx.. | xxx.. | |||||
| Martin, A Feast for Crows | 09.19.06 / 57 | 30 +3 | xxx.. | xxx.. | xx | xxx.. | 38 +32 | xxx.. | ||
| Martin, A Feast for Crows [tpb] | 07.26.11 / 29 | xxx.. | xxx.. | 126 +9 | ||||||
| Martin, A Game of Thrones | 12.28.10 / 53 | 11 +13 | xxx.. | 8 +2 | 37 +21 | 10 +5 | xxx.. | xxx.. | xxx.. | |
| Martin, A Game of Thrones [tpb] | 04.05.11 / 47 | 13 +3 | xxx.. | xxx.. | xxx.. | 22 + | xxx.. | |||
| Martin, A Game of Thrones 4-Book Boxed Set | 04.26.11 / 48 | xxx.. | 106 +25 | 16 +12 | x | 4 -1 | ||||
| Martin, A Storm of Swords | 04.19.11 / 49 | 24 +7 | x | 109 +12 | 23 + | xxx.. | 41 +19 | xxx.. | ||
| McGuire, Discount Armageddon | 03.19.12 / 1 | 35 ++ | ||||||||
| Meyer, Breaking Dawn (UK) | 01.13.09 / 121 | 79 + | xxx.. | |||||||
| Meyer, New Moon (UK) | 01.13.09 / 106 | 89 + | xxx.. | |||||||
| Meyer, Twilight (UK) | 01.13.09 / 117 | 91 + | xxx.. | |||||||
| Obreht, The Tiger’s Wife [tpb] | 02.06.12 / 7 | 5 -1 | x | 3 -2 | 94 -4 | 8 -2 | 95 -4 | |||
| Rothfuss, The Wise Man’s Fear | 03.19.12 / 1 | 20 ++ | ||||||||
| Title | Debut / #wks on any list | NYT 03.25 |
WP 03.18 |
LAT 03.18 |
USAT 03.11 |
PW 03.12 |
Amz (03.19) |
UK: Amz UK (03.19) |
Canada: Amz.ca (03.19) |
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| 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] | ||||||||
