Weekly Bestsellers, 7 May

Stephen King’s latest Dark Tower novel, The Wind Through the Keyhole (Scribner) debuts at #1 on three print lists, those of New York Times, Washington Post, and Publishers Weekly.

Less expectantly, the fourth book in Kevin Hearne’s “Iron Druid Chronicles”, paperback original Tricked (Del Rey) debuted on the mass market lists of the same three papers, ranking as high as #11 on the NYT list.

 

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
05.06
WP
05.06
LAT
05.06
USAT
04.29
PW
05.07
Amz
(05.07)
UK:
Amz UK
(05.07)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.07)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 30×3 10×2 15×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Collins, Catching Fire 08.11.09 / 144 xxx.. 1 +2 3 -1 7 -1 5 +1 33 -24
Collins, Mockingjay 02.16.10 / 117 2 +2 5 -1 6 -2 6 +2 28 -21
Grahame-Smith, Unholy Night 04.23.12 / 3 28 -1 10 ++ xx
Harris, Deadlocked 03.12.12 / 9 11 -3 9 -5 7 +6
King, 11/22/63 03.08.11 / 37 18 +5 xxx.. xxx.. 100 -4 17 +6 111 -33 xxx..
King, The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole 02.27.12 / 9 1 ++ 1 ++ 8 ++ 1 ++ 25 -12 68 -46 30 -18
Martin, A Dance with Dragons 03.08.11 / 62 11 +3 xx xx 68 -8 12 +3 55 -8 17 -5 21 +16
Moore, Sacre Bleu: A Comedy d’Art 04.09.12 / 5 10 -1 10 -4 7 -5 143 -39 10 = xx xx
Roth, Insurgent 05.07.12 / 1 17 ++ 6 ++
Tyler, The Beginner’s Goodbye 04.16.12 / 4 17 -1 xx 6 +3 123 -7 18 -2 xxx xxx
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
05.06
WP
05.06
LAT
05.06
USAT
04.29
PW
05.07
Amz
(05.07)
UK:
Amz UK
(05.07)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.07)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Brooks, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War [tpb] 10.27.09 / 51 35 -6 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Card, Ender’s Game 07.05.11 / 17 x x 148 -38
Collins, The Hunger Games [tpb] 07.13.10 / 96 xxx.. 2 +1 x 5 = 7 = 13 +4
Grahame-Smith, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 04.09.12 / 5 8 -2 23 = 10 -2
Grahame-Smith, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter [tpb] 05.03.11 / 15 5 +2 12 -2 xxx.. 8 +6
Grubb, Star Wars: Scourge 05.07.12 / 1 33 ++
Harris, Dead Reckoning 04.09.12 / 5 25 -9 144 -29 22 -7
Hearne, Tricked 05.07.12 / 1 11 ++ 32 ++ 12 ++
Martin, A Clash of Kings 04.19.11 / 56 9 -1 xxx.. 11 +4 34 -1 7 +3 xxx.. 39 -7 xxx..
Martin, A Feast for Crows 09.19.06 / 64 16 -2 xxx.. xxx.. 18 -1 xxx.. 32 -12 xxx..
Martin, A Feast for Crows [tpb] 07.26.11 / 36 xx xxx.. 74 -10
Martin, A Game of Thrones 12.28.10 / 60 3 +1 6 -1 6 -2 19 -1 3 -1 xxx 25 +6 xxx..
Martin, A Game of Thrones [tpb] 04.05.11 / 54 11 -1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 20 = xxx..
Martin, A Game of Thrones 4-Book Boxed Set 04.26.11 / 55 xxx.. 52 -5 15 -3 xxx.. 4 =
Martin, A Storm of Swords 04.19.11 / 56 12 -2 15 + 47 +1 16 -7 xxx.. 26 -1 xxx..
Obreht, The Tiger’s Wife [tpb] 02.06.12 / 14 12 -1 xxx.. 7 -2 xxx.. 22 -5 xxx..
Ringo, The Hot Gate 05.07.12 / 1 30 ++
Russell, Swamplandia! [tpb] 12.26.11 / 15 24 +3 8 +6 xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
05.06
WP
05.06
LAT
05.06
USAT
04.29
PW
05.07
Amz
(05.07)
UK:
Amz UK
(05.07)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.07)
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]