Weekly Bestsellers, 16 June

Stephen King’s Mr. Mercedes (Scribner) debuts strongly on three print lists, ranking #1 at New York Times and Publishers Weekly. (This week’s lists from Washington Post and Los Angeles Times are not available.)

Also debuting strongly is Laurell K. Hamilton’s A Shiver of Light (Berkley), her latest Merry Gentry novel, ranking #5 at NYT and #7 at PW and USA Today.

 

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
06.22
WP
06.08
LAT
06.08
USAT
06.08
PW
06.16
Amz
(06.16)
UK:
Amz UK
(06.16)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(06.16)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 30×4 10×2 15×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Butcher, Skin Game 05.26.14 / 4 2 -1 [ 1 ] 30 -27 6 -5 98 -27 62 -17
Clare, City of Heavenly Fire 05.26.14 / 4 3 -1 3 -1 18 -7 10 -1 15 -7
Clare, City of Lost Souls 05.14.12 / 38 xxx.. 20 -7 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Hamilton, A Shiver of Light 06.16.14 / 1 5 ++ 7 ++ 7 ++
King, Mr. Mercedes 02.17.14 / 10 1 ++ 2 ++ 1 ++ 8 -5 22 -17 6 -3
Martin, A Feast for Crows (UK) 09.06.05 / 15 64 +33
Riggs, Hollow City 01.06.14 / 24 x xxx.. 16 -1 xxx.. xxx..
Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children 05.14.12 / 90 10 = xxx.. 8 -1
Roth, Allegiant 08.26.13 / 43 9 +3 5 -1 33 +4 62 -7 43 +35
Roth, Divergent Series Complete Box Set 03.31.14 / 12 85 -27 x xxx 30 +39
Roth, Insurgent 05.07.12 / 111 xxx.. 8 +3 xxx.. 37 -7 47 -11 60 +
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
06.22
WP
06.08
LAT
06.08
USAT
06.08
PW
06.16
Amz
(06.16)
UK:
Amz UK
(06.16)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(06.16)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Atkinson, Life After Life [tpb] 01.20.14 / 22 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 48 -1
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 176 136 + xxx.. 50 +2 xxx.. xxx..
Card, Ender’s Game 07.05.11 / 111 15 +5 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Clare, City of Bones [tpb] 04.08.08 / 87 xxx.. 129 -48 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Collins, Mockingjay [tpb] 06.04.12 / 60 11 +1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Dashner, The Maze Runner 03.31.14 / 12 28 = 20 +4
Eggers, The Circle [tpb] 05.05.14 / 7 19 +1 [ 11 ]
Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane [tpb] 06.16.14 / 1 8 ++ 127 ++ 12 ++
King, Joyland 06.09.14 / 2 16 +6 144 ++
Koontz, Deeply Odd 06.09.14 / 2 9 +3 98 +20 7 +3
Lowry, The Giver 09.02.13 / 24 64 -5 39 =
Martin, A Clash of Kings 04.19.11 / 154 11 +5 x xxx.. xxx.. 32 +53 xxx..
Martin, A Dance with Dragons 10.28.13 / 34 6 +2 [ 13 ] 109 -18 xx 47 +40 41 +9 x
Martin, A Game of Thrones 12.28.10 / 170 2 +2 38 = xxx.. 63 + 13 +13 xxx..
Martin, A Game of Thrones [tpb] 04.05.11 / 111 11 +1 [ 5 ] xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire, 7 volumes (UK) 03.31.14 / 11 29 +27
Martin, A Storm of Swords 04.19.11 / 153 25 -1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 39 +24 xxx..
Martin, George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones 5-Book Set 03.31.14 / 12 44 +20 3 +6 1 +3
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 195 x 44 +16 x xxx..
Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children [tpb] 06.17.13 / 50 108 -26 xxx..
Roth, Divergent [tpb] 06.17.13 / 53 xxx.. [ 10 ] 4 +3 9 = 24 -2 69 -8 78 -12
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
06.22
WP
06.08
LAT
06.08
USAT
06.08
PW
06.16
Amz
(06.16)
UK:
Amz UK
(06.16)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(06.16)
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]