Weekly Bestsellers, 21 November 2016

For the second week in a row David Weber debuts on several lists with a new book, this time At the Sign of Triumph (Tor), the latest volume in his Safehold series, ranking as high as #9 on the Washington Post list.

Meanwhile, Ted Chiang’s Story of Your Life and Others (Vintage) debuts on two print lists, ranking #15 at New York Times, where it’s listing by its movie tie-in title, Arrival.

 

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.27
WP
11.20
LAT
11.20
USAT
11.13
PW
11.21
Amz
(11.21)
UK:
Amz UK
(11.21)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.21)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 30×4 10×2 15×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Cast, Moon Chosen 10.31.16 / 4 5 = x
Dashner, The Fever Code 10.03.16 / 8 xx 11 = xxx..
Graceffa, Children of Eden 10.17.16 / 6 8 -2 xxx 25 -1
Johnston, Star Wars Ahsoka 10.24.16 / 5 4 = xxx 18 = xxx..
Riggs, Library of Souls 09.28.15 / 58 xxx.. 95 +3 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay 10.31.16 / 4 2 +5 2 +6 1 +4
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: The Illustrated Edition 10.03.16 / 8 37 -5 3 = 17 +1 43 +1 13 +8
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 02.15.16 / 41 17 -4 15 -3 2 -1 11 -2 9 -2 5 +2
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: Illustrated Edition (UK) 10.12.15 / 45 x 17 +12
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: The Illustrated Edition 10.05.15 / 60 56 +5 xx 22 +6 xxx.. xxx..
Weber, At the Sign of Triumph 11.21.16 / 1 14 ++ 9 ++ 19 ++ 12 ++
Whitehead, The Underground Railroad 08.08.16 / 16 18 -2 xxx x xx 22 +1 40 + xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.27
WP
11.20
LAT
11.20
USAT
11.13
PW
11.21
Amz
(11.21)
UK:
Amz UK
(11.21)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.21)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others [tpb] 11.14.16 / 2 15 ++ 77 ++ 115 -100
Cogman, The Invisible Library [tpb] 11.21.16 / 1 90 ++
King, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams 10.31.16 / 4 9 -3 138 -25 10 -3
Ness, A Monster Calls [tpb] 08.22.16 / 14 4 -1
Riggs, Hollow City [tpb] 03.09.15 / 77 xxx.. xxx.. 59 -7 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children [tpb] 06.17.13 / 152 xxx.. 13 = 22 -3 14 -4 xxx 88 + 70 +
Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them [tpb] 09.16.13 / 33 xxx.. xxx.. 39 +29 xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [tpb] xxx.. xxx.. 54 +18 xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 48 44 +5 9 -1
Rowling, Harry Potter Paperback Box Set [tpb] 06.08.15 / 31 xxx.. 18 +8 xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.27
WP
11.20
LAT
11.20
USAT
11.13
PW
11.21
Amz
(11.21)
UK:
Amz UK
(11.21)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.21)
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]