Weekly Bestsellers, 5 December 2016

Michael Chabon’s Moonglow (Harper), an associational family history novel involving in part the space program, debuts strongly on all five print lists compiled here this week.

 

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.11
WP
12.04
LAT
12.04
USAT
11.27
PW
12.05
Amz
(12.05)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.05)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.05)
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 / 6 7 -2 xxx
Chabon, Moonglow 12.05.16 / 1 11 ++ 7 ++ 10 ++ 62 ++ 12 ++
Clare/Brennan, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy 11.28.16 / 2 69 -27 6 ++
Dashner, The Fever Code 10.03.16 / 10 84 + 15 + xxx.. x
Graceffa, Children of Eden 10.17.16 / 7 10 + xxx.. xx
Johnston, Star Wars Ahsoka 10.24.16 / 7 6 -2 xxx.. 20 + xxx..
Luceno, Star Wars: Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel 11.28.16 / 2 17 -7 17 ++ 37 -14 23 -10
Riggs, Library of Souls 09.28.15 / 59 xxx.. 99 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay 10.31.16 / 6 5 ++ 2 +1 2 ++ 2 +1 6 -3 2 =
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: The Illustrated Edition 10.03.16 / 10 36 +9 5 + 16 -5 54 -7 28 -5
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 02.15.16 / 43 14 -5 15 +4 4 + 6 -1 11 -2 5 -4
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: Illustrated Edition (UK) 10.12.15 / 47 68 -9 33 -3
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: The Illustrated Edition 10.05.15 / 62 42 +18 xxx.. 24 -7 xxx.. xxx..
Sanderson, Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection 12.05.16 / 1 18 ++
Shusterman, Scythe 12.05.16 / 1 4 ++
Whitehead, The Underground Railroad 08.08.16 / 18 13 +2 8 + 7 + 50 +4 16 +2 55 +25 xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.11
WP
12.04
LAT
12.04
USAT
11.27
PW
12.05
Amz
(12.05)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.05)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.05)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others [tpb] 11.14.16 / 4 6 +2 10 ++ 118 +4 x x
Cline, Ready Player One [tpb] 06.18.12 / 84 13 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Gaiman, American Gods [tpb] 03.24.14 / 10 13 + xxx.. xxx..
King, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams 10.31.16 / 6 3 +5 xx 5 +6
Ness, A Monster Calls [tpb] 08.22.16 / 16 9 -5
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 280 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 96 +
Riggs, Hollow City [tpb] 03.09.15 / 79 xxx.. xxx.. 70 +21 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children [tpb] 06.17.13 / 154 xxx.. 12 -2 38 -4 16 + xxx.. 78 + 95 -31
Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind 04.15.08 / 20 xxx.. 11 + xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [tpb] xxx.. xxx.. 102 + xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [tpb] xxx.. xxx.. 45 +19 xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 50 x 69 -65
Rowling, Harry Potter Paperback Box Set [tpb] 06.08.15 / 33 54 + 18 -6 xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.11
WP
12.04
LAT
12.04
USAT
11.27
PW
12.05
Amz
(12.05)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.05)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.05)
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]