Weekly Bestsellers, 30 August

Terry Goodkind’s The Omen Machine (Tor) debuts at #1 on New York Times and Publishers Weekly lists, bumping George R.R. Martin’s A Dance with Dragons into 2nd place on those lists.

Martin retains the #1 slot on the Washington Post and LA Times lists.

 

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.04
WP
08.28
LAT
08.28
USAT
08.21
PW
08.22
Amz
(08.30)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.30)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.30)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 30×5 10×2 15×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Butcher, Ghost Story 06.28.11 / 10 6 = xx 16 = 105 -40 6 -1 xx xx
Collins, Catching Fire 08.11.09 / 108 xxx.. 7 +6 7 -1 14 + x x
Collins, Mockingjay 02.16.10 / 81 20 -2 9 -1 8 + x 64 -27
Collins, The Hunger Games 10.07.08 / 135 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 21 -5
Duncan, The Last Werewolf 07.26.11 / 6 xxx 14 -7 xxx..
Golden, Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Ascension 08.23.11 / 2 16 -9 146 -89 15 -8
Goodkind, The Omen Machine 08.30.11 / 1 1 ++ 2 ++ 24 ++ 1 ++
Grossman, The Magician King 08.09.11 / 4 15 -7 x 3 ++ 81 -28 13 -4 xx
Harris, Dead Reckoning 12.28.10 / 35 34 + xxx.. xxx.. xx xx xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Kenyon, Retribution 08.16.11 / 3 22 -12 xx 107 -55 23 -12
King, 11/22/63 03.08.11 / 2 33 +
Martin, A Dance with Dragons 03.08.11 / 26 2 -1 1 = 1 = 19 +3 2 -1 18 + 17 -8 4 -1
Paolini, Inheritance 03.29.11 / 23 11 + 34 +1 16 +11
Pratchett, Snuff (UK) 05.17.11 / 15 16 +8
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.04
WP
08.28
LAT
08.28
USAT
08.21
PW
08.22
Amz
(08.30)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.30)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.30)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Bender, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake [tpb] 05.03.11 / 6 30 + xxx..
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 135 122 -27 74 + xxx..
Brooks, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War [tpb] 10.27.09 / 32 21 +10 150 ++ x
Card, Ender’s Game 07.05.11 / 9 19 +1 xxx..
Collins, The Hunger Games [tpb] 07.13.10 / 60 xxx.. 17 -10 2 +1 5 + 72 -6 xxx..
Cronin, The Passage [tpb] 05.31.11 / 8 27 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad [tpb] 04.05.11 / 22 11 +2 xxx.. 3 = x 17 +4 xx xxx.. xxx..
Grossman, The Magicians [tpb] 06.08.10 / 10 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 135 + xxx..
Harris, Dead Until Dark 09.16.08 / 94 27 +8 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Martin, A Clash of Kings 04.19.11 / 20 5 +1 x xxx.. 21 +2 3 +2 xxx.. 27 +10 44 -8
Martin, A Clash of Kings [tpb] 05.24.11 / 14 23 = 6 = xxx xxx..
Martin, A Feast for Crows 09.19.06 / 28 10 -1 12 + 43 -2 12 = xxx.. 22 +24 x
Martin, A Feast for Crows [tpb] 07.26.11 / 5 32 -3
Martin, A Game of Thrones 12.28.10 / 24 2 = 5 = 5 -1 17 +3 2 +1 67 -57 30 +11
Martin, A Game of Thrones [tpb] 04.05.11 / 21 20 -11 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. x xxx..
Martin, A Game of Thrones 4-Book Boxed Set 04.26.11 / 19 xxx.. 39 -2 12 + x 2 =
Martin, A Storm of Swords 04.19.11 / 20 6 -1 7 +5 34 -1 8 -2 xxx.. 29 -2 xxx..
Meyer, Breaking Dawn [tpb] 07.27.10 / 55 xxx.. 132 -4 xxx.. 37 -15
Meyer, Eclipse (UK) 01.13.09 / 106 97 -45 xxx..
Meyer, The Host 08.16.11 / 3 17 +8 xx 17 +6
Meyer, Twilight (UK) 01.13.09 / 109 94 -56 xxx..
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 142 136 +4 xxx.. 98 -21 xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (CANADA) 07.19.11 / 7 78 -35
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [tpb] xxx.. x 123 -29 xxx..
Vinge, Cowboys & Aliens 08.23.11 / 2 x 144 -20
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.04
WP
08.28
LAT
08.28
USAT
08.21
PW
08.22
Amz
(08.30)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.30)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.30)
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]