Weekly Bestsellers, 31 October

Chuck Palahniuk’s Damned (Doubleday) is the highest ranking debut this week, ranking #6 on the New York Times and Publishers Weekly charts.

Colson Whitehead’s Zone One (also Doubleday) debuts in 16th place on the NY Times list. Both books rank, lower, on the combined USA Today list.

 

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.06
WP
10.30
LAT
10.30
USAT
10.16
PW
10.31
Amz
(10.31)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.31)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.31)
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 / 15 xxx.. xxx.. 20 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Collins, Catching Fire 08.11.09 / 117 xxx.. 15 -1 11 = 18 = xxx.. xxx..
Collins, Mockingjay 02.16.10 / 90 xx 12 = 15 = xxx.. xxx..
Condie, Crossed 10.31.11 / 1 61 ++
Dashner, The Death Cure 10.17.11 / 3 73 -57 x
King, 11. 22. 63 (UK) 10.31.11 / 1 87 ++
King, 11/22/63 03.08.11 / 10 8 +12 45 +31
Martin, A Dance with Dragons 03.08.11 / 35 12 -5 xx x 54 -6 11 -5 41 -8 51 -3 13 +8
Morgenstern, The Night Circus 09.26.11 / 6 11 -5 x 9 = 40 -3 10 -3 81 -20 xxx 11 -2
Murakami, 1Q84 10.17.11 / 3 9 -5 19 -9 9 -3
Palahniuk, Damned 10.24.11 / 2 6 ++ 46 ++ 6 ++ x x
Paolini, Inheritance 03.29.11 / 32 2 +1 8 +9 2 +2
Pratchett, Snuff 09.13.11 / 6 17 -14 x 137 -116 18 -15 x
Pratchett, Snuff (UK) 05.17.11 / 24 9 -5
Salvatore, Forgotten Realms: Neverwinter: Neverwinter Saga, Book II 10.17.11 / 3 26 -12 x 22 -8
Stephenson, Reamde 09.06.11 / 9 33 +1 xxx 6 +13 xxx xx xx xxx.. x
Whitehead, Zone One 10.17.11 / 3 16 ++ 84 ++ x
King, Mile 81 09.13.11 / 8 63 +42
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.06
WP
10.30
LAT
10.30
USAT
10.16
PW
10.31
Amz
(10.31)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.31)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.31)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Brooks, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War [tpb] 10.27.09 / 38 15 +5 98 -7 14 ++ xxx.. 59 ++
Cast/Cast, Destined [tpb] 10.31.11 / 1 27 ++ 42 ++ 37 ++
Collins, The Hunger Games [tpb] 07.13.10 / 69 xxx.. 3 +2 7 -2 24 -10 xxx.. x
Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad [tpb] 04.05.11 / 31 17 = xxx.. 2 = xxx.. xxx xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Jordan/Sanderson, Towers of Midnight 10.17.11 / 3 20 +1 17 -5
King, Full Dark, No Stars 10.03.11 / 5 11 -3 83 -18 12 -2
Martin, A Clash of Kings 04.19.11 / 29 14 +1 xxx.. x 87 -18 21 -3 xxx.. 60 -10 xxx
Martin, A Clash of Kings [tpb] 05.24.11 / 23 31 -4 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Martin, A Feast for Crows 09.19.06 / 37 17 +5 xxx 82 -8 18 +7 xxx.. 43 -7 xxx
Martin, A Feast for Crows [tpb] 07.26.11 / 14 33 -5 x
Martin, A Game of Thrones 12.28.10 / 33 6 +1 xxx.. x 69 -15 6 +1 xxx.. xxx
Martin, A Game of Thrones 4-Book Boxed Set 04.26.11 / 28 xxx.. 108 -4 48 -27 xx 10 +5
Martin, A Storm of Swords 04.19.11 / 29 12 -2 xx 79 -9 11 -2 xxx.. 52 -18 xxx
Meyer, Breaking Dawn [tpb] 07.27.10 / 58 xxx.. 64 +32 xxx.. xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.06
WP
10.30
LAT
10.30
USAT
10.16
PW
10.31
Amz
(10.31)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.31)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.31)
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]