Weekly Bestsellers, 3 September

Terry Brooks’ Wards of Faerie (Del Rey, published 21 August), first of a new trilogy, debuts impressively at #3 on the New York Times fiction hardcover list, #6 on the same list at Publishers Weekly.

 

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.09
WP
08.26
LAT
09.02
USAT
08.26
PW
09.03
Amz
(09.03)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.03)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.03)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 30×4 10×2 15×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Brooks, Wards of Faerie 08.27.12 / 2 3 ++ 43 ++ 6 ++ x
Collins, Catching Fire 08.11.09 / 161 xxx.. 7 +3 5 +2 xxx.. 27 -7 xxx.. 20 -8
Collins, Mockingjay 02.16.10 / 134 13 = 7 +1 xxx.. 21 -6 27 +15 29 -20
Harkness, Shadow of Night 07.02.12 / 10 13 -2 xx 58 -14 14 -2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Kenyon, Time Untime 08.20.12 / 3 32 -7 xx x
Koontz, Odd Apocalypse 08.06.12 / 5 7 = [ 8 ] x 26 +1 3 +1 xxx..
Martin, A Dance with Dragons 03.08.11 / 79 5 +1 [ 6 ] 12 + 46 +7 xxx.. 53 -12 16 +3 25 -9
Pratchett, Dodger (UK) 09.03.12 / 1 54 ++
Roth, Insurgent 05.07.12 / 18 5 -2 xx 69 = x xxx.. 63 +
Salvatore, Forgotten Realms: Charon’s Claw: Neverwinter Saga, Book III 08.20.12 / 3 19 -3 xx 23 -6 x
Walker, The Age of Miracles 06.25.12 / 11 xx 14 -10 xxx.. xxx xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Zafón, The Prisoner of Heaven 07.23.12 / 7 xxx 6 +2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.09
WP
08.26
LAT
09.02
USAT
08.26
PW
09.03
Amz
(09.03)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.03)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.03)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 152 131 -11 14 -1 78 -11 xxx.. xxx..
Butcher, Ghost Story 08.20.12 / 3 19 +2
Card, Ender’s Game 07.05.11 / 33 14 +2 xxx.. 140 -14
Collins, Catching Fire [tpb] 06.04.12 / 13 x 29 -12 26 +3
Collins, Mockingjay [tpb] 06.04.12 / 11 x 33 -5
Collins, The Hunger Games [tpb] 07.13.10 / 113 xxx.. 8 + 4 +2 x 15 -14 39 -11 54 -39
Cronin, The Passage 08.20.12 / 3 30 -10 x
Harkness, A Discovery of Witches [tpb] 01.09.12 / 22 30 -15 xxx 124 -43 xxx xxx.. xxx..
King, 11/22/63 [tpb] 07.30.12 / 6 10 -2 xx 33 +3 9 -1 xx 99 +
Martin, A Clash of Kings 04.19.11 / 73 11 = x 95 -15 xxx.. xxx.. 90 +3 xxx..
Martin, A Feast for Crows 09.19.06 / 81 12 +1 x xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 50 -9 xxx..
Martin, A Feast for Crows [tpb] 07.26.11 / 53 xxx.. xxx 101 -3
Martin, A Game of Thrones 12.28.10 / 77 5 +1 9 +1 50 -5 xxx.. xxx.. 66 +15 xxx..
Martin, A Game of Thrones [tpb] 04.05.11 / 71 25 +4 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Martin, A Game of Thrones 4-Book Boxed Set 04.26.11 / 72 137 -23 35 +14 xxx.. 15 -8
Martin, A Storm of Swords 04.19.11 / 73 7 +1 14 -6 83 +2 xxx.. xxx.. 41 -2 xxx..
Mitchell, Cloud Atlas (UK) 02.15.05 / 24 xxx 32 +2
Mitchell, Cloud Atlas [tpb] 09.27.04 / 22 14 -4 5 +4 144 -22 35 +27 xxx..
Morgenstern, The Night Circus [tpb] 07.09.12 / 9 8 +1 12 -5 85 -8 15 -3 xxx.. xxx.. xxx
Obreht, The Tiger’s Wife [tpb] 02.06.12 / 31 17 +17 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 160 xxx.. xxx.. 106 -29 xx
Tolkien, The Hobbit 79 -12 xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.09
WP
08.26
LAT
09.02
USAT
08.26
PW
09.03
Amz
(09.03)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.03)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.03)
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]