Weekly Bestsellers, 15 April

Kate Atkinson’s literary novel Life After Life (Little Brown/Reagan Arthur Books) debuts strongly on several lists, ranking #3 on the New York Times fiction hardcover list, #4 at Washington Post, #10 on the combined USA Today list.

 

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
04.21
WP
04.14
LAT
04.14
USAT
04.07
PW
04.08
Amz
(04.15)
UK:
Amz UK
(04.15)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(04.15)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 30×4 10×2 15×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Armstrong, The Rising 04.08.13 / 2 146 ++ x
Atkinson, Life After Life 04.08.13 / 2 3 ++ 4 ++ 10 ++ 14 -10 34 -27
Briggs, Frost Burned 03.11.13 / 6 25 -8 xxx x xx [ 24 ] xxx..
Clare, Clockwork Princess 03.18.13 / 5 21 -11 x xx xx
Collins, Catching Fire 08.11.09 / 193 xxx.. xxx.. 88 -28 78 + xxx.. xxx..
Collins, Mockingjay 02.16.10 / 166 xxx.. 91 -30 98 +2 xxx.. xxx..
Grant, Light 04.15.13 / 1 62 ++ 39 ++
Harris, Dead Ever After 03.18.13 / 5 25 +10 63 +27 65 +5
Jordan/Sanderson, A Memory of Light 09.17.12 / 29 21 -6 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. [ 23 ] xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Kay, River of Stars 04.01.13 / 3 62 -41
Martin, A Dance with Dragons 03.08.11 / 111 12 -1 xxx.. xxx.. 134 -8 57 -2 44 -6 13 +3
Oates, The Accursed 03.18.13 / 5 xx xx 9 -7 xxx..
Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children 05.14.12 / 35 15 -3 xxx..
Roth, Insurgent 05.07.12 / 50 4 +1 xxx.. 129 -32 xxx.. xxx..
Russell, Vampires in the Lemon Grove 02.25.13 / 8 xxx.. 14 +5 xxx..
Saunders, Tenth of December: Stories 01.21.13 / 13 28 -2 xxx.. 3 +3 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
04.21
WP
04.14
LAT
04.14
USAT
04.07
PW
04.08
Amz
(04.15)
UK:
Amz UK
(04.15)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(04.15)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Brooks, World War Z [tpb] 10.27.09 / 81 4 = 54 +32 xxx.. xxx..
Card, Ender’s Game 07.05.11 / 50 33 -12 xxx.. xxx..
Clare, City of Bones [tpb] 04.08.08 / 42 xxx.. 63 +10
Collins, Mockingjay [tpb] 06.04.12 / 32 xxx.. 93 +6 xxx..
Collins, The Hunger Games [tpb] 07.13.10 / 145 xxx.. xxx.. 104 -33 99 + xxx xxx..
Harris, Deadlocked 04.08.13 / 2 14 -8 x [ 18 ] x
Howey, Wool [tpb] 03.25.13 / 4 27 -11 xxx 6 = xxx
Hunter, Blood Trade 04.15.13 / 1 32 ++ 78 ++
Martin, A Clash of Kings 04.19.11 / 101 19 +3 xxx.. 14 + 147 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Martin, A Feast for Crows 09.19.06 / 113 24 +2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Martin, A Game of Thrones 12.28.10 / 109 6 +7 xxx.. x 22 +37 xxx.. 78 -23 xxx..
Martin, A Game of Thrones [tpb] 04.05.11 / 80 29 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Martin, A Game of Thrones 4-Book Boxed Set 04.26.11 / 104 xxx.. 130 + 4 -1 xxx.. 2 +4
Martin, A Storm of Swords 04.19.11 / 105 22 -2 xxx.. 105 + xxx.. xxx xxx..
Meyer, The Host 08.16.11 / 18 10 +1 4 -2 [ 16 ] x
Meyer, The Host [tpb] 04.27.10 / 31 12 -6 xxx.. xxx.. [ 6 ]
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 168 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 89 +8
Rothfuss, The Wise Man’s Fear 04.15.13 / 1 30 ++
Tolkien, The Hobbit xxx.. xxx.. 87 -34 69 + xxx..
Walker, The Age of Miracles 01.28.13 / 10 xxx.. 10 +
Zafón, The Prisoner of Heaven [tpb] 03.25.13 / 4 32 -3 7 -3
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
04.21
WP
04.14
LAT
04.14
USAT
04.07
PW
04.08
Amz
(04.15)
UK:
Amz UK
(04.15)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(04.15)
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]