Weekly Bestsellers, 17 August 2015

Two debuts this week, beginning with Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Dragonbane (St. Martin’s), latest in her Dark-Hunter novels, debuting on four lists, ranking as high as #5 on the Publishers Weekly list.

And Ilona Andrews’ Magic Shifts (Ace), latest in her Kate Daniels series, debuts on three lists, ranking as high as #13 on the USA Today list.

 

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.23
WP
08.16
LAT
08.16
USAT
08.09
PW
08.17
Amz
(08.17)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.17)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.17)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 30×4 10×2 15×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Andrews, Magic Shifts 08.17.15 / 1 16 ++ 13 ++ 19 ++
Bacigalupi, The Water Knife 06.08.15 / 10 xxx.. 14 +5 xxx.. xxx..
Cline, Armada 07.13.15 / 6 18 -9 xxx 8 -2 x 24 -6 xxx 96 -52
Dashner, The Death Cure 10.17.11 / 42 124 -22 xxx.. xxx..
Kenyon, Dragonbane 08.17.15 / 1 10 ++ 9 ++ 14 ++ 5 ++
King, Finders Keepers 03.30.15 / 16 17 -2 xxx xxx 73 -18 12 -3 xxx.. xxx.. xx
Pratchett, The Shepherd’s Crown (UK) 06.08.15 / 11 21 +8
Riggs, Hollow City 01.06.14 / 41 12 +1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Yancey, The 5th Wave 05.13.13 / 34 11 +1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.23
WP
08.16
LAT
08.16
USAT
08.09
PW
08.17
Amz
(08.17)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.17)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.17)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 203 xxx 66 +10 xxx.. 38 +2 xxx.. xxx..
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 [tpb] 02.18.13 / 2 8 +
Cline, Ready Player One [tpb] 06.18.12 / 33 8 +2 10 +1 60 +12 102 -46 97 +
Dashner, The Maze Runner 03.31.14 / 72 xxx.. 65 -17 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Dashner, The Scorch Trials [tpb] 11.10.14 / 39 xxx.. 83 -30 xxx..
Lowry, The Giver 09.02.13 / 84 xxx.. 134 + xx xxx.. xxx..
Mandel, Station Eleven [tpb] 06.15.15 / 10 7 +2 xxx.. 7 -2 x 11 +1
Martin, A Game of Thrones 12.28.10 / 229 15 -3 xxx.. xxx.. x xxx.. xxx.. 89 -4 xxx..
Martin, A Game of Thrones [tpb] 04.05.11 / 130 xxx.. xxx.. 11 +4 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Martin, George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones 5-Book Set 03.31.14 / 71 xxx xx xxx.. 23 -7
Mitchell, The Bone Clocks [tpb] 06.29.15 / 5 xxx.. 88 +
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 235 xxx.. 102 +4 97 -52 91 -10 53 +
Riggs, Hollow City [tpb] 03.09.15 / 24 xxx.. xxx.. 19 +3
Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children [tpb] 06.17.13 / 90 5 = 15 + 105 -22 xxx.. xxx..
Roth, Divergent [tpb] 06.17.13 / 110 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 12 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them [tpb] 09.16.13 / 4 24 + xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (UK) 95 -25
Weir, The Martian [tpb] 11.10.14 / 41 2 = 3 = 1 = 10 +3 2 = 17 -2 31 -5 35 -11
Yancey, The 5th Wave [tpb] 03.16.15 / 18 xxx.. 16 +2
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.23
WP
08.16
LAT
08.16
USAT
08.09
PW
08.17
Amz
(08.17)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.17)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.17)
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]