Weekly Bestsellers, 18 January 2016

Alan Dean Foster’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens debuts on print lists this week, ranking #1 on three of them.

(Note that this page is not compiling the various other tie-in volumes to the new Star Wars movie, nor the various coloring books associated with Harry Potter, A Game of Thrones, et al.)

 

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.24
WP
01.17
LAT
01.17
USAT
01.10
PW
01.18
Amz
(01.18)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.18)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.18)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 30×4 10×2 15×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Foster, Star Wars: The Force Awakens 01.18.16 / 1 1 ++ 1 ++ 11 ++ 1 ++ 86 ++
King, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams 11.02.15 / 12 8 -3 7 +2 18 -2 89 -22 8 -3 xxx xxx.. xxx
Koontz, Ashley Bell 12.21.15 / 5 15 -2 82 -40 12 -2
Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms 10.05.15 / 16 14 +2 xxx.. xxx.. x 25 -3 xxx.. xxx.. xxx
Mitchell, Slade House 11.02.15 / 11 xxx.. xxx.. 8 +5 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Riggs, Library of Souls 09.28.15 / 17 xxx.. x 12 = xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: Illustrated Edition (UK) 10.12.15 / 15 91 -11 xx
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: The Illustrated Edition 10.05.15 / 16 xx 20 = 87 + xxx.. xxx..
Wendig, Aftermath: Star Wars: Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens 09.07.15 / 10 xx xxx.. xxx.. xx 23 -2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Yancey, The Infinite Sea 09.29.14 / 24 2 = 35 -10 6 =
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.24
WP
01.17
LAT
01.17
USAT
01.10
PW
01.18
Amz
(01.18)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.18)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.18)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 214 xxx.. 125 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Clare, City of Bones [tpb] 04.08.08 / 92 xxx.. xxx.. 23 = xxx.. xxx..
Cline, Ready Player One [tpb] 06.18.12 / 55 13 -1 xx xx x xxx.. xxx..
Dick, The Man in the High Castle [tpb] 10.26.15 / 10 7 -1 xx 9 -4 106 -27 xx x
King, Mr. Mercedes 01.11.16 / 2 6 +2 141 ++ 7 +1
Lowry, The Giver 09.02.13 / 95 xxx.. 130 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Mandel, Station Eleven [tpb] 06.15.15 / 23 xxx.. xxx.. 5 + xxx.. xxx..
Martin, A Game of Thrones 12.28.10 / 239 xx xxx.. 14 -7 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Riggs, Hollow City [tpb] 03.09.15 / 44 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 19 =
Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children [tpb] 06.17.13 / 112 xxx.. xxx.. 51 -8 xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them [tpb] 09.16.13 / 8 144 ++ 14 = xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (UK) 87 +
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [tpb] xxx.. xxx.. 70 -24 xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 11 xxx.. 64 +
Sapkowski, The Last Wish 06.15.15 / 10 xxx.. 88 -21
Weir, The Martian 08.31.15 / 21 10 -8 x 87 +3 28 +10
Weir, The Martian [tpb] 11.10.14 / 63 2 -1 2 = 1 = 7 -3 x 24 +12 xxx.. xxx..
Yancey, The 5th Wave [tpb] 03.16.15 / 40 1 = 8 ++ 6 -5 2 = 95 -35
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.24
WP
01.17
LAT
01.17
USAT
01.10
PW
01.18
Amz
(01.18)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.18)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.18)
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]