Weekly Bestsellers, 18 April 2016

Two titles debut this week, if not prominently. Faith Hunter’s paperback original Shadow Rites (Roc), 10th book in her Jane Yellowrock fantasy series, ranks #33 on the USA Today list; and R.A. Salvatore’s Forgotten Realms: Homecoming Book II: Maestro (Wizards of the Coast), ranks #64 on the USAT list and #15 on the Publishers Weekly fiction hardcover list.

 

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
04.24
WP
04.17
LAT
04.17
USAT
04.10
PW
04.18
Amz
(04.18)
UK:
Amz UK
(04.18)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(04.18)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 30×4 10×2 15×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Clare, Lady Midnight 03.21.16 / 5 1 = 15 ++ 45 -25 4 -2 xxx xxx xxx..
Harris, Midnight Crossroad 05.19.14 / 5 xxx.. 92 + xxx..
Riggs, Library of Souls 09.28.15 / 27 xxx.. x 13 -4 xxx.. xxx..
Roth, Four: A Divergent Collection 07.07.14 / 58 xxx.. xxx.. 25 -5 xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 02.15.16 / 10 1 = 4 -1 2 +1
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: Illustrated Edition (UK) 10.12.15 / 23 99 -22 xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: The Illustrated Edition 10.05.15 / 29 xxx.. 7 = 79 -32 xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, The Tales of Beedle the Bard (UK) 08.05.08 / 36 82 -3 xxx..
Salvatore, Forgotten Realms: Homecoming Book II: Maestro 04.18.16 / 1 64 ++ 15 ++
Yancey, The Infinite Sea 09.29.14 / 37 2 = x 8 -4 xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
04.24
WP
04.17
LAT
04.17
USAT
04.10
PW
04.18
Amz
(04.18)
UK:
Amz UK
(04.18)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(04.18)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Hunter, Shadow Rites 04.18.16 / 1 33 ++
Ishiguro, The Buried Giant [tpb] 01.25.16 / 10 13 +
King, 11/22/63 02.08.16 / 11 14 -2 xx 91 +1 24 -2
King, Finders Keepers 04.04.16 / 3 3 +1 x 114 -57 7 -3
Martin, George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones 5-Book Set 03.31.14 / 85 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 57 +3
Riggs, Hollow City [tpb] 03.09.15 / 54 xxx.. xxx.. 116 -33 xxx.. xxx
Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children [tpb] 06.17.13 / 121 xxx.. 8 -3 37 -14 xxx.. 96 -29 xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (UK) 07.06.03 / 12 9 = xxx..
Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them [tpb] 09.16.13 / 19 xx 9 -4 36 + 24 +8
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (UK) 80 +
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (UK) 44 +10
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (UK) 88 +4
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [tpb] xxx.. xxx.. 117 -49 xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 17 54 -4 xxx..
Weir, The Martian [tpb] 11.10.14 / 76 13 -2 xx xx 115 -30 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx
Yancey, The 5th Wave [tpb] 03.16.15 / 53 1 = xxx.. 111 -45 12 -6 xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
04.24
WP
04.17
LAT
04.17
USAT
04.10
PW
04.18
Amz
(04.18)
UK:
Amz UK
(04.18)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(04.18)
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]