Weekly Bestsellers, 17 April 2017

Omar El Akkad’s American War (Knopf) debuts on three lists, ranking as high as #10 on the Washington Post list.

 

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
04.23
WP
04.16
LAT
04.16
USAT
04.09
PW
04.17
Amz
(04.17)
UK:
Amz UK
(04.17)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(04.17)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 30×4 10×2 15×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon 03.13.17 / 5 23 -4
Clare, Lady Midnight 03.21.16 / 44 9 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
El Akkad, American War 04.17.17 / 1 10 ++ 119 ++ 17 ++
Gaiman, Norse Mythology 02.06.17 / 11 6 -3 6 -4 3 -2 58 -22 5 -1 71 -9 xxx 76 +13
Hamid, Exit West 03.20.17 / 5 x xx 5 -2 xx x xxx..
Roth, Carve the Mark 01.30.17 / 12 5 = xxx.. x
Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 03.27.17 / 4 144 -29 7 -2
Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 03.27.17 / 4 27 +17 xxx
Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay 10.31.16 / 25 xxx.. xxx.. 11 -1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 02.15.16 / 62 13 +3 150 + 13 -2 86 -16 48 -3 100 +
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: The Illustrated Edition 10.05.15 / 67 xxx.. xxx.. 72 + xxx.. xxx..
Saunders, Lincoln in the Bardo 02.20.17 / 9 13 -4 x 1 +1 x 15 -4 xx xxx..
Whitehead, The Underground Railroad 08.08.16 / 37 x xxx.. 4 +8 x 23 -6 57 + xxx..
Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn 04.10.17 / 2 32 +52 21 +19
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
04.23
WP
04.16
LAT
04.16
USAT
04.09
PW
04.17
Amz
(04.17)
UK:
Amz UK
(04.17)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(04.17)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale (UK) 01.09.17 / 9 69 +19 19 +18
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale [tpb] 01.16.17 / 14 8 -1 7 -6 1 +1 44 -18 27 +30 xxx..
Eggers, The Circle [tpb] 05.05.14 / 19 xxx.. xxx.. 81 ++ xx
Gaiman, American Gods [tpb] 03.24.14 / 18 12 -5 53 -5 xxx..
King, End of Watch 04.10.17 / 2 15 ++ 76 -32 2 +2
King, It 04.03.17 / 3 27 -10 38 +36 xx
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 297 xxx.. 4 -1 105 -1 xxx 23 +15 24 +7
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (UK) 89 -11
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (UK) 96 +
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (UK) [tpb] 06.27.06 / 24 98 + xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (UK) 73 -16
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (UK) 95 -1
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [tpb] xxx.. xxx.. 137 -2 xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 68 63 + 44 -8
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
04.23
WP
04.16
LAT
04.16
USAT
04.09
PW
04.17
Amz
(04.17)
UK:
Amz UK
(04.17)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(04.17)
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]