Weekly Bestsellers, 20 August 2018

 

Laurell K. Hamilton’s Serpentine (Berkley) debuts strongly, ranking #3 on two print lists.

 

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.26
LAT
08.19
USAT
08.12
PW
08.20
Amz
(08.20)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.20)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.20)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   10×3 15×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone 03.12.18 / 24 2 =   133 -58 6 -4 xx xx xxx..
Alderman, The Power 01.01.18 / 30 xxx.. 12 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..  
Hamilton, Serpentine 08.20.18 / 1 3 ++   4 ++ 3 ++      
King, The Outsider 05.14.18 / 15 4 -1 13 -5 23 -9 4 -1 xx xxx.. xx
Shusterman, Thunderhead 01.22.18 / 16 10 -2   xxx.. xxx..      
Wells, Rogue Protocol 08.20.18 / 1     77 ++        
Zahn, Thrawn: Alliances 08.06.18 / 3 x 11 ++ x x     xx
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.26
LAT
08.19
USAT
08.12
PW
08.20
Amz
(08.20)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.20)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.20)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale (UK) 01.09.17 / 67           23 -12 xxx..
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale [tpb] 01.16.17 / 84 7 -1 10 -2 45 -7 xxx.. 63 -1   45 -10
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 290   11 +1 37 +3 xxx.. 25 -4 xxx.. xxx..
British Library, Harry Potter: A Journey Through a History of Magic [tpb] 10.30.17 / 35   15 -1 xxx..   xxx..    
Card, Ender’s Game 07.05.11 / 138 xxx.. 15 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx..   xxx..
Cline, Ready Player One 11.06.17 / 42   xxx.. 106 -32 xxx.. x xxx.. xxx..
Crichton, Jurassic Park 06.22.15 / 11   8 + xxx..     xxx..  
Koontz, The Silent Corner 11.27.17 / 9     130 + xxx..      
L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time 09.25.07 / 50   xxx.. 109 +4   xxx..   xxx..
Lowry, The Giver 09.02.13 / 119   xxx.. 95 +35 xxx.. 77 +16   xxx..
Orwell, Animal Farm 07.20.03 / 61     141 +   xxx.. xxx.. xxx
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 364   3 +10 17 +51   45 +2 99 + 48 -22
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [tpb] 07.09.18 / 6       15 -2      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [tpb] 07.16.18 / 5       24 -1      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [tpb]   xxx.. xxx.. 64 -14   xxx..    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [tpb] 07.09.18 / 6       2 -1      
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 137           72 +2 42 +7
Weir, Artemis [tpb] 07.16.18 / 5   xx   25 -4      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.26
LAT
08.19
USAT
08.12
PW
08.20
Amz
(08.20)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.20)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.20)
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]

 

The table shows the current rank of each book and the change since last week, where:

= same as last week

+/- change since last week

+ back on list

++ new on list

x no longer on list (number of x’s: weeks off list)

All lists rank hardcovers and paperbacks separately, except for the USA Today list, which is a single list combining fiction and nonfiction in all formats. Dates shown are posted dates, except those in parentheses, which are dates compiled. New York Times posts its list one week in advance of print publication.

Note that some sources do not compile paperback bestsellers, and some exclude YA books (like the Harry Potter series) from their hardcover and paperback fiction lists.

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