Weekly Bestsellers, 31 December 2018

George R. R. Martin’s Fire & Blood: A History of House Targaryen of Westeros, Volume 1 remains strong on several lists. There’s no Publishers Weekly list this week.


Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.06
LAT
12.30
USAT
12.23
PW
12.24
Amz
(12.31)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.31)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.31)
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 / 43 4 -1   xxx [ 23 ] xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness 12.17.18 / 3     41 -10 [ 4 ]      
King, Elevation 06.11.18 / 11 7 +3 xxx.. 30 +15 [ 12 ] xxx.. xxx.. xx
King, The Outsider 05.14.18 / 34 13 + xxx.. 65 +5 [ 16 ] xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Martin, Fire & Blood: A History of House Targaryen of Westeros, Volume 1 04.30.18 / 10 2 = 3 +1 11 +2 [ 2 ] 69 -35 58 -41 28 -10
Ngan, Girls of Paper and Fire 12.03.18 / 5 10 -3            
Paolini, The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm 12.31.18 / 1         76 ++    
Powers, The Overstory 04.16.18 / 9 xxx.. 15 + xxx..   xxx..    
Riggs, A Map of Days 10.08.18 / 13     114 +35 [ 9 ] xxx..    
Roberts, Of Blood and Bone 12.17.18 / 3 x   51 -26 [ 9 ]      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: The Illustrated Edition 10.05.15 / 85     90 -12   xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Sanderson, Skyward 11.19.18 / 6 6 +   xxx..        
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.06
LAT
12.30
USAT
12.23
PW
12.24
Amz
(12.31)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.31)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.31)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Martin, A Game of Thrones 12.28.10 / 279 xxx.. 12 + xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 383   x xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. 99 +
Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind 04.15.08 / 39 xxx.. 9 +4 xxx..        
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [tpb]   xxx.. xxx.. 72 -3   xxx..    
Rowling, Harry Potter Books 1-7 Special Edition Boxed Set [tpb] 11.26.18 / 6     44 -1   xxx    
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 156           xxx.. 26 -6
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.06
LAT
12.30
USAT
12.23
PW
12.24
Amz
(12.31)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.31)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.31)

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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