Weekly Bestsellers, 18 February 2019

Marlon James’ Black Leopard, Red Wolf (Riverhead) debuts strongly on print lists.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
02.24
LAT
02.17
USAT
02.10
PW
02.18
Amz
(02.18)
UK:
Amz UK
(02.18)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(02.18)
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 / 50 8 +1   xxx.. xxx xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Bardugo, King of Scars 02.11.19 / 2 3 -2   x 11 -8      
Bond, Stranger Things: Suspicious Minds 02.18.19 / 1 11 ++     12 ++      
Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness 12.17.18 / 10     xxx.. 25 -3      
James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf 02.04.19 / 3 4 ++ 7 ++ 12 ++ 3 ++ 86 -57   84 -27
King, Elevation 06.11.18 / 18 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 21 -2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Martin, Fire & Blood: A History of House Targaryen of Westeros, Volume 1 04.30.18 / 17 9 -3 x 119 -45 9 -3 xxx.. xxx.. 96 +
Paolini, The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm 12.31.18 / 7 5 -2   xx 5 +2 xxx..    
Powers, The Overstory 04.16.18 / 11 xxx.. 9 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx..    
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
02.24
LAT
02.17
USAT
02.10
PW
02.18
Amz
(02.18)
UK:
Amz UK
(02.18)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(02.18)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Alderman, The Power [tpb] 01.21.19 / 5 x 4 +1   25 -12      
British Library, Harry Potter: A Journey Through a History of Magic [tpb] 10.30.17 / 47   19 + xxx..   xxx..    
Harkness, A Discovery of Witches [tpb] 01.09.12 / 42 xxx.. xxx.. 138 -90 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 390   x x   xxx.. 67 +17 71 +10
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (UK)             93 +  
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 163           x 24 +35
Saunders, Lincoln in the Bardo [tpb] 02.12.18 / 20 xxx.. 10 + xxx.. xxx..   xxx..  
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
02.24
LAT
02.17
USAT
02.10
PW
02.18
Amz
(02.18)
UK:
Amz UK
(02.18)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(02.18)

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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