Weekly Bestsellers, 1 April 2019

Helen Oyeyemi’s Gingerbread (Riverhead) ranks on the Los Angeles Times list this week.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
04.07
LAT
03.31
USAT
03.24
PW
04.01
Amz
(04.01)
UK:
Amz UK
(04.01)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(04.01)
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 / 56 8 -1   xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf 02.04.19 / 9 x 5 = xxx.. 25 -6 xxx..   xxx..
Martin, Fire & Blood: A History of House Targaryen of Westeros, Volume 1 04.30.18 / 23 xx xxx.. xxx 14 +1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Oyeyemi, Gingerbread 04.01.19 / 1   14 ++          
Paolini, The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm 12.31.18 / 13 6 =   xxx.. 23 -7 xxx..    
Pullman, The Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two (UK) 03.11.19 / 4           35 -4  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The Illustrated Edition 04.01.19 / 1         36 ++    
Schwab, The Near Witch 03.25.19 / 2 7 -2            
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
04.07
LAT
03.31
USAT
03.24
PW
04.01
Amz
(04.01)
UK:
Amz UK
(04.01)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(04.01)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
British Library, Harry Potter: A Journey Through a History of Magic [tpb] 10.30.17 / 51   20 -2 xxx..   xxx..    
King, Pet Sematary [tpb] 03.25.19 / 2     83 +26 8 +4      
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 396   xx xxx..   xxx.. 72 +18 86 +
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 169           92 -3 64 +3
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
04.07
LAT
03.31
USAT
03.24
PW
04.01
Amz
(04.01)
UK:
Amz UK
(04.01)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(04.01)

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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