Weekly Bestsellers, 20 May 2019

Debuting on print lists this week are titles by Patricia Briggs, Ted Chiang, and Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
05.26
LAT
05.19
USAT
05.12
PW
05.20
Amz
(05.20)
UK:
Amz UK
(05.20)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.20)
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 / 63 8 -2 8 ++ xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Briggs, Storm Cursed 05.20.19 / 1 6 ++   3 ++ 7 ++      
Chiang, Exhalation 05.20.19 / 1 15 ++   69 ++ 16 ++      
Clare/Chu, The Red Scrolls of Magic 04.22.19 / 5 7 -3   xxx.. 19 -3      
Freudenberger, Lost and Wanted 04.22.19 / 2 xxx.. 14 +   xxx..      
Kaufman/Kristoff, Aurora Rising 05.20.19 / 1 2 ++   114 ++ 7 ++      
Martin, A Game of Thrones / A Clash of Kings / A Storm of Swords / A Feast for Crows / A Dance with Dragons 05.20.19 / 1         12 ++   18 ++
Martin, Fire & Blood: A History of House Targaryen of Westeros, Volume 1 04.30.18 / 30 14 -5 xxx.. 46 +12 12 -4 25 +5 55 + 21 +25
Martin/Garcia, The World of Ice and Fire 10.13.14 / 47   xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 59 + xxx.. 90 +
McEwan, Machines Like Me 04.15.19 / 6 xx 3 +2 xx x   84 -18  
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
05.26
LAT
05.19
USAT
05.12
PW
05.20
Amz
(05.20)
UK:
Amz UK
(05.20)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.20)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale [tpb] 01.16.17 / 99 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..   84 +
British Library, Harry Potter: A Journey Through a History of Magic [tpb] 10.30.17 / 52   17 + xxx..   xxx..    
Crouch, Dark Matter [tpb] 06.26.17 / 4     107 + xxx..      
Martin, A Game of Thrones 12.28.10 / 284 xxx.. 6 +2 19 -2 xxx.. 15 +16 75 + 32 +
Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire, 7 volumes (UK) 03.31.14 / 52           7 +1 xxx..
Martin, George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones 5-Book Set 03.31.14 / 141     31 -7   5 +3 xxx.. 1 +7
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 402   xx xxx..   xxx.. 53 + 64 +12
Powers, The Overstory [tpb] 04.15.19 / 6 11 -3 1 = 110 -11 19 -2 48 +34    
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 176           xxx.. 50 +10
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
05.26
LAT
05.19
USAT
05.12
PW
05.20
Amz
(05.20)
UK:
Amz UK
(05.20)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.20)

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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