Weekly Bestsellers, 26 August 2019

Téa Obreht’s Inland (Random House) debuts on three lists.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.31
LAT
08.25
USAT
08.18
PW
08.26
Amz
(08.26)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.26)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.26)
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 / 77 4 +1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Atwood, The Testaments 07.29.19 / 5           19 +8 13 +25
Clare , Ghosts of the Shadow Market 06.17.19 / 11 8 +1   xxx.. xxx..      
King, The Institute 02.25.19 / 3         90 +3 52 +  
Modesitt, The Mage-Fire War 08.26.19 / 1     90 ++        
Obreht, Inland 08.26.19 / 1 12 ++   45 ++ 12 ++      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.31
LAT
08.25
USAT
08.18
PW
08.26
Amz
(08.26)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.26)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.26)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale (UK) 01.09.17 / 84           47 +8 xxx..
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale [tpb] 01.16.17 / 112 9 +1 xxx.. 77 +9 xxx.. 62 =   25 +18
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 321   xxx.. 34 -2 xxx.. 15 +1 xxx.. xxx..
Gaiman/Pratchett, Good Omens 01.09.07 / 20   10 + xxx   xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
King, It [tpb] 04.03.17 / 47 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 15 +5 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
King, The Outsider [tpb] 06.17.19 / 11 xx xxx.. xxx 22 -5   xxx..  
Lowry, The Giver 09.02.13 / 130   xxx.. 88 +10 xxx.. 60 -1   xxx..
Orwell, Animal Farm 07.20.03 / 68     86 +30   93 -2 xxx.. xxx..
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 416   xxx 78 +4   83 -10 83 -3 28 +13
Powers, The Overstory [tpb] 04.15.19 / 20 10 +2 1 +1 115 -12 12 -2 x    
Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind 04.15.08 / 42 xxx.. 11 +2 xxx.. xxx..      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (UK)             87 +13  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [tpb] 07.09.18 / 37     98 +27 xxx..      
Whitehead, The Underground Railroad [tpb] 02.12.18 / 14 xxx 14 + xxx xxx.. xxx..    
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.31
LAT
08.25
USAT
08.18
PW
08.26
Amz
(08.26)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.26)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.26)

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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