Weekly Bestsellers, 5 August 2019

Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments, due September 10th, again ranks on two Amazon sites with pre-publication sales.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.10
LAT
08.04
USAT
07.28
PW
08.05
Amz
(08.05)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.05)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.05)
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 / 74 8 +2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Atwood, The Testaments 07.29.19 / 2           92 -29 78 -11
Chiang, Exhalation 05.20.19 / 12 xxx.. 17 -9 xxx.. xxx..      
Clare , Ghosts of the Shadow Market 06.17.19 / 8 5 =   xxx.. x      
Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn: Treason 08.05.19 / 1     5 ++ 5 ++      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.10
LAT
08.04
USAT
07.28
PW
08.05
Amz
(08.05)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.05)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.05)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Andrews, Sweep of the Blade 07.29.19 / 2     142 -136        
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale (UK) 01.09.17 / 81           68 -4 xxx..
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale [tpb] 01.16.17 / 109 13 = xxx.. 77 +6 xxx.. xxx..   34 +1
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 318   xxx.. 62 +22 xxx.. 22 +4 xxx.. xxx..
Gaiman/Pratchett, Good Omens [tpb] 06.17.19 / 8 12 =            
Gaiman/Pratchett, Good Omens 01.09.07 / 18   x 82 -15   xxx.. xxx x
King, The Outsider [tpb] 06.17.19 / 8 x xxx.. 150 -27 14 =   xxx..  
Koontz, Life Expectancy 11.08.05 / 15 xxx..   30 + xxx..      
Lowry, The Giver 09.02.13 / 127   xxx.. 138 + xxx.. xxx..   xxx..
Martin, A Game of Thrones [tpb] 04.05.11 / 147 xxx.. 15 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx..    
Orwell, Animal Farm 07.20.03 / 65     123 +   xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 413   8 + 79 +24   83 +10 80 -10 92 -21
Powers, The Overstory [tpb] 04.15.19 / 17 11 -2 3 -2 66 -5 12 = 71 -3    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (UK)             84 +5  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [tpb] 07.09.18 / 34     98 +17 xxx..      
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 187           xxx.. 35 -1
Sapkowski, Blood of Elves 06.29.15 / 6     118 ++       xxx..
Sapkowski, The Last Wish 06.15.15 / 22 xxx..   84 ++   xx   xx
Whitehead, The Underground Railroad [tpb] 02.12.18 / 13 14 -8 2 + 110 -71 xxx.. xx    
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.10
LAT
08.04
USAT
07.28
PW
08.05
Amz
(08.05)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.05)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.05)

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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