Weekly Bestsellers, 18 November 2019

Erin Morgenstern’s The Starless Sea (Doubleday) debuts strongly on three print lists; other debuts include a Star Wars novel by Rebecca Roanhorse, and YA titles by Marissa Meyer, Neal Shusterman, and Maggie Stiefvater.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.24
LAT
11.17
USAT
11.10
PW
11.18
Amz
(11.18)
UK:
Amz UK
(11.18)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.18)
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 / 89 10 = xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Atwood, The Testaments 07.29.19 / 17 x 9 -4 49 -12 18 -7 98 +17 20 -1 3 +3
Bardugo, Ninth House 10.07.19 / 7 x 20 -1 x x xxx..    
Coates, The Water Dancer 09.30.19 / 8 13 -2 3 = 55 -17 13 -5 x   xxx..
King, The Institute 02.25.19 / 15 8 = 17 -8 31 -14 5 +2 103 -26 xxx.. 79 -8
Meyer, Supernova 11.18.19 / 1     27 ++ 7 ++      
Morgenstern, The Starless Sea 11.04.19 / 3 3 ++   12 ++ 3 ++ x    
Pullman, The Book of Dust, Volume Two: The Secret Commonwealth 10.07.19 / 7 2 +4   xxx.. 19 = xxx..   xx
Pullman, The Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two (UK) 03.11.19 / 18           19 +33  
Roanhorse, Star Wars: Resistance Reborn 11.18.19 / 1     30 ++ 15 ++      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: The Illustrated Edition 10.03.16 / 38     xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 92 +
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The Illustrated Edition 04.01.19 / 10     38 -13 5 -2 16 -8 54 -3 8 -6
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: Illustrated Edition (UK) 10.12.15 / 65           xxx.. 87 +
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: The Illustrated Edition 10.05.15 / 86     131 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Shusterman, The Toll 11.04.19 / 3     8 ++ 4 ++ x    
Stiefvater, Call Down the Hawk 11.18.19 / 1 1 ++     8 ++      
Wilson, Nothing to See Here 11.18.19 / 1   14 ++ 74 ++ 21 ++      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.24
LAT
11.17
USAT
11.10
PW
11.18
Amz
(11.18)
UK:
Amz UK
(11.18)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.18)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale [tpb] 01.16.17 / 124 9 +1 x x xxx.. xxx..   14 +9
King, Doctor Sleep [tpb] 06.23.14 / 17 7 = 9 ++ 37 -4 11 +1      
King, Doctor Sleep 08.08.16 / 12 xxx..     9 -1      
King, The Outsider [tpb] 06.17.19 / 19 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 22 =   xxx..  
King, The Shining 09.23.13 / 16   xxx.. 107 +   xxx..   x
Moore/Gibbons, Watchmen (2019 Edition) [tpb] 10.28.19 / 4     xx 14 +4 x    
Powers, The Overstory [tpb] 04.15.19 / 32 4 +1 1 +11 84 +1 5 +2 81 -37    
Pullman, Northern Lights (UK)             51 +  
Pullman, The Book of Dust, Volume One: La Belle Sauvage (UK) 11.11.19 / 2           44 +8  
Roberts, Of Blood and Bone [tpb] 11.11.19 / 2 x   x 15 -9      
Roberts, Year One 10.07.19 / 7       22 -6      
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 192           79 + 42 +
Tremblay, The Cabin at the End of the World 11.18.19 / 1       21 ++      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.24
LAT
11.17
USAT
11.10
PW
11.18
Amz
(11.18)
UK:
Amz UK
(11.18)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.18)

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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