Weekly Bestsellers, 16 December 2019

Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Henry Holt), second in her Legacy of Orisha series, debuts strongly, ranking #1 on the New York Times Young Adult Hardcover list.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.22
LAT
12.15
USAT
12.08
PW
12.16
Amz
(12.16)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.16)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.16)
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 / 93 2 +7 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Adeyemi, Children of Virtue and Vengeance 12.16.19 / 1 1 ++   6 ++ 4 ++      
Atwood, The Testaments 07.29.19 / 21 10 -1 18 +1 52 -6 13 -1 x 17 -1 5 +4
Chiang, Exhalation 05.20.19 / 19 xxx.. 19 + xx xxx.. xxx    
Coates, The Water Dancer 09.30.19 / 12 14 + 6 +1 112 +17 12 +7 xxx..   xxx..
King, The Institute 02.25.19 / 19 4 +2 16 + 23 +2 6 = 47 +9 79 + 87 -37
Meyer, Supernova 11.18.19 / 4     xxx.. 22 -2      
Morgenstern, The Starless Sea 11.04.19 / 7 15 -1 4 +5 110 -23 19 -3 xxx..    
Pullman, The Book of Dust, Volume Two: The Secret Commonwealth 10.07.19 / 10 8 +   xxx.. 25 + xxx..   xxx..
Pullman, The Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two (UK) 03.11.19 / 22           18 -3  
Roberts, The Rise of Magicks 12.09.19 / 2 8 -7   24 -23 9 -8      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The Illustrated Edition 04.01.19 / 14     10 +7 3 = 26 -11 60 -8 70 +4
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The Illustrated Edition 10.02.17 / 34     133 -30 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: The Illustrated Edition 10.05.15 / 89     74 +7 xxx.. xx xxx.. xxx..
Sanderson, Starsight 12.09.19 / 2 10 -9   x 19 -13      
Shusterman, The Toll 11.04.19 / 7     x 13 +3 xxx..    
Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings Box Set 01.15.18 / 2     108 +        
Wilson, The Andromeda Evolution 11.25.19 / 4 xxx   xx 22 +1      
Wilson, Nothing to See Here 11.18.19 / 5 xxx 12 +8 x xxx      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.22
LAT
12.15
USAT
12.08
PW
12.16
Amz
(12.16)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.16)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.16)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale [tpb] 01.16.17 / 128 8 +2 15 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx..   47 +5
Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon [tpb] 05.13.19 / 5       17 +7      
King, Doctor Sleep [tpb] 06.23.14 / 21 xxx xxx x 25 -13      
King, Elevation [tpb] 11.25.19 / 3       21 -12      
Moore/Gibbons, Watchmen (2019 Edition) [tpb] 10.28.19 / 6     xxx.. 24 + xxx..    
Powers, The Overstory [tpb] 04.15.19 / 36 1 +1 1 = 33 +83 1 +3 x    
Pullman, Northern Lights (UK)             93 +  
Pullman, The Book of Dust, Volume One: La Belle Sauvage (UK) 11.11.19 / 6           40 +9  
Rowling, Harry Potter Books 1-7 Special Edition Boxed Set [tpb] 11.26.18 / 11     44 +8 xxx.. x    
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 196           xx 61 -12
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.22
LAT
12.15
USAT
12.08
PW
12.16
Amz
(12.16)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.16)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.16)

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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