Weekly Bestsellers, 2 December 2019

Erin Morgenstern’s The Starless Sea reaches #1 on the Los Angeles Times hardcover fiction list.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.08
LAT
12.01
USAT
11.24
PW
11.25
Amz
(12.02)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.02)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.02)
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 / 91 8 = xxx.. xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Atwood, The Testaments 07.29.19 / 19 14 -3 16 = 51 +5 [ 13 ] 101 -9 20 = 7 =
Bardugo, Ninth House 10.07.19 / 8 xxx 18 + xxx   xxx..    
Chiang, Exhalation 05.20.19 / 18 xxx.. xxx.. 130 +   x    
Coates, The Water Dancer 09.30.19 / 10 11 +3 10 = 69 +4 [ 15 ] xxx   xxx..
King, The Institute 02.25.19 / 17 9 -1 20 = 36 -9 [ 5 ] 55 +28 xxx.. 77 +6
Morgenstern, The Starless Sea 11.04.19 / 5 13 -4 1 = 64 -11 [ 9 ] xxx    
Pullman, The Book of Dust, Volume Two: The Secret Commonwealth 10.07.19 / 9 4 +1   xxx.. [ 23 ] xxx..   xxx..
Pullman, The Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two (UK) 03.11.19 / 20           18 +3  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The Illustrated Edition 04.01.19 / 12     22 -3 [ 3 ] 6 +11 41 -14 29 +2
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: The Illustrated Edition 10.05.15 / 87     xx   81 + xxx.. xxx..
Shusterman, The Toll 11.04.19 / 5     83 -24 [ 6 ] xxx    
Stiefvater, Call Down the Hawk 11.18.19 / 3 5 -3            
Wilson, The Andromeda Evolution 11.25.19 / 2 x   73 -43 [ 10 ]      
Wilson, Nothing to See Here 11.18.19 / 3 x 9 + 121 -59 [ 16 ]      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.08
LAT
12.01
USAT
11.24
PW
11.25
Amz
(12.02)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.02)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.02)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale [tpb] 01.16.17 / 126 12 -3 x xxx   xxx..   46 -14
Corey, Persepolis Rising [tpb] 12.02.19 / 1     139 ++        
King, Doctor Sleep [tpb] 06.23.14 / 19 x x 71 -30 [ 15 ]      
King, The Shining 09.23.13 / 18   13 -1 x   xxx..   xxx
Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire, 7 volumes (UK) 03.31.14 / 59           72 + xxx..
Martin, George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones 5-Book Set 03.31.14 / 148     xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. 67 +
Powers, The Overstory [tpb] 04.15.19 / 34 3 -1 1 = 76 +1 [ 6 ] x    
Pullman, His Dark Materials Box Set 12.02.19 / 1             58 ++
Pullman, The Book of Dust, Volume One: La Belle Sauvage (UK) 11.11.19 / 4           53 -4  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [tpb] 07.09.18 / 43     143 +        
Rowling, Harry Potter Books 1-7 Special Edition Boxed Set [tpb] 11.26.18 / 9     84 +   31 -13    
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 194           8 +64 56 +13
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.08
LAT
12.01
USAT
11.24
PW
11.25
Amz
(12.02)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.02)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.02)

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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