Weekly Bestsellers, 9 December 2019

Nora Roberts’ The Rise of Magicks (St. Martin’s), third in her Chronicles of the One, and Brandon Sanderson’s Starsight (Delacorte), second in his YA Skyward series, both debut strongly.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.15
LAT
12.08
USAT
12.01
PW
12.09
Amz
(12.09)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.09)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.09)
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 / 92 9 -1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Atwood, The Testaments 07.29.19 / 20 9 +5 19 -3 46 +5 12 + 92 +9 16 +4 9 -2
Coates, The Water Dancer 09.30.19 / 11 x 7 +3 129 -60 19 + xxx..   xxx..
Crouch, Recursion 06.24.19 / 4 xxx.. xxx.. 104 + xxx..      
King, The Institute 02.25.19 / 18 6 +3 x 25 +11 6 + 56 -1 xxx.. 50 +27
Meyer, Supernova 11.18.19 / 3     xxx 20 +      
Morgenstern, The Starless Sea 11.04.19 / 6 14 -1 9 -8 87 -23 16 + xxx..    
Muir, Gideon the Ninth 09.23.19 / 2   8 ++ xxx.. xxx..      
Pullman, The Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two (UK) 03.11.19 / 21           15 +3  
Roberts, The Rise of Magicks 12.09.19 / 1 1 ++   1 ++ 1 ++      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The Illustrated Edition 04.01.19 / 13     17 +5 3 + 15 -9 52 -11 74 -45
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The Illustrated Edition 10.02.17 / 33     103 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: The Illustrated Edition 10.05.15 / 88     81 + xxx.. x xxx.. xxx..
Sanderson, Starsight 12.09.19 / 1 1 ++   7 ++ 6 ++      
Shusterman, The Toll 11.04.19 / 6     134 -51 16 + xxx..    
Wilson, The Andromeda Evolution 11.25.19 / 3 xx   x 23 +      
Wilson, Nothing to See Here 11.18.19 / 4 xx 20 -11 97 +24 xx      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.15
LAT
12.08
USAT
12.01
PW
12.09
Amz
(12.09)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.09)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.09)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale [tpb] 01.16.17 / 127 10 +2 xx xxx.. xxx.. xxx..   52 -6
Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon [tpb] 05.13.19 / 4       24 +      
Gaiman, American Gods [tpb] 03.24.14 / 47   15 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Gaiman/Pratchett, Good Omens 01.09.07 / 27   13 + xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Harkness, A Discovery of Witches [tpb] 01.09.12 / 46 xxx.. xxx.. 34 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
King, Doctor Sleep [tpb] 06.23.14 / 20 xx xx 93 -22 12 +      
King, Doctor Sleep 08.08.16 / 14 xxx..     16 +      
King, Elevation [tpb] 11.25.19 / 2       9 +      
King, It [tpb] 04.03.17 / 59 12 + xxx.. xxx.. 25 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
King, The Outsider [tpb] 06.17.19 / 20 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 17 +   xxx..  
King, The Shining 09.23.13 / 19   11 +2 xx   xxx..   xxx..
Powers, The Overstory [tpb] 04.15.19 / 35 2 +1 1 = 116 -40 4 + 84 +    
Pullman, The Book of Dust, Volume One: La Belle Sauvage (UK) 11.11.19 / 5           49 +4  
Roberts, Of Blood and Bone [tpb] 11.11.19 / 4 xxx..   xxx.. 23 +      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [tpb] 07.09.18 / 44     143 = xxx..      
Rowling, Harry Potter Books 1-7 Special Edition Boxed Set [tpb] 11.26.18 / 10     52 +32 xxx.. 50 -19    
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 195           x 49 +7
Sanderson, Oathbringer [tpb] 11.12.18 / 2     125 + xxx..      
Sanderson, The Way of Kings 06.07.11 / 3 xxx..   127 + xxx..      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.15
LAT
12.08
USAT
12.01
PW
12.09
Amz
(12.09)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.09)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.09)

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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