Weekly Bestsellers, 13 January 2020

Little changes this week, but notable is that the trade paperback of Richard Powers’ The Overstory has been on lists 40 weeks in a row since the novel won the Pulitzer Prize in April 2019.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.18
LAT
01.12
USAT
01.05
PW
01.13
Amz
(01.13)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.13)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.13)
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 / 97 2 = xxx.. x xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Adeyemi, Children of Virtue and Vengeance 12.16.19 / 5 1 =   116 -60 6 +2      
Atwood, The Testaments 07.29.19 / 25 12 -7 16 -11 56 -29 16 -8 xxx.. 58 -5 19 -4
Chiang, Exhalation 05.20.19 / 23 xxx.. 15 + xx x xxx..    
Coates, The Water Dancer 09.30.19 / 16 11 -3 10 +2 77 -31 13 -3 xxx..   xxx..
King, The Institute 02.25.19 / 23 7 -4 xxx 36 -23 9 -4 xxx.. xxx xx
Morgenstern, The Starless Sea 11.04.19 / 11 14 +1 x 112 -20 18 = xxx..    
Pullman, The Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two (UK) 03.11.19 / 26           69 -19  
Roberts, The Rise of Magicks 12.09.19 / 6 xxx   61 -22 14 +2      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The Illustrated Edition 04.01.19 / 18     x 10 -5 xx xxx xx
Sapkowski, The Last Wish: Introducing the Witcher 01.13.20 / 1       19 ++      
Sapkowski, The Time of Contempt (UK) 01.13.20 / 1     107 ++        
Wilson, The Andromeda Evolution 11.25.19 / 8 xxx..   xxx.. 20 +1      
Wilson, Nothing to See Here 11.18.19 / 8 xxx.. 1 +17 144 -8 xxx..      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.18
LAT
01.12
USAT
01.05
PW
01.13
Amz
(01.13)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.13)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.13)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale [tpb] 01.16.17 / 132 10 = 14 -4 76 +35 xxx.. xxx..   31 -11
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 332   xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 83 + xxx.. xxx..
Gaiman/Pratchett, Good Omens 01.09.07 / 28   8 + xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
King, Doctor Sleep [tpb] 06.23.14 / 25 x 11 + x x      
King, The Shining 09.23.13 / 22   13 + xxx..   xxx..   xxx..
Powers, The Overstory [tpb] 04.15.19 / 40 3 -1 3 -1 55 +26 6 -4 70 -8    
Pullman, The Book of Dust, Volume One: La Belle Sauvage (UK) 11.11.19 / 9           91 -18  
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 200           68 +27 92 -7
Sapkowski, Blood of Elves 06.29.15 / 8     15 -1       xxx..
Sapkowski, Sword of Destiny [tpb] 12.30.19 / 3     65 +20   89 -28   47 +
Sapkowski, The Last Wish 06.15.15 / 27 xxx..   4 +2   72 + 85 -23 5 -1
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.18
LAT
01.12
USAT
01.05
PW
01.13
Amz
(01.13)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.13)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.13)

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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