Weekly Bestsellers, 6 January 2020

Most genre titles slip on lists this week, though several titles by Andrzej Sapkowski, especially The Last Wish (Orbit), still dominate several lists.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.11
LAT
01.05
USAT
12.29
PW
01.06
Amz
(01.06)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.06)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.06)
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 / 96 2 +1 xxx.. 70 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Adeyemi, Children of Virtue and Vengeance 12.16.19 / 4 1 =   56 +20 8 -4      
Atwood, The Testaments 07.29.19 / 24 5 +5 5 + 27 +41 8 +2 xxx.. 53 -9 15 -12
Chiang, Exhalation 05.20.19 / 22 xxx.. x x 23 -3 xxx..    
Coates, The Water Dancer 09.30.19 / 15 8 +3 12 -1 46 +40 10 +2 xxx..   xxx..
King, The Institute 02.25.19 / 22 3 = xx 13 +1 5 -2 xxx xx x
Martin, Fire & Blood: A History of House Targaryen of Westeros, Volume 1 04.30.18 / 37 xxx.. xxx.. 36 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Morgenstern, The Starless Sea 11.04.19 / 10 15 -1 10 +2 92 + 18 +1 xxx..    
Pullman, The Book of Dust, Volume Two: The Secret Commonwealth 10.07.19 / 13 10 -1   xxx.. x xxx..   xxx..
Pullman, The Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two (UK) 03.11.19 / 25           50 -11  
Roberts, The Rise of Magicks 12.09.19 / 5 xx   39 +51 16 +2      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The Illustrated Edition 04.01.19 / 17     40 -27 5 -2 x xx x
Shusterman, The Toll 11.04.19 / 10     xxx.. 23 -10 xxx..    
Wendig, Wanderers 07.15.19 / 2     131 + xxx..      
Wilson, The Andromeda Evolution 11.25.19 / 7 xxx..   xxx.. 21 +2      
Wilson, Nothing to See Here 11.18.19 / 7 xxx.. 18 + 136 + xxx..      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.11
LAT
01.05
USAT
12.29
PW
01.06
Amz
(01.06)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.06)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.06)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale [tpb] 01.16.17 / 131 10 +2 10 + 111 + xxx.. xxx..   20 -8
Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon [tpb] 05.13.19 / 8       20 -3      
Harkness, A Discovery of Witches [tpb] 01.09.12 / 47 xxx.. xxx.. 65 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
King, Doctor Sleep [tpb] 06.23.14 / 24 11 +3 xxx.. 75 +51 15 +2      
King, Doctor Sleep 08.08.16 / 16 xxx..     9 +4      
King, Elevation [tpb] 11.25.19 / 6       14 +4      
King, It [tpb] 04.03.17 / 61 13 -3 xxx.. xxx.. x xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Moore/Gibbons, Watchmen (2019 Edition) [tpb] 10.28.19 / 9     xxx.. 18 -5 xxx..    
Powers, The Overstory [tpb] 04.15.19 / 39 2 = 2 -1 81 -16 2 = 62 -1    
Pullman, The Book of Dust, Volume One: La Belle Sauvage (UK) 11.11.19 / 8           73 +  
Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind 04.15.08 / 43 xxx.. 8 + xxx.. xxx..      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [tpb] 07.09.18 / 46     120 +9 xxx..      
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 199           95 + 85 -23
Sapkowski, Blood of Elves 06.29.15 / 7     14 +       xxx..
Sapkowski, Sword of Destiny [tpb] 12.30.19 / 2     85 ++   61 +25   x
Sapkowski, The Last Wish 06.15.15 / 26 xxx..   6 +   xxx.. 62 -12 4 +6
Sapkowski, The Witcher Boxed Set: Blood of Elves, The Time of Contempt, Baptism of Fire [tpb] 12.30.19 / 2         93 -29   x
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.11
LAT
01.05
USAT
12.29
PW
01.06
Amz
(01.06)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.06)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.06)

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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