Weekly Bestsellers, 17 February 2020

The trade paperback of Richard Powers’ The Overstory is still going strong, nearly a year after publication.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
02.22
LAT
02.16
USAT
02.09
PW
02.17
Amz
(02.17)
UK:
Amz UK
(02.17)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(02.17)
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 / 102 3 +2 12 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Adeyemi, Children of Virtue and Vengeance 12.16.19 / 10 4 -1   xxx.. 14 +4      
Gibson, Agency 02.03.20 / 3 xx 9 -4 xx x      
King, The Institute 02.25.19 / 28 x xxx.. 131 -47 18 -1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The Illustrated Edition 04.01.19 / 23     xx x 75 -56 xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: The Illustrated Edition 10.05.15 / 93     xx xxx.. 1 + xxx.. xxx..
Silvera, Infinity Son 02.03.20 / 3 9 -1            
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
02.22
LAT
02.16
USAT
02.09
PW
02.17
Amz
(02.17)
UK:
Amz UK
(02.17)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(02.17)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale [tpb] 01.16.17 / 137 14 = xxx.. xx xxx.. xxx..   67 -2
King, The Outsider [tpb] 06.17.19 / 26 5 -1 xxx.. 35 -5 16 -3 xxx.. xxx..  
Mandel, Station Eleven [tpb] 06.15.15 / 25 xxx.. xxx.. 44 + xxx..      
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 427   7 + xxx   xxx.. xxx.. x
Powers, The Overstory [tpb] 04.15.19 / 45 7 -1 2 -1 96 -14 7 +2 65 +25    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (UK)             98 -20  
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set [tpb] 10.20.02 / 43     xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. 72 +
Sapkowski, Blood of Elves 06.29.15 / 13     119 -41       xxx..
Sapkowski, Sword of Destiny [tpb] 12.30.19 / 8 xx   72 +14   90 + xxx x
Sapkowski, The Last Wish 06.15.15 / 32 6 +1 xx 13 =   xx 88 -33 107 -98
Sapkowski, The Witcher Boxed Set: Blood of Elves, The Time of Contempt, Baptism of Fire [tpb] 12.30.19 / 3     126 ++   xxx..   8 +
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
02.22
LAT
02.16
USAT
02.09
PW
02.17
Amz
(02.17)
UK:
Amz UK
(02.17)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(02.17)

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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