Weekly Bestsellers, 23 March 2020

New titles by Cassandra Clare and Sarah J. Maas slip from the debut positions last week but still rank significantly. Again this week, the hourly-updated bestseller lists on Amazon sites, especially in the US and Canada, are overwhelmed by orders for children’s books.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.28
LAT
03.22
USAT
03.15
PW
03.23
Amz
(03.23)
UK:
Amz UK
(03.23)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(03.23)
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 / 107 8 = xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Adeyemi, Children of Virtue and Vengeance 12.16.19 / 15 5 =   xxx.. xx      
Clare, Chain of Gold 03.02.20 / 4 2 -1   19 -16 2 -1 xx xx xx
King, The Institute 02.25.19 / 33 xxx.. xxx.. xxx 25 -1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Maas, House of Earth and Blood 03.02.20 / 4 7 -6 7 ++ 18 -17 7 -6 xx xx xx
Riggs, The Conference of the Birds 01.27.20 / 4     xxx.. 19 +1      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.28
LAT
03.22
USAT
03.15
PW
03.23
Amz
(03.23)
UK:
Amz UK
(03.23)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(03.23)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale [tpb] 01.16.17 / 141 xxx xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..   40 +
Crouch, Recursion [tpb] 03.23.20 / 1     60 ++        
James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf [tpb] 03.02.20 / 4   13 -2          
King, The Outsider [tpb] 06.17.19 / 31 5 = xxx.. 55 +30 8 +5 xxx.. xxx..  
King, The Stand 03.23.20 / 1     143 ++        
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 431   xxx.. xxx..   xxx.. 79 -6 xxx..
Powers, The Overstory [tpb] 04.15.19 / 50 8 -2 5 -3 126 + 13 +1 xxx    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (UK)             63 +14  
Sapkowski, The Last Wish 06.15.15 / 37 x 4 +4 72 +1   xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Sapkowski, The Witcher Boxed Set: Blood of Elves, The Time of Contempt, Baptism of Fire [tpb] 12.30.19 / 7     xxx..   xxx..   93 +
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.28
LAT
03.22
USAT
03.15
PW
03.23
Amz
(03.23)
UK:
Amz UK
(03.23)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(03.23)

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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