Weekly Bestsellers, 4 May 2020

Stephen King’s four-novella collection If It Bleeds (Scribner) debuts strongly on three lists.

L.A. Times is missing a list this week.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
05.09
LAT
04.26
USAT
04.26
PW
05.04
Amz
(05.04)
UK:
Amz UK
(05.04)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.04)
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 / 113 9 -1   xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Adeyemi, Children of Virtue and Vengeance 12.16.19 / 21 6 -1   xxx.. 24 =      
Clare, Chain of Gold 03.02.20 / 10 1 =   xxx.. 5 +1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes 04.13.20 / 4         2 +6 61 +26 7 +8
King, If It Bleeds 04.13.20 / 4 1 ++   2 ++ 2 ++ 10 +74 34 -5 xx
King, The Institute 02.25.19 / 38 xxx..   xxx.. 19 +2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Koontz, Devoted 04.13.20 / 4     124 -102 xx      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The Illustrated Edition 04.01.19 / 31     xxx.. 12 -5 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
05.09
LAT
04.26
USAT
04.26
PW
05.04
Amz
(05.04)
UK:
Amz UK
(05.04)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.04)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale [tpb] 01.16.17 / 145 xxx   xxx.. xxx.. xxx..   51 +18
Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon [tpb] 05.13.19 / 13       6 -2 x    
Herbert, Dune 03.30.03 / 14     50 -42   xx   xxx..
Lowry, The Giver 09.02.13 / 138     101 + xxx.. xxx..   xxx..
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 434     128 +   xxx.. 93 + xxx..
Powers, The Overstory [tpb] 04.15.19 / 56 10 + [ 11 ] 97 +42 xxx xxx..    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [tpb] 07.09.18 / 52     129 -14 xxx..      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
05.09
LAT
04.26
USAT
04.26
PW
05.04
Amz
(05.04)
UK:
Amz UK
(05.04)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.04)

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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