Weekly Bestsellers, 3 August 2020

Lindsay Ellis’ debut novel Axiom’s End (St. Martin’s) debuts solidly on three lists.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.08
LAT
07.26
USAT
07.26
PW
08.03
Amz
(08.03)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.03)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.03)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   10×3 10×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone 03.12.18 / 122 10 -1   xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Adeyemi, Children of Virtue and Vengeance 12.16.19 / 33 9 +   xxx.. xxx..      
Butcher, Peace Talks 07.06.20 / 5 9 -7 [ 3 ] 23 -20 10 -8 xx    
Clare, Chain of Gold 03.02.20 / 23 6 -1   xxx.. x xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes 04.13.20 / 17     12 -1 1 = 31 -6 64 -1 62 -13
Ellis, Axiom’s End 08.03.20 / 1 7 ++   16 ++ 6 ++      
King, If It Bleeds 04.13.20 / 17 13 -2   108 -38 11 = xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Meyer, Midnight Sun 05.25.20 / 11         1 +3 1 +41 2 +21
Moreno-Garcia, Mexican Gothic 07.13.20 / 4 x [ 2 ] 144 -21 xx      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The Illustrated Edition 04.01.19 / 44     xxx.. 13 -4 xxx xxx.. xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.08
LAT
07.26
USAT
07.26
PW
08.03
Amz
(08.03)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.03)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.03)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 343     79 +21 xxx.. 84 +5 xxx.. xxx..
King, The Outsider 07.13.20 / 4       7 +2      
King, The Outsider [tpb] 06.17.19 / 42 xxx..   139 +5 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..  
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 447     21 +4   20 -4 72 +17 56 +4
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 219           xxx.. 90 +7
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.08
LAT
07.26
USAT
07.26
PW
08.03
Amz
(08.03)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.03)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.03)

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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