Weekly Bestsellers, 30 November 2020

Brandon Sanderson’s Rhythm of War (Tor) debuts impressively, ranking #1 or #2 on the four print lists compiled here.

Note that J.K. Rowling’s The Ickabog is ranked by NYT on its Middle Grade Hardcover list, rather than its Young Adult Hardcover list, which is usually the only NYT children’s list compiled here.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.06
LAT
11.29
USAT
11.22
PW
11.30
Amz
(11.30)
UK:
Amz UK
(11.30)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.30)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   10×3 10×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Cline, Ready Player Two 07.13.20 / 6         6 +8 38 +56 16 +
Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes 04.13.20 / 33     114 -51 10 -2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Haig, The Midnight Library 10.12.20 / 7 xxx.. xxx.. 124 +12 x   53 -12  
Hamilton, The Saints of Salvation 11.30.20 / 1     113 ++        
King, If It Bleeds 04.13.20 / 31 xxx.. xxx.. x 22 -7 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Meyer, Midnight Sun 05.25.20 / 27     22 = 5 = 24 -6 xxx xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The Illustrated Edition 04.01.19 / 55     x xxx.. 68 +27 xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: MinaLima Edition 11.02.20 / 5     31 -5 7 =   xxx x
Rowling, The Ickabog 11.16.20 / 3 1 ++   21 -11 4 -1 35 +4 8 -2 10 +2
Sanderson, Rhythm of War 11.02.20 / 5 1 ++ 2 ++ 2 ++ 1 ++ 29 -6   63 -31
Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue 10.12.20 / 7 x xx 52 -8 19 -6 xx    
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.06
LAT
11.29
USAT
11.22
PW
11.30
Amz
(11.30)
UK:
Amz UK
(11.30)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.30)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Coates, The Water Dancer [tpb] 11.30.20 / 1 15 ++ 9 ++          
King, The Institute [tpb] 09.14.20 / 11 6 -2   xxx.. 21 -7      
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 463   xxx.. 78 +11   x xxx.. xxx..
Powers, The Overstory [tpb] 04.15.19 / 81 xx 5 +1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..    
Rowling, Harry Potter Books 1-7 Special Edition Boxed Set [tpb] 11.26.18 / 17     68 +24 xxx.. 34 +8    
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 235           69 -17 14 +3
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.06
LAT
11.29
USAT
11.22
PW
11.30
Amz
(11.30)
UK:
Amz UK
(11.30)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.30)
This cell color indicates rankings on children’s bestsellers lists This cell color indicates rankings of books based on pre-publication sales [Italics and brackets, and/or this cell color, indicate stale data — rankings from one or more weeks before — and do not contribute to the cumulative weeks on any list totals]

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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