Weekly Bestsellers, 8 March 2021

Karen Marie Moning’s Kingdom of Shadow and Light (Delacorte), 11th in her Fever series, debuts on three lists.

Meanwhile, Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower returns to three trade paperback lists.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.14
LAT
03.07
USAT
02.28
PW
03.08
Amz
(03.08)
UK:
Amz UK
(03.08)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(03.08)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   10×3 10×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Clare, Chain of Iron 03.08.21 / 1             89 ++
Cline, Ready Player Two 07.13.20 / 20 xx xxx.. x 17 -2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes 04.13.20 / 47     xxx.. 17 -2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Gray, Star Wars The High Republic: Into the Dark 02.15.21 / 4 7 =   xxx x      
Haig, The Midnight Library 10.12.20 / 21 3 = 2 +1 20 -7 3 = 7 +6 xxx xxx
Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun 03.01.21 / 2         22 -2 10 -3 28 +43
Maas, A Court of Silver Flames 02.22.21 / 3 2 -1 x 6 -5 2 -1 x xx x
Meyer, Midnight Sun 05.25.20 / 41     95 -28 7 -2 xxx xxx.. xxx..
Moning, Kingdom of Shadow and Light 03.08.21 / 1 12 ++   10 ++ 11 ++      
Moreno-Garcia, Mexican Gothic 07.13.20 / 32 xxx.. 5 +5 xxx.. xxx..      
Riggs, The Desolations of Devil’s Acre 03.08.21 / 1       1 ++      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: MinaLima Edition 11.02.20 / 19     112 -31 15 -4 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, The Ickabog 11.16.20 / 17 2 -1   121 +14 8 -2 xxx.. xx xxx..
Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue 10.12.20 / 21 6 = 10 -5 42 -18 7 -2 69 -11 xxx.. 30 +
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.14
LAT
03.07
USAT
02.28
PW
03.08
Amz
(03.08)
UK:
Amz UK
(03.08)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(03.08)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Butler, Parable of the Sower [tpb] 07.06.20 / 11 14 + 2 + 135 ++        
Haig, The Midnight Library (UK) [tpb] 02.22.21 / 3           2 = 15 -3
Hamilton, Rafael 02.22.21 / 2     xx 19 +      
Jones, The Only Good Indians [tpb] 02.08.21 / 5 xx xxx..   23 -4      
Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury [tpb] 05.14.18 / 3     142 -82        
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses [tpb] 05.16.16 / 15 xxx..   62 -36 11 +6      
Martin, Fire & Blood: A History of House Targaryen of Westeros, Volume 1 [tpb] 08.17.20 / 9     109 + xxx..      
McGuire, Calculated Risks 03.08.21 / 1     117 ++        
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 477   xxx.. 74 +6   43 -1 xxx.. 62 -10
Powers, The Overstory [tpb] 04.15.19 / 90 xxx.. 10 = xxx.. xxx.. xxx..    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (UK)             96 -12  
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 246           xxx 60 -9
Whitehead, The Underground Railroad [tpb] 02.12.18 / 21 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 93 -92   x
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.14
LAT
03.07
USAT
02.28
PW
03.08
Amz
(03.08)
UK:
Amz UK
(03.08)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(03.08)
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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