Weekly Bestsellers, 28 February 2022

Four debuts on print lists this week, beginning with Sarah J. Maas’ House of Sky and Breath (Bloomsbury), second in the Crescent City series, ranking #1 or #2 on all four lists. Next is Marlan James’ Moon Witch, Spider King (Riverhead), second in his Dark Star Trilogy, ranking as high as #4 on three lists.

Stephen King and Richard Chizmar’s Gwendy’s Final Task (Cemetery Dance), third in that series, is on three lists. Finally Brandon Sanderson’s Dawnshard: From The Stormlight Archive (Tor) — a 304 page book that the publisher describes as a “hefty novella” — ranks on two lists.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.06
LAT
02.27
USAT
02.20
PW
02.28
Amz
(02.28)
UK:
Amz UK
(02.28)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(02.28)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   10×3 10×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Doerr, Cloud Cuckoo Land 10.04.21 / 22 x 7 -1 116 +16 21 -4 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Haig, The Midnight Library 10.12.20 / 63 3 -1 xxx 26 -5 xxx.. 45 -10 xxx.. xxx..
James, Moon Witch, Spider King 02.28.22 / 1 10 ++ 4 ++   20 ++      
King/Chizmar, Gwendy’s Final Task 02.28.22 / 1 14 ++   21 ++ 4 ++      
Maas, A Court of Silver Flames 02.22.21 / 22 xxx.. xxx.. 143 + 23 +1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Maas, House of Sky and Breath 01.24.22 / 6 1 ++ 2 ++ 1 ++ 1 ++ 48 -36 58 -32 27 -3
Meyer, Midnight Sun 05.25.20 / 63     137 + x xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: MinaLima Edition 11.01.21 / 18     xxx.. 21 -5 xxx..   xxx..
Sanderson, Dawnshard: From The Stormlight Archive 02.28.22 / 1 15 ++     6 ++      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.06
LAT
02.27
USAT
02.20
PW
02.28
Amz
(02.28)
UK:
Amz UK
(02.28)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(02.28)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Haig, The Midnight Library (UK) [tpb] 02.22.21 / 45           13 -1 49 -16
Herbert, Dune [tpb] 11.01.21 / 15     144 + xxx.. xxx..    
Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury [tpb] 05.14.18 / 25     122 +27        
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses [tpb] 05.16.16 / 51 xxx..   76 +10 xxx.. xxx..    
Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin [tpb] 05.14.18 / 8     142 + xxx..      
Maas, House of Earth and Blood [tpb] 03.15.21 / 4 13 ++   19 +74 13 +      
Miller, Circe [tpb] 09.06.21 / 25 x 2 + xxx..        
Miller, The Song of Achilles [tpb] 09.06.21 / 26 x 6 + 71 -7   x x xx
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 508   xxx.. x   94 -19 xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (UK)             17 +  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [tpb] 07.09.18 / 102     97 -12 xxx..      
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 284           xxx.. 55 +3
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.06
LAT
02.27
USAT
02.20
PW
02.28
Amz
(02.28)
UK:
Amz UK
(02.28)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(02.28)
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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