Weekly Bestsellers, 30 May 2022

Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library, on bestseller lists for well over a year now, still ranks among the top 10 at New York Times and LA Times.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
06.05
LAT
05.29
USAT
05.22
PW
05.30
Amz
(05.30)
UK:
Amz UK
(05.30)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.30)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   10×3 10×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Black, Book of Night 05.16.22 / 3 10 -5 xx x 8 -2      
Haig, The Midnight Library 10.12.20 / 76 8 +1 7 + 56 +6 xxx.. 63 = xxx.. xxx..
Maas, A Court of Silver Flames 02.22.21 / 27 xxx.. xxx.. 138 -13 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Maas, House of Sky and Breath 01.24.22 / 19 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 23 -4 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Mandel, Sea of Tranquility 04.18.22 / 7 x 2 +5 x 17 -4 xxx..   xx
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
06.05
LAT
05.29
USAT
05.22
PW
05.30
Amz
(05.30)
UK:
Amz UK
(05.30)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.30)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 383   xxx.. 150 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Haig, The Midnight Library (UK) [tpb] 02.22.21 / 58           35 -2 62 +10
Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun [tpb] 03.07.22 / 13 xxx.. 8 +   xxx..   86 -20  
Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury [tpb] 05.14.18 / 38     89 -3        
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses [tpb] 05.16.16 / 64 xxx..   50 -7 xxx.. xxx..    
Miller, The Song of Achilles [tpb] 09.06.21 / 39 14 -4 5 + 76 -3   xxx.. xxx.. x
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 516   xxx.. xx   18 +71 xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter Books 1-7 Special Edition Boxed Set [tpb] 11.26.18 / 37     133 + xxx.. xxx..    
Rowling, Harry Potter Paperback Box Set [tpb] 06.08.15 / 85     xxx..   50 -15   xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
06.05
LAT
05.29
USAT
05.22
PW
05.30
Amz
(05.30)
UK:
Amz UK
(05.30)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.30)
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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