Weekly Bestsellers, 29 August 2022

A new Star Wars novel by Beth Revis, The Princess and the Scoundrel (Random House Worlds), debuts on three lists.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.04
LAT
08.28
USAT
08.21
PW
08.29
Amz
(08.29)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.29)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.29)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   10×3 10×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes 04.13.20 / 52     123 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Haig, The Midnight Library 10.12.20 / 89 11 = 8 + 81 -2 xxx.. 59 +37 xxx.. 95 +
Hamid, The Last White Man 08.15.22 / 3 x 6 =          
King, Fairy Tale 08.15.22 / 3         21 +22 44 + 68 ++
Kuang, Babel 08.29.22 / 1             96 ++
Maas, A Court of Frost and Starlight 04.23.18 / 19     110 +5 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Martin, Fire & Blood: A History of House Targaryen of Westeros, Volume 1 04.30.18 / 39 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 47 +25 xxx.. xxx..
Revis, Star Wars: The Princess and the Scoundrel 08.29.22 / 1 12 ++   126 ++ 9 ++      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: The Illustrated Edition 03.07.22 / 6         58 +5   73 ++
Schwab, Gallant 03.14.22 / 21 10 +   xxx.. xxx..      
Zhao, Iron Widow 06.20.22 / 9 9 =            
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.04
LAT
08.28
USAT
08.21
PW
08.29
Amz
(08.29)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.29)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.29)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 394   xxx.. 41 +5 xxx.. 36 -12 xxx.. xxx..
Gaiman, The Sandman Book One [tpb] 08.22.22 / 2     125 -37 17 -3 x    
Haig, The Midnight Library (UK) [tpb] 02.22.21 / 71           46 -9 xxx..
King, If It Bleeds 08.15.22 / 3       13 =      
Lowry, The Giver 09.02.13 / 178   xxx.. 85 -19 xxx.. xx   xxx..
Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury [tpb] 05.14.18 / 51     51 -2   99 -10    
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses [tpb] 05.16.16 / 77 xxx..   25 +6 xxx.. 70 +1    
Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin [tpb] 05.14.18 / 21     62 +14 xxx..      
Martin, Fire & Blood: A History of House Targaryen of Westeros, Volume 1 09.27.21 / 5       21 +3   14 +21 54 -32
Martin, Fire & Blood: A History of House Targaryen of Westeros, Volume 1 [tpb] 08.17.20 / 14     74 +27 xxx 34 +1    
Miller, Circe [tpb] 09.06.21 / 42 xxx.. 6 +4 133 +7        
Miller, The Song of Achilles [tpb] 09.06.21 / 52 xxx.. 3 +5 60 +2   xxx.. xxx.. x
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 528   xxx.. 114 -18   91 -18 xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 302           xxx.. 38 +11
Rowling, Harry Potter Paperback Box Set [tpb] 06.08.15 / 97     xxx..   73 +8   xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.04
LAT
08.28
USAT
08.21
PW
08.29
Amz
(08.29)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.29)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.29)
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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