Weekly Bestsellers, 12 September 2022

Stephen King’s Fairy Tale (Scribner), ranking high on Amazon lists for several weeks, was officially published last Tuesday. Expect to see it high on print lists next week.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.18
LAT
09.11
USAT
09.04
PW
09.12
Amz
(09.12)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.12)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.12)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   10×3 10×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Briggs, Soul Taken 09.05.22 / 2 x   114 -109 x      
Haig, The Midnight Library 10.12.20 / 91 10 +2 x 76 +5 xxx.. 77 +6 xxx.. 58 +6
King, Fairy Tale 08.15.22 / 5         5 -1 13 -1 21 -9
Kuang, Babel 08.29.22 / 3 9 -8 x 109 -86 10 -9     xx
Mcguire, Be the Serpent 09.12.22 / 1     63 ++        
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: The Illustrated Edition 03.07.22 / 8         24 +22 73 ++ 72 +6
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.18
LAT
09.11
USAT
09.04
PW
09.12
Amz
(09.12)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.12)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.12)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 396   xxx.. 81 -30 xxx.. 73 +2 xxx.. xxx..
Haig, The Midnight Library (UK) [tpb] 02.22.21 / 73           90 -39 xxx..
Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth [tpb] 09.12.22 / 1     143 ++ 16 ++      
Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury [tpb] 05.14.18 / 53     77 -14   xx    
Maas, A Court of Silver Flames [tpb] 09.12.22 / 1         86 ++    
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses [tpb] 05.16.16 / 79 xxx..   33 +6 xxx.. 32 +32    
Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin [tpb] 05.14.18 / 23     97 -17 xxx..      
Mandel, Station Eleven [tpb] 06.15.15 / 36 xxx.. xxx.. 44 + xxx.. xxx..    
Martin, Fire & Blood: A History of House Targaryen of Westeros, Volume 1 09.27.21 / 7       12 +2   43 +36 x
Martin, Fire & Blood: A History of House Targaryen of Westeros, Volume 1 [tpb] 08.17.20 / 16 x   14 -1 15 -1 99 -27    
Miller, The Song of Achilles [tpb] 09.06.21 / 54 xxx.. xx 105 -19   xxx.. xxx.. xxx
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 530   xxx.. 128 -14   xx xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [tpb] 07.09.18 / 111     133 -14 xxx..      
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 304           xxx.. 36 +8
Rowling, Harry Potter Paperback Box Set [tpb] 06.08.15 / 99     xxx..   72 -15   xxx..
Tolkien, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Box Set 02.23.03 / 25     xxx..   79 -31    
Tolkien, The Silmarillion       xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. 67 -32
Tolkien, The Silmarillion [tpb] 01.19.03 / 4         96 -3   xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.18
LAT
09.11
USAT
09.04
PW
09.12
Amz
(09.12)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.12)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.12)
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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