Weekly Bestsellers, 17 October 2022

The fifth illustrated edition of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: The Illustrated Edition (Scholastic), already ranking on Amazon lists for three months with pre-publication orders, was released October 11th. It ranks #6 today at Amazon.com

Meanwhile Stephen King has outlasted some competition and returns to 1st place on two lists. On the other hand, it doesn’t rank among LA Times‘s top ten at all.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.23
LAT
10.16
USAT
10.09
PW
10.17
Amz
(10.17)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.17)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.17)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   10×3 10×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
King, Fairy Tale 08.15.22 / 10 1 +1 x 7 -1 1 +1 19 -5 75 -17 24 -8
Maas, A Court of Frost and Starlight 04.23.18 / 24     112 -1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
McCarthy, The Passenger 10.17.22 / 1         39 ++    
Novik, The Golden Enclaves 10.10.22 / 2 x 2 +6 x 22 -18      
Robb, Desperation in Death 09.19.22 / 5 xx   x 23 -5      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: The Illustrated Edition 03.07.22 / 13         6 +1 17 = 9 +26
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.23
LAT
10.16
USAT
10.09
PW
10.17
Amz
(10.17)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.17)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.17)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Doerr, Cloud Cuckoo Land [tpb] 07.04.22 / 3 13 = 1 +2 125 = 9 =      
Haig, The Midnight Library (UK) [tpb] 02.22.21 / 78           82 = xxx..
Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth [tpb] 09.12.22 / 6     x 20 -4      
Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury [tpb] 05.14.18 / 58     75 -5   xxx    
Maas, A Court of Silver Flames [tpb] 09.12.22 / 6 xx   77 -11 11 -3 xxx..    
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses [tpb] 05.16.16 / 84 xxx.. xxx 55 -7 xxx.. 94 -14    
Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin [tpb] 05.14.18 / 28     97 -4 xxx..      
Martin, Fire & Blood: A History of House Targaryen of Westeros, Volume 1 09.27.21 / 12       xx   24 +19 94 -42
Martin, Fire & Blood: A History of House Targaryen of Westeros, Volume 1 [tpb] 08.17.20 / 21 14 +1   35 = 23 -4 52 +41    
Miller, The Song of Achilles [tpb] 09.06.21 / 58 xxx.. xx 138 +   xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 309           xxx.. 48 +1
Rowling, Harry Potter Paperback Box Set [tpb] 06.08.15 / 104     xxx..   84 +5   xxx..
Tolkien, The Silmarillion       xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. 42 +31
Weir, Project Hail Mary [tpb] 10.03.22 / 2     xx 24 ++      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.23
LAT
10.16
USAT
10.09
PW
10.17
Amz
(10.17)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.17)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.17)
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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