Weekly Bestsellers, 24 October 2022

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: The Illustrated Edition, by J.K. Rowling with illustrations by Jim Kay and Neil Packer, debuts on two print lists this week at #1. (Presumably it will never be listed separately by the New York Times, which subsumes all Harry Potter titles into a single entry on its Children’s Series list.)

A new volume of Game of Thrones history, The Rise of the Dragon: An Illustrated History of the Targaryen Dynasty, Volume One, by George R.R. Martin, Elio M. Garcia Jr., and Linda Antonsson (Ten Speed Press), published tomorrow, ranks today on the three Amazon lists.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.30
LAT
10.23
USAT
10.16
PW
10.24
Amz
(10.24)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.24)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.24)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   10×3 10×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Haig, The Midnight Library 10.12.20 / 96 xxx xxx.. 135 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx
King, Fairy Tale 08.15.22 / 11 2 -1 7 + 8 -1 3 -2 32 -13 66 +9 58 -34
Maas, A Court of Frost and Starlight 04.23.18 / 25     108 +4 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Martin, Fire & Blood: A History of House Targaryen of Westeros, Volume 1 04.30.18 / 40 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 23 + xxx.. xxx..
Martin/Garcia, The Rise of the Dragon: An Illustrated History of the Targaryen Dynasty, Volume One 10.24.22 / 1         31 ++ 97 ++ 32 ++
McCarthy, The Passenger 10.17.22 / 2         38 +1   91 ++
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: The Illustrated Edition 03.07.22 / 14     1 ++ 1 ++ 16 -10 17 = 24 -15
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.30
LAT
10.23
USAT
10.16
PW
10.24
Amz
(10.24)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.24)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.24)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Doerr, Cloud Cuckoo Land [tpb] 07.04.22 / 4 14 -1 2 -1 x 11 -2      
Haig, The Midnight Library (UK) [tpb] 02.22.21 / 79           92 -10 xxx..
Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun [tpb] 03.07.22 / 21 xxx.. xxx.. 57 ++ xxx..   xxx..  
Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth [tpb] 09.12.22 / 7     xx 22 -2      
Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury [tpb] 05.14.18 / 59     75 =   xxx..    
Maas, A Court of Silver Flames [tpb] 09.12.22 / 7 xxx   82 -5 12 -1 xxx..    
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses [tpb] 05.16.16 / 85 xxx.. 10 + 44 +11 xxx.. x    
Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin [tpb] 05.14.18 / 29     91 +6 xxx..      
Martin, Fire & Blood: A History of House Targaryen of Westeros, Volume 1 09.27.21 / 13       xxx   7 +17 11 +83
Martin, Fire & Blood: A History of House Targaryen of Westeros, Volume 1 [tpb] 08.17.20 / 22 12 +2   23 +12 21 +2 10 +42    
Miller, The Song of Achilles [tpb] 09.06.21 / 59 xxx.. xxx 130 +8   xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Roberts, Year One [tpb] 10.15.18 / 8 xxx..   61 + xxx..      
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 310           xxx.. 49 -1
Rowling, Harry Potter Paperback Box Set [tpb] 06.08.15 / 105     xxx..   14 +70   xxx..
Tolkien, The Silmarillion       xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. 63 -21
Weir, Project Hail Mary [tpb] 10.03.22 / 3   4 ++ xxx 18 +6      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.30
LAT
10.23
USAT
10.16
PW
10.24
Amz
(10.24)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.24)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.24)
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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