Weekly Bestsellers, 1 May 2023

Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games novels The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Scholastic) is ranking high on the three Amazon lists, in hardcover and/or paperback depending on the country, presumably in response to recent news (e.g.) about the forthcoming film version, due in November.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
05.07
LAT
04.30
USAT
11.27
PW
05.01
Amz
(05.01)
UK:
Amz UK
(05.01)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.01)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   10×3 10×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Black, The Stolen Heir 01.16.23 / 16 6 +2     xxx..      
Bracken, Silver in the Bone 04.17.23 / 3 2 =            
Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes 04.13.20 / 59       xxx.. 5 + xx 25 +
Couch, If I See You Again Tomorrow 05.01.23 / 1 9 ++            
King, Fairy Tale 08.15.22 / 38 xxx.. xxx.. [ 12 ] 24 -1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Lukens, Spell Bound 04.17.23 / 3 7 -1            
Sanderson, Trees of the Emerald Sea 04.17.23 / 3 xx     20 -4      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
05.07
LAT
04.30
USAT
11.27
PW
05.01
Amz
(05.01)
UK:
Amz UK
(05.01)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.01)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes [tpb] 05.01.23 / 1           21 ++ 8 ++
Egan, The Candy House [tpb] 03.20.23 / 7   4 =          
Haig, The Midnight Library (UK) [tpb] 02.22.21 / 100           59 -7 x
Maas, A Court of Frost and Starlight [tpb] 04.10.23 / 4         91 -7   xx
Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury [tpb] 05.14.18 / 82     [ 75 ]   50 -5   113 -27
Maas, A Court of Silver Flames [tpb] 09.12.22 / 32 xxx..   [ 82 ] 20 +5 x    
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses [tpb] 05.16.16 / 111 xxx.. xxx.. [ 38 ] xxx.. 33 -1   67 -3
Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin [tpb] 05.14.18 / 42     [ 98 ] xxx.. 78 -11   98 ++
Miller, Circe [tpb] 09.06.21 / 65 xxx.. 5 +          
Miller, The Song of Achilles [tpb] 09.06.21 / 76 xxx.. 8 -2 [ 69 ]   xxx xxx.. xxx
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 337           xxx.. 75 +14
Rowling, Harry Potter Paperback Box Set [tpb] 06.08.15 / 132         102 -29   xxx..
Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue [tpb] 04.24.23 / 2 11 -2     10 +7      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
05.07
LAT
04.30
USAT
11.27
PW
05.01
Amz
(05.01)
UK:
Amz UK
(05.01)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.01)
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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