Weekly Bestsellers, 29 May 2023

Two debuts this week. R.F. Kuang’s associational novel about the publishing industry, Yellowface (Morrow), ranks among the top 10 on the three print lists compiled here. And Christopher Paolini’s Fractal Noise (Tor) ranks a bit lower on two of them.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
06.04
LAT
05.28
USAT
11.27
PW
05.29
Amz
(05.29)
UK:
Amz UK
(05.29)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.29)
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 / 63       xxx.. 56 -17 xxx.. xxx..
Kuang, Yellowface 05.29.23 / 1 5 ++ 8 ++   7 ++   13 ++  
Paolini, Fractal Noise 05.29.23 / 1 14 ++     13 ++      
Yarros, Fourth Wing 05.15.23 / 3 3 =     3 = 4 +15 24 +12 8 +9
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
06.04
LAT
05.28
USAT
11.27
PW
05.29
Amz
(05.29)
UK:
Amz UK
(05.29)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.29)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes [tpb] 05.01.23 / 5           39 -8 xx
Egan, The Candy House [tpb] 03.20.23 / 11   8 -2          
El-Mohtar/Gladstone, This Is How You Lose the Time War [tpb] 09.20.21 / 5 15 -6 xxx..     83 -40   x
Haig, The Midnight Library [tpb] 05.22.23 / 2 7 +8 3 +7   7 +2      
Haig, The Midnight Library (UK) [tpb] 02.22.21 / 104           57 +17 xxx..
Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea [tpb] 02.01.21 / 25 xxx.. 7 +   xxx..      
Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury [tpb] 05.14.18 / 86     [ 75 ]   79 +10   94 +
Maas, A Court of Silver Flames [tpb] 09.12.22 / 35 xxx..   [ 82 ] 23 = xxx..    
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses [tpb] 05.16.16 / 115 xxx.. xxx.. [ 38 ] xxx.. 58 +4   61 +18
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 340           xxx.. 45 +26
Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue [tpb] 04.24.23 / 6 xxx 5 =   17 =      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
06.04
LAT
05.28
USAT
11.27
PW
05.29
Amz
(05.29)
UK:
Amz UK
(05.29)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.29)
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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