Weekly Bestsellers, 28 August 2023

Three titles debut on several lists this week, beginning with Olivie Blake’s Masters of Death (Tor), ranking #8 at Publishers Weekly; R.A. Salvatore’s Lolth’s Warrior (Harper Voyager), ranking #21 also at PW; and T. Kingfisher’s Thornhedge (Tor), ranking #25 also at PW.

Also, we’ve started tracking Stephen King’s Holly, due Sept. 5th from Scribner, ranking on the Amazon lists with pre-publication sales.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.03
LAT
08.27
USAT
08.20
PW
08.28
Amz
(08.28)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.28)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.28)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   10×3 10×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Blake, Masters of Death 08.21.23 / 2 10 ++   36 ++ 8 +2      
Craig, House of Roots and Ruin 08.07.23 / 4 5 -1   xxx xxx      
King, Holly 08.28.23 / 1         16 ++ 57 ++ 38 ++
Kingfisher, Thornhedge 08.28.23 / 1     81 ++ 25 ++      
Kuang, Yellowface 05.29.23 / 14 xxx.. 6 + 59 +44 23 -4   40 -13 xxx
Maas, House of Flame and Shadow 08.28.23 / 1             94 ++
Ross, Divine Rivals 04.17.23 / 6 1 +2   76 -3 3 ++     xxx
Salvatore, Lolth’s Warrior 08.28.23 / 1       21 ++      
Yarros, Fourth Wing 05.15.23 / 16 2 -1 7 -2 1 = 1 = 3 +4 16 -4 12 +7
Yarros, Iron Flame 06.19.23 / 11         1 = 24 -10 4 -2
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.03
LAT
08.27
USAT
08.20
PW
08.28
Amz
(08.28)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.28)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.28)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale [tpb] 01.16.17 / 168 xxx.. xxx.. 69 + xxx.. xxx..   xxx..
Black, The Cruel Prince [tpb] 07.31.23 / 4     131 +10        
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 406   xxx.. 19 + xxx.. 32 -2 xxx.. xxx..
Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes [tpb] 05.01.23 / 11     12 -1 1 =   xxx.. xxx..
El-Mohtar/Gladstone, This Is How You Lose the Time War [tpb] 09.20.21 / 15 xxx.. xxx.. 98 -41   xxx..   xxx..
Gaiman, Coraline [tpb] 08.10.03 / 9 xxx..   123 +9 xxx..     xxx..
Haig, The Midnight Library [tpb] 05.22.23 / 15 14 = 6 -2 103 -4 10 = 75 -8   xxx..
Haig, The Midnight Library (UK) [tpb] 02.22.21 / 117           78 +14 83 +
King, Fairy Tale [tpb] 06.19.23 / 11 xxx   x 22 -7   xxx..  
Lowry, The Giver 09.02.13 / 184   xxx.. 133 + xxx.. x   xxx..
Maas, A Court of Frost and Starlight [tpb] 04.10.23 / 15     82 +19   79 +14   xxx..
Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury [tpb] 05.14.18 / 97     39 -11   54 -6   xx
Maas, A Court of Silver Flames [tpb] 09.12.22 / 47 xxx..   92 -13 9 = 82 +4    
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses [tpb] 05.16.16 / 128 xxx.. 2 = 4 +1 xxx.. 21 +5 xxx.. 86 -27
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses Paperback Box Set 06.19.23 / 8         99 +   24 +10
Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin [tpb] 05.14.18 / 55     52 -5 xxx.. 57 +12   xxx..
Maas, Throne of Glass [tpb] 02.27.23 / 11     86 -14 15 +4      
Miller, Circe [tpb] 09.06.21 / 79 xxx.. x 105 -12        
Miller, The Song of Achilles [tpb] 09.06.21 / 89 xxx.. 10 -1 63 +17   xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 535   xxx.. xxx..   100 + xxx.. xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.03
LAT
08.27
USAT
08.20
PW
08.28
Amz
(08.28)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.28)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.28)
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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