Weekly Bestsellers, 11 September 2023

The trade paperback edition of R. F. Kuang’s Babel (Harper Voyager) debuts on the four print lists compiled here.

Also, an enormous 40th anniversary Star Wars: Return of the Jedi anthology, From a Certain Point of View (Random House Worlds), debuts on two lists. Both the Amazon page and the publisher’s site credits six authors (presumably editors), beginning with Olivie Blake; the others are Saladin Ahmed, Charlie Jane Anders, Fran Wilde, Mary Kenney, and Mike Chen.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.17
LAT
09.10
USAT
09.03
PW
09.11
Amz
(09.11)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.11)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.11)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 10×3 10×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Blake, From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi 09.11.23 / 1 104 ++ 13 ++
Blake, Masters of Death 08.21.23 / 4 14 -2 132 -9 10 -1
Craig, House of Roots and Ruin 08.07.23 / 6 9 -3 xxx.. xxx..
King, Holly 08.28.23 / 3 3 +1 21 -9 13 -2
Kuang, Yellowface 05.29.23 / 16 xxx.. 5 + 115 -4 25 -3 62 -20 xxx..
Ross, Divine Rivals 04.17.23 / 8 1 +1 68 -9 4 = x
Yarros, Fourth Wing 05.15.23 / 18 1 = x 2 -1 1 = 6 +1 29 -7 11 -4
Yarros, Iron Flame 06.19.23 / 13 4 -3 33 -6 5 -2
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.17
LAT
09.10
USAT
09.03
PW
09.11
Amz
(09.11)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.11)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.11)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Black, The Cruel Prince [tpb] 07.31.23 / 6 142 +1
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 408 xxx.. 90 +3 xxx.. 51 +14 xxx.. xxx..
Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes [tpb] 05.01.23 / 13 70 -48 2 = xxx.. xxx..
El-Mohtar/Gladstone, This Is How You Lose the Time War [tpb] 09.20.21 / 17 xxx.. xxx.. 140 -83 xxx.. xxx..
Gaiman, Coraline [tpb] 08.10.03 / 11 xxx.. 145 -15 xxx.. xxx..
Gaiman/Pratchett, Good Omens [tpb] 06.17.19 / 10 xxx.. 122 ++
Haig, The Midnight Library [tpb] 05.22.23 / 17 x x 92 -12 12 = 65 +23 74 ++ 69 +
Hobb, Assassin’s Apprentice [tpb] 09.11.23 / 1 94 ++
King, Duma Key 11.04.08 / 12 xxx.. xxx.. 11 +
Kuang, Babel [tpb] 09.11.23 / 1 13 ++ 2 ++ 29 ++ 10 ++
Maas, A Court of Frost and Starlight [tpb] 04.10.23 / 17 93 +12 x xxx..
Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury [tpb] 05.14.18 / 99 51 -14 55 -1 xxx..
Maas, A Court of Silver Flames [tpb] 09.12.22 / 49 xxx.. 81 +25 15 -2 x
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses [tpb] 05.16.16 / 130 xxx.. 5 -1 6 -2 xxx.. 18 +7 xxx.. 97 -32
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses Paperback Box Set 06.19.23 / 10 67 +6 37 =
Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin [tpb] 05.14.18 / 57 58 +2 xxx.. 68 -12 xxx..
Maas, The Assassin’s Blade [tpb] 02.27.23 / 2 134 ++ xxx..
Maas, Throne of Glass [tpb] 02.27.23 / 13 73 -5 20 -2
Miller, The Song of Achilles [tpb] 09.06.21 / 91 xxx.. 6 +1 118 -16 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.17
LAT
09.10
USAT
09.03
PW
09.11
Amz
(09.11)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.11)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.11)
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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