Weekly Bestsellers, 16 October 2023

Three debuts this week. First, an adult novel by Kerri Maniscalco, Throne of the Fallen (Little, Brown), ranking as high as #5 on three lists. Second, a new novel by Alix E. Harrow, Starling House (Tor), ranking as high as #8 on three lists. And third, an anthology edited by Jordan Peele & John Joseph Adams, Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror (Random House), ranking as high as #15 on three lists.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.22
LAT
10.15
USAT
10.08
PW
10.16
Amz
(10.16)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.16)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.16)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 10×3 10×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Harrow, Starling House 10.16.23 / 1 8 ++ 26 ++ 9 ++
King, Holly 08.28.23 / 8 3 +1 xxx 28 -23 3 +1 92 -31 xxx 99 -10
Kuang, Yellowface 05.29.23 / 21 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 83 +7 xxx..
Lacelle, Curious Tides 10.16.23 / 1 2 ++
Maas, House of Flame and Shadow 08.28.23 / 5 81 -28
Maas, House of Sky and Breath 01.24.22 / 22 7 -6 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Maniscalco, Throne of the Fallen 10.16.23 / 1 5 ++ 80 ++ 5 ++
Peele/Adams, Out There Screaming: New Black Horror 10.16.23 / 1 15 ++ 41 ++ 15 ++
Pratchett, A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories (UK) 10.09.23 / 2 14 +74
Raasch/Revis, Night of the Witch 10.16.23 / 1 4 ++
Ross, Divine Rivals 04.17.23 / 13 1 = 68 -34 x xxx
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: MinaLima Edition 10.02.23 / 3 4 ++ 39 -21 95 -58 17 -10
Scalzi, Starter Villain 10.02.23 / 3 xx 79 -36 xx
Schwab, The Fragile Threads of Power 10.09.23 / 2 x 16 +2 x
Yarros, Fourth Wing 05.15.23 / 23 1 = 5 +4 6 -3 1 = 1 +3 40 -6 1 +9
Yarros, Iron Flame 06.19.23 / 18 2 = 15 -7 2 +1
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.22
LAT
10.15
USAT
10.08
PW
10.16
Amz
(10.16)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.16)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.16)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes [tpb] 05.01.23 / 18 137 -62 x 86 + xxx.. xxx..
Gaiman, Coraline [tpb] 08.10.03 / 14 xxx.. 120 -30 xxx.. xxx..
Haig, The Midnight Library [tpb] 05.22.23 / 22 xxx 2 +8 x 19 -6 xxx.. x xx
Kuang, Babel [tpb] 09.11.23 / 6 xxx.. 4 +2 x x
Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury [tpb] 05.14.18 / 104 10 ++ 51 -20 74 +6 xxx..
Maas, A Court of Silver Flames [tpb] 09.12.22 / 54 xxx.. 148 -72 xxx.. xxx..
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses [tpb] 05.16.16 / 135 xxx.. xxx.. 15 -5 xxx.. 21 +15 xxx.. 78 +4
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses Paperback Box Set 06.19.23 / 15 53 +14 19 +10
Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin [tpb] 05.14.18 / 62 93 -39 xxx.. 87 + xxx..
Maas, House of Earth and Blood [tpb] 03.15.21 / 9 15 -13 143 -6 xxx..
Maas, House of Sky and Breath [tpb] 10.09.23 / 2 8 -7
Maas, Throne of Glass [tpb] 02.27.23 / 18 102 -50 20 -2
Miller, Circe [tpb] 09.06.21 / 81 xxx.. 6 + xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 358 xxx.. 64 -18
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.22
LAT
10.15
USAT
10.08
PW
10.16
Amz
(10.16)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.16)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.16)
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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