Weekly Bestsellers, 18 December 2023

A new fantasy novel by Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent & the Wings of Night (Bramble), first in a series, debuts on three lists.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.24
LAT
12.17
USAT
12.10
PW
12.18
Amz
(12.18)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.18)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.18)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 10×3 10×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Aster, Nightbane 11.20.23 / 5 3 +2 xxx 22 +
Broadbent, The Serpent & the Wings of Night 12.18.23 / 1 9 ++ 23 ++ 9 ++
Butcher, The Olympian Affair 11.20.23 / 2 xxx.. 98 + xxx..
Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes 04.13.20 / 73 xxx.. 3 = xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
King, Holly 08.28.23 / 17 7 +3 xxx.. 38 +2 7 +2 42 +4 xxx.. xx
Paolini, Murtagh 10.30.23 / 8 1 = 34 -15 4 = 97 -12 xxx
Pratchett, A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories (UK) 10.09.23 / 11 82 -29
Quinn, To Kill a Shadow 12.18.23 / 1 9 ++
Roberts, Powerless 11.20.23 / 5 4 = 51 +30 xx
Ross, Divine Rivals 04.17.23 / 22 2 = 112 -21 x xxx..
Rothfuss, The Narrow Road Between Desires 11.27.23 / 3 xxx xx 72 + xx
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: MinaLima Edition 10.02.23 / 12 xxx.. 9 -1 x xxx.. xxx
Rundell, Impossible Creatures (UK) 12.04.23 / 3 24 +1
Yarros, Fourth Wing 05.15.23 / 32 1 = x 9 -3 2 = 3 = 70 -7 52 -15
Yarros, Iron Flame 06.19.23 / 27 2 = 10 + 2 -1 1 = 13 -7 xx 64 -10
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.24
LAT
12.17
USAT
12.10
PW
12.18
Amz
(12.18)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.18)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.18)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Aster, Lightlark [tpb] 11.20.23 / 4 xxx.. xx 25 +
Baldree, Bookshops & Bonedust [tpb] 11.20.23 / 5 xxx.. xx 65 +46 xx
Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes [tpb] 05.01.23 / 27 10 -3 xxx.. 105 -71 51 -17 x
Collins, The Hunger Games [tpb] 07.13.10 / 212 xxx.. xxx.. 85 -22 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Haig, The Midnight Library [tpb] 05.22.23 / 31 12 + 9 + 57 + 10 +7 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Kuang, Babel [tpb] 09.11.23 / 12 xxx.. 3 +1 xxx xxx..
Kuang, Yellowface [tpb] 09.18.23 / 5 61 +6 xxx..
Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury [tpb] 05.14.18 / 113 xxx.. 73 -8 xxx.. xxx..
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses [tpb] 05.16.16 / 144 xxx.. 2 = 22 +3 xxx.. 51 -19 xxx.. 54 -7
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses Paperback Box Set 06.19.23 / 24 x xx 24 +2
Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin [tpb] 05.14.18 / 71 145 -49 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Maas, Crown of Midnight [tpb] 02.27.23 / 5 xxx.. 25 -5
Maas, House of Earth and Blood [tpb] 03.15.21 / 12 15 -1 xxx.. xxx..
Maas, House of Sky and Breath [tpb] 10.09.23 / 11 18 -5
Maas, The Assassin’s Blade [tpb] 02.27.23 / 10 xxx 21 +1
Maas, Throne of Glass [tpb] 02.27.23 / 27 96 +4 9 -3
Miller, Circe [tpb] 09.06.21 / 84 xxx.. 10 + xxx..
Miller, The Song of Achilles [tpb] 09.06.21 / 96 xxx.. 8 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 367 xxx 38 +2
Rowling, Harry Potter Paperback Box Set [tpb] 06.08.15 / 140 xxx.. 45 = xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.24
LAT
12.17
USAT
12.10
PW
12.18
Amz
(12.18)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.18)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.18)
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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