Weekly Bestsellers, 4 December 2023

Three of Sarah J. Maas’ backlist titles, Heir of Fire, Queen of Shadows, and Empire of Storms, all reissued by Bloomsbury this past February both in hardcover and paperback (per Amazon), show up on Publishers Weekly‘s trade paperback list this week, ranking at 20, 21, and 24 respectively; neither these editions nor any earlier ones of these titles have ranked on any of the bestsellers lists compiled here before. The books were first published in 2014, 2015, and 2016.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.10
LAT
12.03
USAT
11.26
PW
12.04
Amz
(12.04)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.04)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.04)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 10×3 10×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Aster, Nightbane 11.20.23 / 3 4 -2 x 18 -12
Black, The Cruel Prince: Collector’s Edition 11.06.23 / 2 87 + xxx..
Clare, Sword Catcher 10.23.23 / 6 xxx.. xxx.. 20 +
Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes 04.13.20 / 71 xxx.. 2 +3 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Doctorow, The Lost Cause 12.04.23 / 1 124 ++
King, Holly 08.28.23 / 15 8 +6 xxx.. 39 +21 7 +6 74 + xxx.. 55 +41
Maniscalco, Throne of the Fallen 10.16.23 / 6 xxx.. xxx.. 22 +
Paolini, Murtagh 10.30.23 / 6 1 = 9 = 3 -2 66 + x
Pratchett, A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories (UK) 10.09.23 / 9 67 +4
Roberts, Powerless 11.20.23 / 3 3 +1 14 -4
Ross, Divine Rivals 04.17.23 / 20 2 +1 67 +4 10 +5 xxx..
Rothfuss, The Narrow Road Between Desires 11.27.23 / 2 x 7 +3 29 -14 21 -13
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: MinaLima Edition 10.02.23 / 10 xx 9 +2 xx xxx.. x
Rundell, Impossible Creatures (UK) 12.04.23 / 1 12 ++
Sanderson, Defiant 12.04.23 / 1 48 ++ 5 ++
Wells, System Collapse 11.27.23 / 2 x 64 -44 x
Yarros, Fourth Wing 05.15.23 / 30 2 -1 6 -1 2 = 2 = 4 +3 52 -6 32 -19
Yarros, Iron Flame 06.19.23 / 25 1 +1 9 -8 1 = 1 = 6 +10 81 -34 15 +6
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.10
LAT
12.03
USAT
11.26
PW
12.04
Amz
(12.04)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.04)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.04)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Aster, Lightlark [tpb] 11.20.23 / 3 xx 143 + 22 -6
Baldree, Bookshops & Bonedust [tpb] 11.20.23 / 3 xx 10 -9 76 -40 25 -18
Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes [tpb] 05.01.23 / 25 4 +8 xxx.. 7 +5 24 -6 11 +5
Collins, The Hunger Games [tpb] 07.13.10 / 210 xxx.. xxx.. 49 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Gwynne, The Shadow of the Gods [tpb] 12.04.23 / 1 142 ++
Haig, The Midnight Library [tpb] 05.22.23 / 29 xxx.. 6 -1 xxx.. 14 = xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
King, Fairy Tale [tpb] 06.19.23 / 12 xxx.. 113 + xxx.. xxx..
Kuang, The Poppy War [tpb] 12.04.23 / 1 24 ++
Kuang, Yellowface [tpb] 09.18.23 / 3 100 -14 xxx..
Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury [tpb] 05.14.18 / 111 xxx.. 53 +5 xx xxx..
Maas, A Court of Silver Flames [tpb] 09.12.22 / 58 15 + xxx xxx.. xxx..
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses [tpb] 05.16.16 / 142 xxx.. 3 +3 25 -2 xxx.. 48 + xxx.. x
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses Paperback Box Set 06.19.23 / 22 22 +30 50 -27
Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin [tpb] 05.14.18 / 69 136 +4 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Maas, Crown of Midnight [tpb] 02.27.23 / 3 xxx.. 15 +
Maas, Empire of Storms [tpb] 12.04.23 / 1 24 ++
Maas, Heir of Fire [tpb] 12.04.23 / 1 20 ++
Maas, House of Sky and Breath [tpb] 10.09.23 / 9 13 +4
Maas, Queen of Shadows [tpb] 12.04.23 / 1 21 ++
Maas, The Assassin’s Blade [tpb] 02.27.23 / 8 x 12 +8
Maas, Throne of Glass [tpb] 02.27.23 / 25 82 +35 6 +2
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 365 x 54 -20
Rowling, Harry Potter Paperback Box Set [tpb] 06.08.15 / 138 xxx.. 43 +36 xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.10
LAT
12.03
USAT
11.26
PW
12.04
Amz
(12.04)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.04)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.04)
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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