Weekly Bestsellers, 26 August 2024

Two debuts this week. Jennifer L. Armentrout’s Born of Blood and Ash (Blue Box Press), fourth in her Flesh and Fire series, debuts in the top five on three lists. And Ava Reid’s Lady Macbeth (Del Rey), a retelling of Shakespeare with occult elements, debuts on all four print lists compiled here, ranking from #7 to #30.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.01
LAT
08.25
USAT
08.18
PW
08.19
Amz
(08.26)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.26)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.26)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 10×3 10×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Armentrout, Born of Blood and Ash 08.26.24 / 1 2 ++ 5 ++ 2 ++
Aster, Nightbane 11.20.23 / 40 5 +1 xxx.. xxx..
Corey, The Mercy of Gods 08.19.24 / 2 x x 59 -30 x
Durst, The Spellshop 07.22.24 / 6 x 69 -29 15 -2 xxx
Grossman, The Bright Sword 07.29.24 / 4 9 + x xxx..
Harrow, The Once and Future Witches 01.25.21 / 2 123 +
King, You Like It Darker: Stories 05.06.24 / 17 x xxx.. 146 -38 19 -5 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Kingfisher, A Sorceress Comes to Call 08.19.24 / 2 94 ++ x
Levenseller, The Darkness Within Us 07.22.24 / 6 6 +1 xxx.. xxx..
Levenseller, The Shadows Between Us [expanded edition] 06.24.24 / 10 7 +1 xxx.. xxx..
Linde, The Wren in the Holly Library 06.17.24 / 9 xxx.. 70 +51 xxx..
Paolini, Murtagh 10.30.23 / 43 10 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Reeves/Miéville, The Book of Elsewhere 07.22.24 / 6 xx x 135 -102 23 -5 xxx.. xxx..
Reid, Lady MacBeth 08.26.24 / 1 14 ++ 7 ++ 30 ++ 16 ++
Roberts, Powerful 05.06.24 / 17 xxx.. xxx.. 11 = xxx.. xxx..
Roberts, Powerless 11.20.23 / 41 xxx.. 54 -7 2 = xxx.. 60 +7 xxx..
Roberts, Reckless 07.01.24 / 9 xx 4 = xxx.. 66 +8 xxx
Ross, Divine Rivals 04.17.23 / 58 4 +1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Ross, Ruthless Vows 01.01.24 / 34 9 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Rundell, Impossible Creatures 08.26.24 / 1 15 ++ 48 ++
Woods, The Coven 08.19.24 / 2 10 -8 33 -16 8 -5
Yarros, Fourth Wing 05.15.23 / 68 6 -2 xxx.. 55 -4 xxx.. 79 -29 46 +8 88 -27
Yarros, Iron Flame 06.19.23 / 63 7 = xxx.. 24 +21 7 -1 57 -3 37 = 26 +7
Yarros, Onyx Storm 04.01.24 / 22 6 +1 xxx.. 8 +2
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.01
LAT
08.25
USAT
08.18
PW
08.19
Amz
(08.26)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.26)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.26)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Armentrout, Deity [tpb] 08.19.24 / 2 x 6 =
Armentrout, Half-Blood [tpb] 06.10.24 / 12 xxx.. 17 =
Aster, Lightlark [tpb] 11.20.23 / 39 xxx.. xxx.. 13 =
Blake, Masters of Death [tpb] 08.12.24 / 3 18 -4 10 +1
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 423 xxx.. 103 -31 xxx.. 21 +2 xxx.. xxx..
Haig, The Midnight Library [tpb] 05.22.23 / 58 xxx.. 8 -2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Hawk/Van Alst, Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology [tpb] 12.11.23 / 17 xxx.. 98 -49
Kuang, Yellowface [tpb] 09.18.23 / 25 xxx.. 38 -2 xxx..
Lowry, The Giver 09.02.13 / 189 xxx.. x xxx.. 78 -9 xxx..
Maas, A Court of Frost and Starlight [tpb] 04.10.23 / 59 xxx.. xxx.. 131 -21 89 -6 18 +4 xx
Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury [tpb] 05.14.18 / 149 10 = xx 38 -1 58 -3 8 +5 57 -7
Maas, A Court of Silver Flames [tpb] 09.12.22 / 93 xxx.. 140 -28 xxx.. 93 -11 17 +8 xxx..
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses [tpb] 05.16.16 / 180 4 +1 4 -2 7 +5 xxx.. 22 +5 5 +4 30 -8
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses Paperback Box Set 06.19.23 / 60 xxx.. 35 +4 xx 17 -4
Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin [tpb] 05.14.18 / 107 13 +1 xxx.. 61 = xxx.. 73 -15 10 +6 86 +
Maas, Throne of Glass [tpb] 02.27.23 / 63 xxx.. xxx.. 93 -11 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Maehrer, Apprentice to the Villain [tpb] 08.19.24 / 2 9 -7 35 -33 4 -3 x
Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain [tpb] 08.26.24 / 1 138 ++
Maniscalco, Throne of the Fallen [tpb] 08.19.24 / 2 22 -2
Orwell, Animal Farm 07.20.03 / 98 xxx.. 83 -20 xxx.. xxx..
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 542 xxx.. xxx.. 81 -16 xxx.. xxx..
Polk, Even Though I Knew the End [tpb] 07.22.24 / 2 133 +
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.01
LAT
08.25
USAT
08.18
PW
08.19
Amz
(08.26)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.26)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.26)
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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