Weekly Bestsellers, 7 October 2024

Richard Powers’s new novel Playground (Norton) debuts on the four print lists compiled here, ranking as high as #3 on the LA Times list. Also debuting this week: Erin A. Craig’s The Thirteenth Child (Delacorte), ranking #1 on the NY Times‘ Young Adult Hardcover list.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.13
LAT
10.06
USAT
09.29
PW
10.07
Amz
(10.07)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.07)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.07)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 10×3 10×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Aster, Nightbane 11.20.23 / 46 7 -3 xxx.. xxx..
Brennan, Long Live Evil 09.09.24 / 5 116 +2 xxx
Craig, The Thirteenth Child 10.07.24 / 1 1 ++ 80 ++ 6 ++
Durst, The Spellshop 07.22.24 / 12 xxx.. xxx 25 -4 xxx..
Girma, Immortal Dark 09.16.24 / 4 2 -1 77 +25 10 -6
Haig, The Life Impossible 09.16.24 / 4 7 +1 x 43 -3 10 +1 xx xxx
Klune, Somewhere Beyond the Sea 09.23.24 / 3 8 -3 10 -1 14 -5 16 -9
Owen, The Games Gods Play 09.16.24 / 4 11 -5 52 -9 8 -2
Paolini, Murtagh 10.30.23 / 48 10 -4 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Powers, Playground 10.07.24 / 1 5 ++ 3 ++ 17 ++ 6 ++
Roberts, Powerful 05.06.24 / 23 xxx.. xxx.. 20 -5 xxx.. xxx..
Roberts, Powerless 11.20.23 / 47 xxx.. 91 +6 8 -5 xxx.. 82 +15 xxx..
Roberts, Reckless 07.01.24 / 15 xxx.. 12 -6 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Ross, Divine Rivals 04.17.23 / 64 5 -2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Ross, Ruthless Vows 01.01.24 / 39 9 -2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Rundell, Impossible Creatures 08.26.24 / 5 1 = 95 -17 5 -4 xx xxx
Sanderson, Wind and Truth 09.02.24 / 5 xx 88 +
Woods, The Coven 08.19.24 / 8 xxx.. x 22 -4
Woods, The Cursed 09.16.24 / 4 xx x 23 -8
Yarros, Iron Flame 06.19.23 / 69 6 +3 xxx.. 69 +7 7 +3 55 +7 66 -17 16 +28
Yarros, Onyx Storm 04.01.24 / 28 13 -5 xxx.. 7 +7
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.13
LAT
10.06
USAT
09.29
PW
10.07
Amz
(10.07)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.07)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.07)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Aster, Lightlark [tpb] 11.20.23 / 45 xxx.. xxx.. 15 -4
Haig, The Midnight Library [tpb] 05.22.23 / 62 xxx.. 5 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Hawk/Van Alst, Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology [tpb] 12.11.23 / 23 xx 59 +7
Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea [tpb] 02.01.21 / 32 xxx.. xxx.. 96 -25 xx
Kuang, Yellowface [tpb] 09.18.23 / 31 xxx.. 76 -10 xxx..
Maas, A Court of Frost and Starlight [tpb] 04.10.23 / 65 xxx.. xxx.. xxx xxx.. 29 -14 xxx..
Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury [tpb] 05.14.18 / 155 11 -4 xx 67 -2 83 +7 20 -7 xxx..
Maas, A Court of Silver Flames [tpb] 09.12.22 / 99 xxx.. xx xxx.. xxx 24 -10 xxx..
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses [tpb] 05.16.16 / 186 3 = xx 22 +4 xxx.. 71 -27 15 -6 23 +13
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses Paperback Box Set 06.19.23 / 66 xxx.. x xxx.. 41 -19
Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin [tpb] 05.14.18 / 113 15 + xxx.. xx xxx.. xx 19 -8 xxx..
Martin, George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones 5-Book Set 03.31.14 / 152 xxx.. 54 + xxx.. xxx..
Raasch/Revis, Night of the Witch [tpb] 09.16.24 / 4 22 -8
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 399 xxx.. 67 -15
Tolkien, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Box Set 02.23.03 / 29 xxx.. 78 +
Weir, Project Hail Mary [tpb] 10.03.22 / 19 xxx.. 4 + xxx.. xxx..
Yarros, Fourth Wing [tpb] 09.16.24 / 4 1 = 7 -5 2 -1 1 = 68 +20 59 -16 34 +23
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.13
LAT
10.06
USAT
09.29
PW
10.07
Amz
(10.07)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.07)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.07)
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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