Weekly Bestsellers, 9 December 2024

Gregory Maguire’s Wicked returns to fiction hardcover bestseller lists in a Collector’s Edition with green sprayed edges (William Morrow), ranking as high as #10 on the NY Times list. Two other books return to lists in similar special editions: R.F. Kuang’s The Poppy War Collector’s Edition and Harley Laroux’s Her Soul to Take: Deluxe Special Edition (Kensington).

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.15
LAT
12.08
USAT
12.01
PW
12.09
Amz
(12.09)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.09)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.09)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 10×3 10×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Aster, Nightbane 11.20.23 / 54 xxx.. xxx.. 19 -2
Aster, Skyshade 05.20.24 / 6 21 +21 4 -1 xxx.. xxx..
Broadbent, The Songbird & the Heart of Stone 12.02.24 / 2 x 98 -92 16 -13
Hawley, Servant of Earth 11.25.24 / 2 141 +
King, You Like It Darker: Stories 05.06.24 / 22 11 + xxx.. 72 + 12 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Klune, Somewhere Beyond the Sea 09.23.24 / 12 xxx.. xxx.. 82 +2 xxx..
Kuang, The Poppy War Collector’s Edition 12.09.24 / 1 20 ++ 17 ++
Laroux, Her Soul to Take: Deluxe Special Edition 12.09.24 / 1 12 ++ 22 ++ 10 ++
Maguire, Wicked Collector’s Edition 11.25.24 / 3 10 ++ 61 ++ 11 +6
Owen, The Games Gods Play 09.16.24 / 8 xxx.. 116 + 20 +
Paolini, Murtagh 10.30.23 / 52 6 -2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Powers, Playground 10.07.24 / 10 xxx.. 10 -1 xxx xxx..
Roberts, Reckless 07.01.24 / 24 xxx.. 18 +2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Ross, Divine Rivals 04.17.23 / 71 4 +5 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Rundell, Impossible Creatures 08.26.24 / 14 1 = xxx.. 2 +2 xxx.. xxx..
Rundell, Impossible Creatures (UK) 12.04.23 / 12 66 +50 xxx..
Sanderson, Wind and Truth 09.02.24 / 14 8 +13 97 ++ 15 +
Tahir, Heir 10.14.24 / 6 8 + xxx.. xxx..
Yarros, Iron Flame 06.19.23 / 78 6 +2 xxx.. 67 = xxx 75 -10 100 -35 xx
Yarros, Onyx Storm 04.01.24 / 37 7 -1 54 +9 38 +57
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.15
LAT
12.08
USAT
12.01
PW
12.09
Amz
(12.09)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.09)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.09)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Aster, Lightlark [tpb] 11.20.23 / 51 xxx 110 +29 xxx..
Harvey, Orbital [tpb] 11.25.24 / 3 3 ++ 19 +13 5 +5
Hawk/Van Alst, Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology [tpb] 12.11.23 / 31 xxx.. 58 +
Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea [tpb] 02.01.21 / 33 xxx.. 10 + xxx.. xxx..
Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury [tpb] 05.14.18 / 164 12 +1 xxx.. xx xxx.. xx xxx..
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses [tpb] 05.16.16 / 195 3 +1 xxx.. 33 +7 xxx.. 99 -8 47 +47 xxx
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses Paperback Box Set 06.19.23 / 75 xxx.. 80 -2 x 34 -7
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 213 1 +4 xxx.. 1 +6 xxx.. xxx..
Maguire, Wicked 10.23.07 / 30 xxx.. 40 +36 xxx.. 21 +8
Miller, Circe [tpb] 09.06.21 / 94 xxx.. 6 + xxx..
Parker, When the Moon Hatched [tpb] 02.05.24 / 3 xxx.. 21 ++
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 407 x 52 -4
Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire [tpb] 12.09.24 / 1 140 ++
Weir, Project Hail Mary [tpb] 10.03.22 / 21 xxx.. 7 + xxx.. xxx..
Yarros, Fourth Wing [tpb] 09.16.24 / 13 2 = xx 8 +23 2 = 91 -25 86 -4 xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.15
LAT
12.08
USAT
12.01
PW
12.09
Amz
(12.09)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.09)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.09)
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.15
LAT
12.08
USAT
12.01
PW
12.09
Amz
(12.09)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.09)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.09)
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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