Weekly Bestsellers: 20 January 2025

No fewer than nine titles published on January 7, 2025 debut on one or more lists this week, most prominently (on three lists each) Mai Corland’s Four Ruined Realms (Entangled: Red Tower Books) and Fonda Lee & Shannon Lee’s Breath of the Dragon (Wednesday Books). The other seven are by Lily Braun-Arnold, Seanan McGuire, Sue Lynn Tan, Kristin Cast, J.T. Geissinger, Danielle L. Jensen, and Martha Wells.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.26
LAT
01.19
USAT
01.12
PW
01.20
Amz
(01.20)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.20)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.20)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 10×3 10×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Aster, Lightlark: Collector s Edition 11.04.24 / 7 117 -76 x 98 ++
Aster, Nightbane 11.20.23 / 56 xxx.. xxx.. 16 -2
Aster, Skyshade 05.20.24 / 11 xx 10 = xxx.. xxx..
Bradley, The Ministry of Time 05.20.24 / 17 xxx.. 8 + 84 + xxx.. xxx..
Braun-Arnold, The Last Bookstore on Earth 01.20.25 / 1 4 ++
Chambers, A Psalm for the Wild-Built 02.12.24 / 3 124 +
Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping 06.10.24 / 9 17 +35 43 +51
Corland, Four Ruined Realms (Deluxe Limited Edition) 01.20.25 / 1 4 ++ 20 ++ 2 ++
Laroux, Her Soul to Take: Deluxe Special Edition 12.09.24 / 3 xxx.. 131 -55 25 -5
Lee/Lee, Breath of the Dragon 01.20.25 / 1 3 ++ 45 ++ 24 ++
Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin 05.01.17 / 10 111 -3 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
McGuire, Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear 01.20.25 / 1 139 ++
Paolini, Murtagh 10.30.23 / 58 7 = xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Robert, Court of the Vampire Queen 11.25.24 / 7 xxx.. 123 -26 xxx..
Roberts, Powerful 05.06.24 / 26 xxx.. xxx.. 20 -1 xxx.. xxx..
Roberts, Reckless 07.01.24 / 28 xx 11 = xxx.. xxx.. xxx
Ross, Divine Rivals 04.17.23 / 77 8 -2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Ross, Ruthless Vows 01.01.24 / 41 9 -1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Rundell, Impossible Creatures 08.26.24 / 20 1 = xxx.. 6 -2 xxx.. xxx..
Sanderson, Wind and Truth 09.02.24 / 20 x xxx.. 57 -19 18 -11 xxx xxx.. xxx
Tan, Immortal (Deluxe Limited Edition) 01.20.25 / 1 47 ++ 16 ++
Woods, The Coven 08.19.24 / 12 xxx.. 127 -98 x
Yarros, Fourth Wing 05.15.23 / 81 9 -2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. x xxx.. xxx..
Yarros, Iron Flame 06.19.23 / 84 1 +1 xxx.. 5 = xxx.. 24 -10 15 +8 26 +16
Yarros, Onyx Storm 04.01.24 / 43 2 = 1 = 2 +4
Zhao, Heavenly Tyrant 01.06.25 / 3 6 -2 x x
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.26
LAT
01.19
USAT
01.12
PW
01.20
Amz
(01.20)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.20)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.20)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Adjei-Brenyah, Chain-Gang All-Stars [tpb] 02.26.24 / 4 68 +
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale [tpb] 01.16.17 / 172 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 54 + xxx..
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 432 xxx.. 86 + xxx.. 13 +12 xxx.. xxx..
Butler, Parable of the Sower [tpb] 07.06.20 / 21 xxx.. xxx.. 59 + 18 +28
Cast, The Empress [tpb] 01.20.25 / 1 85 ++
Geissinger, Ruthless Creatures [tpb] 01.20.25 / 1 55 ++ 11 ++
Gillig, One Dark Window [tpb] 11.06.23 / 35 144 -104 xxx..
Haig, The Midnight Library [tpb] 05.22.23 / 68 xxx.. 8 + xx xxx.. 68 +14 xxx.. xxx..
Hart, Quicksilver [tpb] 12.16.24 / 6 9 -4 17 -9 7 -5 xx 91 + 81 -15
Harvey, Orbital [tpb] 11.25.24 / 9 xxx.. 1 = 24 -6 xx 26 =
Hawk/Van Alst, Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology [tpb] 12.11.23 / 35 xxx.. 126 -39
Jensen, The Endless War [tpb] 01.20.25 / 1 52 ++ 22 ++
Kuang, Yellowface [tpb] 09.18.23 / 35 67 + 23 ++ xx xxx..
Leong, The Teller of Small Fortunes [tpb] 11.18.24 / 2 128 +
Lowry, The Giver 09.02.13 / 190 xxx.. 129 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Maas, A Court of Frost and Starlight [tpb] 04.10.23 / 75 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 40 +1 xxx..
Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury [tpb] 05.14.18 / 168 13 +1 xxx.. 49 -13 x 25 -1 xxx..
Maas, A Court of Silver Flames [tpb] 09.12.22 / 109 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 36 -2 xxx..
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses [tpb] 05.16.16 / 201 5 -2 xxx.. 27 -2 xxx.. 64 = 18 +7 64 -3
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses Paperback Box Set 06.19.23 / 81 xxx.. 92 +1 xxx.. 23 -2
Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin [tpb] 05.14.18 / 124 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 96 + 31 -4 xxx..
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 219 x xxx.. xxx.. 14 -3 xxx.. xxx..
Maguire, Wicked 10.23.07 / 36 xxx.. xx 87 -6 xxx.. 70 -18
Miller, The Song of Achilles [tpb] 09.06.21 / 106 xxx.. xxx.. 109 +28 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Orwell, Animal Farm 07.20.03 / 101 x 26 +34 xxx.. xxx..
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 549 xxx.. xxx.. 16 +41 xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 413 xxx.. 47 +10
Wells, The Murderbot Diaries [tpb] 01.20.25 / 1 113 ++
Yarros, Fourth Wing [tpb] 09.16.24 / 19 2 = 10 = 3 = 1 = 22 +6 12 +10 42 +31
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.26
LAT
01.19
USAT
01.12
PW
01.20
Amz
(01.20)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.20)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.20)
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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