Weekly Bestsellers, 24 November 2025

The big debut this week is James Islington’s The Strength of the Few (Saga), second book in the Hierarchy series, ranking at #1 or #2 on the four print lists compiled here.

Also debuting: Travis Baldree’s Brigands & Breadknives (Tor), third in his Legends & Lattes series, ranking from 5th to 17th on the four print lists.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.30
LAT
11.23
USAT
11.16
PW
11.24
Amz
(11.24)
UK:
Amz UK
(11.24)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.24)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 10×3 10×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Aster, Grim and Oro 10.13.25 / 6 xxx.. 17 +
Azar, Thorn Season 09.15.25 / 10 7 + xxx.. xxx..
Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives 11.24.25 / 1 15 ++ 5 ++ 7 ++ 17 ++
Christopher, Star Wars: Master of Evil 11.24.25 / 1 134 ++
Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping 06.10.24 / 53 x 9 + 18 +63 47 + 28 +
Dinniman, Dungeon Crawler Carl 05.26.25 / 27 xxx.. xxx.. 61 -12 xxx.. xxx..
Gillig, One Dark Window 10.06.25 / 4 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 84 ++
Girma, Eternal Ruin 11.17.25 / 2 4 -3 73 -48 25 ++
Gray, Bitten 10.13.25 / 7 3 +6 xxx..
Harrow, The Everlasting 11.10.25 / 3 xx 80 -28 xx
Hart, Brimstone 08.25.25 / 8 11 -3 34 -19 13 =
Hart, Quicksilver (Deluxe Limited Edition) 09.01.25 / 9 11 + 78 +13 13 +6 52 ++ 86 ++ 14 ++
Islington, The Strength of the Few 11.24.25 / 1 1 ++ 1 ++ 2 ++ 1 ++
Islington, The Will of the Many 09.22.25 / 2 99 +
McEwan, What We Can Know 10.27.25 / 5 10 -7 x
Meyer, The House Saphir 11.17.25 / 2 6 -2 x
Meyer, Twilight: Deluxe Collector’s Edition 02.17.25 / 8 xxx.. 13 + xxx.. xxx..
Pullman, The Rose Field: The Book of Dust Volume Three (UK) 10.20.25 / 6 28 -6
qntm, There Is No Antimemetics Division 11.24.25 / 1 35 ++
Roberts, Fearful 09.01.25 / 12 xxx.. 24 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Roberts, Fearless 03.31.25 / 29 xxx.. 19 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The Illustrated Edition 04.01.19 / 71 xxx 5 + xxx.. xxx.. x
Saft, Wings of Starlight 02.17.25 / 39 9 + xxx.. xxx..
Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret 05.08.07 / 80 xxx.. 69 + xxx.. xxx..
SenLinYu, Alchemised 10.06.25 / 8 5 -2 x 17 -3 5 -2 88 -38 75 -21 x
Shepherd, Hour of the Pumpkin Queen 07.21.25 / 19 5 +1 xxx.. xxx..
Sparks/Shyamalan, Remain 10.27.25 / 5 7 = 58 -7 7 +1 xxx..
Yarros, Fourth Wing 05.15.23 / 105 xxx xxx.. x 20 = xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Yarros, Iron Flame 06.19.23 / 114 xxx xxx.. xx 25 -1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Yarros, Onyx Storm 04.01.24 / 87 xxx xxx.. x 23 +2 xxx.. xx xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.30
LAT
11.23
USAT
11.16
PW
11.24
Amz
(11.24)
UK:
Amz UK
(11.24)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.24)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
El-Mohtar/Gladstone, This Is How You Lose the Time War [tpb] 09.20.21 / 39 xxx.. xxx.. 115 + xxx.. xxx..
Haig, The Life Impossible [tpb] 09.15.25 / 5 6 + xxx..
Hart, Quicksilver [tpb] 12.16.24 / 44 xxx.. xxx.. 21 +3 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Hazelwood, Mate [tpb] 10.20.25 / 6 14 -6 xx 45 -7 9 -1 xxx.. xxx..
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses Paperback Box Set 06.19.23 / 122 xxx.. xxx.. 76 + x
Raasch, The Entanglement of Rival Wizards [tpb] 09.08.25 / 4 147 +
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 442 23 + 51 +1
Straube, Between Two Kings [tpb] 11.24.25 / 1 5 ++ 2 ++
Weir, Project Hail Mary [tpb] 10.03.22 / 53 8 +1 1 +3 37 +13 xxx.. 41 +19 xxx.. 74 +
Wiswell, Someone You Can Build a Nest In [tpb] 11.24.25 / 1 108 ++
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.30
LAT
11.23
USAT
11.16
PW
11.24
Amz
(11.24)
UK:
Amz UK
(11.24)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.24)
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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