Weekly Bestsellers, 18 June 2018
Stephen King’s The Outsider drops a couple notches, while Jim Butcher’s Brief Cases (Ace) debuts strongly on two lists. ...Read More Read more
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Locus Bestsellers, June 2018
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month 1) Burn Bright, Patricia Briggs (Ace) 1 – 2) Lake Silence, Anne Bishop (Ace) 1 – 3) Child of a Mad God, R.A. Salvatore (Tor) 2 4 4) Oathbringer, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) 5 1 5) A Call to Vengeance, David Weber, Timothy Zahn & Thomas Pope (Baen) 1 – 6) The Power, Naomi Alderman (Little, Brown) 5 7 7) Iron Gold, Pierce Brown ...Read More
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month 1) Burn Bright, Patricia Briggs (Ace) 1 – 2) Lake Silence, Anne Bishop (Ace) 1 – 3) Child of a Mad God, R.A. Salvatore (Tor) 2 4 4) Oathbringer, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) 5 1 5) A Call to Vengeance, David Weber, Timothy Zahn & Thomas Pope (Baen) 1 – 6) The Power, Naomi Alderman (Little, Brown) 5 7 7) Iron Gold, Pierce Brown ...Read More
Weekly Bestsellers, 28 May 2018
Stephen King’s new novel The Outsider (Scribner) is #1 today at Amazon.com; look for it on print lists beginning next week. ...Read More Read more
Weekly Bestsellers, 21 May 2018
Dean Koontz’ The Crooked Staircase (Bantam), latest in the Jane Hawk series, debuts on three lists, ranking #4 at USA Today and Publishers Weekly. ...Read More Read more
Weekly Bestsellers, 14 May 2018
Sarah J. Maas’ A Court of Frost and Starlight (Bloomsbury), fourth in the Court of Thorns and Roses YA series, debuts prominently on two lists, ranking #2 on the combined Publishers Weekly list. ...Read More Read more
Locus Bestsellers, May 2018
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month 1) Oathbringer, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) 4 1 2) Artemis, Andy Weir (Crown) 4 3 3) Iron Gold, Pierce Brown (Del Rey) 2 2 4) Child of a Mad God, R.A. Salvatore (Tor) 1 – 5) Tempests and Slaughter, Tamora Pierce (Random House) 1 – 6) Into the Fire, Elizabeth Moon (Del Rey) 1 – 7) The Power, Naomi Alderman (Little, Brown) 4 4 ...Read More
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month 1) Oathbringer, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) 4 1 2) Artemis, Andy Weir (Crown) 4 3 3) Iron Gold, Pierce Brown (Del Rey) 2 2 4) Child of a Mad God, R.A. Salvatore (Tor) 1 – 5) Tempests and Slaughter, Tamora Pierce (Random House) 1 – 6) Into the Fire, Elizabeth Moon (Del Rey) 1 – 7) The Power, Naomi Alderman (Little, Brown) 4 4 ...Read More
Weekly Bestsellers, 7 May 2018
This is the 349th week that George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four has appeared on this bestseller list compilation page since these weekly pages began in January 2003, covering now not quite 800 weeks. It’s the record; next is Martin’s A Game of Thrones, on 276 weekly pages, then Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, on 275 weekly pages. ...Read More Read more
Weekly Bestsellers, 30 April 2018
Two published books debut this week: Richard Powers’ novel The Overstory (Norton), ranking as high as #12 on the New York Times list; and a Star Wars novel by Daniel José Older, Last Shot (Del Rey), ranking #15 on the NYT list.
And forthcoming in November, but already selling on two Amazon lists: George R.R. Martin’s Fire and Blood: A History of House Targaryen of Westeros, Volume 1 (Bantam). ...Read More
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Weekly Bestsellers, 23 April 2018
Veronica Roth’s The Fates Divide (Katherine Tegen), second in her Carve the Mark series, debuts on three lists, ranking #1 on the New York Times Young Adult Hardcover list. ...Read More Read more
Weekly Bestsellers, 16 April 2018
Kevin Hearne’s Scourged (Del Rey), the final volume of his Iron Druid Chronicles, debuts on two lists, ranking #16 at USA Today and #22 at Publishers Weekly. ...Read More Read more
Locus Bestsellers, April 2018
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month 1) Oathbringer, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) 3 2 2) Iron Gold, Pierce Brown (Del Rey) 1 – 3) Artemis, Andy Weir (Crown) 3 1 4) The Power, Naomi Alderman (Little, Brown) 3 6 5) Neogenesis, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Baen) 1 – 6) Persepolis Rising, James S.A. Corey (Orbit US) 2 3 7) The Princess Bride Deluxe Edition, William Goldman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) ...Read More
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month 1) Oathbringer, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) 3 2 2) Iron Gold, Pierce Brown (Del Rey) 1 – 3) Artemis, Andy Weir (Crown) 3 1 4) The Power, Naomi Alderman (Little, Brown) 3 6 5) Neogenesis, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Baen) 1 – 6) Persepolis Rising, James S.A. Corey (Orbit US) 2 3 7) The Princess Bride Deluxe Edition, William Goldman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) ...Read More
Weekly Bestsellers, 9 April 2018
Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone remains #1 for the fourth week in a row on the New York Times Young Adult Hardcover list. ...Read More Read more
Weekly Bestsellers, 2 April 2018
Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone remains #1 for the third week in a row on the New York Times Young Adult Hardcover list. ...Read More Read more
Weekly Bestsellers, 26 March 2018
The trade paperback of Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology (Norton) debuts on two additional print lists this week, ranking as high as #3 on the Los Angeles Times paperback list. ...Read More Read more
Weekly Bestsellers, 19 March 2018
Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone (Henry Holt) debuts on two print lists this week, ranking #1 on the New York Times YA list, and #13 on the combined USA Today list.
Several other debuts this week: Jason Fry’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition (Del Rey), ranking as high as #2 on two lists; Patricia Briggs’ Burn Bright (Ace), #2 on one list; Karen Marie Moning’s ...Read More
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Locus Bestsellers, March 2018
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month 1) Artemis, Andy Weir (Crown) 2 2 2) Oathbringer, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) 2 1 3) Persepolis Rising, James S.A. Corey (Orbit US) 1 – 4) Provenance, Ann Leckie (Orbit US) 4 4 5) The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage, Philip Pullman (Knopf) 3 6 6) The Power, Naomi Alderman (Little, Brown) 2 5 7) The Princess Bride Deluxe Edition, William Goldman ...Read More
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month 1) Artemis, Andy Weir (Crown) 2 2 2) Oathbringer, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) 2 1 3) Persepolis Rising, James S.A. Corey (Orbit US) 1 – 4) Provenance, Ann Leckie (Orbit US) 4 4 5) The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage, Philip Pullman (Knopf) 3 6 6) The Power, Naomi Alderman (Little, Brown) 2 5 7) The Princess Bride Deluxe Edition, William Goldman ...Read More
Weekly Bestsellers, 12 March 2018
Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation debuts on this week’s New York Times and Los Angeles Times lists, ranking #7 on the former’s trade paperback list, #14 on the latter’s paperback list. ...Read More Read more
Weekly Bestsellers, 5 March 2018
Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation reappears on USA Today‘s list, while the omnibus Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy ranks higher on the Amazon Canada list than it did last week. ...Read More Read more
Weekly Bestsellers, 26 February 2018
In response to the release of the movie based on the novel, Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation and omnibus Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy are ranking on US and Canadian Amazon lists today. ...Read More Read more
Weekly Bestsellers, 19 February 2018
Tamora Pierce’s new YA novel Tempests and Slaughter (Random House) debuts on two Young Adult lists and one general list, ranking #1 at New York Times ...Read More Read more
Locus Bestsellers, February 2018
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month 1) Oathbringer, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) 1 – 2) Artemis, Andy Weir (Crown) 1 – 3) Edgedancer, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) 1 – 4) Provenance, Ann Leckie (Orbit US) 3 2 5) The Power, Naomi Alderman (Little, Brown) 1 – 6) The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage, Philip Pullman (Knopf) 2 4 7) The Mongrel Mage, L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (Tor) 1 – 8) ...Read More
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month 1) Oathbringer, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) 1 – 2) Artemis, Andy Weir (Crown) 1 – 3) Edgedancer, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) 1 – 4) Provenance, Ann Leckie (Orbit US) 3 2 5) The Power, Naomi Alderman (Little, Brown) 1 – 6) The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage, Philip Pullman (Knopf) 2 4 7) The Mongrel Mage, L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (Tor) 1 – 8) ...Read More
Weekly Bestsellers, 12 February 2018
The new trade paperback edition of Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad debuts on two lists. ...Read More Read more
Weekly Bestsellers, 5 February 2018
Pierce Brown’s Iron Gold reaches #4 on the LA Times list but drops on three others. ...Read More Read more
Weekly Bestsellers, 29 January 2018
Pierce Brown’s Iron Gold (Del Rey) debuts impressively on all four print lists compiled here, ranking as high as #3 on the New York Times and Publishers Weekly lists.
Also, a couple titles by Ursula K. Le Guin place on Amazon lists today, a week after her death. ...Read More
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Weekly Bestsellers, 22 January 2018
Neal Shusterman’s YA novel Thunderhead (Simon & Schuster) debuts on three lists, ranking #3 on the New York Times‘ Young Adult Hardcover list. ...Read More Read more
Locus Bestsellers, January 2018
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month 1) What the Hell Did I Just Read, David Wong (St. Martin’s) 1 – 2) Provenance, Ann Leckie (Orbit US) 2 1 3) Vallista, Steven Brust (Tor) 1 – 4) The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage, Philip Pullman (Knopf) 1 – 5) The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss (DAW) 5 – 6) The Core, Peter V. Brett (Del Rey) 2 ...Read More
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month 1) What the Hell Did I Just Read, David Wong (St. Martin’s) 1 – 2) Provenance, Ann Leckie (Orbit US) 2 1 3) Vallista, Steven Brust (Tor) 1 – 4) The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage, Philip Pullman (Knopf) 1 – 5) The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss (DAW) 5 – 6) The Core, Peter V. Brett (Del Rey) 2 ...Read More
Weekly Bestsellers, 15 January 2018
Holly Black’s YA novel The Cruel Prince (Little, Brown) debuts on two lists, ranking #3 on the New York Times‘ Young Adult Hardcover list. ...Read More Read more
Weekly Bestsellers, 8 January 2018
The trade paperback edition of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale returns to or climbs six of the seven lists compiled here — perhaps inspired by the win of the TV series version at last night’s Golden Globes Awards. ...Read More Read more
Weekly Bestsellers, 1 January 2018
New this week on two Amazon lists, and the print LA Times list, is Naomi Alderman’s The Power (Little, Brown), which has been included on numerous lists of the top 10 books of 2017. ...Read More
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Weekly Bestsellers, 25 December 2017
Just one title ranks #1 on any list this week — Andy Weir’s Artemis, still ranking #1 on the Los Angeles Times fiction hardcover list. ...Read More
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