Weekly Bestsellers, 9 October 2023
A new novel by V.E. Schwab, The Fragile Threads of Power (Tor), debuts on three lists.
A new novel by V.E. Schwab, The Fragile Threads of Power (Tor), debuts on three lists.
Stephen King’s Holly is pushed out of first place on all four lists here, by Yarros’ Fourth Wing on two of them. Meanwhile, John Scalzi’s Starter Villain (Tor) debuts on three lists.
While Stephen King’s Holly now sits at #1 on all four print lists compiled here, a new novel by Jennifer L. Armentrout, Fall of Ruin and Wrath (Tor/Bramble), first book in a new fantasy romance series, debuts on three lists.
Stephen King’s Holly (Scribner) debuts at the top of the four print lists compiled here.
Also, an enormous 40th anniversary Star Wars: Return of the Jedi anthology, From a Certain Point of View (Random House Worlds), debuts on two lists. Both the Amazon page and the publisher’s site credits six authors (presumably editors), beginning with Olivie Blake; the others are Saladin Ahmed, Charlie Jane Anders, Fran
Also, we’ve started tracking Stephen King’s Holly, due Sept. 5th from Scribner, ranking on the Amazon lists with pre-publication sales.
Rebecca Yarros’ Fourth Wing still ranks prominently after six weeks, while its sequel, Iron Flame, due in November, ranking on Amazon.com for several weeks with pre-publication sales, hits #1 on Amazon’s list this week.
Three YA novels, by Alexandra Bracket, F.T. Lukens, and Rebecca Ross, debut on the New York Times Young Adult Hardcover list.
And a Star Wars novel by Lydia Kang, Star Wars: The High Republic: Prequel Era: Cataclysm (Random House Worlds), debuts on the PW list.