Weekly Bestsellers, 23 October 2023
A new novel by Cassandra Clare, Sword Catcher (Del Rey), first in a series, debuts on three lists, ranking as high as 4th on the New York Times fiction hardcover list.
A new novel by Cassandra Clare, Sword Catcher (Del Rey), first in a series, debuts on three lists, ranking as high as 4th on the New York Times fiction hardcover list.
Three debuts this week. First, an adult novel by Kerri Maniscalco, Throne of the Fallen (Little, Brown), ranking as high as #5 on three lists. Second, a new novel by Alix E. Harrow, Starling House (Tor), ranking as high as #8 on three lists. And third, an anthology edited by Jordan Peele & John Joseph Adams, Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror (Random House), ranking as high
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.