The film adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s Room, which earned actress Brie Larson an Oscar on February 28, is boosting sales of the 2010 novel, which took #3 on the iBooks bestsellers chart for the week ending March 6. Film adaptations are also benefitting authors Paula Hawkins whose Girl on the Train came in at #6, and JoJo Moyes whose Me Before You came in at #8.
Debut author Fiona Barton maintained her #1 perch from last week with The Widow on the list this week, while Audrey Carlan’s January fell four spots to #7.
iBooks US Bestseller List - Paid Books
Rank, Book Title by Author Name, ISBN, Publisher
1. The Widow by Fiona Barton - 9781101990469 - (Penguin Publishing Group)
2. The Enemy Inside by Steve Martini - 9780062328946 - (William Morrow)
3. Room by Emma Donoghue - 9780316129114 - (Little, Brown and Company)
4. Find Her by Lisa Gardner - 9780698404229 - (Penguin Publishing Group)
5. The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom - 9781439160121 - (Touchstone)
6. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins - 9780698185395 - (Penguin Publishing Group)
7. January by Audrey Carlan - No ISBN Available - (Waterhouse Press)
8. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes - 9781101606377 - (Penguin Publishing Group)
9. February by Audrey Carlan - No ISBN Available - (Waterhouse Press)
10. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah - 9781466850606 - (St. Martin's Press)
11. The Gangster by Clive Cussler & Justin Scott - 9780698406421 - (Penguin Publishing Group)
12. When Breath Becomes Air by Abraham Verghese & Paul Kalanithi - 9780812988413 - (Random House Publishing Group)
13. March by Audrey Carlan - No ISBN Available - (Waterhouse Press)
14. July by Audrey Carlan - No ISBN Available - (Waterhouse Press)
15. April by Audrey Carlan - No ISBN Available - (Waterhouse Press)
16. May by Audrey Carlan - No ISBN Available - (Waterhouse Press)
17. June by Audrey Carlan - No ISBN Available - (Waterhouse Press)
18. Keep Quiet by Lisa Scottoline - 9781466842045 - (St. Martin's Press)
19. Lethal by Sandra Brown - 9781455501489 - (Grand Central Publishing)
20. August by Audrey Carlan - No ISBN Available - (Waterhouse Press)