Are you still, somehow, wondering if Hollywood is a major factor in fiction book sales, especially in e-book? Don't. This week's Apple Books store bestseller list again shows the power the screen has to make bestsellers: two of the top five books this week have been optioned or adapted for film, one is in the same series as Anna Todd's After, one of those adapted books, and one is by Chelsea Handler, a television host. That doesn't even mention the other two titles by Todd in the top 20, or the sales bump George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones saw after its eighth season finally premiered on HBO.
Apple Books US Bestseller List - 04/14/19 - Paid Books
Rank, Book Title by Author Name, ISBN, Publisher
1. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens - 9780735219113 - (Penguin Publishing Group)
2. After by Anna Todd - 9781476792545 - (Gallery Books)
3. Someone Knows by Lisa Scottoline - 9780525539650 - (Penguin Publishing Group)
4. After We Collided by Anna Todd - 9781476792552 - (Gallery Books)
5. Life Will Be the Death of Me by Chelsea Handler - 9780525511786 - (Random House Publishing Group)
6. Educated by Tara Westover - 9780399590511 - (Random House Publishing Group)
7. Run Away by Harlan Coben - 9781538748480 - (Grand Central Publishing)
8. Crazy for Your Love by Lexi Ryan - 9781940832104 - (Ever After, LLC)
9. After We Fell by Anna Todd - 9781476792569 - (Gallery Books)
10. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides - 9781250301710 - (Celadon Books)
11. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin - 9780553897845 - (Random House Publishing Group)
12. Sorry Not Sorry by Sophie Ranald - 9781786817518 - (Bookouture)
13. After Ever Happy by Anna Todd - 9781501106415 - (Gallery Books)
14. The Cornwalls Are Gone by Brendan DuBois and James Patterson - 9780316422604 - (Little, Brown and Company)
15. The First Lady by Brendan DuBois and James Patterson - 9781538714928 - (Grand Central Publishing)
16. Becoming by Michelle Obama - 9781524763152 - (Crown)
17. Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly - 9781524796389 - (Random House Publishing Group)
18. Mad About Moon by Melissa Foster - No ISBN Available - (World Literary Press)
19. Meet Cute by Helena Hunting - 9781538760178 - (Grand Central Publishing)
20. Q Is For Quarry by Sue Grafton - 9781440620195 - (Penguin Publishing Group)