Bestseller Stat Shot
James Patterson’s Cross My Heart (Little, Brown) debuts on our Hardcover Fiction list this week in the top spot, selling 66,665 print copies. According to Wikipedia, it’s Patterson’s 115th book—and his 12th this year. Here’s how each of those 12 did during their debut weeks (in chronological order).
| Private Berlin | 37,325 |
| The Kiss | 10,881 |
| Alex Cross, Run | 63,140 |
| Middle School: My Brother Is a Big, Fat Liar | 14,748 |
| 12th of Never | 68,171 |
| Second Honeymoon | 48,887 |
| Middle School: How I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, and Snake Hill | 22,097 |
| Mistress | 35,318 |
| Treasure Hunters | 11,743 |
| Gone | 46,889 |
| Confessions: The Private School Murders | 12,664 |
| Cross My Heart | 66,665 |
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