Bestseller Stat Shot
Many writers would count themselves lucky to have one bestselling book in a given week, but seven fortunate authors have each managed to land two or more titles on our most recent list of the 100 overall top sellers. This ranking includes both frontlist and backlist titles* and counts books across all categories and audiences. And while four of the seven authors with two or more titles on the list write for an adult audience, the children’s and YA authors take the cake in terms of unit sales: John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars continues its success streak, and Veronica Roth’s Divergent trilogy is still selling briskly.
| John Green | |
|---|---|
| The Fault in Our Stars | 295,329 |
| Looking for Alaska | 28,425 |
| Paper Towns | 20,761 |
| An Abundance of Katherines | 14,315 |
| Veronica Roth | |
| Divergent | 32,355 |
| Insurgent | 24,887 |
| Allegiant | 23,594 |
| James Patterson | |
| Unlucky 13 | 14,332 |
| Confessions of a Murder Suspect | 10,040 |
| Private Berlin | 7,178 |
| Clive Cussler | |
| Zero Hour | 15,661 |
| Ghost Ship | 14,277 |
| Nora Roberts | |
| The Last Boyfriend | 13,227 |
| The Next Always | 8,434 |
| A Change of Plans | 7,392 |
| Frank Berrios | |
| Frozen: Journey to the Ice Palace | 16,213 |
| A Day in the Sun | 9,427 |
| John Sandford | |
| Silken Prey | 10,455 |
| Field of Prey | 8,909 |
From the Newsletters
The big debuts you’ll want to watch out for this summer.
Talking with Cory Doctorow about the controversy over his YA novel Little Brother (Tor), which was pulled from a Florida high school’s summer reading program.
Check out our new religion on-sale calendar, a monthly breakdown of notable upcoming religion titles.
Thinking of planning a DIY blog tour? We’ve got some tips.
The most-read review on publishersweekly.com last week was Alone Yet Not Alone by Tracy Leininger Craven (Zonderkidz).
Podcasts
Picture book author Deborah Diesen talks about The Pout-Pout Fish Goes to School (FSG), the latest in her series starring the sometimes-morose Mr. Fish.
The More to Come crew discuss recent tributes to reclusive Calvin & Hobbes creator Bill Watterson, and the comics and graphic novel focus of this year’s Banned Books Week.
With ALA just around the corner and two big recent court decisions about digital reading, PW senior writer Andrew Albanese discusses the future of books and lending in the digital age.
Blogs
Compiling an anti-anti-YA reading list.
“A really busy man creates an atmosphere about him that invites brevity of conversation and a short stay.” —from the Feb. 22, 1913, issue of Publishers Weekly. Check out this archival gem and other bookworld ephemera at PW’s Tumblr.
Events
Join us at ALA, June 26–July 1 in Las Vegas! Members of PW’s business and editorial teams will be at booth #535. See you there!
Bestseller Jim Butcher talks about his latest Dresden Files novel, Skin Game. Plus PW’s comics reviews editor Heidi MacDonald compares BookCon to comics conventions.
