Bestseller Stat Shot
It was a good week to be James Dashner. His popular Maze Runner YA series (Delacorte) got its first taste of Hollywood success, raking in $32.5 million at box offices in North America the first week The Maze Runner film was out, and sales of several of his books saw sizable week-over-week hikes in print unit sales, according to Nielsen BookScan data. Here’s a breakdown of Dashner’s books that got the biggest boost last week.
| Title | This Week Units | Last Week Units | Increase |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Scorch Trials | 16,072 | 11,169 | 44% |
| The Maze Runner (boxed set) | 6,687 | 4,926 | 36% |
| The Death Cure | 10,193 | 7,689 | 33% |
| The Maze Runner (movie tie-in) | 17,285 | 13,590 | 27% |
| The Maze Runner (trade paper) | 22,985 | 20,616 | 11% |
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