It doesn’t get any bigger than this week’s biggest release: Jeff Kinney’s sixth entry in his Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Cabin Fever, drops an astounding 6 million copies on the book-buying world this Tuesday, the biggest release of the year in both kids’ and adult books. Currently, Cabin Fever is no. 5 on the general bestseller list at Barnes & Noble, and has been sitting at the top of their pre-order sales for at least a month, beating out new offerings from Janet Evanovich, James Patterson, Sue Grafton, Clive Cussler, Michael Connelly, Michael Crichton, and the Kardashian sisters, among many others. At Amazon, it’s no. 3.
Of course, PW is just as big a fan as anyone. Take a minute to check out our ongoing coverage of the zeitgeist, including a report on the 46’-by-12’ advertisement wrapped around the outside of Bank Street Bookstore in New York, the excitement Kinney generated ahead of his appearance on NPR’s All Things Considered, the Cabin Fever winter tour, the book six reveal, the mid-2009 scramble to replicate Wimpy Kid’s success, and the reviews: Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Roderick Rules, The Last Straw, Dog Days, and The Ugly Truth.
Other top titles this week include a trio of thrillers (the aforementioned Patterson, Grafton, and Cussler), an imaginary biography of First Lady Pat Nixon, a tribute to America’s queen of daytime television, Oprah, short fiction from long-form master Don DeLillo, and hot-button memoirs from Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, just 11 months after her near-fatal shooting; and Jeff Ashton, prosecutor in the nation-captivating Casey Anthony murder trial.
November 14
Devil's Gate: A Novel of the NUMA Filesby Clive Cussler and Graham Brown (Putnam, $27.95; ISBN 978-0-399-15782-0). 600,000 copies.
Kill Alex Cross by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $28; ISBN 978-0-316-19873-8).
V is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton (Penguin, $27.95; ISBN 978-0-399-15786-8).
November 15
Mrs. Nixon: A Novelist Imagines a Lifeby Ann Beattie (Scribner, $26; ISBN 978-1-4391-6871-4).
Shaq Uncut: My Story by Shaquille O'Neal, with Jackie MacMullan (Grand Central, $27.99; ISBN 978-1-4555-0441-1)
The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories by Don DeLillo (Scribner, $24; ISBN 978-1-4516-5584-1)
The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody But Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass by Bill Maher (Penguin/Blue Rider, $26.95; ISBN 978-0-399-15841-4)
The Oprah Winfrey Show: Reflections on an American Legacy by Deborah Davis (Abrams $50; ISBN 978-1-4197-0059-0).
Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope by Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly (Scribner, $26.99; ISBN). Embargoed.
Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthony by Jeff Ashton (HarperCollins, $26.99; ISBN 978-0062125323). Embargoed.
Children’s and YA
November 14
The Space Betweenby Brenna Yovanoff (Razorbill, $17.99; ISBN 978-1-59514-339-6)
November 15
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 6: Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney (Amulet, $13.95; ISBN 978-1-4197-0223-5). 6,000,000 copies. Embargoed.
The Third Gift by Linda Sue Park, illus. by Bagram Ibatoulline (Clarion, $16.99; ISBN 978-0-547-20195-5).
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi (HarperTeen, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-06-208548-1)
COMPLETE On-Sale Calendar for the Week of Nov. 14, 2011
November 14
Kill Alex Cross by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $28.99; ISBN 978-0-316-19873-8). 1.5 million copies. One-day laydown.
Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 by Ian Toll (W.W. Norton, $32.95; ISBN 978-0-393-06813-9). 100,000 copies.
V Is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton (Putnam, $27.95; ISBN 978-0-399-15786-8). 1 million copies.
Howard Cosell: The Man, the Myth, and the Transformation of American Sports by Mark Ribowsky (Norton, $29.95; ISBN 978-0-393-08017-9)
November 15
The 'New' New Rules by Bill Maher (Penguin/Blue Rider Press, $26.95; ISBN 978-0-399-15841-4). 115,000 copies.
Devil's Gate: A Novel from the NUMA Files by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown (Putnam, $27.95; ISBN 978-0-399-15782-0). 600,000 copies.
Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope by Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly (Scribner, $26.99; ISBN). Embargoed.
Who's in Charge?: Free Will and the Science of the Brain by Michael S. Gazzaniga (HaperCollins, $27.99 ISBN 978-0061906107)
The Oprah Winfrey Show: Reflections on an American Legacy by Deborah Davis (Abrams, $50; ISBN 978-1-4197-0059-0). 350,000 copies. One-day laydown.
1,000 Places to See Before You Die, Second Edition by Patricia Schultz (Workman, $32.95; ISBN 978-0-7611-6337-4, $19.95 paper; ISBN 978-0-7611-5686-4). 250,000 combined total copies.
The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories by Don DeLillo (Scribner, $24; ISBN 978-1-4516-5584-1)
Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthony by Jeff Ashton (HarperCollins, $26.99; ISBN 978-0062125323)
Dollhouse by Kim, Kourtney, and Khloe Kardashian (HarperCollins $24.99; 978-0062063823).
Shaq Uncut: The Autobiography by Shaquille O'Neal with Jackie McMullan (Grand Central, $27; ISBN 978-1-4555-0441-1). 150,000 copies.
Exile on Wall Street: One Analyst's Fight to Save the Big Banks from Themselves by Mike Mayo (Wiley, $29.95; ISBN 978-1118115466).
It Chooses You by Miranda July (McSweeney's, $24; ISBN 978-1936365012).
KBL: Kill Bin Laden by John Weisman (Morrow, $25.99; ISBN 978-0-06-211951-3). 100,000 copies.
The Lost Empire of Atlantis by Gavin Menzies (Morrow, $26.99; ISBN 978-0-06-204948-3). 100,000 copies.
The Legacy of Steve Jobs by the Editors of Fortune Magazine (Time, $19.95; 9781618930019).
My Friend Michael by Frank Cascio (Morrow, $25.99; ISBN 978-0-06-209006-5). 75,000 copies. One-day laydown.
The Louvre: All the Paintings by Erich Lessing and Vincent Pomarede (Black Dog & Leventhal, $75 slipcased; ISBN 978-1-57912-886-9). 50,000 copies.
Soulacoaster: The Diary of Me by R. Kelly and David Ritz (Hay House/SmileyBooks, $25.95; ISBN 978-1-4019-2835-3). 50,000 copies.
Star Wars: The Old Republic: Revan by Drew Karpyshyn (Del Rey/LucasBooks, $27; ISBN 978-0-345-51134-8).
Bernini: His Life and His Rome by Franco Mormando (Univ. of Chicago, $35; ISBN 978-0-226-53852-5)
Then Again by Diane Keaton (Random House, $26; ISBN 978-1-4000-6878-4).
How I Got This Way by Regis Philbin (HarperCollins, $25.99; ISBN 978-0062109750)
The Whore of Akron: One Man's Search for the Soul of Lebron James by Scott Raab (HarperCollins, $25.99; ISBN 978-0062066367).
Mrs. Nixon: A Novelist Imagines a Life by Ann Beattie (Scribner, $26; ISBN 978-1-4391-6871-4)
November 16
Here Comes the Nice by Jeremy Reed (Chômu, $15; 9781907681127).
The Poet's Daughter: Malek o'Shoara Bahar of Iran and the Immortal Song of Freedom by Parvaneh Bahar and Joan Aghevli (Larson, $22.95; 9781936012572).
November 17
The Book of (Holiday). Awesome by Neil Pasricha (Putnam/Amy Einhorn Books, $19.95; ISBN 978-0-399-15859-9). 75,000 copies.
The Elements Vault by Theodore Gray (Black Dog & Leventhal, $39.95; ISBN 978-1-57912-880-7). 50,000 copies.
Children’s and YA
November 14
The Space Betweenby Brenna Yovanoff (Razorbill, $17.99; ISBN 978-1-59514-339-6)
November 15
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi (HarperTeen, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-06-208548-1). 175,000 copies.
Gooney Bird on the Map by Lois Lowry, illus. by Middy Thomas (HMH, $15.99; ISBN 978-0547556222).
The Pledge by Kimberly Derting (McElderry, $16.99; ISBN 978-1442422018).
The Always War by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Simon & Schuster for Young Readers, $16.99 ISBN 978-1416995265)
M is for Mama's Boy by Michael Buckley (Abrams, $14.95; ISBN 978-0810989863).
Last Sacrifice: Vampire Academy #6 by Richelle Mead(Penguin, $17.99; ISBN 978-1595143068)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 6: Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney (Amulet, $13.95; ISBN 978-1-4197-0223-5). 6,000,000 copies. Embargoed.
The Third Gift by Linda Sue Park, illus. by Bagram Ibatoulline (Clarion, $16.99; ISBN 978-0-547-20195-5).
