Fiction Bestsellers Lists, Week of 4/26
The following is based on the 5/17 NYT list (sales through 5/2) and the 5/7 USA Today general list (sales through 5/3).
#1 NYT Fiction
#1 USA Today general
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Also available in audio from Books on Tape and Hachette; as downloadable Adobe EPUB eBook and audio from OverDrive; and large print from Little, Brown.
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#1 NYT Paperback Trade Fiction
#3 USA Today general
This is Nora Roberts’s first trade original and the first in a new series. Upcoming titles are:
- Bed of Roses (12/09),
- Savor the Moment (5/10),
- Happy Ever After (12/10)
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Also available in audio from Brilliance; in downloadable eBook and audio from OverDrive.
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#2 NYT Fiction
#10 USA Today general
Breaking onto the hardcover fiction list for the first time, after several years on the paperback lists, is J.R. Ward’s seventh installment of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, a series about vampire warriors. The previous titles in the series are:
- Dark Lover; Book One; September 2005
- Lover Eternal; Book Two; March 2006
- Lover Awakened; Book Three; September 2006
- Lover Revealed; Book Four; March 2007
- Lover Unbound; Book Five ; September 2007
- Lover Enshrined; Book Six ; June 2008
- The Black Dagger Brotherhood: An Insider”s Guide; October 2008
Ward begins another “dark and edgy paranormal romance” series this year Covet: A Novel of the Fallen Angels, (Signet; ISBN-10: 0451228219; ISBN-13: 978-0451228215; $7.99 pbk).
She will also continue the Black Dagger Brotherhood series.
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Also available in audio from Penguin and downloadable ebook and audio from OverDrive.
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#4 NYT Fiction
#19 USA Today general
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Also available in audio from Brilliance; in downloadable eBook and audio from OverDrive.
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#9 NYT Fiction
#121 USA Today general
This marks the first time in the NYT top ten for Laurie R. King’s Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series.
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Also available in large print from Throndike and downloadable Adobe EPUB eBook from OverDrive.
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#14 NYT Fiction
#148 USA Today general
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Also available in audio from Random House and downloadable Adobe EPUB eBook from OverDrive.
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#19 NYT Fiction, Extended
#120 USA Today general
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Also available in audio from Brilliance; in downloadable eBook and audio from OverDrive.
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#30 NYT Fiction, Extended
Debut novel with significant bookseller backing.
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Also available in audio from Random House and downloadable Adobe EPUB eBook and audio from OverDrive.
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#34 NYT Fiction, Extended
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Also available in audio from Books on Tape and downloadable Adobe EPUB eBook and audio from OverDrive.
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#35 NYT Fiction, Extended
This crime novel by National Book Award winning author (Tree of Smoke) originally appeared as a serial in Playboy. it’s being reviewed widely, including a very strong review in this week’s NYT Book Review.
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Also available in audio from BBC Audio and downloadable audio from OverDrive.