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The New York Times Bestseller Highlights for the Week of May 3rd
Four new debuts on The New York Times bestseller list for the week of May 3rd: Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs (Berkley) hits at #15 on the trade fiction paperback list; The Third Circle by Amanda Quick (Jove) is #19 on the mass market list; Armageddon in Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut (Berkely) debuts at #19 on the paperback nonfiction list; and If I Stay by Gayle Forman (Dutton) is #7 on the children's chapter books list.
Here are more New York Times bestseller highlights:
On the hardcover fiction list, Turn Coat by Jim Butcher (Roc) is #3 in its second week; Long Lost by Harlan Coben (Dutton) is #4 in its third week; and The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Amy Einhorn/ Putnam) returns to the list at #14 in its fourth week.
Might As Well Laugh About It Now by Marie Osmond, with Marcia Wilkie (NAL) is #7 on the hardcover nonfiction list in its third week.
On the trade paperback fiction list, City of Thieves by David Benioff (Plume) is #3 in its third week; People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (Penguin) is #14 in its sixteenth week; The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs (Berkley) is #18 in its 55th week; and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (Riverhead) is #20 in its 32nd week.
On the mass market fiction list, Tribute by Nora Roberts is #1 in its third week; From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris (Ace) is #4 in its third week; and Hold Tight by Harlan Coben (Signet) is #13 in its seventh week; Winter Study by Nevada Barr (Berkley) is #15 in its second week, Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (Ace) is #17 in its 23rd week; and and The Secret Wedding by Jo Beverley (Signet) is #20 in its second week.
On the paperback nonfiction list, Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin) holds the #1 slot in its 116th week; Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin) is #6 in its 117th week; and The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan (Penguin) is #17 in its 83rd week.
On the advice, how-to, and miscellaneous list, A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle (Plume) is #10 in its 54th week.
In the young readers sector, on the children's picture books list, Listen to the Wind by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth (Dial) is #1 in its thirteenth week; and The Very Hungry Caterpillar written and illustrated by Eric Carle (Philomel) is #3 in its fifth week. On the children's chapter books list, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (Razorbill) is #5 in its 26th week; and Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson (Viking) is #8 in its fifth week. On the children's paperback books list, Three Cups of Tea: Young Readers Edition by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Puffin) is #2 in its thirteenth week.
Penguin Young Readers Group Makes If I Stay a New York Times Bestseller
If I Stay (Dutton Children’s Books), the highly-anticipated new novel from award-winning journalist Gayle Forman, debuts at #7 on this week’s New York Times children’s chapter book bestseller list. The #1 IndieNext pick for this spring hit shelves on April 2nd and has since received major national news coverage including features in USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, and The Wall Street Journal among others. Catherine Hardwicke, the director of the blockbuster Twilight has signed on to direct Summit Entertainment’s If I Stay movie, a move that has led media outlets to dub If I Stay “the next Twilight” including MTV.com, and Tina Brown’s “The Daily Beast” (read the full article here).
Penguin Young Readers Group championed the novel from day one. Early galleys were rushed to start early buzz at BEA 2008. The Young Readers Group then launched an extensive bookseller campaign which included special galley mailings, a five-city bookseller dinner tour with the author in October, and early online advertising to build excitement. IfIStay.com was launched in February, featuring a book trailer, author video and comment tool. The book has now received five starred reviews and foreign rights sold in 18 countries to date.
A haunting novel about a girl who must decide whether or not she has the will to live after a catastrophic car accident, If I Stay is a sophisticated, layered, and heart wrenchingly beautiful story about the power of family and friends, the choices we all make—and the ultimate choice we each command.
