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Charlaine Harris’s Entire Sookie Stackhouse Series on the New York Times Bestseller Lists and Berkley/ NAL Owns 55% of the Mass Market Bestsellers for the Week of August 9th
Publishing phenomenon Charlaine Harris and her Sookie Stackhouse series once again feature prominently on the August 9th New York Times bestseller lists. All eight mass market paperbacks, plus the latest Ace hardcover, Dead and Gone, will appear on the lists that run in next week 's New York Times Book Review. This may be a publishing record with an entire series placing on the list simultaneously!
Charlaine is fresh off a sensational trip to last week's Comic-Con International in San Diego, where she met fans and signed a ton of books. About 800 fans started lining up on Friday morning in hopes of scoring one of 150 tickets to Charlaine's afternoon autographing session. The excitement continued on Saturday with another autographing session with the cast and creator of HBO’s hit television series “True Blood” (which is based on Harris’ novels) and a panel discussion about the show in front of 5,000 cheering fans. Charlaine answered several questions and thrilled everyone with the announcement of a new three book contract, promising that Sookie Stackhouse's adventures will continue into 2014!
Berkley/ NAL’s dominance of The New York Times mass market bestseller list in 2009 continues, as its titles snare 11 spots – 55% of the list! – for the week of August 9th. In addition to the eight Charlaine Harris titles to hit the mass market list, three more titles from the Berkley/ NAL group also hold strong: Tailspin by Catherine Coulter (Jove) is #3 in its third week; Moscow Rules by Daniel Silva (Signet) is #4 in its fourth week; and Hidden Currents by Christine Feehan (Jove) is #17 in its fourth week.
Daniel Silva's The Defector Debuts At #1 on the New York Times Bestseller List
The Defector by Daniel Silva (Putnam) debuts at #1 on the New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller list for the week of August 9th. The Defector is the ninth novel featuring legendary art-restorer-cum-Israeli-secret-agent Gabriel Allon. BookPage said in its rave review of the book, “With a dollop of Simon Templar, a dash of Jack Bauer, the urbanity of Graham Greene and the humanity of John LeCarré, Daniel Silva has hit on the perfect formula to keep espionage-friendly fans’ fingers glued to his books, turning pages in nearly breathless expectation.” Daniel hit the ground running, appearing on NBC’s “The Today Show” live on the publication date, followed that same week by interviews on MSNBC-TV’s “Morning Joe,” CNN’s “Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer” and “Glenn Beck.” Between television appearances, Silva spoke about his book and the current state of affairs in Russia on national radio programs including the “Hugh Hewitt Show,” the “Glenn Beck Show.” This Friday night, he will be heard live for a full hour on “The Jim Bohannon Show” on Westwood One, which is syndicated on more than 300 stations across the country.
Daniel Silva is in the middle of a 20-city tour, jam-packed with media and events. Readers are turning out in record numbers to his events, with highlights including the launch event on the on-sale date, at Barnes & Noble-Lincoln Triangle in New York. The special events room was standing room only, with 225 people gathered in to hear Daniel speak. At the Poisoned Pen in Phoenix, there were over 200 people in line to get books signed--despite an outside temperature of 107 degrees! In Houston, Murder by the Book accommodated 300 happy customers, and at the St. Louis Public Library Daniel answered questions and signed books for a crowd of 350. He is in the home stretch of the tour now, with major events forthcoming in Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis, San Diego and Tampa, FL.
View our Mystery & Suspense Feature to read an excerpt from The Defector and watch a video with Daniel Silva.
USA Today Calls The Help “The Hot Debut Novel of the Summer” as it Climbs to #5 on The New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestseller List
Kathryn Stockett’s The Help (Amy Einhorn Books/ Putnam), with nearly 350,000 copies in print, is #5 on the New York Times hardcover fiction list – a new high – for the week of August 9th and a USA Today feature by Carol Memmott on the front page of the Life section in Thursday’s edition calls the book “the hot debut novel this summer.” Publisher Amy Einhorn tells USA Today, “There’s a moment right now for this book. It’s the tipping point where people are telling other people that they just need to read this.” Among The Help’s latest evangelical moments: Rosie O’Donnell made the book “Ro’s Pick” on her website, Rosie.com. And musical phenomenon Katy Perry recently called The Help the best book she’s ever read in a “tweet” to her to 500,000 Twitter followers.
To read the USA Today feature on The Help, click here.
Read an excerpt from The Help and listen to a podcast with Kathryn Stockett.
The New York Times Bestseller Highlights for the Week of August 9th
On the hardcover fiction list, The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Amy Einhorn Books/ Putnam) rises to #5 in its seventeenth week; Black Hills by Nora Roberts (Putnam) is #6 in its third week; and Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris (Ace) is #11 in its twelfth week.
Rocket Men by Craig Nelson (Viking) is #13 on the hardcover nonfiction list in its second week.
On the trade paperback fiction list, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead) is #14 in its 213th week; Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Penguin) is #15 in its fifth week; and The Likeness by Tana French (Penguin) is #18 in its seventh week.
On the mass market fiction list, Tailspin by Catherine Coulter (Jove) is #3 in its third week; Moscow Rules by Daniel Silva (Signet) moves up to #4 in its fourth week; and Hidden Currents by Christine Feehan (Jove) is #17 in its fourth week. In addition, Ace's Charlaine Harris dominates with eight titles on the list: Dead Until Dark at #5 in its 35th week; From Dead to Worse at #6 in its sixteenth week; Club Dead at #8 in 21st week; Living Dead in Dallas at #9 in its 29th week; and Dead to the World at #11 in its fifteenth week; Dead As a Doornail at #12 in its ninth week; Definitely Dead at #13 in its ninth week; and All Together Dead at #15 in its fifth week.
On the paperback nonfiction list, Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin) is #3 in its 130th week; In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan (Penguin) is #11 in its thirteenth week; Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin) is #12 in its 130th week; The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan (Penguin) is #16 in its 97th week; Public Enemies by Bryan Burrough (Penguin) is #18 in its seventh week; and My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor (Plume) is #20 in its sixth 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 27th week; Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Boy by David Soman and Jacky Davis (Dial) is #9 in its nineteenth week; and Llama Llama Misses Mama written and illustrated by Anna Dewdney (Viking) is #10 in its thirteenth week. On the children's chapter books list, Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen (Viking) is #2 in its sixth week; and Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (Razorbill) is #4 in its 40th week. On the children's paperback books list, Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen (Speak) is #5 in its eleventh week; and Three Cups of Tea: Young Readers Edition by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Puffin) is #8 in its 27th week.
