Latest Sarah J Maas book becomes UK’s fastest-selling adult fantasy novel
Summary
Sarah J Maas’s A Court of Splintered Harmony sold 188,914 copies in the UK from 27 to 31 October, making it the fastest-selling adult fantasy novel there since records began in 1998. The sixth book in her A Court of Thorns and Roses series also set a UK first-week sales record for an adult fiction title since 2015, according to its publisher.Key Facts
- NielsenIQ BookData recorded 188,914 UK sales between the book’s publication on 27 October and 31 October.
- The novel became the fastest-selling adult fantasy novel in the UK since records began in 1998.
- It was the fastest-selling hardback novel since Dan Brown’s Inferno, which sold 229,000 copies in its first week in 2013.
- Rebecca Yarros’s Onyx Storm previously held the adult fantasy opening-week record, with 155,141 copies sold in January 2025.
- Bloomsbury said the book sold 1.7 million copies in preorders and first-day sales across English-language print and ebook editions in the US, Canada, the UK and Australia.
- Sarah J Maas’s English-language sales across all her series exceed 100 million copies, according to the article.
- Waterstones held 60 midnight launches and 80 early openings and release-day parties for the book across its UK shops.
- The novel is the first part of a four-part story; the next two parts are due in A Court of Forgotten Melody, scheduled for 12 January.
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