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October 30, 2026By Michael Cader

A COURT OF SPLINTERED HARMONY Said to Sell 1.7 Million English Print and eBook Units On Opening Day

October 30, 2026By Michael Cader

Sarah J. Maas’s A COURT OF SPLINTERED HARMONY sold approximately 1.7 million copies on its release date, Tuesday, October 27, Bloomsbury reports to Variety and has confirmed. They are counting preorders and opening day sales for English-language print and ebook editions in the U.S., Canada, UK and Australia. Their number does not include digital audio units, which were published by Recorded Books. The data likely comes from publisher Bloosmbury. Circana Bookscan will not publish opening week print sales data until late next week.

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