Fourth Wing
Book · 2023 · NotableVerification level 2: Fact-checked
Fourth Wing sold 53,789 hardcovers in a late-July 2023 week, above its launch week.
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How it worksNumbers
- Peak date
- Week of Jan 27, 2025
- May 2 ’23 to Week of Jan 27, 2025
- Platforms
- 5
- Started on Retail
- Origin
- Mixed
- Entertainment
How it spread
Trace the originEntangled launched Fourth Wing with a large print run, sprayed edges, gifted advance copies and ads. BookTok recommendations spread to press and forums. Weekly hardcover sales rose from 33,198 at launch to 53,789 twelve weeks later; BookScan reported over 2.7M by December 2024.
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November 2022
Entangled Publishing precursor · Nov 10 ’22
Entangled announced Fourth Wing as the first Red Tower title, with a planned 350,000-copy printing.[1]
May 2023
Hardcover buyers tracked by Circana commercial · May 6 ’23
Fourth Wing debuted at #3 on PW’s hardcover fiction chart with 33,198 sales in its launch week.[4]
Changelogupdated Oct 13 ’26
- Archived 8 sources · Cleared the depth bar · Fact-check passed (43 claims)
- Added: 16 events, 24 sources · Score 51
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