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 HARDCOVERS Months
on list
Last
month
1) Chainfire, Terry Goodkind (Tor) 21
2) Dragonsblood, Todd McCaffrey (Ballantine Del Rey) 25
3) Destroyer, C. J. Cherryh (DAW) 1-
4) Against the Tide, John Ringo (Baen) 1-
5) The Runes of the Earth, Stephen R. Donaldson (Putnam) 54
6) Deathstalker Coda, Simon R. Green (Roc) 1-
7) Deadhouse Gates, Steven Erikson (Tor) 1-
8) Shadow of the Giant, Orson Scott Card (Tor) 1-
9) Ordermaster, L. E. Modesitt Jr (Tor) 22
10) Incubus Dreams, Laurell K. Hamilton (Berkley) 4-
 
PAPERBACKS
1) Pattern Recognition, William Gibson (Berkley) 1-
2) The Good, the Bad, and the Undead, Kim Harrison (HarperTorch) 27
3) Pandora's Star, Peter F. Hamilton (Ballantine Del Rey) 1-
4) Dragon's Kin, Anne McCaffrey & Todd McCaffrey (Del Rey) 21
5) The Lair of Bones, David Farland (Tor) 1-
6) The Killing of Worlds, Scott Westerfeld (Tor) 1-
7) Seduced by Moonlight, Laurell K. Hamilton (Fawcett) 25
8) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams (Del Rey) 1-
9) The Soul Weaver, Carol Berg (Roc) 1-
10) Hex and the City, Simon R. Green (Ace) 1-
 
TRADE PAPERBACKS
1) The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams (Del Rey) 3-
2) Balance of Trade, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Meisha Merlin) 1-
3) Light, M. John Harrison (Bantam Spectra) 5-
4) Deadhouse Gates, Steven Erikson (Tor) 1-
5) The Graveyard Game, Kage Baker (Tor) 1-
 
MEDIA-RELATED
1) Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil, James Luceno (Del Rey) 22
2) Star Wars: Survivor's Quest, Timothy Zahn (Del Rey) 21
3) Star Trek: Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Volume Two, Anonymous, ed. (Pocket) 1-
4) Star Trek: Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Volume Three, Anonymous, ed. (Pocket) 1-
5) Star Wars: Yoda: Dark Rendezvous, Sean Stewart (Del Rey) 35
 
GAMING-RELATED
1) Forgotten Realms: The Two Swords, R. A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast) 51
2) Forgotten Realms: The Lone Drow, R. A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast) 12-
3) Forgotten Realms: Extinction, Lisa Smedman (Wizards of the Coast) 1-
4) Eberron: The City of Towers, Keith Baker (Wizards of the Coast) 1-
5) The Thousand Orcs, R. A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast) 14-

Chainfire by Terry Goodkind remained ahead, topping the hardcovers list this month. New runner-up: New Spring: The Novel by Robert Jordan (Tor). Nominees: 74, up from 69.

The paperback list was led by William Gibson's Pattern Recognition (Berkley). New runner-up: Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison (HarperTorch). Nominees: 91, way up from 63.

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (Del Rey) headed the trade paperback list. The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King (Scribner) was runner-up. Nominees: 50, up from 46.

Star Wars: Labryinth of Evil squeaked past Star Wars: Survivor's Quest for top media-related title. Nominees: 30, up from 29.

Forgotten Realms: The Two Swords topped the gaming-related list for the fifth month running. Nominees: 24, same as last month.

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Compiled with data from Barnes & Noble (USA), Borderlands (CA), Lone Star (TX), Midtown Comics (NY), Mysterious Galaxy (CA), The Other Change of Hobbit (CA), Pages for All Ages (IL), McNally Robinson (2 in Canada), Saint Mark’s (NY), Toadstool (2 in NH), Totem Bookshop (WA), Uncle Hugo’s (MN), Waldenbooks (USA), White Dwarf (Canada). Data period: February 2005.

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