Locus Bestsellers   HARDCOVERS Months on list Last month 1) Thief of Time, Terry Pratchett (HarperCollins) 2 5 2) The Skies of Pern, Anne McCaffrey (Del Rey) 2 1 3) Otherland: Sea of Silver Light, Tad Williams (DAW) 2 2 4) Priestess of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley & Diana L. Paxson (Viking) 1 - 5) March Upcountry, David Weber & John Ringo (Baen) 1 - 6) Passage, Connie Willis (Bantam Spectra) 1 - 7) Winter's Heart, Robert Jordan (Tor) 7 8 8) Tales from Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin (Harcourt) 2 7 9) The Ring of Five Dragons, Eric Van Lustbader (Tor) 1 - 10) Ascendance, R.A. Salvatore (Del Rey) 1 -   PAPERBACKS     1) Callahan's Key, Spider Robinson (Bantam Spectra) 1 - 2) Magi'i of Cyador, L.E. Modessit, Jr. (Tor) 1 - 3) Soldiers, John Dalmas (Baen) 1 - 4) Inversions, Iain M. Banks (Pocket) 1 - 5) Eater, Gregory Benford (Eos) 1 - 6) The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien (Del Rey) 7 6 7) Corsair, Chris Bunch (Warner Aspect) 1 - 8) The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien (Del Rey) 3 9 *) Midnight Falcon, David Gemmell (Del Rey) 1 - 10) The Fifth Elephant, Terry Pratchett (HarperTorch) 2 1   TRADE PAPERBACKS     1) The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley (Del Rey) 56 1 2) The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 8 - 3) The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 6 3 4) The Best Military SF of the 20th Century, Harry Turtledove & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.(Del Rey) 1 - 5) The Hobbit/The Lord of the Rings (Boxed), J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 1 -   MEDIA-RELATED     1) Star Wars: Rogue Planet, Greg Bear (Del Rey) 1 - 2) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Avatar, Book One, S.D. Perry (Pocket) 1 - 3) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Avatar, Book Two, S.D. Perry (Pocket) 1 - 4) Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Edge of Victory I: Conquest, Greg Keyes (Del Rey) 2 1 5) Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Unseen: The Burning, Nancy Holder & Jeff Mariotte (Pocket) 1 -   GAMING-RELATED     1) DragonLance: Dragons of a Lost Star, Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (Wizards of the Coast) 2 1 2) DragonLance: The Inheritance, Nancy Varian Berberick (Wizards of the Coast) 1 - 3) Forgotten Realms: Death of the Dragon, Ed Greenwood & Troy Denning (Wizards of the Coast) 1 - 4) Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Dave Stern (Pocket) 1 - 5) DragonLance: Dragons of a Fallen Sun, Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (Wizards of the Coast) 9 3 Thief of Time had a solid lead in the hardcover category this month. There was no new runner-up. We had 83 nominees,up from 77 last month. Callahan's Key topped the paperback list, with Magi'i of Cyador not far behind. New runner-up: Quincey Morris, Vampire by P.N. Elrod (Baen). Nominees: 109, up from 104. The Mists of Avalon headed the trade paperback list for the third month straight. There was no new runner-up. Nominees: 65, one more than last month. Star Wars: Rogue Planet led media-related titles. Nominees: 27, one more than last month. DragonLance: Dragons of a Lost Star topped the gaming-related category for the second month straight. Nominees: 31, up from 24. Compiled with data from: Adventures in Crime & Space (TX), Amazon.com (USA), Barnes & Noble/B. Dalton (USA), Basilisk Dreams (Canada), The Booksmith (CA), Borders Bookstores (USA), Dangerous Visions (CA), DreamHaven (MN), Heroes & Dragons (CO), Lone Star (TX), Midtown Comics (NY), Musicland Group (MN), Mysterious Galaxy (CA), Pages for All Ages (IL), Pandemonium Books & Games (MA), John W. Rollins, Bookseller (MI), Saint Mark's (NY), Science Fiction & Mystery Bookshop (GA), Toadstool (2 in NH), Totem Bookshop (WA), Uncle Hugo's (MN), Waldenbooks/BGI (USA), White Dwarf (Canada). Data period: May 2001.

August 2001