Locus Bestsellers   HARDCOVERS Months on list Last month 1) Dune: House Corrino, Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson (Bantam Spectra) 1 - 2) The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Antrax, Terry Brooks (DelRey) 2 1 3) Narcissus in Chains, Laurell K. Hamilton (Ace) 1 - 4) Take a Thief, Mercedes Lackey (DAW) 1 - 5) From the Dust Returned, Ray Bradbury (Morrow) 1 - 6) The Onion Girl, Charles de Lint (Tor) 1 - 7) American Gods, Neil Gaiman (Morrow) 5 2 8) The World of Shannara, Terry Brooks & Teresa Patterson (Del Rey) 1 - 9) The Last Hero, Terry Pratchett (HarperCollins) 1 - 10) Taggerung, Brian Jacques (Philomel) 2 9   PAPERBACKS     1) His Dark Materials 3: The Amber Spyglass, Philip Pullman (Del Rey) 1 - 2) A Hymn Before Battle, John Ringo (Baen) 1 - 3) Dune: House Harkonnen, Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson (Bantam Spectra) 2 1 4) The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien (Del Rey) 12 4 5) The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Ilse Witch, Terry Brooks (Del Rey) 2 2 6) The Legend that was Earth, James P. Hogan (Baen) 1 - 7) Law of Survival, Kristine Smith (Eos) 1 - 8) The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien (Del Rey) 8 6 9) The Truth, Terry Pratchett (HarperTorch) 2 3 10) Tangled up in Blue, Joan D. Vinge (Tor) 1 -   TRADE PAPERBACKS     1) The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 13 2 2) The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 11 3 3) The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century, Harry Turtledove & Martin H. Greenberg, eds. (Del Rey) 1 - 4) The Telling, Ursula K. Le Guin (Ace) 1 - 5) The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 1 -   MEDIA-RELATED     1) Star Trek, New Frontier: Gateways, Book Six: Cold Wars, Peter David (Pocket) 1 - 2) Star Trek Voyager: Gateways, Book Five: No Man's Land, Christie Golden (Pocket) 1 - 3) Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Edge of Victory II: Rebirth, Greg Keyes (Del Rey) 3 3 4) Star Trek: Enterprise: Broken Bow, Diane Carey (Pocket) 1 - 5) Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: The Lost Slayer, Part Three: King of the Dead, Christopher Golden (Pocket) 1 -   GAMING-RELATED     1) BattleTech: Call of Duty, Blaine Lee Pardoe (Roc) 1 - 2) DragonLance: The Search for Magic: Tales from the War of Souls, Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, eds. (Wizards of the Coast) 1 - 3) Greyhawk: Queen of the Demonweb Pits, Paul Kidd (Wizards of the Coast) 1 - 4) Forgotten Realms: Servant of the Shard, R.A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast) 7 3 5) Forgotten Realms: Sea of Swords, R.A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast) 1 - Dune: House Corrino swept the hardcover category; The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Antrax and Narcissus in Chains made strong showings as well. Anne Rice's Blood and Gold (Knopf) was the new runner-up. We had 65 nominees, down substantially from 82 last month. His Dark Materials 3: The Amber Spyglass topped the paperback list by a slim margin. New runner-up: Stars & Stripes in Peril by Harry Harrison (Del Rey). Nominees: 95, down from 101. The Lord of the Rings finally dethroned The Mists of Avalon (No. 1 seven months straight) in the trade paperback category. Forests of the Heart by Charles de Lint (Tor) was the new runner-up. Nominees: 40, down from 69 last month. Star Trek, New Frontier: Gateways, Book Six: Cold Wars had a solid lead in media-related titles. Nominees: 43, well up from 29. BattleTech: Call of Duty was the easy winner in the gaming-related category. Nominees: 26, down from 29. Compiled with data from: Adventures in Crime & Space (TX), Amazon.com (USA), Barnes & Noble/B. Dalton (USA), Basilisk Dreams (Canada), Borders Bookstore (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), 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: October 2001.

January 2002