Locus Bestsellers   HARDCOVERS Months on list Last month 1) The Pillars of Creation, Terry Goodkind (Tor) 2 1 2) The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Antrax, Terry Brooks (Del Rey) 4 3 3) The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 3 - 4) Dune: House Corrino, Herbert & Anderson (Bantam Spectra) 3 2 5) American Gods, Neil Gaiman (Morrow) 7 10 *) The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 1 - 7) The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents,Terry Pratchett (HarperCollins) 2 8 8) The Last Hero, Terry Pratchett (HarperCollins) 3 4 9) Miles, Mystery & Mayhem, Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen) 1 - 10) Spirits White as Lightning, Mercedes Lackey & Rosemary Edghill (Baen) 1 -   PAPERBACKS     1) Shadow of the Hegemon, Orson Scott Card (Tor) 1 - 2) The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien (Del Rey) 10 4 3) The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien (Del Rey) 14 6 4) The Two Towers, J.R.R. Tolkien (Del Rey) 2 - 5) The Return of the King, J.R.R. Tolkien (Del Rey) 2 - 6) Faith of the Fallen, Terry Goodkind (Tor) 2 1 7) Bikini Planet, David Garnett (Roc) 1 - 8) Ship of Destiny, Robin Hobb (Bantam Spectra) 1 - 9) Beyond World's End, Mercedes Lackey & Rosemary Edghill (Baen) 1 - 10) The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien (Del Rey) 1 -   TRADE PAPERBACKS     1) The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 3 2 2) The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 13 4 3) The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 15 1 4) The Hobbit/The Lord of the Rings (Boxed), J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 2 - 5) The Two Towers, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 1 -   MEDIA-RELATED     1) Babylon 5: The Passing of the Techno-Mages, Book III: Invoking Darkness, Jeanne Cavelos (Del Rey) 2 4 2) Star Wars: Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter, Michael Reaves (Del Rey) 3 - 3) Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Star by Star, Troy Denning (Del Rey) 2 1 4) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Visual Companion, Jude Fisher (Houghton Mifflin) 2 5 5) Star Trek, the Next Generation: The Genesis Wave, Book Two, John Vornholt (Pocket) 1 -   GAMING-RELATED     1) Forgotten Realms: The Siege, Troy Denning (Wizards of the Coast) 1 - 2) Forgotten Realms: Sea of Swords, R.A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast) 3 1 3) MechWarrior: Initiation to War, Robert N. Charrette (Roc) 1 - 4) DragonLance: Conundrum, Jeff Crook (Wizards of the Coast) 1 - 5) Forgotten Realms: Servant of the Shard, R.A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast) 8 - The Pillars of Creation dominated the hardcover list, more than 100 points ahead of the next contender. J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring (Houghton Mifflin) was the new runner-up. We had 93 nominees, up substantially from 71 last month. Shadow of the Hegemon led the paperback category by a solid margin. Winter's Heart by Robert Jordan (Tor) was the new runner-up. Nominees: 79, down from 91. Tolkien titles easily took the top five slots on the trade paperback list, led by The Fellowship of the Ring. Tolkien's The Return of the King (Houghton Mifflin) and True Names and the Opening of the Cyber Age edited by Vernor Vinge & James Frenkel (Tor) tied for new runner-up. Nominees: 58, down one from last month. Babylon 5: The Passing of the Techno-Mages, Book III: Invoking Darkness had a solid lead in the media-related category. Nominees: 34, off from 37. Forgotten Realms: The Siege headed gaming-related titles by a good margin. Nominees: 36, well up from 22. 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), 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), The Stars Our Destination (IL), Toadstool (2 in NH), Totem Bookshop (WA), Uncle Hugo's (MN), Waldenbooks/BGI (USA), White Dwarf (Canada). Data period: December 2001.

March 2002