Locus Bestsellers   HARDCOVERS Months on list Last month 1) The Years of Rice and Salt, Kim Stanley Robinson (Bantam) 1 - 2) The Shiva Option, David Weber & Steve White (Baen) 2 1 3) A Caress of Twilight, Laurell K. Hamilton (Ballantine) 1 - 4) The Pillars of Creation, Terry Goodkind (Tor) 5 3 5) Fallen Dragon, Peter F. Hamilton (Warner Aspect) 1 - 6) Child of the Prophecy, Juliet Marillier (Tor) 1 - 7) The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 6 7 8) Kiln People, David Brin (Tor) 3 2 9) The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Antrax, Terry Brooks (Del Rey) 7 5 10) The Birthday of the World and Other Stories, Ursula K. Le Guin (HarperCollins) 1 - *) When the Devil Dances, John Ringo (Baen) 1 -   PAPERBACKS     1) Reunion, Alan Dean Foster (Del Rey) 1 - 2) The Better Part of Valor, Tanya Huff (DAW) 1 - 3) A Kiss of Shadows, Laurell K. Hamilton (Ballantine) 1 - 4) The Serpent's Shadow, Mercedes Lackey (DAW) 1 - 5) The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien (Del Rey) 17 6 6) Winter's Heart, Robert Jordan (Tor) 3 5 7) Kushiel's Dart, Jacqueline Carey (Tor) 1 - 8) Colonization: Aftershocks, Harry Turtledove (Del Rey) 1 - 9) The Two Towers, J.R.R. Tolkien (Del Rey) 5 9 10) The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien (Del Rey) 13 2   TRADE PAPERBACKS     1) The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 15 - 2) The Two Towers, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 4 4 3) I Dare, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Meisha Merlin) 2 3 4) The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 18 1 5) The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 6 4   MEDIA-RELATED     1) Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Rebel Dream, Aaron Allston (Del Rey) 1 - 2) Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Dark Journey, Elaine Cunningham (Del Rey) 3 1 3) Spider-Man, Peter David (Del Rey) 1 - 4) Star Wars: The Approaching Storm, Alan Dean Foster (Del Rey) 2 3 5) Star Trek: Starfleet: Year One, Michael Jan Friedman (Pocket) 1 -   GAMING-RELATED     1) DragonLance: Dragons of a Lost Star, Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (Wizards of the Coast) 5 - 2) MechWarrior: Imminent Crisis, Randall N. Bills (Roc) 1 - 3) Forgotten Realms: The Wizardwar, Elaine Cunningham (Wizards of the Coast) 1 - 4) DragonLance: Dragons of a Fallen Sun, Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (Wizards of the Coast) 11 - 5) Warhammer 40,000: Grey Hunter, William King (Black Library) 1 - The Years of Rice and Salt led hardcovers by a solid margin; The Shiva Option and A Caress of Twilight made strong showings as well. Bones of the Earth by Michael Swanwick (Eos) was the new runner-up. We had 83 nominees, one less than last month. Reunion had a solid lead in the paperback category; The Better Part of Valor also had a strong lead over the next title. New runner-up: Connie Willis's Passage (Bantam Spectra). Nominees: 96, up from 86. Tolkien titles continue to dominate the trade paperback list, with The Hobbit taking the top spot. The Book of Eibon edited by Robert M. Price (Chaosium) was the new runner-up. Nominees: 60, down from 63. Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Rebel Dream dominated media-related titles. Nominees: 29, off from 31. DragonLance: Dragons of a Lost Star had double the points of the next title in the gaming-related category. Nominees: 35, up slightly from 32. Compiled with data from: Adventures in Crime & Space (TX), Amazon.com (USA), Barnes & Noble/B. Dalton (USA), Basilisk Dreams (Canada), 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), The Stars Our Destination (IL), Toadstool (2 in NH), Totem Bookshop (WA), Waldenbooks/BGI (USA), White Dwarf (Canada). Data period: March 2002.

June 2002