Locus Bestsellers   HARDCOVERS Months on list Last month 1) Night Watch, Terry Pratchett (HarperCollins) 1 - 2) Dune: The Butlerian Jihad, Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson (Tor) 3 2 3) War of Honor, David Weber (Baen) 3 1 4) Tapping the Dream Tree, Charles de Lint (Tor) 1 - 5) A Gift of Dragons, Anne McCaffrey (Del Rey) 1 - 6) Explorer, C.J. Cherryh (DAW) 1 - 7) The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Morgawr, Terry Brooks (Del Rey) 4 5 8) Coraline, Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins) 5 7 9) Coyote, Allen Steele (Ace) 1 - *) Ruled Britannia, Harry Turtledove (NAL) 1 -   PAPERBACKS 1) The Pillars of Creation, Terry Goodkind (Tor) 1 - 2) American Gods, Neil Gaiman (HarperTorch) 6 - 3) The Two Towers, J.R.R. Tolkien (Del Rey) 13 8 4) Defender, C.J. Cherryh (DAW) 1 - 5) Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson (Avon) 1 - 6) Stealing the Elf King's Roses, Diane Duane (Warner Aspect) 1 - 7) March to the Sea, David Weber & John Ringo (Baen) 1 - 8) The Devil and Deep Space, Susan R. Matthews (Roc) 1 - 9) Take a Thief, Mercedes Lackey (DAW) 2 1 10) The Dark Wing, Walter H. Hunt (Tor) 1 -   TRADE PAPERBACKS 1) The Two Towers, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 9 1 2) The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 2 3 3) The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 25 2 4) Angel of Darkness, Charles de Lint (Orb) 1 - 5) Solaris, Stanislaw Lem (Harvest) 1 -   MEDIA-RELATED 1) Star Trek Voyager: The Nanotech War, Steven Piziks (Pocket) 1 - 2) Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Destiny's Way, Walter Jon Williams (Del Rey) 2 2 3) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Visual Companion, Jude Fisher (Houghton Mifflin) 1 - 4) Taken, Thomas H. Cook (Dell) 1 - 5) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Mission: Gamma Book Four: Lesser Evil, Robert Simpson (Pocket) 1 - *) Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Star by Star, Troy Denning (Del Rey) 4 1   GAMING-RELATED 1) Forgotten Realms: The Thousand Orcs, R.A. Salvatore (WotC) 2 1 2) Forgotten Realms: The Sorcerer, Troy Denning (WotC) 1 - 3) Forgotten Realms: Sea of Swords, R.A. Salvatore (WotC) 8 2 4) Forgotten Realms: Sands of the Soul, Voronica Whitney-Robinson (WotC) 1 - 5) Warhammer 40,000: Harlequin, Ian Watson (Black Library) 1 - Night Watch dominated the hardcover list by a substantial margin, with Dune: The Butlerian Jihad making a strong showing as well. Clive Barker's Abarat (HarperCollins) was the new runner-up. We had 66 nominees, well down from 74 last month. The Pillars of Creation had no close competition in the paperback category. New runner-up: Look to Windward by Iain M. Banks (Pocket). Nominees: 84, well up from 75. Tolkien titles took the top three trade paperback slots again, led by The Two Towers for the third consecutive month. There was no new runner-up. Nominees: 58, down from 64. Star Trek Voyager: The Nanotech War led media-related titles, with Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Destiny's Way just a few points behind. Nominees: 29, up slightly from 27. Forgotten Realms: The Thousand Orcs led gaming-related titles by a wide margin for the second month straight; Forgotten Realms: The Sorcerer had solid numbers as well. Nominees: 33, up from 29. Compiled with data from Barnes & Noble/B. Dalton (USA), Basilisk Dreams (Canada), The Booksmith (CA), Borderlands (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). Data period: November 2002.

February 2003