Locus Bestsellers, February 2012
| HARDCOVERS | Months on list |
Last month |
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| 1) | Snuff, Terry Pratchett (Harper) | 2 | 4 |
| 2) | Reamde, Neal Stephenson (Morrow) | 3 | 1 |
| 3) | The Alloy of Law, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) | 1 | – |
| 4) | Inheritance, Christopher Paolini (Knopf) | 1 | – |
| 5) | A Dance with Dragons, George R. R. Martin (Bantam) | 5 | 2 |
| 6) | The Night Eternal, Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan (Morrow) | 2 | 7 |
| 7) | The Omen Machine, Terry Goodkind (Tor) | 3 | – |
| 8) | Aloha from Hell, Richard Kadrey (Harper Voyager) | 1 | – |
| 9) | The Children of the Sky, Vernor Vinge (Tor) | 2 | 3 |
| 10) | In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination, Margaret Atwood (Doubleday/Talese) | 2 | 10 |
| PAPERBACKS | |||
| 1) | A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra) | 17 | 3 |
| *) | A Storm of Swords, George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra) | 14 | 1 |
| 3) | A Clash of Kings, George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra) | 14 | 4 |
| 4) | A Feast for Crows, George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra) | 13 | 2 |
| 5) | Echo, Jack McDevitt (Ace) | 1 | – |
| 6) | Towers of Midnight, Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (Tor) | 2 | 5 |
| 7) | Kris Longknife: Daring, Mike Shepherd (Ace) | 2 | 10 |
| 8) | The Doomsday Vault, Steven Harper (Roc) | 1 | – |
| 9) | The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien (Del Rey) | 30 | – |
| 10) | World War Z, Max Brooks (Three Rivers Press) | 1 | – |
| TRADE PAPERBACKS | |||
| 1) | World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, Max Brooks (Three Rivers Press) | 26 | 5 |
| 2) | Enter, Night, Michael Rowe (ChiZine) | 1 | – |
| *) | Ganymede, Cherie Priest (Tor) | 2 | 1 |
| 4) | The Revenge of the Dwarves, Markus Heitz (Orbit) | 1 | – |
| 5) | A Feast for Crows, George R. R. Martin (Bantam) | 1 | – |
| MEDIA-RELATED | |||
| 1) | Star Wars: The Old Republic: Revan, Drew Karpyshyn (LucasBooks) | 1 | – |
| 2) | Star Wars: Riptide, Paul S. Kemp (Del Rey) | 2 | 2 |
| 3) | Star Trek: Enterprise: The Romulan War: To Brave the Storm, Michael A. Martin (Pocket) | 1 | – |
| 4) | Star Trek: Mirror Universe: Rise Like Lions, David Mack (Pocket) | 1 | – |
| 5) | Star Wars: The Jedi Path, Daniel Wallace (Chronicle) | 3 | 3 |
| GAMING-RELATED | |||
| 1) | Halo: Glasslands, Karen Traviss (Tor) | 2 | 3 |
| 2) | Forgotten Realms: Neverwinter: Neverwinter Saga, Book II, R. A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast) | 2 | 1 |
| 3) | Warhammer 40K: The Horus Heresy: The Outcast Dead, Graham McNeill (Black Library) | 2 | 4 |
| 4) | Forgotten Realms: Gauntlgrym: Neverwinter, Book I, R. A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast) | 2 | 2 |
| 5) | Warhammer 40,000: Nocturne, Nick Kyme (Black Library) | 1 | – |
Terry Pratchett’s Snuff moved into first place on the hardcover list, dropping Reamde by Neal Stephenson to second place. The new runner-up was Scholar by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (Tor) with 41 titles nominated, down a bit from last month’s 43.
George R.R. Martin continues his reign over the paperback list, with A Game of Thrones taking first place and A Storm of Swords taking second. The new runner-up was Magic on the Line by Devon Monk (Roc) with 49 titles nominated, up from last month’s 43.
World War Z by Max Brooks moved up to first place on the trade paperback list this month. The new runner-up was The Cold Commands by Richard K. Morgan (Gollancz). There were 36 titles nominated, up a bit from last month’s 34.
Star Wars: Old Republic: Revan by Drew Karpyshyn was first on the media-related titles this month, and there was no new runner-up. There were only 10 titles nominated, down significantly from last month’s 20.
Halo: Glasslands by Karen Traviss took top honors in the gaming-related titles, and there was no new runner-up. There were 9 titles nominated, down from 15 last month.
Compiled with data from
Bakka-Phoenix Books (Canada),
Barnes & Noble (USA),
Borderlands (CA),
McNally Robinson (2 in Canada),
Toadstool (2 in NH),
White Dwarf (Canada).
Data period: November 2011.
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