Locus Bestsellers, March 2012
| HARDCOVERS | Months on list |
Last month |
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| 1) | Snuff, Terry Pratchett (Harper) | 3 | 1 |
| 2) | Reamde, Neal Stephenson (Morrow) | 4 | 2 |
| 3) | A Dance with Dragons, George R. R. Martin (Bantam) | 6 | 5 |
| 4) | The Children of the Sky, Vernor Vinge (Tor) | 3 | 9 |
| 5) | The Alloy of Law, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) | 2 | 3 |
| 6) | Inheritance, Christopher Paolini (Knopf) | 2 | 4 |
| 7) | Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs (Quirk) | 2 | – |
| 8) | The Omen Machine, Terry Goodkind (Tor) | 4 | 7 |
| 9) | The Night Eternal, Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan (Morrow) | 3 | 6 |
| 10) | Seed, Rob Ziegler (Night Shade Books) | 1 | – |
| PAPERBACKS | |||
| 1) | A Clash of Kings, George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra) | 15 | 3 |
| 2) | A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra) | 18 | 1 |
| 3) | A Storm of Swords, George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra) | 15 | 1 |
| 4) | A Feast for Crows, George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra) | 14 | 4 |
| 5) | The Lost Gate, Orson Scott Card (Tor) | 1 | – |
| 6) | Under the Vale and Other Tales of Valdemar, Mercedes Lackey, ed. (DAW) | 1 | – |
| 7) | Fate’s Edge, Ilona Andrews (Ace) | 1 | – |
| 8) | Pale Demon, Kim Harrison (Harper Voyager) | 1 | – |
| 9) | The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien (Del Rey) | 31 | 9 |
| 10) | The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss (DAW) | 7 | – |
| TRADE PAPERBACKS | |||
| 1) | All Clear, Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra) | 1 | – |
| 2) | The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade Books) | 14 | – |
| 3) | Blackout, Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra) | 6 | – |
| 4) | Ganymede, Cherie Priest (Tor) | 6 | – |
| *) | The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead, Max Brooks (Three Rivers Press) | 14 | – |
| MEDIA-RELATED | |||
| 1) | Star Wars: Shadow Games, Michael Reaves & Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff (LucasBooks) | 1 | – |
| 2) | Star Wars: The Old Republic: Revan, Drew Karpyshyn (LucasBooks) | 2 | 1 |
| 3) | Star Trek: Mirror Universe: Rise Like Lions, David Mack (Pocket) | 2 | 4 |
| 4) | Star Wars: Riptide, Paul S. Kemp (Del Rey) | 3 | 2 |
| 5) | Star Wars: The Jedi Path, Daniel Wallace (Chronicle) | 4 | 5 |
| GAMING-RELATED | |||
| 1) | Halo: Glasslands, Karen Traviss (Tor) | 3 | 1 |
| 2) | Forgotten Realms: Neverwinter: Neverwinter Saga, Book II, R. A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast) | 3 | 2 |
| 3) | Halo: Cryptum, Greg Bear (Tor) | 7 | – |
| *) | Warhammer 40,000: The Gildar Rift, Sarah Cawkwell (Black Library) | 1 | – |
| 5) | Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, Oliver Bowden (Ace) | 1 | – |
| *) | Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy: Deliverance Lost, Gav Thorpe (Black Library) | 1 | – |
Terry Pratchett’s Snuff stayed at first place on the hardcover list, and Reamde by Neal Stephenson also remained in second place. The new runner-up was The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (Doubleday) with 50 titles nominated, up from last month’s 41.
George R.R. Martin still holds the throne on the paperback list, with A Clash of Kings taking the crown and A Game of Thrones next in line. The new runner-up was Broken Blade by Kelly McCullough (Ace) with 65 titles nominated, up quite a bit from last month’s 49.
All Clear by Connie Willis took first place on the trade paperback list this month. The new runner-up was Honor’s Paradox by P.C. Hodgell (Baen). There were 48 titles nominated, up from last month’s 36.
Star Wars: Shadow Games, by Michael Reaves & Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff was first on the media-related titles this month and there was no new runner-up. There were 18 titles nominated, up significantly from last month’s 10.
Halo: Glasslands by Karen Traviss remained in first place in the gaming-related titles, and there was no new runner-up. There were 14 titles nominated, up from the 9 we saw last month.
Compiled with data from
Bakka-Phoenix Books (Canada),
Barnes & Noble (USA),
Borderlands (CA),
McNally Robinson (2 in Canada),
Toadstool (2 in NH),
Uncle Hugo’s (MN),
University Bookstore (WA),
White Dwarf (Canada).
Data period: December 2011.
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