Locus Bestsellers, April 2012
| HARDCOVERS | Months on list |
Last month |
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| 1) | Sisterhood of Dune, Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson (Tor) | 1 | – |
| 2) | A Dance with Dragons, George R. R. Martin (Bantam) | 7 | 3 |
| 3) | Reamde, Neal Stephenson (Morrow) | 5 | 2 |
| 4) | Distrust That Particular Flavor, William Gibson (Penguin/Putnam) | 1 | – |
| 5) | Snuff, Terry Pratchett (Harper) | 4 | 1 |
| 6) | Shadows in Flight, Orson Scott Card (Tor) | 1 | – |
| 7) | Skirmish, Michelle West (DAW) | 1 | – |
| 8) | The Night Eternal, Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan (Morrow) | 4 | 9 |
| 9) | The Bride Wore Black Leather, Simon R Green (Ace) | 1 | – |
| 10) | Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs (Quirk) | 3 | 7 |
| PAPERBACKS | |||
| 1) | A Clash of Kings, George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra) | 16 | 1 |
| 2) | A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra) | 19 | 2 |
| *) | A Storm of Swords, George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra) | 16 | 3 |
| 4) | A Feast for Crows, George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra) | 15 | 4 |
| 5) | Daybreak Zero, John Barnes (Ace) | 1 | – |
| 6) | The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien (Del Rey) | 32 | 9 |
| 7) | Up Against It, M. J. Locke (Tor) | 1 | – |
| 8) | House Name, Michelle West (DAW) | 1 | – |
| 9) | In Fire Forged, David Weber (Baen) | 1 | – |
| 10) | Raven Cursed, Faith Hunter (Penguin/Roc) | 1 | – |
| TRADE PAPERBACKS | |||
| 1) | Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor) | 1 | – |
| 2) | A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra) | 10 | – |
| *) | Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown) | 1 | – |
| *) | The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press) | 2 | – |
| *) | The Revenge of the Dwarves, Markus Heitz (Orbit) | 1 | – |
| MEDIA-RELATED | |||
| 1) | Star Wars: Darth Plagueis, James Luceno (LucasBooks) | 1 | – |
| 2) | Star Trek: The Rings of Time, Greg Cox (Pocket) | 1 | – |
| 3) | Star Wars: The Old Republic: Revan, Drew Karpyshyn (LucasBooks) | 3 | 2 |
| 4) | Star Wars: Shadow Games, Michael Reaves & Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff (LucasBooks) | 2 | 1 |
| GAMING-RELATED | |||
| 1) | Halo: Primordium, Greg Bear (Tor) | 1 | – |
| 2) | Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy: Deliverance Lost, Gav Thorpe (Black Library) | 2 | 5 |
| 3) | Halo: Glasslands, Karen Traviss (Tor) | 4 | 1 |
| 4) | Forgotten Realms: Gauntlgrym: Neverwinter, Book I, R. A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast) | 4 | 2 |
| 5) | Halo: Cryptum, Greg Bear (Tor) | 8 | 3 |
Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson’s newest collaboration, Sisterhood of Dune, debuted at the top of the hardcover list this month, with A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin a distant second. The new runner-up was Necronomicon: The Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft by H.P. Lovecraft (Gollancz) with 52 titles nominated, up from last month’s 50.
George R.R. Martin remains in power on the paperback list, with A Clash of Kings staying strong at first place and A Game of Thrones next in line. The new runner-up was All the Lives He Led by Frederik Pohl (Tor) with only 58 titles nominated, down a bit from last month’s 65.
Among Others by Jo Walton took first place on the trade paperback list this month. The new runner-up was The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi (Gollancz). There were 48 titles nominated, up from last month’s 44.
Star Wars: Darth Plagueis by James Luceno was first on the media-related titles this month and there was no new runner-up. There were 15 titles nominated, down a bit from last month’s 18.
Halo: Primordium by Greg Bear debuted in first place in the gaming-related titles, and there was no new runner-up. There were 19 titles nominated, up from the 18 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: January 2012.
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