HARDCOVERS Months
on list		 Last
month
1) A Rising Thunder, David Weber (Baen) 1 –
2) Fair Game, Patricia Briggs (Ace) 1 –
3) Intruder, C. J. Cherryh (DAW) 1 –
4) Crucible of Gold, Naomi Novik (Ballantine Del Rey) 1-
5) A Perfect Blood, Kim Harrison (Harper Voyager US) 2 5
6) A Dance with Dragons, George R. R. Martin (Bantam) 9 5
7) A Crown Imperiled, Raymond E. Feist (Harper Voyager) 1 –
8) Hide Me Among the Graves, Tim Powers (HarperCollins/Morrow) 1 –
9) Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press) 1 –
10) Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press) 2 8
PAPERBACKS
1) Timeless, Gail Carriger (Orbit) 1 –
2) A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra) 21 4
3) A Clash of Kings, George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra) 18 2
4) A Storm of Swords, George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra) 18 5
5) Discount Armageddon, Seanan McGuire (DAW) 1 –
6) A Feast for Crows, George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra) 17 9
7) Doubletake, Rob Thurman (Penguin/Roc) 1 –
8) Fated, Benedict Jacka (Ace) 1 –
9) Vortex, Robert Charles Wilson (Tor) 1 –
10) Singularity, Ian Douglas (Harper Voyager) 1 –
TRADE PAPERBACKS
1) The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press) 4 3
2) A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra) 11 –
3) The Wise Man’s Fear, Patrick Rothfuss (DAW) 1 –
4) The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade Books) 15 –
5) The Drowning Girl: A Memoir, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc) 1 –
MEDIA-RELATED
1) Star Trek: That Which Divides, Dayton Ward (Pocket) 2 2
2) Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse, Troy Denning (LucasBooks) 1 –
3) Star Wars: Red Harvest, Joe Schreiber (LucasBooks) 4 5
4) Star Wars: Darth Plagueis, James Luceno (LucasBooks) 3 2
5) Star Trek: Vanguard: Storming Heaven, David Mack (Pocket) 1 –
GAMING-RELATED
1) Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy: Know No Fear, Dan Abnett (Black Library) 2 2
2) Warhammer 40,000: Legion of the Damned, Rob Sanders (Black Library) 1 –
3) Halo: Glasslands, Karen Traviss (Tor) 6 3
4) Mass Effect: Deception, William C. Dietz (Del Rey) 2 1
5) World of Warcraft: Thrall: Twilight of the Aspects, Christie Golden (Gallery) 2 –

 

A Rising Thunder by David Weber debuted at number one on the hardcover list this month, with Fair Game by Patricia Briggs coming in second. The new runner-up was Arctic Rising by Tobias Buckell (Tor) with 39 titles nominated, down quite a bit from last month’s 50.

Gail Carriger’s Timeless swooped into first place on the paperback list, with George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones a distant second. The new runner-up was C.J. Cherryh’s Betrayer (DAW) with 48 titles nominated, down a bit from last month’s 53.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins was number one on the trade paperback list this month. The new runner-up was The Pillars of Hercules by David Constantine (Night Shade) out of 40 titles nominated, up from last month’s 32.

Star Trek: That Which Divides by Dayton Ward was first on the media-related titles this month and there was no new runner-up. There were 13 titles nominated, up from last month’s 10.

Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy: Know No Fear by Dan Abnett took first place in the gaming-related titles, and Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy: Deliverance Lost by Gav Thorpe (Black Library US) was the new runner-up. There were 20 titles nominated, down from the 25 we saw last month.

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Compiled with data from

Bakka-Phoenix Books (Canada),

Barnes & Noble (USA),

Borderlands (CA),

McNally Robinson (2 in Canada),

Mysterious Galaxy

St. Mark’s (NY),

Toadstool (2 in NH),

Uncle Hugo’s (MN),

University Bookstore (WA),

White Dwarf (Canada).

Data period: March 2012.

 

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