Locus Bestsellers, November
| HARDCOVERS | Months on list |
Last month |
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| 1) | A Dance with Dragons, George R. R. Martin (Bantam) | 14 | 1 |
| 2) | Wards of Faerie, Terry Brooks (Ballantine Del Rey) | 1 | – |
| 3) | Seawitch, Kat Richardson (Roc) | 1 | – |
| 4) | Libriomancer, Jim C. Hines (DAW) | 1 | – |
| 5) | The Long Earth, Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter (Harper) | 3 | 3 |
| 6) | Earth Unaware, Orson Scott Card & Aaron Johnston (Tor) | 2 | 8 |
| 7) | Devil Said Bang, Richard Kadrey (Harper Voyager) | 1 | – |
| *) | Thirteen, Kelley Armstrong (Dutton) | 1 | – |
| 9) | Kiss the Dead, Laurell K. Hamilton (Berkley) | 3 | 9 |
| 10) | Queen of Wands, John Ringo (Baen) | 1 | – |
| PAPERBACKS | |||
| 1) | A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra) | 26 | 1 |
| 2) | A Storm of Swords, George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra) | 23 | 4 |
| 3) | Ghost Story, Jim Butcher (Roc) | 1 | – |
| 4) | Gunmetal Magic, Ilona Andrews (Ace) | 1 | – |
| 5) | A Feast for Crows, George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra) | 22 | 3 |
| 6) | A Clash of Kings, George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra) | 23 | 2 |
| 7) | Whispers Under Ground, Ben Aaronovitch (Ballantine Del Rey) | 1 | – |
| 8) | Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card (Tor) | 32 | 6 |
| 9) | How Firm a Foundation, David Weber (Tor) | 1 | – |
| *) | Snuff, Terry Pratchett (Corgi) | 1 | – |
| TRADE PAPERBACKS | |||
| 1) | Ready Player One, Ernest Cline (Broadway) | 3 | 1 |
| 2) | The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern (Anchor) | 1 | – |
| 3) | Leviathan Wakes, James S. A. Corey (Orbit) | 2 | – |
| 4) | Reamde, Neal Stephenson (Harpercollins/Morrow) | 2 | – |
| 5) | Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury (Del Rey) | 22 | 2 |
| MEDIA-RELATED | |||
| 1) | Star Trek: Titan: Fallen Gods, Michael A. Martin (Pocket) | 2 | 4 |
| *) | Star Trek: Voyager: The Eternal Tide, Kirsten Beyer (Pocket) | 1 | – |
| 3) | Star Wars: X-Wing: Mercy Kill, Aaron Allston (LucasBooks) | 1 | – |
| 4) | Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith, John Jackson Miller (LucasBooks) | 1 | – |
| *) | The Dark Knight Rises, Greg Cox (Titan) | 2 | 3 |
| GAMING-RELATED | |||
| 1) | Forgotten Realms: Charon’s Claw: Neverwinter Saga, Book III, R. A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast) | 1 | – |
| 2) | Forgotten Realms: Gauntlgrym: Neverwinter, Book I, R. A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast) | 8 | 1 |
| 3) | Halo: Glasslands, Karen Traviss (Tor) | 10 | 3 |
| 4) | Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy: Fear to Tread, James Swallow (Black Library) | 1 | – |
| 5) | World of Warcraft: Jaina Proudmoore: Tides of War, Christie Golden (Gallery Books) | 1 | – |
George R.R. Martin’s A Dance with Dragons remained in first place on the hardcover list this month, with Wards of Faerie by Terry Brooks debuting at number two. The new runner-up was Year Zero by Rob Reid (Del Rey) with 55 titles nominated, up quite a bit from the 38 we saw last month.
George R.R. Martin continues to rule the paperback list, with A Game of Thrones and A Storm of Swords taking first and second, respectively. The new runner-up was Ghost Ship by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Baen) with 49 titles nominated, down from last month’s 55.
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline remained in first place on the trade paperback list this month by a small margin. The new runner-up was vN by Madeline Ashby (Angry Robot US), out of 40 titles nominated, up from 34 last month.
Star Trek: Titan: Fallen Gods by Michael A. Martin was first on the media-related titles this month and the new runner-up was Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Conviction by Aaron Allston (Del Rey). There were 17 titles nominated, down from last month’s 18.
Forgotten Realms: Charon’s Claw by R.A. Salvatore made its debut at the top of the list of gaming-related titles, and there was no new runner-up. There were 17 titles nominated, down from the 20 we saw last month.
Compiled with data from
Bakka-Phoenix Books (Canada),
Barnes & Noble (USA),
Borderlands (CA),
McNally Robinson (2 in Canada),
Mysterious Galaxy (CA)
Toadstool (2 in NH),
Uncle Hugo’s (MN),
University Books (WA).
White Dwarf (Canada).
Data period: August 2012.
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