Locus Bestsellers, May
The Locus Bestsellers for February include top titles: House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury US), Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson (Tor), A Court of Mist and Fury, Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury US), and Star Wars: The High Republic: Escape from Valo by Daniel José Older & Alyssa Wong (Disney Lucasfilm).
| HARDCOVERS | Months on list |
Last month |
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| 1) | House of Flame and Shadow, Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury US) | 2 | 2 |
| 2) | Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) | 9 | 1 |
| 3) | System Collapse, Martha Wells (Tordotcom) | 4 | 5 |
| 4) | Iron Flame, Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) | 4 | 3 |
| 5) | The Book of Love, Kelly Link (Random House) | 1 | – |
| 6) | Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands, Heather Fawcett (Del Rey) | 2 | 10 |
| 7) | The Narrow Road Between Desires, Patrick Rothfuss (DAW) | 1 | 4 |
| 8) | All Systems Red, Martha Wells (Tordotcom) | 5 | – |
| 9) | Starter Villain, John Scalzi (Tor) | 4 | – |
| 10) | Sword Catcher, Cassandra Clare (Del Rey) | 1 | – |
| *) | What Feasts at Night, T. Kingfisher (Nightfire) | 1 | – |
| PAPERBACKS | |||
| 1) | Mistborn, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) | 39 | 2 |
| 2) | Dune, Frank Herbert (Ace) | 84 | 1 |
| 3) | Dune Messiah, Frank Herbert (Ace) | 31 | – |
| 4) | Hyperion, Dan Simmons (Bantam Spectra) | 16 | 3 |
| 5) | The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin (Ace) | 25 | 6 |
| 6) | A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin (Clarion) | 13 | – |
| 7) | Warbreaker, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) | 4 | – |
| 8) | Gardens of the Moon, Steven Erikson (Tor) | 3 | – |
| *) | Good Omens, Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett (Morrow) | 45 | 5 |
| 10) | The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman (Morrow) | 5 | – |
| *) | The Way of Kings, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) | 52 | 7 |
| TRADE PAPERBACKS | |||
| 1) | A Court of Mist and Fury, Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury US) | 19 | 1 |
| 2) | A Court of Wings and Ruin, Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury US) | 15 | 2 |
| 3) | A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury US) | 22 | 2 |
| 4) | A Court of Frost and Starlight, Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury US) | 10 | 6 |
| 5) | A Court of Silver Flames, Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury US) | 10 | 8 |
| 6) | Babel, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US) | 6 | 5 |
| 7) | House of Earth and Blood, Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury US) | 17 | 10 |
| 8) | Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart, GennaRose Nethercott (Vintage) | 1 | – |
| 9) | House of Sky and Breath, Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury US) | 1 | – |
| 10) | This Is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone (Saga) | 20 | – |
| *) | Throne of Glass, Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury US) | 5 | – |
| MEDIA & GAMING-RELATED | |||
| 1) | Star Wars: The High Republic: Escape from Valo, Daniel José Older & Alyssa Wong (Disney Lucasfilm) | 1 | – |
| 1) | Warhammer 40,000: Forges of Mars, Graham McNeill (Black Library) | 1 | – |
| 1) | Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Druid’s Call, E.K. Johnston (Random House Worlds) | 1 | – |
Sarah J. Maas had an outstanding February with the House of Flame and Shadow, the latest book in the Crescent City series, achieving a substantial lead over our second-place finisher, Rebecca Yarros’s Fourth Wing. The Tainted Cup (Del Rey), a new fantasy/mystery by Robert Jackson Bennett was our new runner-up. We had 59 nominated titles, up from 52 last month.
In a close contest, Brandon Sanderson disrupted Frank Herbert’s winning streak in the paperback category, taking first place with Mistborn, and relegating Dune to second place. There were no new runners-up. Forty-nine titles were nominated this month, down from last month’s 53 titles.
In an impressive display of dominance, Sarah J. Maas placed eight books on our trade paperback list, with first place going to last month’s winner A Court of Mist and Fury, followed by A Court of Wings and Ruin in second. There were no new runners-up. The trade paperback list had 70 nominated titles, up from last month’s 61.
On the media and gaming-related book list, only three books made our list, as Star Wars: The High Republic: Escape from Valo by Daniel José Older & Alyssa Wong squeaked to a narrow first place victory over Graham McNeill’s Warhammer 40,000: Forges of Mars. There were no new runners-up. We had 19 nominated titles, up from 16 last month
Compiled with data from: Bakka-Phoenix (Canada), Book Moon (MA), Borderlands (CA), McNally Robinson (two in Canada), Mysterious Galaxy (CA), Toadstool (two in NH), White Dwarf (Canada).
Data period: February 2023
Note: book titles and covers on this page link to IndieBound, a network of independent booksellers, such as those that contribute to this list.
See this listing and more like it in the May 2024 issue of Locus.
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