Locus Bestsellers, September
The Locus Bestsellers for May include top titles: The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo (Flatiron), Dune by Frank Herbert (Ace), A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury US), and Warhammer 40,000: Eisenhorn: The Omnibus by Dan Abnett (Black Library).
| HARDCOVERS | Months on list |
Last month |
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| 1) | I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons, Peter S. Beagle (Saga) | 2 | 2 |
| 2) | Iron Flame, Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) | 8 | 6 |
| 3) | The Familiar, Leigh Bardugo (Flatiron) | 3 | 1 |
| 4) | Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) | 13 | 3 |
| 5) | A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Becky Chambers (Tordotcom) | 27 | 7 |
| 6) | Moonbound, Robin Sloan (MCD) | 1 | – |
| 7) | Winter Lost, Patricia Briggs (Ace) | 1 | – |
| 8) | Apostles of Mercy, Lindsay Ellis (St. Martin’s) | 1 | – |
| 9) | Five Broken Blades, Mai Corland (Red Tower) | 2 | 5 |
| 10) | The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King, Carissa Broadbent (Bramble) | 1 | – |
| *) | House of Flame and Shadow, Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury US) | 6 | 8 |
| PAPERBACKS | |||
| 1) | Dune, Frank Herbert (Ace) | 88 | 1 |
| 2) | Mistborn, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) | 43 | 3 |
| 3) | The Way of Kings, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) | 55 | 5 |
| 4) | Dune Messiah, Frank Herbert (Ace) | 35 | 2 |
| 5) | Children of Dune, Frank Herbert (Ace) | 12 | 6 |
| 6) | The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin (Ace) | 29 | 9 |
| 7) | The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss (DAW) | 98 | – |
| 8) | Rhythm of War, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) | 12 | – |
| 9) | Oathbringer, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) | 19 | – |
| 10) | Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card (Tor) | 60 | 8 |
| TRADE PAPERBACKS | |||
| 1) | A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury US) | 26 | 3 |
| 2) | A Court of Wings and Ruin, Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury US) | 19 | 5 |
| 3) | Throne of Glass, Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury US) | 7 | – |
| 4) | A Court of Mist and Fury, Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury US) | 23 | 2 |
| 5) | Babel, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US) | 9 | – |
| 6) | A Court of Frost and Starlight, Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury US) | 13 | 1 |
| 7) | The Three-Body Problem, Cixin Liu (Tor) | 57 | 3 |
| 8) | Crown of Midnight, Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury US) | 1 | – |
| 9) | When the Moon Hatched, Sarah A. Parker (Avon) | 1 | – |
| 10) | City of Last Chances, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Ad Astra) | 1 | – |
| MEDIA-RELATED AND GAMING RELATED | |||
| 1) | Star Wars: The High Republic: Temptation of the Force, Tessa Gratton (Random House Worlds) | 1 | – |
| 2) | Dungeons & Dragons: The Legend of Drizzt: The Way of the Drow: Lolth’s Warrior, R.A. Salvatore (Harper Voyager US) | 2 | – |
| *) | Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy: Horus Rising, Dan Abnett (Black Library) | 1 | – |
| *) | Star Trek: The Next Generation: Pliable Truths, Dayton Ward (Gallery) | 1 | – |
| 5) | Dungeons & Dragons: The Legend of Drizzt: The Way of the Drow: Glacier’s Edge, R.A. Salvatore (Harper Voyager US) | 1 | – |
Peter S. Beagle’s new standalone fantasy, I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons, moved into first place on the hardcover list with Rebeca Yarros’s Iron Flame in second. Our new runner-up was Horror Movie (Morrow), Paul Tremblay’s new ‘‘cursed film’’ novel.
The top of the paperback list remained static for another month with Frank Herbert’s Dune taking the top spot with a substantial lead over Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. There were no new runners-up. Fifty-nine titles were nominated this month, up from last month’s 53 titles.
Sarah J. Maas continued her domination of our trade paperback list with six titles on our list including A Court of Thorns and Roses in first and A Court of Wings and Ruin in second place. Robert J. Sawyer’s new book, The Downloaded (Shadowpaw Press) was our new runner-up. The trade paperback list had 66 nominated titles, down from 67 last month.
On the media and gaming-related book list Star Wars: The High Republic: Temptation of the Force by Tessa Gratton, barely edged out our three, tied, second place finishers Dungeons & Dragons: The Legend of Drizzt: The Way of the Drow: Lolth’s Warrior by R. A. Salvatore, Dan Abnett’s Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy: Horus Rising, and Dungeons & Dragons: The Legend of Drizzt: The Way of the Drow: Glacier’s Edge by R. A. Salvatore. There were no runners-up. We had 18 nominated titles, down from 22 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: June 2024
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 September 2024 issue of Locus.
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