Locus Bestsellers, March
The Locus Bestsellers for September include top titles: Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson (Tor), The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (Tor), A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury US), and The Book of Bill by Alex Hirsch (Hyperion Avenue)).
| HARDCOVERS | Months on list |
Last month |
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| 1) | Wind and Truth, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) | 1 | – |
| 2) | The Wood at Midwinter, Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury US) | 2 | 1 |
| 3) | The Spellshop, Sarah Beth Durst (Bramble) | 6 | 4 |
| 4) | The Mercy of Gods, James S.A. Corey (Orbit US) | 3 | 2 |
| 5) | Somewhere Beyond the Sea, TJ Klune (Tor) | 4 | 2 |
| 6) | Iron Flame, Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) | 13 | 5 |
| 7) | The Book of Elsewhere, Keanu Reeves & China Miéville (Del Rey) | 6 | 9 |
| 8) | The Songbird & the Heart of Stone, Carissa Broadbent (Bramble) | 2 | 9 |
| 9) | The Will of the Many, James Islington (Saga) | 3 | – |
| 10) | Absolution, Jeff VanderMeer (MCD) | 1 | – |
| PAPERBACKS | |||
| 1) | The Way of Kings, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) | 61 | 2 |
| 2) | Mistborn, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) | 49 | 1 |
| 3) | The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss (DAW) | 101 | 3 |
| 4) | Words of Radiance, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) | 15 | – |
| 5) | The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin (Ace) | 34 | 6 |
| 6) | The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin (Ace) | 33 | – |
| 7) | Foundation, Isaac Asimov (Bantam Spectra) | 20 | 5 |
| *) | The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien (Del Rey) | 12 | – |
| 9) | Hyperion, Dan Simmons (Bantam) | 22 | 10 |
| 10) | Elantris, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) | 2 | – |
| TRADE PAPERBACKS | |||
| 1) | A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury US) | 32 | 1 |
| 2) | The Tainted Cup, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey) | 1 | – |
| 3) | Throne of Glass, Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury US) | 10 | – |
| 4) | Babel, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US) | 11 | – |
| *) | Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) | 4 | 2 |
| 6) | Children of Time, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Orbit US) | 15 | 5 |
| *) | Piranesi, Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury US) | 10 | 10 |
| 8) | Quicksilver, Callie Hart (Forever) | 1 | – |
| 9) | Absolution, Jeff VanderMeer (MCD) | 2 | 4 |
| 10) | A Court of Mist and Fury, Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury US) | 29 | 7 |
| MEDIA-RELATED AND GAMING RELATED | |||
| 1) | The Book of Bill, Alex Hirsch (Hyperion Avenue) | 5 | 1 |
| 2) | Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy: Horus Rising, Dan Abnett (Black Library) | 3 | – |
| 3) | Star Wars: Mace Windu: The Glass Abyss, Steven Barnes (Random House Worlds) | 2 | – |
| 4) | Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy: Galaxy in Flames, Ben Counter (Black Library) | 1 | – |
| 5) | Critical Role: Bells Hells: What Doesn’t Break, Cassandra Khaw (Random House Worlds) | 2 | – |
Wind and Truth, Brandon Sanderson’s latest entry in his Stormlight Archive series, jumped to the top of the hardcover list, pushing last month’s winner, Susanna Clarke’s The Wood at Midwinter, into second place. There were no new runners-up. We had 54 titles nominated this month, down from 62 last month.
In addition to taking the top spot in hardcovers, Brandon Sanderson continued his domination of the paperback list, with The Way of Kings and Mistborn taking the first and second spots. There were no new runners-up. Forty-eight titles were nominated this month, down from last month’s 57 titles.
On the trade paperback list, A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas held onto first place, while Robert Jackson Bennett’s The Tainted Cup moved into second. There were no new runners-up. There were 65 nominated titles, down from 73 last month.
On the media and gaming-related book list, Alex Hirsch’s The Book of Bill, remained at the top for another month, followed by Dan Abnett’s Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy: Horus Rising. There were no new runners-up. We had 19 nominated titles, one up from last month’s 18.
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: November 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 March 2025 issue of Locus.
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