Locus Bestsellers, April 2020
The Locus Bestsellers for April include top titles Agency by William Gibson, Dune by Frank Herbert, Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski, and Forgotten Realms: Timeless by R.A. Salvatore.
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New Titles & Bestsellers
New Books : 14 April 2020
There are strange plants in THE BOOK OF KOLI by M.R. Carey and CREEPING JENNY by Jeff Noon!
New titles this week are by Asaf Ashery, Dan Byrne-Smith, M.R. Carey, Hao Jingfang, Dean Koontz, Adam Levin, Jeff Noon, Mike Resnick, John Scalzi, Matthew Ward, and Timothy Zahn. ...Read More
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Weekly Bestsellers, 13 April 2020
A new thriller by Dean Koontz, Devoted (Thomas & Mercer), debuts on this week’s Publishers Weekly list.
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New Books : 7 April 2020
Keep your distance this week in: the Banished lands, the Virgin Zones, a castle in the Italian Alps, and an island in the Rhône.
New titles this week are by Henri Bosco, Rae Carson, Hank Davis & Christopher Ruocchio, John Gwynne, Laurell K. Hamilton & William McCaskey, Tim Lebbon, Corry L. Lee, Louisa Morgan, Larry Niven/Jerry Pournelle/Steven Bares, Veronica Roth, Emily Strutskie, Caroline Stevermer, Dan Stout, and Danielle Trussoni. ...Read More
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New Books : 31 March 2020
New titles this week are by Max Barry, James P. Blaylock, Theodora Goss, Alex Irvine, Julie Kagawa, Sarah Tarkoff, and Menna van Praag.
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Weekly Bestsellers, 30 March 2020
Two titles debuts strongly. Patricia Briggs’ Smoke Bitten (Ace) ranks as high as #3 on the USA Today list. And Rae Carson’s Star Wars novelization The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition (Del Rey) hits #2 on the Publishers Weekly list.
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New & Notable Books, March 2020
Sean Adams, The Heap (Morrow 1/20) Debut novel about the collapse of “Los Verticalés” – a socially stratified high-rise that once stood 500 stories tall – and the survivors who search for family among its rubble. A social commentary that’s as incisively satirical as the best of Thomas Pynchon and J.G. Ballard.
Mike Chen, A Beginning at the End (Mira 1/20) You don’t often come across post-apocalyptic tales full ...Read More
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New Books : 24 March 2020
There’s royalty on this week’s list of new books with A BROKEN QUEEN, THE POET KING, and THE EMPRESS OF SALT AND FORTUNE.
New titles this week are by David Dalglish, Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor, Rachel Harrison, Robert A. Heinlein, N.K. Jemisin, Zack Jordan, Sarah Kozloff, Paul McAuley, Ilana C. Myer, and Nghi Vo. ...Read More
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Weekly Bestsellers, 23 March 2020
New titles by Cassandra Clare and Sarah J. Maas slip from the debut positions last week but still rank significantly. Again this week, the hourly-updated bestseller lists on Amazon sites, especially in the US and Canada, are overwhelmed by orders for children’s books.
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Locus Bestsellers, March 2020
The Locus Bestsellers for March include top titles Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin, and Star Wars: Master & Apprentice by Claudia Gray.
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New Books : 17 March 2020
Find vampires, robots, coyote shapeshifters, magical children, and Kim Jong-un in these new books!
New books this week include an anthology Chinese SF and titles by Patricia Briggs, Jennifer Estep, TJ Klune, Eddie Robson, Matt Ruff, Jonathan Strahan, and Carrie Vaughn. ...Read More
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Weekly Bestsellers, 16 March 2020
New titles by Cassandra Clare (Chain of Gold) and Sarah J. Maas (House of Earth and Blood) leap to the top of bestseller lists this week. Meanwhile, as schools shut down in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the hourly-updated bestseller lists on Amazon sites, especially in the US and Canada, are overwhelmed by orders for children’s books.
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New Books : 10 March 2020
New books including story collections A PHOENIX FIRST MUST BURN, EVERYONE ON THE MOON IS ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL, and YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
New titles this week are by Luke Arnold, Anne Bishop, Patrice Caldwell, Myke Cole, T. Frohock, Kathleen O’Neal Gear, Duncan M. Hamilton, Julian K. Jarboe, Alma Katsu, Marshall Ryan Maresca, Tina LeCount Myers, Mary South, and S.M. Stirling. ...Read More
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Weekly Bestsellers, 9 March 2020
Three titles debut on lists this week, though none impressively. Eoin Colfer’s Highfire (Harper Perennial) is #17 at LA Times, Seanan McGuire’s Imaginary Numbers (DAW) is #65 at USA Today, and Ben Aaronovitch’s False Value (DAW) is #84 at USA Today.
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Periodicals, early March 2020
New issues of Aphelion, Aurealis, Clarkesworld, The Dark, Galaxy’s Edge, GigaNotoSaurus, Lightspeed, Nightmare, and Uncanny
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New Books : 3 March 2020
Uploads, mechs, and old-school cyberpunk: 20 new books this week including THE COMPANIONS, RE-COIL, OTAKU, and CYBER SHOGUN REVOLUTION.
New titles this week are by Matt Bechtel, Frank Chadwick, Cassandra Clare, Eric Flint & Ryk E. Spoor, Katie M. Flynn, Sarah Gailey, Michael Kelly, Chris Kluwe, Jean LeBlanc, Sarah J. Maas, Premee Mohamad, J.T. Nicholas, Marie O’Regan & Paul Kane, Tim Powers, K.M. Szpara, Peter Tieryas, K.B. Wagers, Cynthia Ward, ...Read More
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Forthcoming Books Through December 2020
The Locus Selected Books by Author list has been updated on our Forthcoming Books page, with information from the March 2020 issue covering upcoming titles from genre houses slated through December 2020. Find out about your favorite authors’ upcoming books!
For the complete list of books by publisher, subscribe to our print magazine or purchase the March issue in print or digital editions, available March 1, 2020.
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Weekly Bestsellers, 2 March 2020
YA novels by Sarah J. Maas and Cassandra Clare, House of Earth and Blood (Bloomsbury) and Chain of Gold (McElderry) respectively, due for publication tomorrow, are bestsellers already on Amazon sites with preorders.
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Periodicals, late February 2020
New issues of Beneath Ceaseless Skies and Strange Horizons, plus February posts at Daily Science Fiction and Tor.com
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Print Periodicals, February 2020
New issues of Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Asimov’s Science Fiction, and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
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New & Notable Books, February 2020
Ilona Andrews, Small Magics (Subterranean 12/19) Limited edition collection of five previously published stories from the husband-and-wife writing team behind the bestselling Kate Daniels series, also includes full-color interior illustrations and, for the first time in print, the entire collected “Curran’s Point of View” pieces.
Deborah Teramis Christian, Splintegrate (Tor 12/19) The long-awaited return to the Sa’adani Empire is finally here in a standalone sequel to 1996’s Mainline (as ...Read More
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New Books : 25 February 2020
Colorful international titles BLACK LEVIATHAN (Germany) and RED MANTLE (Finland) are part of this week’s list of new books.
New titles this week are by Ben Aaronovitch, Nino Cipri, Daniel Kraus, Ken Liu, Seanan McGuire, Margarita Montimore, Bernd Perplies, and Maria Turtschaninoff. ...Read More
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Weekly Bestsellers, 24 February 2020
Melissa de la Cruz’ The Queen’s Assassin (Putnam) debuts on the New York Times Young Adult Hardcover list.
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Locus Bestsellers, February 2020
The Locus Bestsellers for February include top titles The Burning White by Brent Weeks (Orbit US); The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (DAW); The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski (Orbit US); and Forgotten Realms: Boundless by R.A. Salvatore (Harper Voyager US).
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New Books : 18 February 2020
Go off-world with Stanislaw Lem’s RETURN FROM THE STARS, the GRAVITY OF A DISTANT SUN by R.E. Stearns, and the LIGHT OF IMPOSSIBLE STARS by Gareth L. Powell.
New titles this week are by Anne Charnock, Anna Kavan, Katherine Kerr, Sarah Kozloff, Stanislaw Lem, Scott Oden, Gareth L. Powell, Natasha Pulley, R.E. Stearns, and Marian Womack. ...Read More
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Weekly Bestsellers, 17 February 2020
The trade paperback of Richard Powers’ The Overstory is still going strong, nearly a year after publication.
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New Books : 11 February 2020
Historical fantasies dominate this week’s new books in THE ILLNESS LESSON, THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, STORM FROM THE EAST, STORMSONG, SENSATIONAL, and A WITCH IN TIME.
New titles this week are by Clare Beams, Eric Brown, Andy Davidson, Sergey & Marina Dyachenko, Joanna Hathaway, Andrew Krivak, A.K. Larkwood, C.L. Polk, Constance Sayers, and Jodie Lynn Zdrok. ...Read More
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Weekly Bestsellers, 10 February 2020
William Gibson’s Agency rises on the LA Times list but slips on the three other print lists compiled here.
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Periodicals, early February 2020
New issues of Aphelion, Aurealis, Clarkesworld, The Dark, GigaNotoSaurus, Lightspeed, and Nightmare
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New Books : 4 February 2020
Look out for assassins, secret sorcerers, and mysterious illnesses in this week’s new books!
New titles this week are by David Boop, Libba Bray, James L. Cambias, Melissa de la Cruz, Sarah Gailey, Cate Glass, Adalyn Grace, Kevin Hearne, Gish Jen, Eyal Kless, Mercedes Lackey & Cody Martin, Ben Okri, Juliette Wade, and Drew Williams. ...Read More
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Weekly Bestsellers, 3 February 2020
William Gibson’s Agency (Berkley) debuts solidly on all four print lists compiled here.
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