The Indie Sci-Fi & Fantasy Bestseller List

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For the eight week period ending August 19, 2008, and based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide.

1.

The Host
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048

2.

1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

3.

Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702

4.

Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966

5.

The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger, Harvest, $14, 9780156029438

6.

Wicked
Gregory Maguire, Regan Books, $16, 9780060987107

7.

Cat's Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut, Delta, $14, 9780385333481

8.

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Max Brooks, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307346612

9.

The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, Daw, $7.99, 9780756404741

10.

Soon I Will Be Invincible
Austin Grossman, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307279866

11.

The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345339683

12.

Sandworms of Dune
Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Tor, $7.99, 9780765351494

13.

Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $7.99, 9780060853983

14.

Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $7.99, 9780441172719

15.

Speaker for the Dead
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780812550757

16.

The Dark River
John Twelve Hawks, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307389237

17.

Cry Wolf
Patricia Briggs, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016150

18.

The Lost World
Arthur Conan Doyle, Penguin, $10, 9780141033778

19.

A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553573404

20.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803

21.

The Orc King
R.A. Salvatore, Wizards of the Coast, $7.99, 9780786950461

22.

A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553579901

23.

The Once and Future King
T.H. White, Ace, $7.99, 9780441627400

24.

A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess, Norton, $13.95, 9780393312836

25.

Son of a Witch
Gregory Maguire, Regan Books, $16, 9780060747220