The Book Sense Category Bestseller List: SF/Fantasy
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Based on the last eight weeks of sales from over 350 independent bookstores across America.
Here is a fantastic cross-section of SF and fantasy fiction, new and classic, for teen readers up to us oldsters. (Dune is still my favorite book of all time.) Look for The Two Towers to make a run at #1 soon. A few nice surprises on this list.
Next week: A younger readers' fantasy list. (No, that can't include a wish that summer would never end
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SF/Fantasy Bestsellers
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The Top 50 for the Last Eight Weeks
1. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $6.99, 0439064872
2. The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $6.99, 0345339681
3. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer, Talk Miramax/Hyperion, $6.99, 0786817070
4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $6.99, 059035342X
5. The Two Towers, J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $6.99, 0345339711
6. Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident, Eoin Colfer, Talk Miramax/Hyperion, $16.95, 0786808551
7. The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $6.99, 0345339703
8. The Return of the King, J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $6.99, 0345339738
9. The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman, Del Rey, $6.99, 0345413350
10. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 0812550706
11. The Salmon of Doubt, Douglas Adams, Harmony, $24, 1400045088
12. Priestess of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Diana L. Paxson, Roc, $15.95, 0451458621
13. Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones -- The Visual Dictionary, David West Reynolds, DK Publishing, $19.99, 0789485885
14. The Subtle Knife, Philip Pullman, Del Rey, $6.99, 0345413369
15. Princess Bride, William Goldman, Ballantine, $6.99, 0345348036
16. Speaker for the Dead, Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 0812550757
17. Star Wars the New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines II, Rebel Stand, Aaron Allston, Del Rey, $6.99, 0345428684
18. Shadow of the Hegemon, Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 0812565959
19. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mariner, $20, 0618129022
20. Dragons of a Vanished Moon, Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, Wizards of the Coast, $27.95, 0786927402
21. Star Wars the New Jedi Order: Traitor, Matthew Woodring Stover, Del Rey, $6.99, 034542865X
22. The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $6.99, 0345325818
23. The Two Towers, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mariner, $12, 0618129081
24. The Minority Report and Other Classic Stories, Philip K. Dick, Citadel Press, $14.95, 0806523794, and Pantheon, $12.95, 0375421874
25. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $19.95, 0590353403
26. The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mariner, $12, 0618129030
27. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $19.95, 0439064864
28. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams, Ballantine, $6.99, 0345391802
29. Winter's Heart, Robert Jordan, Forge, $7.99, 081257558X
30. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, Gregory Maguire, Regan Books, $15, 0060987529
31. Ender's Game, Orson Card, Tor Books, $5.99, 0765342294
32. Desecration, Jerry B. Jenkins, Tim Lahaye, Tyndale House Pub, $14.99, 0842332294
33. The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien, Peter Sis (Illustrator), Houghton Mifflin, $10, 061815082X
34. The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell, Fawcett Books, $12.95, 0449912558
35. The Skies of Pern, Anne McCaffrey, Del Rey, $7.99, 0345434692
36. Star Wars Attack of the Clones, R.A. Salvatore, Del Rey, $26, 0345428811
37. Lirael: Daughter of the Clayr, Garth Nix, Trophy Press, $6.95, 0060005424
38. Timeline, Michael Crichton, Ballantine Books, $7.99, 0345417623
39. The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Ballantine, $16, 0345350499
40. Dune, Frank Herbert, Ace Books, $7.99, 0441172717
41. Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Dell, $6.99, 0440180295
42. The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman, Knopf, $10, 0679893105
43. Star Wars Jedi Quest: The Way of the Apprentice, Jude Watson, Scholastic, $4.99, 0439339170
44. Xenocide, Orson Scott Card, Tor Books, $7.99, 0812509250
45. Eye of the World, Robert Jordan, Tor Books, $6.99, 0812511816
46. The Fall of Neskaya: Book One of the Clingfire Trilogy, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Deborah J. Ross, Daw Books, $6.99, 0756400538
47. A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess, W.W. Norton & Co., $11, 0393312836
48. J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings Boxed Set, J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $27.96, 0345340426
49. The Scar, China Mieville, Del Rey, $18.95, 0345444388
50. Kushiel's Dart, Jaqueline Carey, Tor Books, $7.99, 0765342987