Kearsley, Susanna Named of the Dragon (Allison & Busby 978-0-7490-4026-0, £7.99, 349pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 1998) fantasy novel.
Kent, Steven L. The Clone Rebellion: 8: Sedition (Titan 978-1-7811-6723-6, £7.99, 430pp, tp) Reprint (Ace 2012 as The Clone Sedition) SF novel.
* Kent, Steven L. The Clone Rebellion: 9: Assassin (Titan 978-1-7811-6724-3, £7.99, 464pp, tp) SF novel.
* King, William Warhammer: Bane of Malekith (Black Library 978-1-84970-510-3, £17.99, 315pp, hc, cover by Raymond Swanland) Gaming tie-in novel, third in the Tyrion & Teclis trilogy.
King, William Warhammer: Sword of Caledor (Black Library 978-1-84970-516-5, £8.99, 403pp, tp, cover by Raymond Swanland) Reprint (Black Library 2012) gaming tie-in novel, Second in the Tyrion & Teclis trilogy.
* Kyme, Nick Warhammer 40,000: Salamanders: The Omnibus (Black Library 978-1-84970-500-4, £15.99, 1014pp, tp, cover by Cheoljoo Lee) Gaming tie-in omnibus/collection of three novels and ten stories (three original) set in the roleplaying game universe, plus an introduction and glossary by Kyme.
* Lakin-Smith, Kim Autodrome (Snowbooks 978-1-90777-783-7, £12.99, 432pp, hc) SF novel.
Lakin-Smith, Kim Autodrome (Snowbooks 978-1-90967-904-7, £7.99, 432pp, tp) Reprint (Snowbooks 2013) SF novel.
Lee, Tanith Colder Greyer Stones (NewCon Press 978-1-907069-60-4, £9.99, 206pp, tp, cover by John Kaiine) Reprint (NewCon Press 2012 as Cold Grey Stones) collection, expanded by the addition of the new novelette ‘‘The Frost Watcher’’.
Llewellyn, Robert News from Gardenia (Unbound 978-1-7835-2009-1, £7.99, 235+10pp, tp) Reprint (Unbound 2012) satirical SF/fantasy novel inspired by William Morris’s News from Nowhere, the first in a series. Gavin Meckler flies through a mysterious cloud into the genuinely utopian future of 200 years from now. Published by subscription.
* Llewellyn, Robert News from the Squares (Unbound 978-1-7835-2007-7, £12.99, 273pp, tp) Humorous SF/fantasy novel, second in a trilogy after News from Gardenia. Gavin accidentally travels to a sideways future in which women run most things. Published by subscription.
* Lyle, Anne The Prince of Lies (Angry Robot 978-0-85766-280-4, £8.99, 426pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Fantasy novel set in an alternate Elizabethan England, Third volume in the Night’s Masque series. SImultaneous with the Angry Robot US edition.
Masterton, Graham White Bones (Head of Zeus 978-1-7818-5216-3, £7.99, 384pp, tp) Reprint (Pocket Star 2003 as A Terrible Beauty) associational serial killer novel, the first in the Kate Maguire series.
* McNamara, Ali Step Back in Time (Sphere 978-0-7515-5023-8, £6.99, 432pp, tp, cover by Lucy Truman) Humorous fantasy novel. After an accident Jo-Jo finds herself jumping through time.
* Meaney, John Resonance (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-08539-8, £16.99, 452pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) SF novel, the third book in the Ragnarok trilogy.
* Naam, Ramez Crux (Angry Robot 978-0-85766-295-8, £8.99, 547pp, tp) SF novel, sequel to Nexus.
* Newman, Kim The Quorum (Titan 978-1-7811-6554-6, £7.99, 511pp, tp) Collection of the title novel (Simon & Schuster UK 1994) and six stories from the 1990s.
* Olsen, Danel, ed. Exotic Gothic 5, Volume I (PS Publishing 978-1-848636-18-7, £24.99, xii + 243pp, hc, cover by Marcela Bolivar) Original anthology of 13 stories, the first of two volumes showcasing horror stories from around the world. Authors include Simon Clark, Nancy A. Collins, and Joyce Carol Oates. Also available as part of a numbered, two-volume set. PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea East Yorkshire HU18 1PG England;
Pinborough, Sarah The Language of Dying (Quercus/Jo Fletcher 978-1-78206-754-2, £12.99, 131pp, hc, cover by Ghost) Reprint (PS Publishing 2009) fantasy novella.
* Potts, Cherry Mosaic of Air (Arachne Press 978-1-909208-03-2, £11.99, 221pp, tp) Reprint (Onlywomen Press 1992) collection of 16 stories. Arachne Press, 100 Grierson Road, London SE23 1NX UK;
* Potts, Cherry & Katy Darby, eds. Weird Lies (Arachne Press 978-1-909208-10-0, £9.99, 160pp, tp) Anthology of 24 stories originally performed at Liars’ League and published on their website. Authors include Alex Smith, Andrew Lloyd-Jones, and David Malone. Arachne Press, 100 Grierson Road, London SE23 1NX UK;
Powers, Tim Last Call (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-11681-8, £9.99, 549pp, tp) Reprint (Morrow 1992) fantasy novel. Introduction by Graham Sleight. Part of the Fantasy Masterworks series.
Pratchett, Terry Reaper Man (Orion/Gollancz 978-1-473-20011-1, £9.99, 298pp, hc, cover by Joe McLaren) Reprint (Gollancz 1991) humorous fantasy novel in the Discworld series, part of the Death Collection. Issued without a dust jacket.
Pratchett, Terry Soul Music (Orion/Gollancz 978-1-473-20012-8, £9.99, 362pp, hc, cover by Joe McLaren) Reprint (Gollancz 1994) humorous fantasy novel in the Discworld series, part of the Death Collection. Issued without a dust jacket.
* Priestley, Chris The Dead Men Stood Together (Bloomsbury Children’s Books 978-1-4088-4173-0, £10.99, 216pp, hc) Young-adult horror novel.
Reed, Kit Son of Destruction (Severn House 978-1-84751-462-2, £11.99, 234pp, tp) Reprint (Severn House Digital 2013) gothic thriller with supernatural elements. A reporter investigates mysterious deaths while digging into his late mother’s past. First print edition.
* Rickman, Phil The Magus of Hay (Corvus 978-0-85789-865-4, £18.99, 461pp, hc) Fantasy novel. Simultaneous with the US (Atlantic Books) edition. Volume 12 in the ‘‘Merrily Watkins’’ series.
* Roberts, Adam Twenty Trillion Leagues Under the Sea (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-13442-3, £16.99, 306pp, hc, cover by blacksheep) SF novel, a response to Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Includes 30 full-page illustrations by Mahendra Singh. E-book also available.
Roberts, A.R.R.R. I, Soddit (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-09642-4, £9.99, 280pp, hc) Humorous fantays novel, sequel to The Soddit. This is a pen name for Adam Roberts.
* Roberts, Nora Dark Witch (Little, Brown UK/Piatkus 978-0-7499-5859-6, £12.99, 342pp, tp) Romance novel with supernatural elements, the first book in the Cousins O’Dwyer trilogy. A hardcover edition (-5858-9, £19.99) was announced but not seen.
Roberts, Nora The Perfect Hope (Little, Brown UK/Piatkus 978-0-7499-5571-7, £7.99, 389pp, tp, cover by Claudio Marinesco) Reprint (Piatkus 2012) romance novel with supernatural elements, third in the Inn Boonsboro trilogy.
* Robertson, Freya Heartwood (Angry Robot 978-0-85766-385-6, £8.99, 538pp, tp) Fantasy novel, the first book in the Elemental Wars duology.
* Roth, Veronica Allegiant (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 978-0-00-752427-3, £12.99, 526pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel, third in the Divergent series. Simultaneous with the US (Tegen Books) edition.
* Schätzing, Frank Limit (Quercus/Jo Fletcher 978-1-84916-515-0, £25.00, 1141pp, hc) SF novel. Translated by Samuel Wilcocks, Shaun Whiteside, & Jamie Searles, from the German original (2009, Kiepenheuer & Petrovich).
Shepard, Lucius The Dragon Griaule (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-08992-1, £9.99, ix+447pp, tp, cover by Joao Oliviera) Reprint (Subterranean Press 2012) fantasy collection in the series, with five stories and original novel The Skull. Introduction by Graham Sleight. A ‘‘Fantasy Masterwork.’’
* Shurin, Jared, ed. The Book of the Dead (Jurassic London 978-0957646254, £9.99, 357pp, tp, cover by Garen Ewing) Original anthology of 19 stories about mummies. Published in partnership with the Egypt Exploration Society. Illustrated by Garen Ewing. Introduction by John J Johnston. Authors include Paul Cornell, Adam Roberts, and Gail Carriger. A limited hardcover edition (978-0-9571696-4-7) was announced but not seen. E-book also available.
* Shirley, John Grimm: The Icy Touch (Titan 978-1-7811-6654-3, £6.99, 312pp, tp) Tie-in novel based on the TV series.
Silverberg, Robert Tales of Majipoor (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-13007-4, £8.99, 300pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Gollancz 2013) SF collection.
* Smith, L.J. & Audrey Clark The Vampire Diaries: The Salvation: Unspoken (Hod
der 978-1-444-91650-8, £6.99, 295pp, tp) Young-adult vampire romance novel. L.J. Smith is credited in big type as creator of the series, with ‘‘Written by Audrey Clark’’ much smaller on the cover. Book two of the Salvation sub-series. Simultaneous with the US (47North) edition.
Sykes, Sam The Skybound Sea (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-09038-5, £8.99, 627pp, tp, cover by Paul Young) Reprint (Gollancz 2012) fantasy novel.
* Tallerman, David Prince Thief (Angry Robot 978-0-85766-267-5, £8.99, 331pp, tp) Fantasy novel. Third in the Easie Damasco series after Giant Thief and Crown Thief. Simultaneous with the US (Angry Robot US) edition.
Taylor, Laini Lips Touch (Hodder & Stoughton 978-1-444-73150-7, £14.99, 265pp, hc) Reprint (Levine 2009 as Lips Touch: Three Times) collection of three fantasy stories.
Terrin, Peter The Guard (Quercus/Maclehose Press 978-1-84866-294-0, £8.99, 242pp, tp) Reprint (Maclehose Press 2012, not seen) SF psychological thriller about guards at an apartment building where only one tenant remains. Translated from the Dutch De Bewaker (De Arbeiderspers 2009) by David Colmer.
Torday, Paul Light Shining in the Forest (Orion/Phoenix 978-1-7802-2224-0, £7.99, 344pp, tp) Reprint (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2013) thriller novel with supernatural elements.
* Towsey, David Your Brother’s Blood (Quercus/Jo Fletcher 978-1-78206-432-9, £20.00, 326pp, hc) Post-apocalyptic zombie novel, the first book in The Walkin’ series. A first novel.
* VanderMeer, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, eds. The Time Traveller’s Almanac (Head of Zeus 978-1-7818-5390-0, £25.00, 948pp, hc) Anthology of 65 time-travel stories, with four ‘‘nonfiction’’ pieces. Introduction by Rain Johnson. Authors include Douglas Adams, Ray Bradbury, Nalo Hopkinson, and Gene Wolfe. E-book also available.
Wells, Martha Star Wars: Empire and Rebellion: Razor’s Edge (Random House UK/Century LucasBooks 978-1-780-89259-7, £19.99, 260pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) Reprint (Lucasbooks 2013) SF novelization.
Wheatley, Dennis The Devil Rides Out (Bloomsbury 978-1-4482-1300-9, £7.99, 287pp, tp) Reprint (Hutchinson 1934) classic black magic novel, second in the Duke de Richleau series.
Wheatley, Dennis To the Devil – A Daughter (Bloomsbury 978-1-4482-1262-0, £7.99, 292pp, tp) Reprint (Hutchinson 1953) classic horror novel, first in the Molly Fountain duology, followed by The Satanist.
Williams, Mazarkis Knife-Sworn (Quercus/Jo Fletcher 978-0-85738-867-4, £8.99, 390pp, tp) Reprint (Jo Fletcher Books 2012) fantasy novel, second in the Tower and Knife trilogy. Williams is a pseudonym.
Zahn, Timothy Star Wars: Scoundrels (Random House UK/Arrow LucasBooks 978-0-099-54292-6, £7.99, 441pp, tp, cover by Paul Youll) Reprint (Arrow LucasBooks 2013) tie-in novel set just before The Empire Strikes Back. This adds novelette, ‘‘Winner Takes All’’ (2012).
December 2013
SF Novels 12
Fantasy Novels 10
Horror Novels 1
Paranormal Romance 2
Anthologies 11
Collections 3
Reference 0
History/Criticism 2
Media Related 5
Young Adult 4
SF 0
Fantasy 2
Horror 1
Paranormal Romance 1
Other 0
Omnibus 1
Art/Humor 1
Miscellaneous 1
Total New: 53
Reprints &
Reissues: 39
Total: 92
Year to Date
SF Novels 103
Fantasy Novels 178
Horror Novels 40
Paranormal Romance 14
Anthologies 34
Collections 31
Reference 6
History/Criticism 5
Media Related 51
Young Adult 128
SF 32
Fantasy 76
Horror 18
Paranormal Romance 2
Other 0
Omnibus 18
Art/Humor 7
Miscellaneous 92
Total New: 639
Reprints &
Reissues: 403
Total: 1,042
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BESTSELLERS
LOCUS BESTSELLERS
Numbers indicate months on list, and position last month.
HARDCOVERS
1) The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman (Morrow) 7, 3
2) Raising Steam, Terry Pratchett (Doubleday UK) 1, -
3) Dangerous Women, George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, eds. (Tor) 1, -
4) The Republic of Thieves, Scott Lynch (Del Rey) 3, 2
5) The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 9, 4
6) A Memory of Light, Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (Tor) 7, -
7) Parasite, Mira Grant (Orbit US) 1, -
8) A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin (Bantam) 6, -
9) The Wit & Wisdom of Tyrion Lannister, George R.R. Martin (Bantam) 1, -
10) Burning Paradise, Robert Charles Wilson (Tor) 2, 5
*) Shadows, Robin McKinley (Paulsen) 1, -
PAPERBACKS
1) A Dance With Dragons, George R.R. Martin (Bantam) 3, 1
2) The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss (DAW) 10, 7
3) A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin (Bantam) 42, 5
4) Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card (Tor) 41, 2
5) A Clash of Kings, George R.R. Martin (Bantam) 37, -
6) 2312, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US) 7, 9
*) The Wise Man’s Fear, Patrick Rothfuss (DAW) 2, -
8) Bowl of Heaven, Gregory Benford & Larry Niven (Tor) 1, -
9) Speaker for the Dead, Orson Scott Card (Tor) 6, 6
10) The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien (Del Rey) 40, -
TRADE PAPERBACKS
1) Redshirts, John Scalzi (Tor) 5, 5
2) A Dance With Dragons, George R.R. Martin (Bantam) 2, 1
3) A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin (Bantam) 17, -
4) The Republic of Thieves, Scott Lynch (Gollancz) 1, -
5) N0S4A2, Joe Hill (Morrow) 1, -
MEDIA-RELATED
1) William Shakespeare’s Star Wars, Ian Doescher (Quirk Books) 5, 2
2) Star Wars: Scoundrels, Timothy Zahn (Del Rey) 2, -
3) Doctor Who: Who-ology, Cavan Scott & Mark Wright (BBC Books) 2, -
4) Star Trek: The Fall: The Poisoned Chalice, James Swallow (Pocket) 1, -
5) Doctor Who: The Vault, Marcus Hearn (Harper Design) 1, -
GAMING-RELATED
1) Forgotten Realms: The Companions, R.A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast) 5, 1
2) Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag, Oliver Bowden (Ace) 1, -
3) Forgotten Realms: The Last Threshold, R.A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast) 4, 2
4) Forgotten Realms: The Adversary, Erin Evans (Wizards of the Coast) 1, -
Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane moved up to first place on the hardcover list, and the Gollancz edition of Terry Pratchett’s Raising Steam debuted in second. The new runner-up was Stephen King’s sequel to The Shining, Doctor Sleep (Scribner) out of 58 titles nominated, up from 48 last month.
George R.R. Martin’s A Dance With Dragons remained at number one, and The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss moved up to number two on the mass-market list this month. The new runner-up was Alien Research by Gini Koch (DAW) out of 53 titles nominated, up from last month’s 44.
Redshirts by John Scalzi lept up the trade paperback list to first place this month. The was no new runner-up, with 36 titles nominated, down from the 40 we saw last month.
William Shakespeare’s Star Wars by Ian Doescher moved up a spot to take top honors among the media-related titles, and there was no new runner-up. There were 19 titles nominated, same as last month.
Forgotten Realms: The Companions by R.A. Salvatore stayed at number one in the gaming-related titles, with no runner-ups. There were 20 titles nominated, up quite a bit from the 11 last month.
Compiled with data from: Bakka-Phoenix (Canada), B
arnes and Noble (USA), Borderlands (CA), McNally Robinson (two in Canada), Mysterious Galaxy (CA), Toadstool (two in NH), Uncle Hugo’s (MN), University Book Store (WA), White Dwarf (Canada). Data period: December 2013.
B&N/B. Dalton (print)
HARDCOVERS
1) The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin)
2) The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin)
3) After Dead: What Came Next in the World of Sookie Stackhouse, Charlaine Harris (Ace)
4) Rex Regis, L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (Tor)
5) The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman (Morrow)
6) A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin (Bantam)
7) The Third Kingdom, Terry Goodkind (Tor)
8) The Emperor’s Blades, Brian Stavely (Tor)
9) Red Rising, Pierce Brown (Del Rey)
10) Dangerous Women, George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois (Tor)
PAPERBACKS
1) A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin (Bantam)
2) A Dance with Dragons, George R.R. Martin (Bantam)
3) Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card (Tor)
4) A Memory of Light, Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (Tor)
5) The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien (Del Rey)
6) A Clash of Kings, George R.R. Martin (Bantam)
7) A Storm of Swords, George R.R. Martin (Bantam)
8) A Feast for Crows, George R.R. Martin (Bantam)
9) Speaker for the Dead, Orson Scott Card (Tor)
10) The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss (DAW)
TRADE PAPERBACKS
1) Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury (Simon & Schuster)
2) The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
3) A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin (Bantam)
4) A Dance with Dragons, George R.R. Martin (Bantam)
5) 1636: Seas of Fortune, Iver Cooper (Baen)
MEDIA-RELATED
1) Doctor Who: The Doctor’s Lives and Times, James Goss & Steve Tribe (Harper Design)
2) William Shakespeare’s Star Wars, Ian Doescher (Quirk)
3) Doctor Who: Shada: The Lost Adventure by Douglas Adams, Gareth Roberts (Ace)
4) Star Trek: The Fall: Peaceable Kingdoms, Dayton Ward (Pocket)
5) Star Wars: Darth Plagueis, James Luceno (Del Rey)
GAMING-RELATED
1) Halo: Mortal Dictata, Karen Traviss (Tor)
2) Warhammer 40K: Malodrax, Ben Counter (Black Library US)
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