* Boswell, Ellie Secrets and Sorcery (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-907410-97-0, £5.99, 245pp, tp) Young-adult fantasy novel, the third in the Witch of Turlingham Academy series.
* Brin, David Uplift: The Complete Original Trilogy (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-489-0, £14.99, 1211pp, tp) Omnibus of Sundiver (1980), Startide Rising (1983), and The Uplift War (1987).
* Brooke, Keith Alt.Human (Rebellion/Solaris 978-1-78108-002-3, £7.99, 375pp, tp, cover by Adam Tredowski) SF novel.
* Card, Orson Scott The Shadow Saga (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-0-356-50160-4, £14.99, 1253pp, tp) Omnibus of four novels in the series parallel to the Ender Saga: Ender’s Shadow (1999), Shadow of the Hegemon (2001), Shadow Puppets (2002), and Shadow of the Giant (2005).
Cast, P.C. & Kristin Betrayed (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-0-349-00113-5, £7.99, 392pp, tp) Reprint (St. Martin’s Griffin 2007) young-adult vampire romance novel, second in the House of Night series.
Cast, P.C. & Kristin Chosen (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-0-349-00114-2, £7.99, 322pp, tp) Reprint (St. Martin’s Griffin 2008) young-adult vampire romance novel, third in the House of Night series.
* Cole, Steve Z. Apocalypse (Random House UK/Red Fox 978-1-862-30779-7, £5.99, 298pp, tp) Young-adult fantasy novel, third in the Z. Rex/Hunting series.
* Cornell, Paul London Falling (Macmillan/Tor UK 978-0-230-76321-0, £12.99, 387pp, tp) Fantasy novel.
Delaney, Joseph The Spook’s Blood (Random House UK/Red Fox 978-1-849-41107-3, £6.99, 364pp, tp, cover by Alessandro ‘‘Talexi’’ Taini) Reprint (The Bodley Head 2012) young-adult fantasy novel, tenth in The Wardstone Chronicles series.
Elliott, Will Shadow (Quercus/Jo Fletcher 978-0-85738-142-2, £8.99, 380pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Jo Fletcher 2012) fantasy novel, second in the Pendulum Trilogy.
* Elliott, Will World’s End (Quercus/Jo Fletcher 978-0-85738-143-9, £12.99, 419pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Fantasy novel, third in the Pendulum Trilogy.
* Fenn, Jaine Queen of Nowhere (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-09699-8, £14.99, 340pp, tp, cover by keevildesign) SF novel, fifth in the Hidden Empire series. A hardcover edition (£20.00) was announced but not seen.
Fforde, Jasper The Woman Who Died a Lot (Hodder 978-0-340-96313-5, £7.99, 380pp, tp) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2012) humorous SF novel, seventh in the Thursday Next series.
* Fischer, Rusty Zombies Don’t Cry (Egmont/Electric Monkey 978-1-4052-6397-9, £6.99, 335pp, tp) Young-adult SF novel.
* Fisher, Catherine The Obsidian Mirror (Hodder Children’s Books 978-0-340-97008-9, £6.99, 393pp, tp, cover by Rodrigo Adolfo) Young-adult fantasy novel.
Fukuda, Andrew The Hunt (Simon & Schuster UK 978-0-85707-542-0, £6.99, 293pp, tp) Reprint (St. Martin’s Griffin 2012) young-adult fantasy novel, the first in a series. [First UK edition]
* Fukuda, Andrew The Prey (Simon & Schuster UK 978-0-85707-544-4, £9.99, 326pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Young-adult SF novel, second in the Hunt series. Simultaneous with the US (St. Martin’s Griffin) edition.
* Grant, Michael & Katherine Applegate Eve & Adam (Egmont/Electric Monkey 978-1-4052-6434-1, £6.99, 312pp, tp) Young-adult SF novel. Simultaneous with the US (Feiwel and Friends) edition.
* Griffin, Kate Stray Souls (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-0-356-50064-5, £8.99, 438pp, tp) Fantasy novel in the Magicals Anonymous series.
Hamilton, Peter F. The Naked God (Macmillan/Pan 978-1-447-20859-4, £8.99, 1255pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1999) SF novel, third in the Night’s Dawn trilogy.
Hamilton, Peter F. The Neutronium Alchemist (Macmillan/Pan 978-1-447-20858-7, £8.99, 1273pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1997) SF novel, second in the Night’s Dawn trilogy.
Harris, Charlaine Dead Reckoning (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-13140-8, £7.99, 325pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 2011) Southern vampire fantasy novel, 11th in the True Blood/Sookie Stackhouse series.
Harris, Charlaine Grave Secret (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-08556-5, £7.99, 306pp, tp) Reprint (Berkley 2009) paranormal mystery novel, fourth in the Harper Connelly series.
Harris, Charlaine Grave Sight (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-12948-1, £7.99, 232pp, tp) Reprint (Berkley Prime Crime 2005) paranormal mystery novel, first in the Harper Connelly series.
Higson, Charlie The Fear (Penguin/Puffin UK 978-0-141-32506-4, £6.99, 460pp, tp) Reprint (Puffin 2011) young-adult horror novel in the Dead series.
Hill, Will Department 19: The Rising (HarperCollins UK 978-0-00-735450-4, £7.99, 703pp, tp) Reprint (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 2012) young-adult SF/horror novel.
* Hocking, Amanda Wake (Macmillan/Tor UK 978-1-4472-0572-2, £7.99, 309pp, tp) Fantasy novel, the first book in the Watersong series. Simultaneous with the US (St. Martins Griffin) edition.
Hodder, Mark A Red Sun Also Rises (Random House/Del Rey UK 978-0-091949-81-5, £16.99, 261pp, hc, cover by Lee Gibbons & Danny Grogan) Reprint (Pyr 2012) SF/fantasy novel. [First UK edition]
Hunt, Stephen From the Deep of the Dark (Harper Voyager 978-0-00-728968-4, £7.99, 455pp, tp) Reprint (Harper Voyager 2012) SF novel, sixth in the Jackelian series.
* Hurley, Tonya The Blessed (Hodder Children’s Books 978-1-444-90475-8, £9.99, 417pp, tp) Young-adult fantasy novel, first in the series.
* Jones, Stephen, ed. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume 23 (Robinson 978-1-78033-090-7, £7.99, 589pp, tp, cover by Vincent Chong) Horror anthology.
Kate, Lauren Fallen in Love: New Tales from the Fallen World (Transworld/Corgi 978-0-552-56609-4, £6.99, 201pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday UK 2012) fix-up novel/collection of four original interlinked stories set in the middle ages, telling the backstories of characters in the Fallen series.
Lackey, Mercedes Changes (Titan 978-1-7811-6589-8, £7.99, 367pp, tp) Reprint (DAW 2011) fantasy novel of the Heralds of Valdemar, third in the Collegium Chronicles series. [First UK edition]
Logan, David Lost Christmas (Quercus 978-1-78087-836-2, £6.99, 278pp, tp) Reprint (Quercus 2011) young-adult fantasy novel.
* Mahoney, Karen Falling to Ash (Transworld/Corgi 978-0-552-56526-4, £6.99, 342pp, tp) Young-adult fantasy novel. First in the Moth series.
Malley, Gemma The Declaration (Bloomsbury Children’s Books 978-1-4088-3688-0, £6.99, 295pp, tp) Reprint (Bloomsbury 2007) young-adult SF novel, first in the Declaration trilogy.
Masson, David I. The Caltraps of Time (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-11828-7, £7.99, tp, cover by Vincent Chong) Reprint (Faber and Faber 1968) collection of ten stories, with introduction by Christopher Priest. An SF Masterworks edition.
* Miéville, China Railsea (Macmillan UK 978-0-230-76510-8, £17.99, 376pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.
Newton, Mark Charan The Book of Transformations (Macmillan/Tor UK 978-0-330-52167-3, £8.99, 466pp, tp) Reprint (Tor UK 2011) fantasy novel, third in the Legends of the Red Sun series.
* Newton, Mark Charan The Broken Isles (Macmillan/Tor UK 978-0-230-75007-4, £16.99, 371pp, hc) Fantasy novel, fourth in the Legends of the Red Sun series.
* O’Regan, Marie, ed. The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories by Women (Robinson 978-1-78033-024-2, £7.99, 499pp, tp) Anthology of 24 stories, 16 original. Authors with new stories include Kelley Armstrong, Elizabeth Massie, and Lilith Saintcrow.
* Patterson, James Maximum Ride: Never More (Random House UK/Century 978-1-846-05777-9, £12.99, 344pp, hc) Young-adult SF novel, eighth and final in the series. Simultaneous with the Arrow edition.
* Pierce, Gabriella The Lost Soul (Constable & Robinson/Canvas 978-1-78033-947-4, £6.99, 300pp, tp) Fantasy novel, third in the 666 Park Avenue trilogy.
Pollack, Rachel Unquenchable Fire (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-11854-6, £8.99, 364pp, tp) Reprint (Century 1988) SF novel. Introduction by Lisa Tuttle. An SF Masterworks edition.
Powers, Tim The Stress of Her Regard (Atlantic UK/Corvus 978-1-84887-406-0, £8.99, 554pp, tp, cover by Mark Swan) Reprint (Ace 1989) fantasy novel.
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* Pratchett, Terry & The Discworld Emporium The Compleat Ankh-Morpork (Transworld/Doubleday UK 978-0-857-52074-6, £23.00, 128pp, hc) Humorous reference book. ‘‘The Discworld Emporium’’ is Isobel Pearson, Reb Voyce, Bernard Pearson & Ian Mitchell.
Priestley, Chris Mister Creecher (Bloomsbury Children’s Books 978-1-4088-1105-4, £6.99, 384pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Bloomsbury Children’s Books 2011) young-adult horror novel.
Rawn, Melanie Touchstone (Titan 978-1-7811-6660-4, £7.99, 435pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 2012) fantasy novel, the first book in the Glass Thorns series. [First UK edition]
Scott, Michael The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel: Book 5: Warlock (Transworld/Corgi 978-0-552-56256-0, £6.99, 380pp, tp, cover by Michael Wagner) Reprint (Delacorte Press 2011) young-adult fantasy novel. [First UK edition]
* Sebold, Gaie Dangerous Gifts (Rebellion/Solaris 978-1-78108-079-5, £7.99, 381pp, tp, cover by Jake Murray) Fantasy novel, second in the Babylon Steel series. Simultaneous with the US (Solaris US) edition.
Sedgwick, Marcus Magic and Mayhem: The Raven Mysteries Book 5 (Orion Children’s Books 978-1-4440-0340-6, £6.99, 243pp, tp, cover by Peter Williamson) Reprint (Orion Children’s Books 2011) young-adult fantasy novel.
Strugatsky, Boris & Arkady Roadside Picnic (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-09313-3, £7.99, 209pp, tp, cover by Dominic Harman) Reprint (Macmillan 1977 as part of Roadside Picnic/Tales of the Troika) SF novel. Translated by Olena Bormashenko. Introduction by Ursula K. Le Guin. Afterword by Boris Strugatsky. An SF Masterworks edition.
* Sykes, Sam The Skybound Sea (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-09037-8, £16.99, 494pp, tp, cover by Paul Young) Fantasy novel. A hardcover edition (£20.00) was announced but not seen.
* Tallerman, David Crown Thief (Angry Robot 978-0-85766-249-1, £7.99, 376pp, tp, cover by Angelo Rinaldi) Fantasy novel, second in the Easie Damasco series.
* Tchaikovsky, Adrian The Air War (Macmillan/Tor UK 978-0-230-75700-4, £12.99, 653pp, tp, cover by Alan Brooks) Fantasy novel, eighth in the Shadows of the Apt series.
Tidhar, Lavie Osama (Rebellion/Solaris 978-1-78108-076-4, £7.99, 302pp, tp, cover by Pedro Marques) Reprint (PS Publishing 2011) fantasy novel.
Treadwell, James Advent (Hodder 978-1-444-72849-1, £6.99, 610pp, tp) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2012) fantasy novel. First in a series. Magic returns to the world when Faust’s lost ring is found.
Tuttle, Lisa The Silver Bough (Quercus/Jo Fletcher 978-1-78087-439-5, £14.99, 453pp, hc) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 2006) fantasy novel.
* Warburton, Ruth A Witch in Love (Hodder Children’s Books 978-1-444-90470-3, £6.99, 401pp, tp) Young-adult fantasy novel. Book two in a trilogy after A Witch in Winter.
* Watson, Ian & Ian Whates, eds. The Mammoth Book of SF Wars (Robinson 978-1-78033-040-2, £7.99, 497pp, tp) Collection of 24 stories, three original. Authors include Algiss Budrys, Elizabeth Moon, Gene Wolfe, and Paul McAuley.
* Wendig, Chuck Blackbirds (Angry Robot 978-0-85766-229-3, £7.99, 283pp, tp, cover by Joey HiFi) Fantasy novel, the first in a series. Simultaneous with the Angry Robot US edition.
Wingrove, David Chung Kuo: Book 4: Ice and Fire (Atlantic UK/Corvus 978-1-84887-729-0, £14.99, 325pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (New English Library 1989 as The Middle Kingdom) SF novel. A revised and updated edition, copyrighted 1989, 2012.
* Wolf, Jack The Tale of Raw Head & Bloody Bones (Chatto & Windus 978-0-7011-8687-6, £14.99, 547pp, hc, cover by Daniel Egneus) Literary horror novel set in 1750. A first novel.
* Wong, David This Book Is Full of Spiders (Titan Books 978-1-7811-6455-6, £7.99, 491pp, tp) Darkly humorous SF/horror novel, sequel to John Dies at the End. Simultaneous with the US (Dunne) edition.
Wood, Naomi The Godless Boys (Picador 978-0-330-51336-4, £7.99, 356pp, tp, cover by Katie Tooke) Reprint (Picador 2011) SF novel of a parallel-world UK under a theocracy.
January 2013
SF Novels 4
Fantasy Novels 15
Horror Novels 2
Paranormal Romance 0
Anthologies 3
Collections 0
Reference 1
History/Criticism 0
Media Related 1
Young Adult 14
SF 4
Fantasy 10
Horror 0
Paranormal Romance 0
Other 0
Omnibus 2
Art/Humor 0
Miscellaneous 0
Total New: 42
Reprints & Reissues: 33
Total: 75
Year to Date
SF Novels 4
Fantasy Novels 15
Horror Novels 2
Paranormal
Romance 0
Anthologies 3
Collections 0
Reference 1
History/Criticism 0
Media Related 1
Young Adult 14
SF 4
Fantasy 10
Horror 0
Paranormal Romance 0
Other 0
Omnibus 2
Art/Humor 0
Miscellaneous 0
Total New: 42
Reprints &
Reissues: 33
Total: 75
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BESTSELLERS
LOCUS BESTSELLERS
Numbers on list indicate months on list and position last month.
HARDCOVERS
1) A Memory of Light, Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (Tor) 1, -
2) Ever After, Kim Harrison (Harper Voyager US) 1, -
3) A Dance With Dragons, George R.R. Martin (Bantam) 19, 3
4) Cold Days, Jim Butcher (Roc) 3, 1
*) Great North Road, Peter F. Hamilton (Del Rey) 1, -
6) The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 7, 2
7) Tiger by the Tail, John Ringo & Ryan Sear (Baen) 1, -
8) Impulse, Steven Gould (Tor) 1, -
9) A Blink of the Screen, Terry Pratchett (Doubleday UK) 3, 8
10) Imager’s Battalion, L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (Tor) 1, -
PAPERBACKS
1) A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin (Bantam) 31, 1
2) A Clash of Kings, George R.R. Martin (Bantam) 28, 6
3) A Feast for Crows, George R.R. Martin (Bantam) 27, 4
4) A Storm of Swords, George R.R. Martin (Bantam) 28, 3
5) The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien (Del Rey) 38, 2
6) Snuff, Terry Pratchett (Harper) 3, -
7) The Bride Wore Black Leather, Simon R. Green (Ace) 1, -
8) Throne of the Crescent Moon, Saladin Ahmed (DAW) 1, -
9) Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card (Tor) 33, -
10) Earthbound, Joe Haldeman (Ace) 1, -
TRADE PAPERBACKS
1) Redshirts, John Scalzi (Tor) 1, -
2) World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, Max Brooks (Crown) 32, 3
3) Nexus, Ramez Naam (Angry Robot US) 1, -
4) Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor) 5, 5
5) Blood and Bone, Ian C. Esslemont (Bantam) 1, -
*) The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) 30, 1
MEDIA-RELATED
1) Star Wars: Scoundrels, Timothy Zahn (Del Rey) 1, -
2) Star Wars, the Next Generation: Cold Equations, Book III: The Body Electric, David Mack (Pocket) 1, -
3) Star Trek: Allegiance in Exile, David R. George III (Pocket) 1, -
4) Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Ascension, Christie Golden (Del Rey) 2, 5
5) Doctor Who: The Wheel of Ice, Stephen Baxter (Ace) 1, -
GAMING-RELATED
1) Assassin’s Creed: Forsaken, Oliver Bowden (Ace) 3, 2
*) Pathfinder Tales: Queen of Thorns, Dave Gross (Paizo) 1, -
3) Dead Space: Catalyst, Brian Evenson (Tor) 1, -
4) Halo: The Thursday War, Karen Traviss (Tor) 4, 1
5) Warhammer 40,000: Ravenwing, Gav Thorpe (Black Library US) 1, -
A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson exploded into first
place on the hardcover list this month, hitting number one on every bookstore’s list that reported hardcover sales to us. Kim Harrison’s Ever After debuted in second, with the new runner-up This Book is Full of Spiders by David Wong (Dunne), out of 46 titles nominated, down a bit from the 53 we saw last month.
George R.R. Martin ruled the paperback list once again, with A Game of Thrones taking first place and A Clash of Kings taking second. The runner-up was Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson (Tor) with 60 titles nominated, up from last month’s 53.
Redshirts by John Scalzi scored the number one spot on the trade paperback list this month by an enormous margin. The Inexplicables by Cherie Priest (Tor) was the new runner-up, with 40 titles nominated, up from the 37 we saw last month.
Timothy Zahn’s Star Wars: Scoundrels debuted in first place on the media-related titles this month, and there was no new runner-up. There were 15 titles nominated, down from last month’s 22.
Assassin’s Creed: Forsaken by Oliver Bowden and Pathfinder Tales: Queen of Thorns by Dave Gross tied for first in the gaming-related titles, with Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy: Angel Exterminatus by Graham McNeill (Black Library US) as the new runner-up. There were 20 titles nominated, up from the 13 we saw last month.
Compiled with data from: Bakka-Phoenix (Canada), Barnes and Noble (USA), Borderlands (CA), McNally Robinson (two in Canada), Mysterious Galaxy (CA), Saint Mark’s (NY), Toadstool (two in NH), Uncle Hugo’s (MN), University Bookstore (WA), White Dwarf (Canada). Data period: January 2013.
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HARDCOVERS
1) A Memory of Light, Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (Tor)
2) A Dance with Dragons, George R.R. Martin (Bantam)
3) The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien (Del Rey)
4) Ever After, Kim Harrison (Harper Voyager)
5) The Daylight War, Peter V. Brett (Del Rey)
6) Cold Days, Jim Butcher (Roc)
7) A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin (Bantam)
8) Necessity’s Child, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Baen)
9) Imager’s Battalion, L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (Tor)
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