Bestsellers from specialty bookstores are led by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson’s Sisterhood of Dune, George R.R. Martin’s A Clash of Kings, Jo Walton’s Among Others, James Luceno’s Star Wars: Darth Plagueis, and Greg Bear’s Halo: Primordium.

April New and Notable books include Jonathan Strahan’s latest Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year anthology, and novels and novellas by Ahmed, Bennett, Brandon, Buckell, Cooper, Deas, Kosmatka, Leicht, Novik, Rawn, Renner, Schroeder, Straub, Williams, and Willis.

April is a special Science Fiction & Fantasy Art issue, with art and commentary by Boris Vallejo & Julie Bell, Stephan Martiniere, Charles Vess, and a dozen others. Plus: full interviews with Brom and John Picacio, and reviews of new books by Terry Bisson, Paula Brandon, Karl Schroeder, Kim Harrison, and many others, and Graham Sleight’s “Yesterday’s Tomorrows” column on John M. Ford