Bestsellers from specialty bookstores are led by David Weber’s Midst Toil and Tribulation, George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones, J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, and books by Kirsten Beyer and R.A. Salvatore.

December New and Notable books include Robert Shearman’s Remember Why You Fear Me, other collections by Elizabeth Bear, Peter Dickinson, and Elizabeth Hand, novels from Baxter, Benford & Niven, Bray, Griffin, Rucker, and Sanderson, and anthologies from Buckell & Monti, Grzyb & Helene, Hannett & Slatter, Tan, and VanderMeer

The December issue features interviews with Elizabeth Bear and Ted Kosmatka, a report on the World Fantasy Convention, lists of forthcoming books through September 2013, and reviews of short fiction and new books by Ursula K. Le Guin, Allen Steele, Kage Baker & Kathleen Bartholomew, and many others.