Locus Bestsellers, July 2017
| HARDCOVERS | Months on list |
Last month |
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| 1) | The Collapsing Empire, John Scalzi (Tor) | 2 | 4 |
| 2) | New York 2140, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit) | 2 | 2 |
| 3) | Norse Mythology, Neil Gaiman (Norton) | 3 | 5 |
| 4) | Silence Fallen, Patricia Briggs (Ace) | 2 | 1 |
| 5) | Babylon’s Ashes, James S. A. Corey (Orbit) | 4 | – |
| 6) | 1636: Mission to the Mughals, Eric Flint & Griffin Barber (Baen) | 1 | – |
| 7) | Walkaway, Cory Doctorow (Tor) | 1 | – |
| 8) | Convergence, C. J. Cherryh (DAW) | 2 | 10 |
| 9) | Borne, Jeff VanderMeer (Macmillan/MCD) | 1 | – |
| 10) | Waking Gods, Sylvain Neuvel (Del Rey) | 1 | – |
| PAPERBACKS | |||
| 1) | American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition, Neil Gaiman (Harpercollins/Morrow) | 27 | 4 |
| 2) | A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra) | 77 | 10 |
| 3) | The Dark Tower I:The Gunslinger, Stephen King (Plume) | 3 | 9 |
| 4) | The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss (DAW) | 43 | 3 |
| 5) | Bound, Benedict Jacka (Ace) | 1 | – |
| 6) | Old Man’s War, John Scalzi (Tor) | 7 | – |
| 7) | The Hanging Tree, Ben Aaronovitch (DAW) | 4 | 2 |
| 8) | A Dance with Dragons, George R. R. Martin (Bantam) | 31 | – |
| 9) | The Wise Man’s Fear, Patrick Rothfuss (DAW) | 24 | 5 |
| 10) | The Sorcerer’s Daughter, Terry Brooks (Ballantine Del Rey) | 1 | – |
| TRADE PAPERBACKS | |||
| 1) | Leviathan Wakes, James S. A. Corey (Orbit) | 11 | – |
| 2) | Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury (Simon & Schuster) | 38 | – |
| *) | The Fifth Season, N. K. Jemisin (Orbit) | 8 | – |
| 4) | The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, Becky Chambers (Harper Voyager) | 2 | 8 |
| 5) | A Darker Shade of Magic, V. E. Schwab (Tor) | 7 | – |
| *) | The Three-Body Problem, Cixin Liu (Tor) | 12 | 4 |
| 7) | Ninefox Gambit, Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris) | 1 | – |
| 8) | Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie (Orbit) | 32 | – |
| *) | Company Town, Madeline Ashby (Tor) | 2 | 3 |
| 10) | American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition, Neil Gaiman (William Morrow) | 1 | – |
| MEDIA & GAMING RELATED | |||
| 1) | Star Wars: Aftermath: Life Debt, Chuck Wendig (Del Rey) | 4 | – |
| 2) | Star Wars: Thrawn, Timothy Zahn (Del Rey) | 1 | – |
| 3) | Star Wars: Aftermath, Chuck Wendig (LocusBooks) | 16 | 5 |
| 4) | Star Wars: Aftermath: Empire’s End, Chuck Wendig (Del Rey) | 3 | 1 |
| 5) | Star Wars: Heir to the Empire, 20th Anniversary Edition, Timothy Zahn (Del Rey) | 2 | – |
Standalone novel The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi rose to the top of the hardcover list, followed by Kim Stanley Robinson’s New York 2140, which came in second for the second month. The new runner-up was Luna: Wolf Moon by Ian McDonald (Tor), the second book in the Luna series. There were 54 nominated titles, up from 51 last month.
Bolstered by the new television mini-series, American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition by Neil Gaiman took first place on the paperback list, with a wide margin over George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones. Shooting the Rift by Alex Stewart (Baen) was the new runner-up. There were 58 nominated titles, down from 67 last month.
James S.A. Corey’s Leviathan Wakes barely squeaked by the two second place finishers, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin, to claim the top spot on the trade paperback list. There were no new runners-up. We had 68 nominated titles, down from 71 last month.
Chuck Wendig’s Star Wars: Aftermath series continues to be a fan favorite, taking three spots out of the top five on our media-related & gaming-related list. First place went to Star Wars: Aftermath: Life Debt, while third and fourth places, respectively, went to Star Wars: Aftermath and Star Wars: Aftermath: Empire’s End. Star Wars: Thrawn by Timothy Zahn took second place. There were no new runners-up; 20 titles were nominated, down from 26 last month.
Compiled with data from
Bakka-Phoenix Books (Canada),
Barnes & Noble (USA),
Borderlands (CA),
McNally Robinson (2 in Canada),
Mysterious Galaxy (CA),
Toadstool (2 in NH),
Uncle Hugo’s (MN),
University Bookstore (WA),
White Dwarf (Canada).
Data period: April 2017
Note: book titles and covers on this page link to IndieBound, a network of independent booksellers, such as those that contribute to this list.
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