The Book Sense Sci-Fi/Fantasy Bestseller List

Posted Tuesday, Aug 12, 2003

Based on four weeks of sales from over 400 independent bookstores across America.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.

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TRADE PAPERBACK

1.	Brave New World Aldous Huxley, Perennial, $11.95, 0060929871
2.	The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin Company, $20, 0618343997
3.	Crossroads of Twilight Robert Jordan, Tor, $29.95, 0312864590
4.	Cat's Cradle Kurt Vonnegut, Delta, $12.95, 038533348X
5.	The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin, $20, 0618260250
6.	A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess, Norton, $13, 0393312836
7.	The Sparrow Mary Doria Russell, Fawcett, $13.95, 0449912558
8.	The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, Ballantine, $18, 0345453743
9.	Snow Crash Neal Stephenson, Spectra, $13.95, 0553380958
10.	The Gunslinger Stephen King, Plume, $15.95, 0452284694
11.	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection Gardner Dozois (Ed.), St. Martin's, $19.95, 0312308604
12.	1984 George Orwell, Plume Books, $14, 0452284236
13.	The Return of the King J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin, $12, 0618260285
14.	The Crystal Cave Mary Stewart, Eos, $14.95, 0060548258
15.	Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister Gregory Maguire, ReganBooks, $15, 0060987529

MASS MARKET

1.	Star Wars --The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic III -- Reunion Shane Dix, Sean Williams, Del Rey, $6.99, 0345428722
2.	1984 George Orwell, Signet, $6.95, 0451524934
3.	Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 0345342968
4.	Ender's Game Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 0812550706
5.	The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $7.99, 0345339681
6.	The Return of the King J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $7.99, 0345339738
7.	The Thousand Orcs: The Hunter's Blades Trilogy, Book I R.A. Salvatore, Wizards of the Coast, $7.99, 0786929804
8.	The Years of Rice and Salt Kim Stanley Robinson, Spectra, $7.99, 0553580078
9.	Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 0812550757
10.	Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $7.99, 0345339703
11.	The Princess Bride William Goldman, Ballantine, $7.50, 0345348036
12.	Shadow of the Hegemon Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 0812565959
13.	The Silmarillion J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $7.99, 0345325818
14.	Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $7.99, 0441172717
15.	Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $7.99, 0345339711

HARDCOVER

1.	Naked Empire Terry Goodkind, Tor, $29.95, 0765305224
2.	Oryx and Crake Margaret Atwood, Doubleday, $26, 0385503857
3.	Crossroads of Twilight Robert Jordan, Tor, $29.95, 0312864590
4.	Changing Planes Ursula K. Le Guin, Harcourt, $22, 0151009716
5.	Lost in a Good Book Jasper Fforde, Viking, $24.95, 0670031909
6.	Ilium Dan Simmons, Eos, $25.95, 0380978938
7.	Prey Michael Crichton, HarperCollins, $26.95, 0066214122
8.	The War of the Flowers Tad Williams, Daw Books, $24.95, 0756401356
9.	Star Wars: Shatterpoint Matthew Stover, Del Rey, $25.95, 0345455738
10.	The Gunslinger Stephen King, Viking, $25, 0670032549
11.	Talon of the Silver Hawk Raymond E. Feist, Eos, $24.95, 0380977087
12.	Darwin's Children Greg Bear, Del Rey, $24.95, 0345448359
13.	The Princess Bride William Goldman, Ballantine, $14.95, 0345418263
14.	Kushiel's Avatar Jacqueline Carey, Tor, $27.95, 0312872402
15.	Morgawr, The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara Terry Brooks, Del Rey, $27.95, 0345435729

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