The Book Sense SciFi/Fantasy Bestseller List

Posted Tuesday, Mar 8, 2005

For the eight-week period ending March 6, 2005, and based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide.

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

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The Book Sense Sci-Fi/Fantasy Bestseller List

1.

The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger, Harvest, $14, 015602943X

2.

Wicked
Gregory Maguire, ReganBooks, $15, 0060987103

3.

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury, $27.95, 1582344167

4.

Chainfire
Terry Goodkind, Tor, $29.95, 0765305232

5.

1984
George Orwell, Signet, $7.95, 0451524934

6.

Mirror Mirror
Gregory Maguire, ReganBooks, $14.95, 0060988657

7.

Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 0345342968

8.

Blue Dahlia
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 051513855X

9.

Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 0812550706

10.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Ballantine, $7.99, 0345391802

11.

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Ballantine, $18.95, 0345453743

12.

The Dark Tower
Stephen King, Donald M. Grant/Scribner, $35, 1880418622

13.

Brave New World
Aldous Huxley, Perennial, $12.95, 0060929871

14.

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Gregory Maguire, ReganBooks, $15, 0060987529

15.

Song of Susannah
Stephen King, Donald M. Grant/Scribner, $30, 1880418592

16.

Oryx and Crake
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $14, 0385721676

17.

The Sparrow
Mary Doria Russell, Fawcett, $14.95, 0449912558

18.

Dark Secret
Christine Feehan, Jove, $7.99, 0515138851

19.

Debt of Bones
Terry Goodkind, Tor, $2.99, 0765351544

20.

The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $7.99, 0345339681

21.

Naked Empire
Terry Goodkind, Tor, $7.99, 0765344300

22.

I, Robot
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 0553294385

23.

The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $7.99, 0345325818

24.

Crossroads of Twilight
Robert Jordan, Tor, $7.99, 0812571339

25.

The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $6.99, 0812511816

26.

The Fall of Reach
Eric S. Nylund, Del Rey, $6.99, 0345451325

27.

Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $7.99, 0441172717

28.

Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otroi, Book 1)
Lian Hearn, Riverhead, $14, 1573223328

29.

Halo: The Flood
William C. Dietz, Del Rey, $6.99, 0345459210

30.

One for Sorrow, Two for Joy
Clive Woodall, Ace, $19.95, 0441012655

31.

The Book of Flying
Keith Miller, Riverhead, $14, 1594480664

32.

The Lake House
James Patterson, Warner, $7.99, 0446615145

33.

Pandora's Star
Peter F. Hamilton, Del Rey, $7.99, 0345479211

34.

Seize the Night
Sherrilyn Kenyon, St. Martin's, $6.99, 0312992432

35.

Speaker for the Dead
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 0812550757

36.

Ender's Shadow
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 0812575717

37.

Cat's Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut, Delta, $14, 038533348X

38.

The Once and Future King
T.H. White, Ace, $7.99, 0441627404

39.

First Strike
Eric S. Nylund, Del Rey, $6.99, 0345467817

40.

The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin, $20, 0618343997

41.

The Two Swords
R.A. Salvatore, Wizards of the Coast, $27.95, 0786933607

42.

A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess, Norton, $13.95, 0393312836

43.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $7.99, 0345339703

44.

Watership Down
Richard Adams, Avon, $7.99, 0380002930

45.

The Princess Bride
William Goldman, Ballantine, $7.99, 0345348036

46.

The Good, the Bad, and the Undead
Kim Harrison, HarperTorch, $6.99, 0060572973

47.

High Druid of Shannara: Jarka Ruus
Terry Brooks, Del Rey, $7.99, 0345435761

48.

The Drawing of the Three: The Dark Tower #2 (Rev. Ed.)
Stephen King, Signet, $7.99, 0451210859

49.

The Chronicles of Narnia
C.S. Lewis, HarperCollins, $29.99, 0060598247

50.

Forever
Pete Hamill, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316735698
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