The Indie Sci-Fi & Fantasy Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ending December 2, 2008, and based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide.

1.

The Host
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048

2.

The Children of Hurin
J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin, $14.95, 9780547086057

3.

Wicked
Gregory Maguire, Harper, $16, 9780060987107

4.

1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

5.

Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702

6.

Making Money
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $7.99, 9780061161650

7.

The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger, Harvest, $14.95, 9780156029438

8.

Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966

9.

Confessor
Terry Goodkind, Tor, $9.99, 9780765354303

10.

World War Z
Max Brooks, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307346612

11.

Swallowing Darkness
Laurell K. Hamilton, Ballantine, $26, 9780345495938

12.

Icarus at the Edge of Time
Brian Greene, Knopf, $19.95, 9780307268884

13.

The Pirate King
R.A. Salvatore, Wizards of the Coast, $27.95, 9780786949649

14.

Son of a Witch
Gregory Maguire, Harper, $16, 9780060747220

15.

The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, Daw, $7.99, 9780756404741

16.

The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345339683

17.

Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $7.99, 9780060853983

18.

Paul of Dune
Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Jr., Tor, $27.95, 9780765312945

19.

Orcs
Stan Nicholls, Orbit, $14.99, 9780316033701

20.

Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $7.99, 9780441172719

21.

A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess, Norton, $13.95, 9780393312836

22.

The Gypsy Morph
Terry Brooks, Del Rey, $27, 9780345484147

23.

A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553573404

24.

Cat's Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut, Dial, $14, 9780385333481

25.

The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $27.95, 9780765316899