The Indie Sci-Fi & Fantasy Bestseller List

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending February 20, 2011.

1. Towers of Midnight
Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $29.99, 9780765325945

2. Ender’s Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702

3. Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell, Random House, $15, 9780375507250

4. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

5. The Windup Girl
Paolo Bacigalupi, Night Shade, $14.95, 9781597801584

6. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553573404

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

8. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966

9. The Magicians
Lev Grossman, Plume, $16, 9780452296299

10. The Gathering Storm
Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765341532

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

12. The Host
Stephenie Meyer, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316068055

13. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.99, 9780756404741

14. The Lost Gate
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $24.99, 9780765326577

15. The Time Traveler’s Wife
Audrey Niffenegger, Harvest, $14.95, 9780156029438

16. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719

17. Cat’s Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut, Dial, $15, 9780385333481

18. Zero History
William Gibson, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399156823

19. The Girl With Glass Feet
Ali Shaw, Picador, $15, 9780312680459

20. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553579901

21. Shadowfever
Karen Marie Moning, Delacorte, $26, 9780385341677

22. Unseen Academicals
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $7.99, 9780061161728

23. How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
Charles Yu, Pantheon, $24, 9780307379207

24. Boneshaker
Cherie Priest, Tor, $15.99, 9780765318411

25. The City & The City
China Mieville, Del Rey, $15, 9780345497529