Fantasy Book News

The top three hold solid, which Dead in the Family moves up one position this week, and Stephanie Meyer takes another piece of the pie with New Moon creeping back in to the top 5. Meyer is holding a masterful 60% of the top 5 bestselling fantasy books on Amazon.com this week.

1. Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
2. Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
3. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
4. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
5. New Moon by Stephanie Meyer

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has a short run of one week in the top 5, replaced by another Stephanie Meyer book this week. Stephanie Meyer enjoys another week with two books in the top five, accompanied by another strong week from Dead Witch Walking, Battle of the Network Zombies, and Dead in the Family.

1. Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
2. Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
3. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
4. Battle of the Network Zombies by Mark Henry
5. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris

Dead Witch Walking, Dead in the Family and Breaking Dawn hold strong this week, confirming that this vampire in fantasy trend isn’t going away any time soon. And the two newcomers to Amazon’s top 5 fantasy bestseller list this week are…Battle of the Network Zombies, and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter? I think I just threw up a bit in my mouth. At least when I scrolled down past the top 5, I was reassured that Jim Butcher’s latest novel as well as Patrick Rothfuss’ The Name of the Wind are both still selling well, giving me some reassurance that not all hope is lost.

1. Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
2. Battle of the Network Zombies by Mark Henry
3. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
4. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
5. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer

Another week of musical chairs, as all five books in the top 5 remain, but Dead Witch Walking trades places with Dead in the Family, and Black Magic Sanction trades off with The Time Traveler’s Wife. Breaking Dawn reaches fifteen weeks in the Amazon Top 5 Fantasy Bestseller list.

1. Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
2. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
3. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
4. Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison
5. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Breaking Dawn reaches fourteen weeks in the top 5, with Dead in the Family and The Time Traveler’s Wife both holding strong. Two new entries in the top 5 this week, both from the same author: Kim Harrison. She may be one to watch.

Is it just me, or are the books I’m reading or excited about reading not anywhere near the top 5? Jim Butcher, Robin Hobb, and Brandon Sanderson are all in the top 25, but the trends recently are overwhelmingly toward vampire and undead books. Show you who’s buying books right now. Let me know your thoughts in the comments section.

1. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
2. Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
3. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
4. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
5. Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison

The Time Traveler’s Wife and Flirt swap places, but everything else in the Amazon top 5 remains the same this week. Breaking Dawn reaches thirteen weeks straight in the top 5.

1. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
2. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
3. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
4. Flirt by Laurell K. Hamilton
5. Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris

Charlaine Harris continues a strong showing in the fantasy genre, with two books in the Amazon top 5 bestseller list. Breaking Dawn and Flirt also continue to sell well, and The Time Traveler’s Wife surfaces in the top 5 list after eight weeks of hovering somewhere below the top 5 mark.

1. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
2. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
3. Flirt by Laurell K. Hamilton
4. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
5. Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris

Vampires continue to rule the Amazon top 5 fantasy bestseller list, with Flirt making its first appearance this week. Stephanie Meyer’s Breaking Dawn holds strong in the number two spot, and Charlaine Harris continues a strong showing in 2010 with two novels in the top 5 this week: Dead in the Family and Dead and Gone.

1. Wit’ch Fire by James Clemens
2. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
3. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
4. Flirt by Laurell K. Hamilton
5. Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris

After conquering the the night, vampires have set their sites on ruling another domain: the Amazon top 5 fantasy bestseller list. Stephanie Meyer accomplishes a landmark: three of the top five are books in her Twilight Saga. New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn are books two, three and four of the Twilight series, respectively. Round out the top 5 with two additional vampire books, and its looking like we’re starting off 2010 with a vampire invasion.

1. Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
2. Once Bitten by Kalayna Price
3. New Moon by Stephanie Meyer
4. Already Dead by Charlie Huston
5. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer

Once Bitten enjoys two weeks straight in the number one spot, while James Clemens’ Wit’ch Fire hits the five week mark. Breaking Dawn has been selling strong on Amazon since the release of the New Moon movie, and Charlaine Harris starts the year off as the first author with two books in the top five, with both Dead and Gone and Dead in the Family making the list this week.

1. Once Bitten by Kalayna Price
2. Wit’ch Fire by James Clemens
3. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
4. Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
5. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris