Fantasy Books

We’ve got two new entries this week, the first being a debut from sixteen year old author Cayla Kluver.  The second, Full Moon Rising, is yet another vampire/werewolf book making its way into the top five.

1. Legacy by Cayla Kluver
2. Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur
3. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
4. Sookie Stackhouse, Books 1-7 by Charlaine Harris
5. Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb

The Time Traveler’s Wife holding strong at number one for the third week straight.  Hobb stays in the fifth slot, and Harris, Stevenson and Keyes play a little musical chairs.

1. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
2. Sookie Stackhouse, Books 1-7 by Charlaine Harris
3. The Brass Bed by Jennifer Stevenson
4. The Briar King by Greg Keyes
5. Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb

The Time Traveler’s Wife holds strong at number one.  In fact, the only change from last week is Harris and Hobb swapping positions.

1. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
2. The Briar King by Greg Keyes
3. The Brass Bed by Jennifer Stevenson
4. Sookie Stackhouse, Books 1-7 by Charlaine Harris
5. Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb

Queen of the Orcs drops off, and Sookie is back in the 5th slot this week.

1. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
2. The Briar King by Greg Keyes
3. The Brass Bed by Jennifer Stevenson
4. Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
5. Sookie Stackhouse, Books 1-7 by Charlaine Harris

We’ve got quite a changing of the guard this week, with only two books from last week’s top 5 remaining.

1. The Briar King by Greg Keyes
2. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
3. The Brass Bed by Jennifer Stevenson
4. Queen of the Orcs: King’s Property by Morgan Howell
5. Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb

The books from the number one and two positions remain (The Time Traveler’s Wife, and Assassin’s Apprentice), with The Briar King, The Brass Bed, and Queen of the Orcs: King’s Property all making first appearances in the Amazon top five.

The Time Traveler’s Wife catapults into first from fifth last week.  Robin Hobb’s Assassin’s Apprentice stays strong in the number two slot, and the rest of the top five are the same batch, just rearranged slightly.

1. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
2. Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
3. Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4) by Stephenie Meyer
4. Sookie Stackhouse, Books 1-7 by Charlaine Harris
5. His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik

Its interesting that Margaret Lindholm’s first novel published under the pen name Robin Hobb, from 1995, is maintaining such a strong showing in Amazon’s top five.  No doubt caused by popularity of recent books, readers are feeling compelled to go back to the start of the 9 books preceding the forthcoming The Dragon Keeper.  I chose to start with the middle trilogy, since I’ve heard its the strongest of the three trilogies.  Have you read any other books by Robin Hobb?  Leave a comment, it doesn’t require signing up.

Robin Hobb moves back into the top spot, and a new entry breaks the Amazon Top 5 Fantasy Bestsellers list this week.  The Time Traveler’s Wife is a mixture os fantasy and sci-fi, that apparently touches upon all kinds of real world issues.  Definitely worth checking out.

1. Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
2. Sookie Stackhouse, Books 1-7 by Charlaine Harris
3. His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik
4. Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4) by Stephenie Meyer
5. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

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Robin Hobb is nudged out of first this week by a vampire series, and Breaking Dawn moves up to sandwich Assassin’s Apprentice for the top 3 Amazon fantasy bestsellers. Vampires currently own 40% of the Amazon top 5:

1. Sookie Stackhouse, Books 1-7 by Charlaine Harris
2. Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
3. Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4) by Stephenie Meyer
4. His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik
5. Magic Kingdom for Sale–Sold! by Terry Brooks

Is it time that vampire books be considered the fantasy fad of 2009?