Fantasy Book News

Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris moves back into the number one slot, while Bite Me by Parker Blue drops from number one to number three. My top five fave so far for 2010 Jim Butcher hangs in there at number four.

1. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
2. Lover Mine by J.R. Ward
3. Bite Me by Parker Blue
4. Changes by Jim Butcher
5. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer

Changes by Jim Butcher reaches its fifth week in the Amazon top five fantasy bestsellers, and Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer is breaking records by reaching week 23 in the top five.

1. Bite Me by Parker Blue
2. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
3. Lover Mine by J.R. Ward
4. Changes by Jim Butcher
5. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer

Changes in the top five this week. Changes by Jim Butcher drops from number one to number four, with two new entries entering the chart. Bite Me and Lover Mine make their debuts in the top five, with Bite Me in the number one spot, and Lover Mine taking third. Vampires are having quite the strong showing in 2010.

1. Bite Me by Parker Blue
2. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
3. Lover Mine by J.R. Ward
4. Changes by Jim Butcher
5. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer

Dead Witch Walking goes from one to none as Jim Butcher’s Changes moves into the number one slot this week. I’ve got to tell you, it feels good to have one of the fantasy champs back in the top seat. I was reading another blog last week talking about how traditional fantasy seems to have dropped off the Amazon Fantasy list. Its true, and if this urban vampire trend continues for much longer, Amazon should really just create an “Urban Fantasy” category rather than lumping in all these books with girls with tramp stamps on their covers in the Fantasy category. Props to my man Jim Butcher!

1. Changes by Jim Butcher
2. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
3. Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison
4. Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs
5. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer

Changes by Jim Butcher and Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs move up a few notches, while the same 5 books remain in the Amazon top 5 fantasy bestseller list. Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison enjoys its sixth week in the number one spot.

1. Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
2. Changes by Jim Butcher
3. Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs
4. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
5. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer

Dead Witch Walking holds strong at number one, with Dead in the Family moving up to the number two slot. Changes, Book 12 in The Dresden Files series, moves Jim Butcher back into the top 5 list. Rounding out our top 5 this week are Breaking Dawn and a newcomer, Silver Borne.

1. Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
2. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
3. Changes by Jim Butcher
4. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
5. Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs

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