The Indie Sci-Fi & Fantasy Bestseller List

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Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending February 19, 2012.

1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716

2. A Discovery of Witches
Deborah Harkness, Penguin, $16, 9780143119685

3. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553579901

4. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428

5. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477

6. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024

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

8. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

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

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

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

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

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

14. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Crown, $24, 9780307887436

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

16. Towers of Midnight
Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765364876

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

18. The Lost Gate
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780765365385

19. Snuff
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $25.99, 9780062011848

20. Zone One
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385528078

21. The Magician King
Lev Grossman, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022311

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

23. How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
Charles Yu, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307739452

24. The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part One)
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345339706

25. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803