New York Times bestsellers for January 6th

Hardcover:
Drew Karpyshyn’s Darth Bane: Rule of Two makes its debut bestseller list at number 2 on the New York Times bestseller list. United States, Europe, Canada.

Terry Goodkind’s Confessor maintains its previous position at number 17 in its seventh week on the charts. United States, Europe, Canada.

New book Anne and Todd McCaffrey’s Dragon Harper also makes it debut on the list and grabs spot number 23. United States, Europe, Canada.

J.R.R. Tolkien’s Children of Hurin rounds out its second fifth week on the charts down seven to number 30. United States, Europe, Canada.

R.A. Salvatore’s The Orc King is down one point to number 32 in its second week of its second appearance on the list. United States, Europe, Canada.


Paperback:
The mass-market paperback of Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend is steady for the third week in a row at number 2 and its ninth week overall. United States, Europe, Canada.

Would you know it? The paperback Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend also maintains its position at number 6 for third week and its seventh overall. United States, Europe, Canada.

Cormac McCarthy’s The Road is now into its 39th week on the charts, down two to number 9. Will it make it for a 40th straight week? United States, Europe, Canada.

Patricia Briggs’ Iron Kissed is yet another new book that makes it debut on the list week at number 10. United States, Europe, Canada.

Max Brooks’ World War Z jumps up another seven spots to stop at number 12 at the end of week nine. United States, Europe, Canada.

Aaron Allston’s Fury slips to number 22, down two in its fourth week. United States, Europe, Canada.

The fourth debut this week is Carrie Vaughn’s Kitty and the Silver Bullet at number 23 on the list. United States, Europe, Canada.

Gregory Maguire’s Wicked has a wicked drop of thirteen points to number 26 in its tenth week. Will it manage to hold on? United States, Europe, Canada.

Orson Scott Card’s Empire, rounding out its third week, comes in at number 27 and down two. United States, Europe, Canada.


Wow, fourteen titles on the list this week! The speculative fiction genre certainly seems to be well if sales figures on any indication.