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By Kent Larsen

Mormon Titles Slowly Sink on Bestseller Lists

NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- The most popular Mormon titles on national bestseller lists fell slightly again on most lists, dropping off a few. Orson Scott Card's "Shadow of the Hegemon" remains on seven lists, but is dropping on all of them. Stephen Ambrose's history of the construction of the transcontinental railroad, which has information on the Mormon pioneers that helped build the railroad, also dropped, but slowly, and remains on six lists.

As expected Anne Perry's Whitechapel Conspiracy returned to the lists, and may add more lists in the next few weeks as her fans find the book. Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game, the first book in his Ender series dropped back off the lists, also as expected, as interest from readers introduced to Card by his new books waned and as purchases for high school and college classes were completed.

As Mormon News noted yesterday, we do expect that the paperback of President Hinckley's book, Standing for Something will appear on the bestseller lists next month.

The current titles on bestseller lists are:

Nothing Like it in the World, by Stephen Ambrose

A history of the building of the transcontinental railroad in the US. Ambrose, a highly regarded historian, details the involvement of Mormons in building crucial portions of the road, including the driving of the "golden spike" in the heart of Mormon territory.

Currently on the following bestseller lists:
This
Week
Last
Week
List
29 26Barnes &Noble (Feb 8) Top 100
14 13BooksAMillion (Feb 8) Non-Fiction Hardcover
8 6Booksense (Feb 12) Non-Fiction Hardcover
8 8New York Times (Feb 11) Non-Fiction Hardcover
  New York Times [Independents - 6; Chains - 8 ]
15 14Wall Street Journal (Feb 2) Non-Fiction Hardcover
14 10Wordsworth Books (Feb 6) Non-Fiction Hardcover

See:
Nothing Like It In The World
More about Stephen E. Ambrose's "Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad" at Amazon.com

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen R. Covey

This ten-year-old personal management classic is still selling strongly.

Currently on the following bestseller lists:
This
Week
Last
Week
List
16 19Amazon.com (Feb 7) Non-Fiction Paperback
64 64Barnes &Noble Top (Feb 8) Top 100
- - New York Times (Feb 11) Paperback Advice
  New York Times [Chains - 10 ]
101 76USA Today (Feb 8)
4 5Wall Street Journal (Feb 2) Non-Fiction Hardcover

See:
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
More about Stephen R. Covey's "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" at Amazon.com

Ender's Shadow, by Orson Scott Card

A "parallel" novel to Card's Hugo and Nebula award-winning Ender's Game. Told from the point of view of the 'also ran' to Ender, Bean.

Currently on the following bestseller lists:
This
Week
Last
Week
List
17 17Amazon.com (Feb 7) Fiction Paperback
137108USA Today (Feb 8)

See:
Ender's Shadow
More about Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Shadow" at Amazon.com

Shadow of the Hegemon, by Orson Scott Card

The second novel in Card's new series about Bean, Ender's shadow. In this novel, Bean is the tactical genius who wins the Earth for Ender's brother, Peter, the Hegemon.

Currently on the following bestseller lists:
This
Week
Last
Week
List
3 3Amazon.com (Feb 7) Fiction Hardcover
- 10BooksAMillion (Feb 8) Fiction Hardcover
14 8Booksense (Feb 12) Fiction Hardcover
16 11New York Times (Feb 11) Fiction Hardcover
  New York Times [Independents - 16; Chains - 13]
12 10Publishers Weekly (Feb 5) Fiction Hardcover
140 84USA Today (Feb 8)
15 9Wall Street Journal (Feb 2) Fiction Hardcover
15 - Wordsworth Books (Feb 6) Fiction Hardcover

See:
Shadow of the Hegemon
More about Orson Scott Card's "Shadow of the Hegemon" at Amazon.com

The Whitechapel Conspiracy, by Anne Perry

Perry's Inspector Thomas Pitt returns to 19th-century London for Perry's 20th novel about the detective.

Currently on the following bestseller lists:
This
Week
Last
Week
List
111 - USA Today (Feb 8)

See:
The Whitechapel Conspiracy
More about Anne Perry's "The Whitechapel Conspiracy" at Amazon.com


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