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By Kent Larsen

Bestsellers: Sci-Fi List Shows Card's Influence

NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- Mormon News added this week the Booksense bestsellers list to its compilation of Mormon titles national lists, and found the influence that LDS author Orson Scott Card has among science fiction readers. Booksense's most recent monthly Science Fiction and Fantasy Specialty Bestsellers List of the top 25 titles includes 5 of Card's titles, the highest at number three. The titles on the Booksense list by Card are "Ender's Shadow" (#3), "Ender's Game (#4), Speaker for the Dead (#11), Shadow of the Hegemon (#17) and Xenocide (#23).

But in spite of Card's presence on the specialty list, his book "Shadow of the Hegemon" dropped from the weekly bestseller lists, leaving just Stephen Ambrose's "Nothing Like it in the World" and Covey's perrenial favorite, "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People."

Meanwhile, among LDS bookstores, President Gordon B. Hinckley's book "Standing for Something" remained at the top, while other titles climbed up the list. The largest jump was Chad Hawkins' "The First 100 Temples" which jumped from #13 to #2.

The current titles on US National 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
28 28Barnes &Noble (Apr 26) Top 100
20 24New York Times (Apr 29) Non-Fiction Hardcover
  New York Times [Independents - 19]

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
100 - Amazon.com (Apr 26) Top 100
16 15Amazon.com (Apr 26) Non-Fiction Paperback
63 66Barnes &Noble (Apr 26) Top 100
105125USA Today (Apr 26)
5 5Wall Street Journal (Apr 20) Business

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

Bestsellers in LDS Bookstores:
This
Week
Last
Week
Title
1 1Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes by Gordon B. Hinckley
Three Rivers Pr
Standing for Something
More about "Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes" by Gordon B. Hinckley at Amazon.com
2 13The First 100 Temples by Chad S. Hawkins
Deseret Book
The First 100 Temples
More about "The First 100 Temples" by Chad S. Hawkins at Amazon.com
3 2The Promise of Discipleship by Neal A. Maxwell
Deseret Book
The Promise of Discipleship
More about "The Promise of Discipleship" by Neal A. Maxwell at Amazon.com
4 - Walking in the Light of the Lord by President Gordon B. Hinckley
Deseret Book
5 - The Book of Mormon for Latter-day Saint Families by Thomas R. Valletta
Deseret Book
6 4Expressions of Faith by Greg Olsen
Deseret Book
Expressions of Faith
More about "Expressions of Faith" by Greg Olsen at Amazon.com
7 3GospeLink 2001 Demo Version
Deseret Book
8 - Legacy of Love by Lucile Johnson and Joann Jolley
Covenant Communications
Legacy of Love
More about "Legacy of Love" by Lucile Johnson and Joann Jolley at Amazon.com
9 - Echoes by Nancy Campbell Allen
Covenant Communications
Echoes
More about "Echoes" by Nancy Campbell Allen at Amazon.com
10 5Women of Destiny (CD)
Deseret Book
11 7The Message by Lance Richardson
American Family Publishing/Origin Book Sales
The Message
More about "The Message" by Lance Richardson at Amazon.com
12 - Latter-Day History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Edited by Brian Kelley and Petrea Kelley
Covenant Communications
Latter-Day History
More about "Latter-Day History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints" edited by Brian Kelley and Petrea Kelley at Amazon.com
13 - I'll Find You: A Novel of Suspense by Clair Poulson
Covenant Communications
I'll Find You
More about "I'll Find You: A Novel of Suspense" by Clair Poulson at Amazon.com
14 10The Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley by Gordon B. Hinckley
Deseret Book
Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley
More about the "The Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley" by Gordon B. Hinckley at Amazon.com
15 8The Kingdom and the Crown, Vol. 1: Fishers of Men by Gerald N. Lund
Deseret Book
Fishers of Men
More about "Fishers of Men" by Gerald N. Lund at Amazon.com

LDS Books rankings reflect sales rankings at approximately 50 LDS bookstores, generally in the Western United States. Mormon News is actively seeking to expand both the quality of these rankings and the number of stores participating. Bookstores and other vendors of LDS books are urged to contact Mormon News at editor@mormonstoday.com to participate.


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