Friday, January 2, 2009

Best Selling Fantasy Books for 2008

'Best Fantasy' has compiled all the best sellers in the various fantasy genre and sub genres I thought the anthology list was interesting since it included so many of the Sookie short story anthologies. maybe when Charlaine is talking about writing Sookie companion books( see her blog post here) she could consider a Sookie-verse short story book, with all the Sookie and sookieverse stories collect into one volume. I can dream....

This past year fantasy books have topped the best seller lists like never before. Writers like Stephenie Meyer and Charlaine Harris have led the way in introducing a new audience (and in the case of Twilight, a new generation) to urban fantasy. In honor of a great year I’ve put together a list of the best selling fantasy books based on Amazon sales. I decided to cover not only urban fantasy but other subgenres as well. You’ll notice that there’s quite a bit of overlap amongst the lists. So, without further fanfare, here are the best selling fantasy books of 2008 organized by subgenre:

Fantasy Book Anthologies

  1. Many Bloody Returns (Sookie Stackhouse) by Charlaine Harris, Tony Kelner, Kelley Armstrong, Jim Butcher
  2. Backup by Jim Butcher
  3. Mean Streets by Jim Butcher, Kat Richardson, Simon R. Green, Thomas E. Sniegoski
  4. The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman
  5. Bite by Laurell K. Hamilton, Charlaine Harris, MaryJanice Davidson, Angela Knight, Vickie Taylor
  6. My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Charlaine Harris, L. A. Banks, Jim Butcher, Rachel Caine , Esther M. Friesner, Lori Handeland, Susan Krinard
  7. Tales from the Perilous Realm by J.R.R. Tolkien
  8. Unusual Suspects: Stories of Mystery & Fantasy by Charlaine Harris, Carole Nelson Douglas, Simon R. Green, Laurie R. King
  9. Men of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong (available January 27, 2009)
  10. On the Prowl by Patricia Briggs, Eileen Wilks, Karen Chance, and Sunny
  11. WarCraft Archive by Blizzard Entertainment, Richard A. Knaak
Complete list here http://bestfantasystories.com/top-100-fantasy-books-of-2008/

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