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| 1) | Changes, Jim Butcher (Roc) | 1 | - |
| 2) | A Mighty Fortress, David Weber (Tor) | 1 | - |
| 3) | Silver Borne, Patricia Briggs (Ace) | 2 | 5 |
| 4) | At the Gates of Darkness, Raymond E. Feist (Eos) | 1 | - |
| 5) | Under Heaven, Guy Gavriel Kay (Roc) | 1 | - |
| 6) | Tales of the Otherworld, Kelley Armstrong (Bantam) | 1 | - |
| 7) | The Gathering Storm, Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (Tor) | 7 | 8 |
| 8) | WWW: Watch, Robert J. Sawyer (Ace) | 1 | - |
| 9) | Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Seth Grahame-Smith (Grand Central) | 2 | 3 |
| 10) | Saltation, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Baen) | 1 | - |
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PAPERBACKS | | |
| 1) | Changeless, Gail Carriger (Orbit US) | 1 | - |
| 2) | Dead and Gone, Charlaine Harris (Ace) | 1 | - |
| 3) | Turn Coat, Jim Butcher (Roc) | 2 | 1 |
| 4) | WWW: Wake, Robert J. Sawyer (Ace) | 1 | - |
| 5) | The Warded Man, Peter V. Brett (Ballantine Del Rey) | 1 | - |
| 6) | Warbreaker, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) | 1 | - |
| 7) | The Temporal Void, Peter F. Hamilton (Ballantine Del Rey) | 1 | - |
| 8) | Rides a Dread Legion, Raymond E. Feist (Eos) | 1 | - |
| 9) | Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury (Ballantine Del Rey) | 16 | - |
| 10) | The Lost Fleet: Victorious, Jack Campbell (Ace) | 1 | - |
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TRADE PAPERBACKS | | |
| 1) | Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith (Quirk Books) | 13 | 2 |
| 2) | The Host, Stephenie Meyer (Back Bay Books) | 1 | - |
| 3) | Boneshaker, Cherie Priest (Tor) | 6 | 4 |
| 4) | The War of the Dwarves, Markus Heitz (Orbit) | 1 | - |
| *) | The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead, Max Brooks (Three Rivers Press) | 10 | 3 |
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MEDIA-RELATED | | |
| 1) | Star Trek: Unspoken Truth, Margaret Wander Bonanno (Pocket) | 1 | - |
| 2) | Iron Man 2, Alexander Irvine (Grand Central) | 1 | - |
| 3) | The Forgotten Realms: Pirate King: Transitions, Book Two, R. A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast) | 13 | 5 |
| *) | Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Backlash, Aaron Allston (Del Rey) | 2 | 1 |
| 4) | Star Trek Online: The Needs of the Many, Michael A. Martin & Jake Sisko (Pocket) | 1 | - |
| 5) | Star Wars: Crosscurrent, Paul S. Kemp (LucasBooks) | 4 | 2 |
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GAMING-RELATED | | |
| 1) | Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts: The Lost, Dan Abnett (Black Library) | 1 | - |
| 2) | Assassin's Creed: Renaissance, Oliver Bowden (Ace) | 1 | - |
| 4) | Warhammer 40,000: A Thousand Sons, Graham McNeill (Black Library) | 3 | 1 |
| 5) | World of Warcraft: Stormrage, Richard A. Knaak (Gallery) | 2 | 2 |
Jim Butcher's Changes, the 12th book in the Dresden Files series, debuted at the top of the hardcover list; A Mighty Fortress by David Weber took a close second. The new runner-up is A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whelan Turner (Greenwillow), out of 47 nominated titles, same as last month.
Steampunk novel Changeless by Gail Carriger just barely took first in paperbacks, ahead of Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris. Touched by an Alien by Gini Koch was the new runner-up (DAW), and there were 66 titles nominated, down from 73 last month.
Stalwart bestseller Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith led the trade paper list; the new runner-up was the reprint of first novel The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade). There were 48 titles nominated, same as last month.
Star Trek: Unspoken Truth by Margaret Wander Bonanno was first in media-related titles. Star Wars: Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor by Matthew Stover was the new runner-up, just missing the list; 18 titles were nominated, down from 20.
Four-title omnibus Warhammer 40:000: Gaunt's Ghosts: The Lost by Dan Abnett led the gaming-related list, and there was no new runner-up out of 18 nominated titles, same as last month.
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Compiled with data from
Bakka-Phoenix Books (Canada),
Barnes & Noble (USA),
Borderlands (CA),
Borders Bookstores (USA),
Dark Delicacies (online),
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McNally Robinson (2 in Canada),
Mysterious Galaxy (CA),
Pages for All Ages (IL),
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Saint Mark's (NY),
Toadstool (NH),
Uncle Hugo's (MN),
University Bookstore (WA),
White Dwarf (Canada).
Data period: April 2010.
Midtown Comics (NY),
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The Other Change of Hobbit (CA),
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Pandemonium (MA),
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Waldenbooks (USA),
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July 2010 Issue
Locus Bestsellers
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