June Bestsellers

Hardcovers
1. Ancestor by Scott Sigler
2. Naamah's Curse by Jacqueline Carey
3. Kraken by China Mieville
4. Passage by Justin Cronin
5. For the Win by Cory Doctorow
6. Dervish House by Ian McDonald
7. Terminal World by Alastair Reynolds
8. Stories: All New Tales edited by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio
9. Metatropolis edited by John Scalzi
10. Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

Mass Market Paperbacks
1. Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie
2. Naamah's Kiss by Jacqueline Carey
3. Feed by Mira Grant
4. Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey
5. Julian Comstock by Robert Charles Wilson
6. Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
7. House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds
8. White Road by Lynn Flewelling
9. WWW: Wake by Robert Sawyer
10. A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire

Trade Paperbacks
1. Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
2. The Loving Dead by Amelia Beamer
3. Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
4. Destination Future edited by Z.S. Adani and Eric Reynolds tie with
    The Machinery of Light by David J. Williams
5.  The Magicians by Lev Grossman

May Bestsellers

Hardcovers
1. For the Win by Cory Doctorow
2. Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay
3. Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
4. Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb
5. Dragon Haven by Robin Hobb
6. Deceiver by C.J. Cherryh
7. Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong
8. Green Leopard Plague by Walter Jon Williams
9. Changes by Jim Butcher
10. Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs

Mass Market Paperbacks
1. Feed by Mira Grant
2. Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey
3. Changeless by Gail Carriger
4. Lost Fleet: Victorious by Jack Campbell
5. A Grey Moon Over China by Thomas A. Day
6. Storm from the Shadows by David Weber
7. Rides a Dread Legion by Raymond Feist
8. A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire
9. Wings of Wrath by C.S. Friedman
10. Haze by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.

Trade Paperbacks
1. The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
2. Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
3. The City & the City by China Mieville
4. The Darkest Fire by Guy Gavriel Kay
5. Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks

April Bestsellers

Hardcovers:
1 Changes by Jim Butcher
2 Spellwright by Blake Charlton
3 A Mighty Fortress by David Weber
4 Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
5 Directive 51 by John Barnes
6 Trade of Queens by Charles Stross
7 Not Less Than Gods by Kage Baker
8 Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs
9 Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay
10 Pinion by Jay Lake tie with The Beastly Bride edited by Ellen Datlow and Terry Windling

Paperbacks:
1 Changeless by Gail Carriger
2 Soulless by Gail Carriger
3 A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire
4 The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett
5 Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
6 Temporal Void by Peter F. Hamilton
7 Grey Moon Over China by Thomas A. Day
8 Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs tie with Turn Coat by Jim Butcher
9 Maelstrom: Destroyermen by Taylor Anderson
10 The Shadow Pavilion by Liz Williams

Trade Paperbacks:
1 The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
2 I am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells
3 How to Make Friends with Demons by Graham Joyce
4 World War Z by Max Brooks
5 The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie tie with Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

February Bestsellers

Hardcovers
1. Blackout by Connie Willis
2. The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
3. Dust of Dreams by Steven Erikson
4. Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison
5. Crack'd Pot Trail by Steven Erikson
6. Makers by Cory Doctorow
7. Iorich by Steven Brust
8. Starbound by Joe Haldeman
9. Ash by Malinda Lo
10. Muse and Reverie by Charles de Lint

Mass Market Paperbacks
1. Chill by Elizabeth Bear
2. Califia's Daughters by Leigh Richards
3. Horizon by Lois McMaster Bujold
4. Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
5. Soulless by Gail Carriger
6. Scissors by Ray Garton
7. Revolution Business by Charles Stross
8. Imager by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
9. This is Not a Game by Walter John Williams
10. Unleashed by John Levitt

Trade Paperbacks
1. xkcd: volume 0 by Randall Munroe
2. Manual of Detection by Jedidiah Berry
3. Dust of Dreams by Steven Erikson
4. The New Dead edited by Christopher Golden
5. Fool by Christopher Moore

January Bestsellers

Hardcovers
1) The Rookie by Scott Sigler
2)The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
3) Iorich by Steven Brust
4) The God Engines by John Scalzi
5) Galileo's Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson
6) Starbound by Joe Haldeman
7) Makers by Cory Doctorow
8) Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
9) Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie
10) Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris

Paperbacks
1) This is Not a Game by Walter Jon Williams
2) Darkness on the Edge of Town by Brian Keene
3) Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross
4) Anathem by Neal Stephenson
5) Soulless by Gail Carriger
6) Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan
7) Plague Zone by Jeff Carlson
8) Cosmopath by Eric Brown
9) Daemon by Daniel Suarez
10) Unleashed by John Levitt

Trade Paperbacks
1) Grants Pass: A Post Apocalyptic Anthology edited by Jennifer Brozek
2) The Steel Remains by Richard Morgan
3) Dust of Dreams by Steven Erikson
4) The Many Deaths of the Black Company by Glen Cook
5) The Pack: Winter Kill by Mike Oliveri

Overheard at the Store

Okay, so normally this section is called "Overheard at the Con," and we only print it when we attend conventions & overhear things at them.  Well, you guys are just so gosh-darn quotable that we'll be expanding the section to include funny, out-of-context things we occasionally overhear at the store, too.  (And no fair oh-so-casually dropping funny quotes just so we'll include them in the newsletter!)

"There's nothing God hates more than bad puppeteers."

"By the end of the series, everyone will either be dead, or a god."

Notes from a DVD Geek

by Jeremy Lassen

Welcome to 2010. While most of the world is focused on James Cameron's latest special effects extravaganza ("Avatar," AKA "Dances With Smurfs"), I thought I'd start out the new year by going over some of Cameron's earlier efforts.  Cameron's first film job involved building miniature sets, and supervising process-projection on Roger Corman's "Battle Beyond the Stars".  Not a great movie by any means, but Roger Corman once again launches the career of a future Hollywood heavyweight.  Cameron's first directorial effort was still within the area of low-budget genre thrillers -- "Piranha 2: The Spawning". He was originally hired to be the special effects director, but the director quit before production started, and he inherited the big chair.

December Bestsellers

Hardcovers
1. The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
2. Makers by Cory Doctorow
3. Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie
4. The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
5. First Lord's Fury by Jim Butcher
6. Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
7. Transition by Iain M. Banks
8. Under the Dome by Stephen King
9. Boilerplate: History's Mechanical Marvel by Paul Guinan and Amanda Bennett
10. Time Travelers Never Die by Jack McDevitt

Mass Market Paperbacks
1. Soulless by Gail Carriger
2. Unleashed by John Levitt
3. This is Not a Game by Walter John Williams
4. Anathem by Neal Stephenson
5. White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison
6. Princep's Fury by Jim Butcher
7. Chalice by Robin McKinley
8. Passage at Arms by Glen Cook
9. Implied Spaces by Walter John Williams
10. Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan

Trade Paperbacks
1. XKCD Volume 0 by Randall Munroe
2. Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
3. Zones of Chaos by Mick Farren
4. Booklife by Jeff VanderMeer
5. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith tie with Alive in Necropolis by Doug Dorst

Cafe News

by Alan Beatts

First off, please forgive me for the lateness of this newsletter.  Jude had it ready to go out a week ago (late, but not too bad -- given the givens) but she was holding it waiting for this piece and my article about ebooks.  For my part, it's been a _very_ long few weeks and, though I've had time to write, I haven't had the concentration to do so.

You faithful readers and customers probably have a guess as to what's been taking up so much of my time and brain-space.  The new cafe next door has been operating for just a bit over a month now and it's proving to be a fair amount of work.  Moreover, it's hard to switch gears from being the manager there (as well as the #1 dishwasher -- I tell you, I'm one fast devil with a bussing tray full of cups) to being bookseller guy.  But, I'm managing and things there are going quite well.  I'm lucky to have a great crew to work with (Jim, Chris, John, Naamen, Cole and Peter are just as pleasant and quirky a group as the folks on the bookstore side.  Just about as well read, too) and the day-to-day operations are getting to be routine.  I've seen a fair number of customers from the bookstore over there and it's been great to get your feedback and ideas.

I'm looking forward to getting some of the final bugs out of the operation over there and then settling in for the process of building up the business and customer base.  I hope to have the place operating in a mostly self-sufficient way in about six months or so and then I'll be moving my office back to the bookstore.  But for now, you'll find me in the cafe most of the time that I'm at work.  My desk is set up towards the back and I'd love it if you'd say "hi" when you stop by.

I've two little pieces of cafe business that I'd like to mention before I close this.  Firstly, I'm looking for local artists who would like to show their work at the cafe.  If that's your thing or if you know someone who might be interested, please drop me a line and we'll get something set up.  I'm open to most sorts of static art and I would be proud to feature our customers' work.

Secondly, if you have a group of some sort that could use a place to meet, please consider meeting at the cafe.  We've plenty of room and I would be happy to reserve space for groups that need a place to meet.  Providing that sort of service was one of my original goals when I started planning this and I'd love to make it a reality.

In closing, I hope that the new year is treating you well and bringing you all that you hope.

Overheard at the Store

Okay, so normally this section is called "Overheard at the Con," and we only print it when we attend conventions & overhear things at them.  Well, you guys are just so gosh-darn quotable that we'll be expanding the section to include funny, out-of-context things we occasionally overhear at the store, too.  (And no fair oh-so-casually dropping funny quotes just so we'll include them in the newsletter!)

"I'm just at the part where the werewolf kisses her.  It's gone on for four pages; it's pretty intense!"

"I want to stab law school in the face."