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By Kent Larsen

Card's 'Ender's Game' Joins Newer Titles On Bestseller Lists

NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- As the paperback of Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Shadow" rises on bestseller lists after its release, fans are going back to the original. "Ender's Game" has appeared on Amazon.com's bestseller list 16 years after it was first published.

Other titles continue on a number of lists, with Stephen Ambrose's "Nothing Like it in the World" starting to fall on the lists and Richard Paul Evans' "The Carousel" remaining on just one list.

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
7 6Amazon.com (Jan 3) Non-Fiction Hardcover
68 10Amazon.com (Jan 4) Top 100
19 19Barnes &Noble (Jan 4) Top 100
6 5BooksAMillion (Dec 29) Non-Fiction Hardcover
2 1Booksense (Dec 25) Non-Fiction Hardcover
3 4Knight Ridder (Jan 4) Non-Fiction
3 4New York Times (Jan 7) Non-Fiction Hardcover
  New York Times [Independents - 2; Chains - 6 ]
8 5Publishers Weekly (Jan 8) Non-Fiction Hardcover
33 25USA Today (Dec 31)
9 7Wall Street Journal (Dec 29) Non-Fiction Hardcover
3 4WordsWorth Independent Bookseller (Dec 12) 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 Carousel, by Richard Paul Evans

LDS author Evans writes about the love between a man and a woman, which is tested by the demands of family and work.

Currently on the following bestseller lists:
This
Week
Last
Week
List
19 15New York Times (Jan 7) Fiction Hardcover

See:
The Carousel
More about Richard Paul Evans' "The Carousel" 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 21Amazon.com (Jan 3) Non-Fiction Paperback
86 - Amazon.com (Jan 4) Top 100
91 83Barnes &Noble Top (Jan 4) Top 100
111138USA Today (Dec 31)
5 4Wall Street Journal (Dec 29) Business

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 "parallell" 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
15 13Amazon.com (Jan 3) Fiction Paperback
100 - Amazon.com (Jan 4) Top 100
21 29New York Times (Jan 7) Fiction Paperback
  New York Times (Jan 7) [Chains - 16 ]
14 - Publishers Weekly (Jan 8) Mass Market Paperback
73111USA Today (Dec 31)
14 - WordsWorth Independent Bookseller (Dec 19) Fiction Paperback

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
13 - Amazon.com (Jan 4) Top 100

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

Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card

The original Hugo and Nebula award-winning novel.

Currently on the following bestseller lists:
This
Week
Last
Week
List
25 - Amazon.com (Jan 3) Fiction Paperback

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


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