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By Kent Larsen
Mormon Titles Slowly Sink on Bestseller Lists
NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- The most popular Mormon titles on national
bestseller lists fell slightly again on most lists, dropping off a
few. Orson Scott Card's "Shadow of the Hegemon" remains on seven
lists, but is dropping on all of them. Stephen Ambrose's history of
the construction of the transcontinental railroad, which has
information on the Mormon pioneers that helped build the railroad,
also dropped, but slowly, and remains on six lists.
As expected Anne Perry's Whitechapel Conspiracy returned to the
lists, and may add more lists in the next few weeks as her fans find
the book. Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game, the first book in his
Ender series dropped back off the lists, also as expected, as
interest from readers introduced to Card by his new books waned and
as purchases for high school and college classes were completed.
As Mormon News noted yesterday, we do expect that the paperback of
President Hinckley's book, Standing for Something will appear on the
bestseller lists next month.
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 |
| 29 | 26 | Barnes &Noble (Feb 8) Top 100 |
| 14 | 13 | BooksAMillion (Feb 8) Non-Fiction Hardcover |
| 8 | 6 | Booksense (Feb 12) Non-Fiction Hardcover |
| 8 | 8 | New York Times (Feb 11) Non-Fiction Hardcover |
| | | New York Times [Independents - 6; Chains - 8 ] |
| 15 | 14 | Wall Street Journal (Feb 2) Non-Fiction Hardcover |
| 14 | 10 | Wordsworth Books (Feb 6) Non-Fiction Hardcover |
See:
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 |
| 16 | 19 | Amazon.com (Feb 7) Non-Fiction Paperback |
| 64 | 64 | Barnes &Noble Top (Feb 8) Top 100 |
| - | - | New York Times (Feb 11) Paperback Advice |
| | | New York Times [Chains - 10 ] |
| 101 | 76 | USA Today (Feb 8) |
| 4 | 5 | Wall Street Journal (Feb 2) Non-Fiction Hardcover |
See:
More about Stephen R. Covey's "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" at Amazon.com
Ender's Shadow, by Orson Scott Card
A "parallel" 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 |
| 17 | 17 | Amazon.com (Feb 7) Fiction Paperback |
| 137 | 108 | USA Today (Feb 8) |
See:
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 |
| 3 | 3 | Amazon.com (Feb 7) Fiction Hardcover |
| - | 10 | BooksAMillion (Feb 8) Fiction Hardcover |
| 14 | 8 | Booksense (Feb 12) Fiction Hardcover |
| 16 | 11 | New York Times (Feb 11) Fiction Hardcover |
| | | New York Times [Independents - 16; Chains - 13] |
| 12 | 10 | Publishers Weekly (Feb 5) Fiction Hardcover |
| 140 | 84 | USA Today (Feb 8) |
| 15 | 9 | Wall Street Journal (Feb 2) Fiction Hardcover |
| 15 | - | Wordsworth Books (Feb 6) Fiction Hardcover |
See:
More about Orson Scott Card's "Shadow of the Hegemon" at Amazon.com
The Whitechapel Conspiracy, by Anne Perry
Perry's Inspector Thomas Pitt returns to 19th-century London for Perry's
20th novel about the detective.
Currently on the following bestseller lists:
This
Week | Last
Week | List |
| 111 | - | USA Today (Feb 8) |
See:
More about Anne Perry's "The Whitechapel Conspiracy" at Amazon.com
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