books: science fiction & fantasy - top sellers     books:       Batman: The Killing Joke Alan Moore, Brian Bolland DC Comics, 2008 Simply....bu-dasss What a great story. And it reads like your favorite dvds, with an alternet extended ending. Very cool.             Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4) Stephenie Meyer Little, Brown Young Readers, 2008 Twilight tempted the imagination. New Moon made readers thirsty for more. Eclipse turned the saga into a worldwide phenomenon. And now, the book that everyone has been waiting for.... Breaking Dawn, the final book in the #1 bestselling Twilight Saga, will take your breath away.             Dungeons and Dragons Core Rulebook Gift Set, 4th Edition Wizards RPG Team Wizards of the Coast, 2008 All three 4th Edition core rulebooks in one handsome slipcase. The Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game has defined the medieval fantasy genre and the tabletop RPG industry for more than 30 years. In the D&D game, players create characters that band together to explore dungeons, slay monsters, and find treasure. The 4th Edition D&D rules ...             A Dance with Dragons George R.R. Martin Spectra, 2008 Dubbed “the American Tolkien” by Time magazine, George R. R. Martin has earned international acclaim for his monumental cycle of epic fantasy. Now the #1 New York Times bestselling author delivers the fifth book in his spellbinding landmark series—as both familiar faces and surprising new forces vie for a foothold in a ...             Blood Noir (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 16) Laurell K. Hamilton Berkley Hardcover, 2008 Readers can’t get enough of the #1 New York Times bestselling author. A favor for Jason, vampire hunter Anita Blake’s werewolf lover, puts her in the center of a fullblown scandal that threatens master-vampire Jean- Claude’s reign—and makes her a pawn in an ancient vampire queen’s new rise to power.             The Host: A Novel Stephenie Meyer Little, Brown and Company, 2008 Amazon Best of the Month, May 2008: Stephenie Meyer, creator of the phenomenal teen-vamp Twilight series, takes paranormal romance into alien territory in her first adult novel. Those wary of sci-fi or teen angst will be pleasantly surprised by this mature and imaginative thriller, propelled by equal parts action and emotion. A species of ...             From Dead to Worse (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 8) Charlaine Harris Ace Hardcover, 2008 New in the “addicting” New York Times bestselling series featuring Sookie Stackhouse. After the natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina and the manmade explosion at the vampire summit, everyone—human and otherwise—is stressed, including Louisiana cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse, who is trying to cope with the fact that her boyfriend Quinn ...             The Road (Oprah's Book Club) Cormac McCarthy Vintage Books, 2007 Not an English Cozy! Existential Despair Ahead! No Cormac McCarthy work should be approached carelessly. This is Serious Business - real literature not intended for the meek, those with weak stomachs, or the suicidal (I'm not sure I'm entirely joking). And keep a good thesaurus handy. As always, McCarthy takes the ...             Dark Needs at Night's Edge (The Immortals After Dark Series, Book 4) Kresley Cole Pocket, 2008 Keeps Getting Better ***Mild Spoilers*** Cole's latest is on par with her previous IAD novels, though this one is a little slower in the middle. Other than that slight critism, I have total praise for this book. The reader gets to see the relationship between Neomi and Conrad develop ...             Small Favor (The Dresden Files, Book 10) Jim Butcher Roc Hardcover, 2008 Small Favor, Tremendous Writing I love this series, the Dresden Files are a fantastic journey through the life of a truly unique character. In Small Favor Harry Dresden finds himself once again under the thumb of the deadly Winter Queen Mab, chased by demons and Gruffs and generally trying to avoid ...             Passage (The Sharing Knife, Book 3) Lois Mcmaster Bujold Eos, 2008 Unexpected and wonderful addition to the series The way the second book in the series ended I thought that the story was complete. Dag and Fawn's romance, that drove much of the story, seemed to reach a point of resolution. Fortunately, I was wrong. Bujold has sent the story curve into another direction entirely. ...             Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1999 The best Vonnegut Nothing I can say would ever add to the legacy this book already has. So let's just accent it: The best.             Wrath of a Mad God (The Darkwar Saga, Book 3) Raymond E. Feist Eos, 2008 Wrath of a Mad God This is a great book!!!!! It was worth the wait!!!! Mr. Feist does it again!!!! Thanks for a great book!!!!             Magic Burns (Kate Daniels, Book 2) Ilona Andrews Ace, 2008 One of the best fantasy writers! I'm pretty picky about my fantasty fiction choices since I read so much of it; and I've had to suffer through a lot of badly written books. Books with stupid dialog, formulaic plotlines and characters, and just plain silly worldscapes. SO, I have to say that Ilona ...             The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, Day 1) Patrick Rothfuss DAW, 2008 Excellent Fantasy with the fun of Harry Potter and the realism of George R.R Martin I've been reading Name of the Wind bit by bit over the past few months, enjoying the warm taste of it a little bit at a time right before bed. It is the sort of book that feels like a warm pillow, inviting but comfortable. Today I finished reading the last one hundred ...          products you might be interested in search for books chronicle, immortals, kingkiller, mysteries, slaughterhouse, slaughterhouse-five we recommend Not an English Cozy! Existential Despair Ahead! randomly chosen VHS: Lady From Louisiana