2011 has been a fantastic year for us at Tor and we hope that it was a great one for all of you as well. A heartfelt thank you to all the readers that have supported us this year.
Here’s to a great 2012!
A record number 30 bestsellers in 2011, up from 20 in 2010!!!
2011 NYT Bestsellers
1/16 – Preston/Impact: MM Fiction #19
1/23 – Bear/Halo: HC Fiction #16
1/23 – Card/The Lost Gate: HC Fiction #35
1/31 – Jordan & Sanderson/Towers of Midnight: E-Book List #11
2/6 – Jordan/New Spring: Graphic List #2
3/20 – Lustbader/Last Snow: MM Fiction #34
3/20 – Erikson/The Crippled God: TPB Fiction #12
5/15 – Carr/Hitman: HC Non-Fiction #17
5/22 – Forstchen/One Second After: MM Fiction #29
5/29 – Scalzi /Fuzzy Nation: HC Fiction #23
5/29 – Lustbader /Blood Trust: HC Fiction #34
6/12 – Cameron/A Dog’s Purpose: TP Fiction #13
6/12 – Sanderson/Way of Kings: MM Fiction #25
7/1 – Card/Ender’s Game: MM Fiction #32
7/17 – Vaughn/Kitty’s Big Trouble: MM Fiction #15
7/24 – Tamaki/ Dance in the Vampire Bund Vol. 10: Manga Fiction #3
7/24 – Takemiya/Torodora, Vol 2.: Manga Fiction #9
8/28 – Vinge / Cowboys & Aliens: MM Fiction #28
9/4 – Goodkind / The Omen Machine: HC Fiction #1!!!!
9/4 – Taylor / An Irish Country Doctor: MM Fiction #34
10/2 – Jordan/Eye of the World Graphic Novel: Graphic List #4
10/2 – Weber/How Firm a Foundation: HC Fiction #8. E-Book List #31, HC & PB Combined #16
10/15 – Kamachi/A Certain Scientific Railgun Vol. 2: Manga Fiction #2
10/23 – Jordan & Sanderson/Towers of Midnight: MM Fiction #11
10/30 – Taylor / A Dublin Student Doctor: HC Fiction #26
10/30 – Vinge / The Children of the Sky: HC Fiction #28
10/30 – Wilson / The Dark at the End: HC Fiction #30
11/13 – Traviss/Halo: Glasslands: TP Fiction #10, HC & PB Combined #31
11/27 – Sanderson/The Alloy of Law: HC Fiction #7, HC & PB Combined #10, E-books #13
12/4 – Goodkind/The Omen Machine: E-Book List #18, E-Books & print combined #34
The Breakdown
10 hardcovers
3 trade paperbacks
9 mass markets
2 graphic novels and 3 manga
2 e-books
A Dog’s Purpose has appeared on the trade paper fiction list a record 27 weeks and counting! (Will we hit 28? We’ll know in 3 hours J)
Towers of Midnight a record 18 weeks on the list!
Kirkus Reviews’ Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2011
THE HUM AND THE SHIVER by Alex
WITH FATE CONSPIRE by Marie Brennan
SCHOLAR by L.E. Modesitt
THE HUM AND THE SHIVER by Alex Bledsoe
WITH FATE CONSPIRE
SCHOLAR by L.E. Modesitt
Kirkus Reviews’ Best Historical Fiction
THE RICHEST HILL ON EARTH by Richard Wheeler
Kirkus Reviews’ Best Teen Books
ANNA DRESSED IN BLOOD by Kendare Blake
Library Journal Best Books SFF
LEVIATHANS OF JUPITER by Ben Bova
QUANTUM THIEF by Hannu Rajaniemi
THE UNREMEMBERED by Peter Orullian
THE CHILDREN OF THE SKY by Vernor Vinge
Library Journal Best Books Thrillers
STRONG AT THE BREAK by Jon Land
Amazon.com’s Best Books: Science Fiction & Fantasy 2011
AMONG OTHERS by Jo Walton
VORTEX by Robert Charles Wilson
BN.com’s Best Science Fiction Releases of 2011
THE CHILDREN OF THE SKY by Vernor Vinge
QUANTUM THIEF by Hannu Rajaniemi
Honorable Mentions:
FUZZY NATION
COUNT TO A TRILLION
LEVIATHONS OF JUPITER
Shelf-Awareness Top 10: Reviewers Choice
AMONG OTHERS by Jo Walton (Ron Hogan)
GANYMEDE by Cherie Priest (Ron Hogan)
A DOG’S PURPOSE by Bruce Cameron (Marilyn Dahl)
39 Starred Reviews in 2011
Kirkus
Anna Dressed in Blood – Kendare Blake • The Hum and the Shiver – Alex Bledsoe • With Fate Conspire – Marie Brennan • Spellbound – Blake Charlton • Camouflage – Bill Pronzini • Fuzzy Nation – John Scalzi • The Quantum Thief – Hannu Rajaniemi • Scholar – L.E. Modesitt
Publishers Weekly
Up Against It – MJ Locke • The Secret of Crickley Hall – James Herbert • The Beloved Dead – Tony Hays • End of Days – Bob Gleason
• Endurance – Jay Lake • Fuzzy Nation – John Scalzi • Down the Mysterly River – Bill Willingham • Ganymede – Priest • The First Days – Rhiannon Frater • The Quantum Thief – Hannu Rajaniemi • Bye Bye, Baby – Max Allen Collins • Infernal Angels – Loren D. Estleman • Dark Jenny – Alex Beldsoe
• Prospero Regained – L. Jagi Lamplighter • In the Lion’s Mouth – Michael Flynn
Library Journal
Lucky Stiff – Deborah Coonts • Alloy of Law – Brandon Sanderson • Fall from Grace – Wayne Arthurson • The Beloved Dead – Tony Hays • The Children of the Sky – Vernor Vinge • The Hum and the Shiver – Alex Bledsoe • Spellbound – Blake Charlton • The Unremembered – Peter Orullian
The Illusion of Murder – Carol McCleary • The Highest Frontier – Joan Slonczewski • Sisterhood of Dune – Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
Booklist
Lucky Stiff – Deborah Coonts • Hellhole – Brian Herbert and Kevin J, Anderson • End of Days – Bob Gleason • Dark Jenny – Alex Beldsoe • The Galahad Legacy – Dom Testa
Awards
Edgar Award
Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva won Best First Novel
2011 Locus Awards
Tor Books named Best Books Publisher for 24th year in a row
Warriors, ed. By George R. R. Martin and Gardner ozois named Best Anthology
Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with his Century: Volume 1: 1907-1948: Learning Curve by William H. Patterson, Jr. named Best Non-Fiction Book
Ellen Datlow was named Best Editor
Macavity Award
Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva won Best First novel
Anthony Award & Crimespree Award
The Damage Done by Hillary Davidson won Best First Novel
Endeavour Award
Dreadnought by Cherie Priest
2010 Spur Awards
The Last Train from Cuernavaca by Lucia St. Clair won Best Western Long Novel
Snowbound by Richard S. Wheeler won Best Western Short Novel
2011 Emperor Norton Award
Nested Scrolls by Rudy Rucker
2010 Romantic Times Book Reviews Awards
Carole Nelson Douglas was given a Career Achievement award in the Mystery Category
Passion Play by Beth Bernobich won Best Epic Fantasy
David Gemmell Legend Award
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Nebula Awards
Tor.com’s short story “Ponies” by Kij Johnson won Best Short Story
Best Tweet of 2011 sent Dec 21st at 8:52am (EST)
@BrandSanderson Brandon Sanderson
Ladies and gentlemen, A Memory of Light–the final book in The Wheel of Time–has been finished.
awesome next yr double the succes ^_^
Congrats!
You’ve listed “Scholar” twice under Kirkus, though.