ETC.: Bestseller Lists, Honors and Awards

(by book, through November 3, 2009)

BEKA COOPER: A Tortall Legend Series:

BLOODHOUND:

TERRIER:

  • 2009 West Australian Young Readers' Book Award - "Best Book for Older Readers"
  • Six weeks on The New York Times Children's Chapter Books bestseller list - #2 on 11/12/06, #4 on 11/19/06, #4 on 11/26/06, #10 on 12/03/06, #5 on 12/10/06, #9 on 12/17/06
  • Publishers Weekly Children’s Fiction bestseller list, December, 2006
  • A YALSA Best Book for Young Adults, American Library Association, 2007

THE WILL OF THE EMPRESS:

  • Four weeks on The New York Times Children's Chapter Books bestseller list - #4 on 10/16/05, #4 on 11/06/05, #9 on 11/20/05, #10 on 12/04/05
  • Publisher’s Weekly Children's Chapter Books bestseller list, December, 2005
  • Starred Review, Booklist, 2005

TRICKSTER'S QUEEN:

Bestseller Lists

  • Seven weeks on the New York Times Children's Chapter Books bestseller list  - #1 on 10/17/04, #2 on 10/24/04, #2 on 10/31/04, #4 on 11/7/04, #5 on 11/14/04, #7 on 11/21/04, #5 on 1/16/05,
  • Two weeks on USA Today bestseller list - 10/21/04, 10/28/04
  • Two weeks on Book Sense National Children's Fiction Bestseller list - 10/17/04, 10/24/04
  •  #8 in November, 2004 Australian Bookseller and Publisher Children’s Books bestseller list

Honors and Awards

  • Received Edward E. Smith Memorial “Skylark” Award, 2005, Boskone 42
  • A VOYA Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Selection, 2004
  • Book Sense Children's Winter Pick Lists

TRICKSTER'S CHOICE:

  • Four weeks on The New York Times Children's Chapter Books bestseller list - #7 on 10/12/03, #9 on 10/19/03, #10 on 11/2/03, #8 on 12/7/03
  • #7, Best Young Adult Book, Locus’s 2003 Recommended Reading List for Young Adults
  • Nominated, ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2003
  • VOYA's Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror List, 2003
  • A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age, 2004
  • A Teens' Top Ten, 2004
  • A YALSA Best Book for Young Adults, American Library Association, 2004

THE CIRCLE OPENS quartet

MAGIC STEPS:

  • VOYA’s 2000 Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror list, 2001
  • Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror List, VOYA/Voice of Youth Advocates, 2000

STREET MAGIC:

  • VOYA’s Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror, April 2002
  • VOYA Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers, 2001

COLD FIRE:

  • #8 on Amazon Online Best of 2002 Customers' Favorites: Teens.
  • Nominated, ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2003
  • VOYA’s 2002 Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror list, 2003

SHATTERGLASS:

  • VOYA’s Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror, April 2004

THE PROTECTOR OF THE SMALL quartet

FIRST TEST:

  • Nominee, Nevada Young Reader's Award 2002

PAGE:

  • 2000 Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror List, VOYA/Voice of Youth Advocates

SQUIRE:

  • Two weeks on the New York Times Children's Chapter Books bestseller list - #6 on June 10, #9 on June 17, 2001
  • ALA Best Book for YAs 2002
  • Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror List, VOYA/Voice of Youth Advocates, 2001
  • A YALSA Best Book for Young Adults, American Library Association, 2002
  • New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age, 2002
  • Evergreen Young Adult Book Award Nominee, 2004

LADY KNIGHT:

Bestseller Lists

  • Three weeks on The New York Times Children's Chapter Books bestseller list - #1 on 9/8/02, #4 on 9/15/02, #7 on 9/22/02
  • Two weeks on The Wall Street Journal Fiction Bestseller list - #6 on 9/6/02, #12 on 9/13/02
  • Two weeks on the Publishers Weekly Children's Chapter Book Bestseller list - #5 on 9/9/02, #6 on 10/14/02
  • #3 on 9/12/02 on Book Sense National Children's Fiction Bestseller list
  • #5 on 9/22/02 Amazon.com Teen Bestseller list
  • #49 on 9/12/02 USA Today Bestseller list
  • #5 on Amazon Online Best of 2002 Customers' Favorites: Teens

Honors and Awards

  • Books for the Teen Age list, Office of Young Adult Services of The New York
    Public Library, 2002
  • Voice of Youth Advocates 2002 Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror list, 2003

The Circle of Magic quartet

  • Finalist, 2000 Mythopoeic Award (Children's Literature)

MAGIC CIRCLE: SANDRY’S BOOK:

  • Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror List, VOYA/Voice of Youth Advocates, 1997
  • Booklist’s Top 10 Fantasy Novels for Young Readers, May 15, 1997 - May 15, 1998
  • Honor Book, 1998 Judy Lopez Memorial Award of the Women's National Book Association
  • Locus Recommended reading, 1997

MAGIC CIRCLE: TRIS'S BOOK:

  • Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers list, YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association), 1999
  • Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror List, VOYA/Voice of Youth Advocates, 1998

MAGIC CIRCLE: DAJA'S BOOK:

  • Booklist’s Top 10 Fantasy Audiobooks for Adult and Youth, April 15, 2004
  • Books for the Teen Age list, Office of Young Adult Services of The New York
    Public Library, 1997
  • Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror List, VOYA/Voice of Youth Advocates, 1998
  • Top Ten Fantasy Novels for Young Readers, May 15, 1997 - May 15, 1998
  • Booklist Magazine; Kid's Pick: Young Adult, September 21, 1998, BookWeb.org (American Booksellers Association online newsletter)
  • Listed in "The Perfect Tens: the Top Forty Books reviewed in Voice of Youth Advocates 1996 - 2000", VOYA, June 2001
  • Booklist's Top 10 Fantasy Novels for Young Readers, 1997-1998

MAGIC CIRCLE: BRIAR'S BOOK:

  • Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror List, VOYA/Voice of Youth Advocates, 1999
  • Listed in "The Perfect Tens: the Top Forty Books reviewed in Voice of Youth Advocates 1996 - 2000", VOYA, June 2001
     

THE IMMORTALS quartet

WILD MAGIC:

  • Nominee, Iowa Teen Award booklist, 1995-1996.

WOLF-SPEAKER:

  • Bestseller, Children's Paperbacks, Australian Bookseller & Publisher, May 1995.

THE EMPEROR MAGE:

  • Best Books for Young Adults, Hawaii State Library, 1995
  • Best Books for Young Adults List, the American Library Association, 1996
  • Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror List, VOYA/Voice of Youth Advocates, 1995

THE REALMS OF THE GODS:

  • Selection, International Reading Association's Young Adult Choices project, 1996 booklist
  • Books for the Teen Age list, Office of Young Adult Services of The New York
    Public Library, 1997
  • Best Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror list, VOYA/Voice of Youth Advocates, 1996
     

THE SONG OF THE LIONESS quartet

ALANNA: THE FIRST ADVENTURE:

  • Main Selection, Children's Book of the Month Club
  • Author's Citation, The Alumni Association, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 17th Annual New Jersey Writers Conference, March 24, 1984
  • Recommended Fantasy (list) of "GenreCon" (the Preconference on Genres of the Young Adult Services Division of the American Librarians Association, June 1991)
  • A YALSA Popular Paperback for Young Adults, 2003

IN THE HAND OF THE GODDESS:

  • Main Selection, Children's Book of the Month Club
  • Winner, ZDF Preis der Lesratten (German fantasy award)
  • Nominee, 1985-86 South Carolina Children's Book Award

THE WOMAN WHO RIDES LIKE A MAN:

LIONESS RAMPANT:

  • City of Baltimore Enoch Pratt Free Library selection, "Youth-to-Youth Books: A List for Imagination and Survival."

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