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<title><![CDATA[The Indie Sci-Fi & Fantasy Bestseller List]]></title>

<description><![CDATA[For the eight-week period ending October 20, 2009, and based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide.]]></description>

<link><![CDATA[http://www.indiebound.org/indie-bestsellers]]></link>

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<title><![CDATA[The Time Traveler's Wife]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780156029438</link>
<description><![CDATA[A dazzling novel in the most untraditional fashion, this is the remarkable story of a passionate love affair that endures across a sea of time and captures the two lovers in an impossibly romantic trap.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Time Traveler's Wife]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[1]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Audrey Niffenegger]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Harvest]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780156029438]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[A dazzling novel in the most untraditional fashion, this is the remarkable story of a passionate love affair that endures across a sea of time and captures the two lovers in an impossibly romantic trap.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2004-07-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Magicians]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780670020553</link>
<description><![CDATA["The Magicians is a darker, more adult take on the idea of a secret academy that trains would-be wizards. Lev Grossman explores the realms of magic, alternate realities, and wish fulfillment as visited by less-than-heroic characters. Raising the question of what would you do if you could do whatever you wanted, The Magicians is thrilling and deliciously disturbing." -- Lisa Wright, Oblong Books And Music,LLC., Millerton, NY]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Magicians]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[2]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lev Grossman]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Viking]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780670020553]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The Magicians is a darker, more adult take on the idea of a secret academy that trains would-be wizards. Lev Grossman explores the realms of magic, alternate realities, and wish fulfillment as visited by less-than-heroic characters. Raising the question of what would you do if you could do whatever you wanted, The Magicians is thrilling and deliciously disturbing.]]></dc:description>
<dc:contributor><![CDATA[Lisa Wright, Oblong Books And Music,LLC., Millerton, NY]]></dc:contributor>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9781101080184]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>2009-08-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Fahrenheit 451]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780345342966</link>
<description><![CDATA[Internationally acclaimed with more than 5 million copies in print, Fahrenheit 451 is Ray Bradbury's classic novel of censorship and defiance, as resonant today as it was when it was first published nearly 50 years ago. Guy Montag was a fireman whose job it was to start fires... The system was simple. Everyone understood it. Books were for burning ... along with the houses in which they were hidden. Guy Montag enjoyed his job. He had been a fireman for ten years, and he had never questioned the pleasure of the midnight runs nor the joy of watching pages consumed by flames... never questioned anything until he met a seventeen-year-old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid. Then he met a professor who told him of a future in which people could think... and Guy Montag suddenly realized what he had to do]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Fahrenheit 451]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[3]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ray Bradbury]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Ballantine]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780345342966]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Internationally acclaimed with more than 5 million copies in print, Fahrenheit 451 is Ray Bradbury's classic novel of censorship and defiance, as resonant today as it was when it was first published nearly 50 years ago. Guy Montag was a fireman whose job it was to start fires... The system was simple. Everyone understood it. Books were for burning ... along with the houses in which they were hidden. Guy Montag enjoyed his job. He had been a fireman for ten years, and he had never questioned the pleasure of the midnight runs nor the joy of watching pages consumed by flames... never questioned anything until he met a seventeen-year-old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid. Then he met a professor who told him of a future in which people could think... and Guy Montag suddenly realized what he had to do]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Mass Market Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1987-08-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[1984]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780451524935</link>
<description><![CDATA[Satire on the possible horrors of a totalitarian regime in England in 1984.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[1984]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[4]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[George Orwell]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Signet]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780451524935]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Satire on the possible horrors of a totalitarian regime in England in 1984.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Mass Market Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9780822071440]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>1950-07-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Anathem]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780061474101</link>
<description><![CDATA["Welcome to a world that only Neal Stephenson could create: math as religion! Amidst a tumult of squabbling, consumerist societies stand a handful of monastic enclaves where logic and science are sacred. When the entire planet is threatened, order and chaos make very strange bedfellows. Anathem is a cerebral romp!" -- Hap Houlihan, The Morris Book Shop, Lexington, KY]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Anathem]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[5]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Neal Stephenson]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Harper]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780061474101]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Welcome to a world that only Neal Stephenson could create: math as religion! Amidst a tumult of squabbling, consumerist societies stand a handful of monastic enclaves where logic and science are sacred. When the entire planet is threatened, order and chaos make very strange bedfellows. Anathem is a cerebral romp!]]></dc:description>
<dc:contributor><![CDATA[Hap Houlihan, The Morris Book Shop, Lexington, KY]]></dc:contributor>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Mass Market Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9780061701337]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>2009-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Wild Things]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781934781616</link>
<description><![CDATA["The Wild Things"--based loosely on the storybook by Maurice Sendak and the screenplay co-written with Spike Jonze--is about the confusions of a boy, Max, making his way in a world he can't control.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Wild Things]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[6]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Eggers]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[McSweeney's]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781934781616]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA["The Wild Things"--based loosely on the storybook by Maurice Sendak and the screenplay co-written with Spike Jonze--is about the confusions of a boy, Max, making his way in a world he can't control.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-10-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Ender's Game]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780812550702</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classic--the revised, definitive edition, from the bestselling author of Xenocide. The alien Buggers threaten humanity with extinction, and Earth's ultimate savior may be one small boy. Andrew "Ender" Wiggins thinks he is only playing computer games, but he is really commanding Earth's last great fleet.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Ender's Game]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[7]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Orson Scott Card]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Tor]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780812550702]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classic--the revised, definitive edition, from the bestselling author of Xenocide. The alien Buggers threaten humanity with extinction, and Earth's ultimate savior may be one small boy. Andrew "Ender" Wiggins thinks he is only playing computer games, but he is really commanding Earth's last great fleet.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Mass Market Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1994-07-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Host]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316068048</link>
<description><![CDATA[The author of the bestselling Twilight series delivers her brilliant first novel for adults that's also suitable for teen readers: a gripping story of love and betrayal with the fate of humanity at stake, featuring what may be the first love triangle involving only two bodies.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Host]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[8]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephenie Meyer]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Little Brown]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780316068048]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The author of the bestselling Twilight series delivers her brilliant first novel for adults that's also suitable for teen readers: a gripping story of love and betrayal with the fate of humanity at stake, featuring what may be the first love triangle involving only two bodies.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2008-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[World War Z]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307346612</link>
<description><![CDATA[Brooks, author of the straight-faced parody "The Zombie Survival Guide," tells the story of the world's desperate battle against the zombie threat with a series of first-person accounts by various characters around the world.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[World War Z]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[9]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Brooks]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Three Rivers]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780307346612]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Brooks, author of the straight-faced parody "The Zombie Survival Guide," tells the story of the world's desperate battle against the zombie threat with a series of first-person accounts by various characters around the world.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9780307351937]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>2007-10-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Wicked]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780060987107</link>
<description><![CDATA[When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious witch? Where did she come from? How did she become so wicked? And what is the true nature of evil?  Gregory Maguire creates a fantasy world so rich and vivid that we will never look at Oz the same way again. "Wicked" is about a land where animals talk and strive to be treated like first-class citizens, Munchkinlanders seek the comfort of middle-class stability and the Tin Man becomes a victim of domestic violence. And then there is the little green-skinned girl named Elphaba, who will grow up to be the infamous Wicked Witch of the West, a smart, prickly and misunderstood creature who challenges all our preconceived notions about the nature of good and evil.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Wicked]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[10]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gregory Maguire]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Harper]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780060987107]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious witch? Where did she come from? How did she become so wicked? And what is the true nature of evil?  Gregory Maguire creates a fantasy world so rich and vivid that we will never look at Oz the same way again. "Wicked" is about a land where animals talk and strive to be treated like first-class citizens, Munchkinlanders seek the comfort of middle-class stability and the Tin Man becomes a victim of domestic violence. And then there is the little green-skinned girl named Elphaba, who will grow up to be the infamous Wicked Witch of the West, a smart, prickly and misunderstood creature who challenges all our preconceived notions about the nature of good and evil.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2000-12-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Hobbit]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780345339683</link>
<description><![CDATA[THE GREATEST FANTASY EPIC OF OUR TIME Bilbo Baggins was a hobbit who wanted to be left alone in quiet comfort. But the wizard Gandalf came along with a band of homeless dwarves. Soon Bilbo was drawn into their quest, facing evil orcs, savage wolves, giant spiders, and worse unknown dangers. Finally, it was Bilbo-alone and unaided-who had to confront the great dragon Smaug, the terror of an entire countryside . . . This stirring adventure fantasy begins the tale of the hobbits that was continued by J.R.R. Tolkien in his bestselling epic "The Lord of the Rings."]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Hobbit]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[11]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[J.R.R. Tolkien]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Ballantine]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780345339683]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[THE GREATEST FANTASY EPIC OF OUR TIME Bilbo Baggins was a hobbit who wanted to be left alone in quiet comfort. But the wizard Gandalf came along with a band of homeless dwarves. Soon Bilbo was drawn into their quest, facing evil orcs, savage wolves, giant spiders, and worse unknown dangers. Finally, it was Bilbo-alone and unaided-who had to confront the great dragon Smaug, the terror of an entire countryside . . . This stirring adventure fantasy begins the tale of the hobbits that was continued by J.R.R. Tolkien in his bestselling epic "The Lord of the Rings."]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Mass Market Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1986-07-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Unseen Academicals]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780061161704</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The wizards at Ankh-Morpork's Unseen University are renowned for many things--wisdom, magic, and their love of teatime--but athletics is most assuredly "not" on the list. And so when Lord Ventinari, the city's benevolent tyrant, strongly suggests to Archchancellor Mustrum Ridcully that the university revive an erstwhile tradition and once again put forth a football team composed of faculty, students, and staff, the wizards of UU find themselves in a quandary. To begin with, they have to figure out just what it is that makes this sport--soccer with a bit of rugby thrown in--so popular with Ankh-Morporkians of all ages and social strata. Then they have to learn how to play it. Oh, and on top of that, they must win a football match "without" using magic.  Meanwhile, Trev (a handsome street urchin and a right good kicker) falls hard for kitchen maid Juliet (beautiful, dim, and perhaps the greatest fashion model there ever was), and Juliet's best pal, UU night cook Glenda (homely, sensible, and a baker of jolly good pies) befriends the mysterious Mr. Nutt (about whom no one knows very much, including Mr. Nutt, which is worrisome . . .). As the big match approaches, these four lives are entangled and changed forever. Because the thing about football--the most "important" thing about football---is that it is never "just" about football.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Unseen Academicals]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[12]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Terry Pratchett]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Harper]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780061161704]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[ The wizards at Ankh-Morpork's Unseen University are renowned for many things--wisdom, magic, and their love of teatime--but athletics is most assuredly "not" on the list. And so when Lord Ventinari, the city's benevolent tyrant, strongly suggests to Archchancellor Mustrum Ridcully that the university revive an erstwhile tradition and once again put forth a football team composed of faculty, students, and staff, the wizards of UU find themselves in a quandary. To begin with, they have to figure out just what it is that makes this sport--soccer with a bit of rugby thrown in--so popular with Ankh-Morporkians of all ages and social strata. Then they have to learn how to play it. Oh, and on top of that, they must win a football match "without" using magic.  Meanwhile, Trev (a handsome street urchin and a right good kicker) falls hard for kitchen maid Juliet (beautiful, dim, and perhaps the greatest fashion model there ever was), and Juliet's best pal, UU night cook Glenda (homely, sensible, and a baker of jolly good pies) befriends the mysterious Mr. Nutt (about whom no one knows very much, including Mr. Nutt, which is worrisome . . .). As the big match approaches, these four lives are entangled and changed forever. Because the thing about football--the most "important" thing about football---is that it is never "just" about football.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-10-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Paul of Dune]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765351500</link>
<description><![CDATA["New York Times"-bestselling authors Herbert and Anderson pick up where Frank Herbert's "Dune" and "Dune Messiah" leave off, answering many of the questions raised in the earlier works. Available in a tall Premium Edition.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Paul of Dune]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[13]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Tor]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780765351500]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA["New York Times"-bestselling authors Herbert and Anderson pick up where Frank Herbert's "Dune" and "Dune Messiah" leave off, answering many of the questions raised in the earlier works. Available in a tall Premium Edition.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Mass Market Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-08-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Resurrectionist]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781565126787</link>
<description><![CDATA[Gritty noir fiction, mind-bending fantasy, and medical thriller combine in a gothic tale of a young coma patient whose real cure may lie in Limbo, a comic book world into which he had been drawn at the time of his accident.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Resurrectionist]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[14]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack O'Connell]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Algonquin]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781565126787]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Gritty noir fiction, mind-bending fantasy, and medical thriller combine in a gothic tale of a young coma patient whose real cure may lie in Limbo, a comic book world into which he had been drawn at the time of his accident.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Ice Land]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780452295698</link>
<description><![CDATA[Infused with the rich history and mythology of Iceland, Tobin's sweeping novel is an epic adventure of forbidden love, lust, jealousy, faith, and magical wonder set under the shadow of a smoldering volcano.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Ice Land]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[15]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Betsy Tobin]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Plume]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780452295698]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Infused with the rich history and mythology of Iceland, Tobin's sweeping novel is an epic adventure of forbidden love, lust, jealousy, faith, and magical wonder set under the shadow of a smoldering volcano.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9781101131022]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>2009-08-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Good Omens]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780060853983</link>
<description><![CDATA[ According to "The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter," "Witch" (the world's only "completely" accurate book of prophecies, written in 1655, before she exploded), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just before dinner.  So the armies of Good and Evil are amassing, Atlantis is rising, frogs are falling, tempers are flaring. Everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. Except a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon--both of whom have lived amongst Earth's mortals since The Beginning and have grown rather fond of the lifestyle--are not actually looking forward to the coming Rapture.  And someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist . . .]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Good Omens]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[16]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[HarperTorch]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780060853983]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[ According to "The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter," "Witch" (the world's only "completely" accurate book of prophecies, written in 1655, before she exploded), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just before dinner.  So the armies of Good and Evil are amassing, Atlantis is rising, frogs are falling, tempers are flaring. Everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. Except a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon--both of whom have lived amongst Earth's mortals since The Beginning and have grown rather fond of the lifestyle--are not actually looking forward to the coming Rapture.  And someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist . . .]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Mass Market Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2006-12-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[A Clockwork Orange]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780393312836</link>
<description><![CDATA[Anthony Burgess's modern classic of youthful violence and social redemption, reissued to include the controversial last chapter not previously published in this country, with a new introduction by the author.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[A Clockwork Orange]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[17]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anthony Burgess]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Norton]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780393312836]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Anthony Burgess's modern classic of youthful violence and social redemption, reissued to include the controversial last chapter not previously published in this country, with a new introduction by the author.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1995-04-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Oryx and Crake]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385721677</link>
<description><![CDATA[Oryx and Crake is at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future. Snowman, known as Jimmy before mankind was overwhelmed by a plague, is struggling to survive in a world where he may be the last human, and mourning the loss of his best friend, Crake, and the beautiful and elusive Oryx whom they both loved. In search of answers, Snowman embarks on a journey-with the help of the green-eyed Children of Crake-through the lush wilderness that was so recently a great city, until powerful corporations took mankind on an uncontrolled genetic engineering ride. Margaret Atwood projects us into a near future that is both all too familiar and beyond our imagining.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Oryx and Crake]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[18]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Margaret Atwood]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Anchor]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780385721677]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Oryx and Crake is at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future. Snowman, known as Jimmy before mankind was overwhelmed by a plague, is struggling to survive in a world where he may be the last human, and mourning the loss of his best friend, Crake, and the beautiful and elusive Oryx whom they both loved. In search of answers, Snowman embarks on a journey-with the help of the green-eyed Children of Crake-through the lush wilderness that was so recently a great city, until powerful corporations took mankind on an uncontrolled genetic engineering ride. Margaret Atwood projects us into a near future that is both all too familiar and beyond our imagining.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9781400078981]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>2004-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[A Princess of Landover]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780345458520</link>
<description><![CDATA[Magic Kingdom seriesabout a Chicago Lawyer who buys a fantasy kingdom complete with dragon, demons, disgruntled noblemen, and a passel of problemspicks up with the tale of Mistaya, a 15-year-old who uncovers a magical plot that could spell the end of all Landover.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[A Princess of Landover]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[19]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Terry Brooks]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Del Rey]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780345458520]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Magic Kingdom seriesabout a Chicago Lawyer who buys a fantasy kingdom complete with dragon, demons, disgruntled noblemen, and a passel of problemspicks up with the tale of Mistaya, a 15-year-old who uncovers a magical plot that could spell the end of all Landover.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-08-18T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Name of the Wind]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780756404741</link>
<description><![CDATA[A high-action novel written with a poet's hand, this brilliant debut fantasy by Patrick Rothfuss is a powerful coming-of-age story of a magically gifted young man, told through a riveting first-person narrative that allows the reader to "become" the hero.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Name of the Wind]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[20]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Rothfuss]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Daw]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780756404741]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[A high-action novel written with a poet's hand, this brilliant debut fantasy by Patrick Rothfuss is a powerful coming-of-age story of a magically gifted young man, told through a riveting first-person narrative that allows the reader to "become" the hero.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Mass Market Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9781429534826]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>2008-04-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Winds of Dune]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765322722</link>
<description><![CDATA[Herbert and Anderson have taken ideas left behind by Frank Herbert and filled them with living characters and a true sense of wonder. Where "Paul of Dune" picks up the saga directly after the events of "Dune," this work begins after the events of "Dune Messiah."]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Winds of Dune]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[21]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Tor]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780765322722]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Herbert and Anderson have taken ideas left behind by Frank Herbert and filled them with living characters and a true sense of wonder. Where "Paul of Dune" picks up the saga directly after the events of "Dune," this work begins after the events of "Dune Messiah."]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-08-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Cat's Cradle]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385333481</link>
<description><![CDATA[One of Vonnegut's major works, this is an apocalyptic tale of the planet's ultimate fate, featuring a cast of unlikely heroes.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Cat's Cradle]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[22]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kurt Vonnegut]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Dial]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780385333481]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[One of Vonnegut's major works, this is an apocalyptic tale of the planet's ultimate fate, featuring a cast of unlikely heroes.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1998-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Dune]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780441172719</link>
<description><![CDATA[Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family -- and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Dune]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[23]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Herbert]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Ace]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780441172719]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family -- and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Mass Market Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2003-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780345391803</link>
<description><![CDATA["IRRESISTIBLE!"--The Boston GlobeSeconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox--the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years. Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don't forget to bring a towel!"[A] WHIMSICAL ODYSSEY...Characters frolic through the galaxy with infectious joy."--Publishers Weekly]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[24]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Douglas Adams]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Del Rey]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780345391803]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA["IRRESISTIBLE!"--The Boston GlobeSeconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox--the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years. Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don't forget to bring a towel!"[A] WHIMSICAL ODYSSEY...Characters frolic through the galaxy with infectious joy."--Publishers Weekly]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Mass Market Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1995-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Storm Front]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780451457813</link>
<description><![CDATA[In this first book in the offbeat Dresden Files, readers are introduced to Harry Dresden, a wizard with a consulting practice in modern-day Chicago. Dresdens profession offers him little money, lots of mockery, the suspicion of his magical colleagues, and plenty of danger.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Storm Front]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[25]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Butcher]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Roc]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780451457813]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[In this first book in the offbeat Dresden Files, readers are introduced to Harry Dresden, a wizard with a consulting practice in modern-day Chicago. Dresdens profession offers him little money, lots of mockery, the suspicion of his magical colleagues, and plenty of danger.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Mass Market Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9781429583893]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>2000-04-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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