Locus Bestsellers, March 2026

The Locus Bestsellers include Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman, Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson, The Will of the Many by James Islington, and Star Wars: Master of Evil by Adam Christopher. Dungeon Crawler Carl took first place on the hardcover list. Katabasis by R.F. Kuang moved into second place. Brandon Sanderson remains at the top of the mass market list. The Bookshop Below by Georgia Summers was a new runner-up. There were 40 nominated titles, down from 57 last month.

  • The Locus Bestsellers for November include top titles: Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman (Ace), Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson (Tor), The Will of the Many by James Islington (Saga), and Star Wars: Master of Evil by Adam Christopher (Random House Worlds)
  • Dungeon Crawler Carl , Matt Dinniman’s humorous LitRPG book, took first place on our hardcover list, pushing last month’s winner, R.F. Kuang’s Katabasis , into a close second.
  • Brandon Sanderson remains at the top of our mass market list, with last month’s first and second place winners switching places
📚 BookAddict’s Take: If you follow genre fiction, these bestseller lists offer a quick way to spot trends and see which authors are dominating sales.

Source: Locus Magazine  | 
Read the full article →