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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	1	3	Gray Mountain John Grisham, Author Doubleday Books, $28.95 (384) 978-0-385-53714-8 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/03/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/03/2014 Average Rank 7.42 [details] Sales history for Gray Mountain date, rank 11/03/2014, 1 11/10/2014, 1 11/17/2014, 1 11/24/2014, 2 12/01/2014, 3 12/08/2014, 2 12/15/2014, 2 12/22/2014, 1 12/29/2014, 1 01/05/2015, 1 01/12/2015, 2 01/19/2015, 2 01/26/2015, 4 02/02/2015, 4 02/09/2015, 5 02/16/2015, 7 02/23/2015, 8 03/02/2015, 10 03/09/2015, 10 03/16/2015, 14 03/23/2015, 16 03/30/2015, 16 04/06/2015, 17 04/13/2015, 21 04/20/2015, 24 04/27/2015, 20 05/04/2015, 24 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 55,179 YTD: 255,611	Oct 2014	55,179 255,611
2	-	1	The Burning Room Michael Connelly, Author Little Brown and Company, $28.00 (400) 978-0-316-22593-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/17/2014 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/17/2014 Average Rank 8.64 [details] Sales history for The Burning Room date, rank 11/17/2014, 2 11/24/2014, 4 12/01/2014, 7 12/08/2014, 8 12/15/2014, 9 12/22/2014, 9 12/29/2014, 10 01/05/2015, 10 01/12/2015, 13 01/19/2015, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2014 UNITS SOLD: 37,620 YTD: 39,212	Nov 2014	37,620 39,212
3	5	2	Havana Storm Clive Cussler, Author, Dirk Cussler, Author Putnam Adult, $28.95 (464) 978-0-399-17292-2 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 11/10/2014 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/17/2014 Average Rank 12.73 [details] Sales history for Havana Storm date, rank 11/10/2014, 5 11/17/2014, 3 11/24/2014, 5 12/01/2014, 11 12/08/2014, 17 12/15/2014, 15 12/22/2014, 16 12/29/2014, 17 01/05/2015, 16 01/12/2015, 25 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 17,797 YTD: 42,898	Oct 2014	17,797 42,898
4	6	2	Pegasus Danielle Steel, Author Delacorte Press, $28.00 (352) 978-0-345-53097-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/10/2014 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 12/08/2014 Average Rank 11.50 [details] Sales history for Pegasus date, rank 11/10/2014, 6 11/17/2014, 4 11/24/2014, 9 12/01/2014, 13 12/08/2014, 14 12/15/2014, 16 12/22/2014, 15 12/29/2014, 16 01/05/2015, 15 01/12/2015, 22 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 17,473 YTD: 42,105	Oct 2014	17,473 42,105
5	4	2	Prince Lestat: The Vampire Chronicles Anne Rice, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $28.95 (480) 978-0-307-96252-2 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 11/10/2014 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 11/10/2014 Average Rank 10.36 [details] Sales history for Prince Lestat: The Vampire Chronicles date, rank 11/10/2014, 4 11/17/2014, 5 11/24/2014, 6 12/01/2014, 10 12/08/2014, 13 12/15/2014, 14 12/22/2014, 14 12/29/2014, 13 01/05/2015, 11 01/12/2015, 15 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 17,139 YTD: 47,480	Oct 2014	17,139 47,480
6	2	2	The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones George R. R. Martin, Author, Elio Garcia, Author, Linda Antonssen, Author Bantam, $50.00 (336) 978-0-553-80544-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/10/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/08/2014 Average Rank 9.93 [details] Sales history for The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones date, rank 11/10/2014, 2 11/17/2014, 6 11/24/2014, 10 12/01/2014, 12 12/08/2014, 5 12/15/2014, 7 12/22/2014, 7 12/29/2014, 6 01/05/2015, 7 01/12/2015, 9 01/19/2015, 17 01/26/2015, 18 02/02/2015, 20 02/09/2015, 20 02/16/2015, 18 02/23/2015, 18 03/02/2015, 19 03/09/2015, 22 05/04/2015, 19 06/15/2015, 21 06/22/2015, 24 06/29/2015, 23 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 14,088 YTD: 63,385	Oct 2014	14,088 63,385
7	7	4	Leaving Time Jodi Picoult, Author Ballantine Books, $28.00 (416) 978-0-345-54492-6 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/27/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/27/2014 Average Rank 10.58 [details] Sales history for Leaving Time date, rank 10/27/2014, 1 11/03/2014, 2 11/10/2014, 7 11/17/2014, 7 11/24/2014, 7 12/01/2014, 9 12/08/2014, 6 12/15/2014, 11 12/22/2014, 8 12/29/2014, 8 01/05/2015, 8 01/12/2015, 10 01/19/2015, 19 01/26/2015, 21 02/02/2015, 22 02/09/2015, 21 02/16/2015, 22 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 13,189 YTD: 89,805	Oct 2014	13,189 89,805
8	8	8	Edge of Eternity: Book Three of the Century Trilogy Ken Follett, Author Dutton Books, $36.00 (1120) 978-0-525-95309-8 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/29/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/29/2014 Average Rank 8.32 [details] Sales history for Edge of Eternity: Book Three of the Century Trilogy date, rank 09/29/2014, 1 10/06/2014, 1 10/13/2014, 2 10/20/2014, 3 10/27/2014, 4 11/03/2014, 4 11/10/2014, 8 11/17/2014, 8 11/24/2014, 11 12/01/2014, 14 12/08/2014, 16 12/15/2014, 13 12/22/2014, 12 12/29/2014, 11 01/05/2015, 13 01/12/2015, 24 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 9,215 YTD: 218,536	Sep 2014	9,215 218,536
9	10	6	Burn James Patterson, Author, Michael Ledwidge, Author Little Brown and Company, $28.00 (432) 978-0-316-21104-8 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/13/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/13/2014 Average Rank 11.00 [details] Sales history for Burn date, rank 10/13/2014, 1 10/20/2014, 2 10/27/2014, 2 11/03/2014, 3 11/10/2014, 10 11/17/2014, 9 11/24/2014, 13 12/01/2014, 18 12/08/2014, 19 12/15/2014, 22 12/29/2014, 24 01/05/2015, 18 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 7,157 YTD: 122,787	Sep 2014	7,157 122,787
10	3	2	The Slow Regard of Silent Things Patrick Rothfuss, Author, Nate Taylor, Illustrator Daw Books, $18.95 (159) 978-0-7564-1043-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 11/10/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/10/2014 Average Rank 9.45 [details] Sales history for The Slow Regard of Silent Things date, rank 11/10/2014, 3 11/17/2014, 10 11/24/2014, 14 12/01/2014, 22 12/08/2014, 23 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 6,524 YTD: 36,689	Oct 2014	6,524 36,689
11	11	5	Deadline John Sandford, Author Putnam Adult, $27.95 (400) 978-0-399-16237-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 10/20/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/20/2014 Average Rank 8.10 [details] Sales history for Deadline date, rank 10/20/2014, 1 10/27/2014, 3 11/03/2014, 5 11/10/2014, 11 11/17/2014, 11 11/24/2014, 15 12/01/2014, 21 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 6,115 YTD: 74,514	Oct 2014	6,115 74,514
12	17	27	All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Author Scribner Book Company, $27.00 (544) 978-1-4767-4658-6 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 05/19/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/12/2015 Average Rank 8.67 [details] Sales history for All the Light We Cannot See date, rank 05/19/2014, 13 05/26/2014, 13 06/02/2014, 10 06/09/2014, 8 06/16/2014, 16 06/23/2014, 13 06/30/2014, 14 07/07/2014, 12 07/14/2014, 13 07/21/2014, 13 07/28/2014, 21 08/04/2014, 16 08/11/2014, 14 08/18/2014, 17 08/25/2014, 14 09/01/2014, 15 09/08/2014, 14 09/15/2014, 18 09/22/2014, 17 09/29/2014, 14 10/06/2014, 8 10/13/2014, 12 10/20/2014, 11 10/27/2014, 12 11/03/2014, 13 11/10/2014, 17 11/17/2014, 12 11/24/2014, 12 12/01/2014, 16 12/08/2014, 12 12/15/2014, 6 12/22/2014, 6 12/29/2014, 7 01/05/2015, 4 01/12/2015, 1 01/19/2015, 1 01/26/2015, 3 02/02/2015, 2 02/09/2015, 3 02/16/2015, 3 02/23/2015, 3 03/02/2015, 2 03/09/2015, 3 03/16/2015, 4 03/23/2015, 2 03/30/2015, 3 04/06/2015, 4 04/13/2015, 4 04/20/2015, 2 04/27/2015, 3 05/04/2015, 4 05/18/2015, 3 05/25/2015, 3 06/01/2015, 3 06/08/2015, 3 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 27 PUB DATE: May 2014 UNITS SOLD: 5,333 YTD: 140,045	May 2014	5,333 140,045
13	12	5	Mr. Miracle: A Christmas Novel Debbie Macomber, Author Ballantine Books, $18.00 (272) 978-0-553-39115-2 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 10/20/2014 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 10/20/2014 Average Rank 11.90 [details] Sales history for Mr. Miracle: A Christmas Novel date, rank 10/20/2014, 4 10/27/2014, 5 11/03/2014, 6 11/10/2014, 12 11/17/2014, 13 11/24/2014, 17 12/01/2014, 17 12/08/2014, 21 12/15/2014, 20 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 5,303 YTD: 49,428	Oct 2014	5,303 49,428
14	14	10	Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good: The New Mitford Novel Jan Karon, Author Putnam Adult, $27.95 (528) 978-0-399-16744-7 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/15/2014 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/15/2014 Average Rank 11.11 [details] Sales history for Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good: The New Mitford Novel date, rank 09/15/2014, 2 09/22/2014, 3 09/29/2014, 3 10/06/2014, 3 10/13/2014, 5 10/20/2014, 6 10/27/2014, 6 11/03/2014, 8 11/10/2014, 14 11/17/2014, 14 11/24/2014, 16 12/01/2014, 19 12/08/2014, 20 12/15/2014, 19 12/22/2014, 17 12/29/2014, 19 01/05/2015, 23 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 4,410 YTD: 143,299	Sep 2014	4,410 143,299
15	9	2	The Handsome Man's de Luxe Cafe: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (15) Alexander McCall Smith, Author Pantheon Books, $24.95 (240) 978-0-307-91154-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 11/10/2014 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 12/08/2014 Average Rank 13.00 [details] Sales history for The Handsome Man's de Luxe Cafe: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (15) date, rank 11/10/2014, 9 11/17/2014, 15 11/24/2014, 18 12/01/2014, 20 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 4,389 YTD: 14,642	Oct 2014	4,389 14,642
16	19	5	Lila Marilynne Robinson, Author Farrar Straus Giroux, $26.00 (272) 978-0-374-18761-3 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/20/2014 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 10/20/2014 Average Rank 19.33 [details] Sales history for Lila date, rank 10/20/2014, 8 10/27/2014, 11 11/03/2014, 15 11/10/2014, 19 11/17/2014, 16 11/24/2014, 19 12/01/2014, 24 12/08/2014, 24 12/15/2014, 25 12/22/2014, 24 12/29/2014, 25 01/05/2015, 22 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 4,023 YTD: 27,813	Oct 2014	4,023 27,813
17	15	10	Personal: A Jack Reacher Novel Lee Child, Author Delacorte Press, $28.00 (368) 978-0-8041-7874-7 Last rank 34 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/15/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/15/2014 Average Rank 7.87 [details] Sales history for Personal: A Jack Reacher Novel date, rank 09/15/2014, 1 09/22/2014, 1 09/29/2014, 2 10/06/2014, 2 10/13/2014, 4 10/20/2014, 7 10/27/2014, 7 11/03/2014, 9 11/10/2014, 15 11/17/2014, 17 11/24/2014, 21 01/05/2015, 25 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 3,995 YTD: 194,040	Sep 2014	3,995 194,040
18	-	1	Tarkin James Luceno, Author Del Rey Books, $28.00 (274) 978-0-345-51152-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 11/17/2014 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 01/12/2015 Average Rank 13.00 [details] Sales history for Tarkin date, rank 11/17/2014, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2014 UNITS SOLD: 3,833 YTD: 3,928	Nov 2014	3,833 3,928
19	-	1	Let Me Be Frank with You: A Frank Bascombe Book Richard Ford, Author Ecco Press, $27.99 (256) 978-0-06-169206-2 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 11/17/2014 Highest Rank 19 Highest Rank Date 11/17/2014 Average Rank 21.00 [details] Sales history for Let Me Be Frank with You: A Frank Bascombe Book date, rank 11/17/2014, 19 11/24/2014, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2014 UNITS SOLD: 3,463 YTD: 3,555	Nov 2014	3,463 3,555
20	-	1	Citizens Creek Lalita Tademy, Author Atria Books, $26.00 (420) 978-1-4767-5303-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2014 UNITS SOLD: 3,434 YTD: 4,646	Nov 2014	3,434 4,646
21	16	4	Winter Street Elin Hilderbrand, Author Little Brown and Company, $25.00 (256) 978-0-316-37611-2 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 10/27/2014 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 10/27/2014 Average Rank 17.86 [details] Sales history for Winter Street date, rank 10/27/2014, 9 11/03/2014, 11 11/10/2014, 16 11/17/2014, 21 11/24/2014, 20 12/01/2014, 23 12/08/2014, 25 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 3,406 YTD: 20,492	Oct 2014	3,406 20,492
22	32	5	Some Luck Jane Smiley, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $26.95 (416) 978-0-307-70031-5 Last rank 32 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 10/20/2014 Highest Rank 12 Highest Rank Date 10/20/2014 Average Rank 17.00 [details] Sales history for Some Luck date, rank 10/20/2014, 12 10/27/2014, 15 11/03/2014, 19 11/17/2014, 22 LAST WEEK: 32 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 3,039 YTD: 15,668	Oct 2014	3,039 15,668
23	20	3	Desert God: A Novel of Ancient Egypt Wilbur Smith, Author William Morrow & Company, $28.99 (480) 978-0-06-227645-2 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/03/2014 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 11/03/2014 Average Rank 18.75 [details] Sales history for Desert God: A Novel of Ancient Egypt date, rank 11/03/2014, 7 11/10/2014, 20 11/17/2014, 23 11/24/2014, 25 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 2,577 YTD: 14,258	Oct 2014	2,577 14,258
24	34	2	The Book of Strange New Things Michel Faber, Author Hogarth, $28.00 (512) 978-0-553-41884-2 LAST WEEK: 34 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 2,524 YTD: 4,260	Oct 2014	2,524 4,260
25	13	2	The Peripheral William Gibson, Author Putnam Adult, $28.95 (496) 978-0-399-15844-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 11/10/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/08/2014 Average Rank 9.40 [details] Sales history for The Peripheral date, rank 11/10/2014, 13 11/17/2014, 25 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 2,493 YTD: 8,475	Oct 2014	2,493 8,475

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Nielsen BookScan, week 45 of 2014, data through 11/9//2014; PW Issue of November 17, 2014