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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	1	5	The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins, Author Riverhead Books, $26.95 (336) 978-1-59463-366-9 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 01/26/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/02/2015 Average Rank 4.08 [details] Sales history for The Girl on the Train date, rank 01/26/2015, 2 02/02/2015, 1 02/09/2015, 1 02/16/2015, 1 02/23/2015, 1 03/02/2015, 1 03/09/2015, 1 03/16/2015, 1 03/23/2015, 1 03/30/2015, 1 04/06/2015, 1 04/13/2015, 1 04/20/2015, 1 04/27/2015, 2 05/04/2015, 2 05/11/2015, 3 05/18/2015, 2 05/25/2015, 2 06/01/2015, 1 06/08/2015, 2 06/15/2015, 2 06/22/2015, 2 06/29/2015, 2 07/06/2015, 2 07/13/2015, 2 07/20/2015, 1 07/27/2015, 2 08/03/2015, 2 08/10/2015, 2 08/17/2015, 3 08/24/2015, 2 08/31/2015, 2 09/07/2015, 5 09/14/2015, 8 09/21/2015, 6 09/28/2015, 5 10/05/2015, 5 10/12/2015, 8 10/19/2015, 8 10/26/2015, 9 11/02/2015, 11 11/09/2015, 14 11/16/2015, 13 11/23/2015, 14 11/30/2015, 13 12/07/2015, 14 12/14/2015, 12 12/21/2015, 11 12/28/2015, 5 01/04/2016, 5 01/11/2016, 1 01/18/2016, 2 01/25/2016, 3 02/01/2016, 3 02/08/2016, 4 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Jan 2015 UNITS SOLD: 56,491 YTD: 186,589	Jan 2015	56,491 186,589
2	-	1	Obsession in Death J. D. Robb, Author Putnam Adult, $27.95 (416) 978-0-399-17087-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 02/23/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/09/2015 Average Rank 10.36 [details] Sales history for Obsession in Death date, rank 02/23/2015, 2 03/02/2015, 3 03/09/2015, 7 03/16/2015, 12 03/23/2015, 17 03/30/2015, 19 04/06/2015, 19 04/13/2015, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Feb 2015 UNITS SOLD: 31,698 YTD: 31,962	Feb 2015	31,698 31,962
3	3	41	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: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 41 PUB DATE: May 2014 UNITS SOLD: 23,118 YTD: 147,077	May 2014	23,118 147,077
4	2	3	Private Vegas James Patterson, Author, Maxine Paetro, Author Little Brown and Company, $28.00 (384) 978-0-316-21115-4 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 02/09/2015 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 02/09/2015 Average Rank 8.08 [details] Sales history for Private Vegas date, rank 02/09/2015, 2 02/16/2015, 2 02/23/2015, 4 03/02/2015, 5 03/09/2015, 8 03/16/2015, 9 03/23/2015, 11 03/30/2015, 12 04/06/2015, 15 04/13/2015, 19 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Jan 2015 UNITS SOLD: 16,677 YTD: 74,641	Jan 2015	16,677 74,641
5	-	1	A Spool of Blue Thread Anne Tyler, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $25.95 (368) 978-1-101-87427-1 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 02/23/2015 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 02/23/2015 Average Rank 10.85 [details] Sales history for A Spool of Blue Thread date, rank 02/23/2015, 5 03/02/2015, 6 03/09/2015, 6 03/16/2015, 7 03/23/2015, 7 03/30/2015, 8 04/06/2015, 9 04/13/2015, 11 04/20/2015, 13 04/27/2015, 13 05/04/2015, 20 05/11/2015, 20 05/18/2015, 16 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Feb 2015 UNITS SOLD: 14,664 YTD: 14,821	Feb 2015	14,664 14,821
6	4	2	The Nightingale Kristin Hannah, Author St. Martin's Press, $27.99 (448) 978-0-312-57722-3 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 02/16/2015 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 03/07/2016 Average Rank 11.40 [details] Sales history for The Nightingale date, rank 02/16/2015, 4 02/23/2015, 6 03/02/2015, 4 03/09/2015, 5 03/16/2015, 6 03/23/2015, 9 03/30/2015, 10 04/06/2015, 7 04/13/2015, 10 04/20/2015, 10 04/27/2015, 9 05/04/2015, 12 05/11/2015, 12 05/18/2015, 11 05/25/2015, 13 06/01/2015, 13 06/08/2015, 12 06/15/2015, 12 06/22/2015, 13 06/29/2015, 15 07/06/2015, 17 07/13/2015, 14 07/20/2015, 15 07/27/2015, 14 08/03/2015, 13 08/10/2015, 11 08/17/2015, 10 08/24/2015, 7 08/31/2015, 9 09/07/2015, 11 09/14/2015, 14 09/21/2015, 15 09/28/2015, 17 10/05/2015, 14 10/12/2015, 16 10/19/2015, 18 10/26/2015, 19 11/02/2015, 19 11/23/2015, 22 12/07/2015, 20 12/14/2015, 17 12/21/2015, 14 12/28/2015, 12 01/04/2016, 12 01/11/2016, 12 01/18/2016, 5 01/25/2016, 7 02/01/2016, 7 02/08/2016, 7 02/15/2016, 6 02/22/2016, 9 02/29/2016, 6 03/07/2016, 2 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Feb 2015 UNITS SOLD: 14,297 YTD: 32,947	Feb 2015	14,297 32,947
7	-	1	Motive: An Alex Delaware Novel Jonathan Kellerman, Author Ballantine Books, $28.00 (352) 978-0-345-54137-6 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 02/23/2015 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 02/23/2015 Average Rank 16.14 [details] Sales history for Motive: An Alex Delaware Novel date, rank 02/23/2015, 7 03/02/2015, 8 03/09/2015, 11 03/16/2015, 17 03/23/2015, 21 03/30/2015, 24 04/06/2015, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Feb 2015 UNITS SOLD: 11,335 YTD: 11,453	Feb 2015	11,335 11,453
8	7	17	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: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 9,273 YTD: 73,272	Oct 2014	9,273 73,272
9	8	5	Saint Odd: An Odd Thomas Novel Dean R. Koontz, Author Bantam, $28.00 (352) 978-0-345-54587-9 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 01/26/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/26/2015 Average Rank 11.36 [details] Sales history for Saint Odd: An Odd Thomas Novel date, rank 01/26/2015, 1 02/02/2015, 3 02/09/2015, 4 02/16/2015, 8 02/23/2015, 9 03/02/2015, 12 03/09/2015, 15 03/16/2015, 20 03/23/2015, 25 03/30/2015, 25 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Jan 2015 UNITS SOLD: 7,299 YTD: 63,735	Jan 2015	7,299 63,735
10	6	2	Crash & Burn Lisa Gardner, Author Dutton Adult, $27.95 (400) 978-0-525-95456-9 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 02/16/2015 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 02/16/2015 Average Rank 13.20 [details] Sales history for Crash & Burn date, rank 02/16/2015, 6 02/23/2015, 10 03/02/2015, 14 03/09/2015, 14 03/16/2015, 22 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Feb 2015 UNITS SOLD: 6,792 YTD: 16,501	Feb 2015	6,792 16,501
11	5	2	Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances Neil Gaiman, Author William Morrow & Company, $26.99 (352) 978-0-06-233026-0 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 02/16/2015 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 02/16/2015 Average Rank 14.50 [details] Sales history for Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances date, rank 02/16/2015, 5 02/23/2015, 11 03/02/2015, 13 03/09/2015, 13 03/16/2015, 23 03/23/2015, 22 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Feb 2015 UNITS SOLD: 6,650 YTD: 18,789	Feb 2015	6,650 18,789
12	-	1	Twelve Days Alex Berenson, Author Putnam Adult, $27.95 (432) 978-0-399-15974-9 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 02/23/2015 Highest Rank 12 Highest Rank Date 02/23/2015 Average Rank 16.00 [details] Sales history for Twelve Days date, rank 02/23/2015, 12 03/02/2015, 15 03/09/2015, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Feb 2015 UNITS SOLD: 5,664 YTD: 5,738	Feb 2015	5,664 5,738
13	-	1	Blood Infernal: The Order of the Sanguines Series James Rollins, Author, Rebecca Cantrell, Author William Morrow & Company, $27.99 (416) 978-0-06-234326-0 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 02/23/2015 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 02/23/2015 Average Rank 16.50 [details] Sales history for Blood Infernal: The Order of the Sanguines Series date, rank 02/23/2015, 13 03/02/2015, 20 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Feb 2015 UNITS SOLD: 5,020 YTD: 5,053	Feb 2015	5,020 5,053
14	9	12	Hope to Die James Patterson, Author Little Brown and Company, $29.00 (400) 978-0-316-21096-6 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 12/08/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/08/2014 Average Rank 7.67 [details] Sales history for Hope to Die date, rank 12/08/2014, 1 12/15/2014, 1 12/22/2014, 2 12/29/2014, 2 01/05/2015, 2 01/12/2015, 3 01/19/2015, 5 01/26/2015, 7 02/02/2015, 7 02/09/2015, 6 02/16/2015, 9 02/23/2015, 14 03/02/2015, 16 03/09/2015, 16 03/16/2015, 24 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Nov 2014 UNITS SOLD: 4,317 YTD: 50,614	Nov 2014	4,317 50,614
15	11	13	The Escape David Baldacci, Author Grand Central Publishing, $28.00 (432) 978-1-4555-2119-7 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 12/01/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/01/2014 Average Rank 7.75 [details] Sales history for The Escape date, rank 12/01/2014, 1 12/08/2014, 3 12/15/2014, 4 12/22/2014, 4 12/29/2014, 4 01/05/2015, 6 01/12/2015, 4 01/19/2015, 6 01/26/2015, 8 02/02/2015, 10 02/09/2015, 8 02/16/2015, 11 02/23/2015, 15 03/02/2015, 17 03/09/2015, 18 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Nov 2014 UNITS SOLD: 4,248 YTD: 40,928	Nov 2014	4,248 40,928
16	15	14	Revival Stephen King, Author Scribner Book Company, $30.00 (416) 978-1-4767-7038-3 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 11/24/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/24/2014 Average Rank 8.50 [details] Sales history for Revival date, rank 11/24/2014, 1 12/01/2014, 2 12/08/2014, 4 12/15/2014, 3 12/22/2014, 3 12/29/2014, 3 01/05/2015, 3 01/12/2015, 5 01/19/2015, 11 01/26/2015, 13 02/02/2015, 15 02/09/2015, 11 02/16/2015, 15 02/23/2015, 16 03/02/2015, 18 03/09/2015, 20 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Nov 2014 UNITS SOLD: 3,699 YTD: 33,672	Nov 2014	3,699 33,672
17	14	6	The Third Target Joel C. Rosenberg, Author Tyndale House Publishers, $26.99 (448) 978-1-4143-3627-5 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 01/19/2015 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 01/19/2015 Average Rank 13.00 [details] Sales history for The Third Target date, rank 01/19/2015, 4 01/26/2015, 10 02/02/2015, 13 02/09/2015, 12 02/16/2015, 14 02/23/2015, 17 03/02/2015, 21 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Jan 2015 UNITS SOLD: 3,207 YTD: 29,502	Jan 2015	3,207 29,502
18	18	16	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: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 2,997 YTD: 25,038	Oct 2014	2,997 25,038
19	10	2	Funny Girl Nick Hornby, Author Riverhead Books, $27.95 (464) 978-1-59420-541-5 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 02/16/2015 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 02/16/2015 Average Rank 14.50 [details] Sales history for Funny Girl date, rank 02/16/2015, 10 02/23/2015, 19 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Feb 2015 UNITS SOLD: 2,908 YTD: 7,194	Feb 2015	2,908 7,194
20	12	5	Cold Cold Heart Tami Hoag, Author Dutton Adult, $27.95 (368) 978-0-525-95454-5 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 01/26/2015 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 01/26/2015 Average Rank 12.67 [details] Sales history for Cold Cold Heart date, rank 01/26/2015, 5 02/02/2015, 8 02/09/2015, 7 02/16/2015, 12 02/23/2015, 20 03/02/2015, 24 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Jan 2015 UNITS SOLD: 2,894 YTD: 27,196	Jan 2015	2,894 27,196
21	13	10	The Boston Girl Anita Diamant, Author Scribner Book Company, $26.00 (336) 978-1-4391-9935-0 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 12/22/2014 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 02/09/2015 Average Rank 17.92 [details] Sales history for The Boston Girl date, rank 12/22/2014, 18 12/29/2014, 21 01/05/2015, 24 01/12/2015, 23 01/19/2015, 16 01/26/2015, 12 02/02/2015, 11 02/09/2015, 10 02/16/2015, 13 02/23/2015, 21 03/02/2015, 23 03/09/2015, 23 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Dec 2014 UNITS SOLD: 2,868 YTD: 25,587	Dec 2014	2,868 25,587
22	39	2	Holy Cow: A Modern-Day Dairy Tale David Duchovny, Author Farrar Straus Giroux, $24.00 (224) 978-0-374-17207-7 LAST WEEK: 39 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Feb 2015 UNITS SOLD: 2,656 YTD: 3,902	Feb 2015	2,656 3,902
23	24	11	Tom Clancy Full Force and Effect Mark Greaney, Author, Tom Clancy, Joint Author Putnam Adult, $29.95 (688) 978-0-399-17335-6 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 12/15/2014 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 12/15/2014 Average Rank 12.58 [details] Sales history for Tom Clancy Full Force and Effect date, rank 12/15/2014, 5 12/22/2014, 5 12/29/2014, 5 01/05/2015, 5 01/12/2015, 7 01/19/2015, 10 01/26/2015, 11 02/02/2015, 14 02/09/2015, 17 02/16/2015, 24 02/23/2015, 23 03/02/2015, 25 LAST WEEK: 24 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Dec 2014 UNITS SOLD: 2,488 YTD: 29,186	Dec 2014	2,488 29,186
24	-	1	Superman: Earth One Vol. 3 J. Michael Straczynski, Author, Ardian Syaf, Illustrator DC Comics, $22.99 (128) 978-1-4012-4184-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 24 Initial Date 02/23/2015 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 03/09/2015 Average Rank 14.50 [details] Sales history for Superman: Earth One Vol. 3 date, rank 02/23/2015, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Feb 2015 UNITS SOLD: 2,482 YTD: 2,523	Feb 2015	2,482 2,523
25	17	6	Agenda 21: Into the Shadows Glenn Beck, Author Threshold Editions, $26.99 (336) 978-1-4767-4682-1 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 01/19/2015 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 01/19/2015 Average Rank 14.33 [details] Sales history for Agenda 21: Into the Shadows date, rank 01/19/2015, 9 01/26/2015, 9 02/02/2015, 12 02/09/2015, 14 02/16/2015, 17 02/23/2015, 25 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Jan 2015 UNITS SOLD: 2,358 YTD: 23,666	Jan 2015	2,358 23,666

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Nielsen BookScan, week 8 of 2015, data through 2/15//2014; PW Issue of February 23, 2015