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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	-	1	The Bazaar of Bad Dreams: Stories Stephen King, Author Scribner Book Company, $30.00 (512) 978-1-5011-1167-9 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 11/16/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/16/2015 Average Rank 8.41 [details] Sales history for The Bazaar of Bad Dreams: Stories date, rank 11/16/2015, 1 11/23/2015, 2 11/30/2015, 4 12/07/2015, 5 12/14/2015, 4 12/21/2015, 4 12/28/2015, 4 01/04/2016, 3 01/11/2016, 5 01/18/2016, 8 01/25/2016, 11 02/01/2016, 15 02/08/2016, 13 02/15/2016, 13 02/22/2016, 11 02/29/2016, 12 03/07/2016, 15 03/14/2016, 16 03/21/2016, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2015 UNITS SOLD: 59,720 YTD: 59,969	Nov 2015	59,720 59,969
2	1	3	Rogue Lawyer John Grisham, Author Doubleday Books, $28.95 (352) 978-0-385-53943-2 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 11/02/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/02/2015 Average Rank 6.03 [details] Sales history for Rogue Lawyer date, rank 11/02/2015, 1 11/09/2015, 1 11/16/2015, 2 11/23/2015, 1 11/30/2015, 3 12/07/2015, 4 12/14/2015, 2 12/21/2015, 1 12/28/2015, 1 01/04/2016, 1 01/11/2016, 2 01/18/2016, 3 01/25/2016, 5 02/01/2016, 4 02/08/2016, 6 02/15/2016, 7 02/22/2016, 7 02/29/2016, 7 03/07/2016, 10 03/14/2016, 10 03/21/2016, 17 03/28/2016, 24 04/04/2016, 17 04/11/2016, 21 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 52,787 YTD: 242,932	Oct 2015	52,787 242,932
3	-	1	The Crossing Michael Connelly, Author Little Brown and Company, $28.00 (400) 978-0-316-22588-5 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 11/16/2015 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/16/2015 Average Rank 12.75 [details] Sales history for The Crossing date, rank 11/16/2015, 3 11/23/2015, 3 11/30/2015, 9 12/07/2015, 8 12/14/2015, 14 12/21/2015, 15 12/28/2015, 18 01/04/2016, 16 01/11/2016, 19 01/18/2016, 20 01/25/2016, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2015 UNITS SOLD: 51,591 YTD: 51,846	Nov 2015	51,591 51,846
4	2	4	See Me Nicholas Sparks, Author Grand Central Publishing, $27.00 (496) 978-1-4555-2061-9 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/26/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/26/2015 Average Rank 9.19 [details] Sales history for See Me date, rank 10/26/2015, 1 11/02/2015, 2 11/09/2015, 2 11/16/2015, 4 11/23/2015, 4 11/30/2015, 5 12/07/2015, 6 12/14/2015, 6 12/21/2015, 3 12/28/2015, 3 01/04/2016, 4 01/11/2016, 3 01/18/2016, 4 01/25/2016, 8 02/01/2016, 10 02/08/2016, 9 02/15/2016, 8 02/22/2016, 10 02/29/2016, 10 03/07/2016, 13 03/14/2016, 12 03/21/2016, 16 03/28/2016, 16 04/04/2016, 10 04/11/2016, 14 04/18/2016, 24 04/25/2016, 24 05/02/2016, 25 05/09/2016, 23 05/16/2016, 19 05/23/2016, 23 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 30,618 YTD: 207,453	Oct 2015	30,618 207,453
5	3	2	Depraved Heart: A Scarpetta Novel Patricia D. Cornwell, Author William Morrow & Company, $28.99 (480) 978-0-06-232540-2 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 11/09/2015 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/09/2015 Average Rank 15.45 [details] Sales history for Depraved Heart: A Scarpetta Novel date, rank 11/09/2015, 3 11/16/2015, 5 11/23/2015, 9 11/30/2015, 14 12/07/2015, 19 12/14/2015, 21 12/21/2015, 22 12/28/2015, 24 01/04/2016, 24 01/11/2016, 20 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 15,438 YTD: 36,991	Oct 2015	15,438 36,991
6	6	2	The Immortal Nicholas Glenn Beck, Author Mercury Ink, $26.99 (336) 978-1-4767-9884-4 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/09/2015 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 11/09/2015 Average Rank 11.11 [details] Sales history for The Immortal Nicholas date, rank 11/09/2015, 6 11/16/2015, 6 11/23/2015, 8 11/30/2015, 11 12/07/2015, 13 12/14/2015, 9 12/21/2015, 13 12/28/2015, 16 01/04/2016, 18 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 13,908 YTD: 28,258	Oct 2015	13,908 28,258
7	4	5	The Survivor Vince Flynn, Author, Kyle Mills, Author Atria Books, $28.00 (400) 978-1-4767-8345-1 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 10/19/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/19/2015 Average Rank 12.20 [details] Sales history for The Survivor date, rank 10/19/2015, 1 10/26/2015, 2 11/02/2015, 4 11/09/2015, 4 11/16/2015, 7 11/23/2015, 10 11/30/2015, 17 12/07/2015, 17 12/14/2015, 20 12/21/2015, 21 12/28/2015, 23 01/04/2016, 20 01/11/2016, 25 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 12,736 YTD: 127,285	Oct 2015	12,736 127,285
8	-	1	Avenue of Mysteries John Irving, Author Simon & Schuster, $28.00 (448) 978-1-4516-6416-4 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 11/16/2015 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 11/16/2015 Average Rank 19.40 [details] Sales history for Avenue of Mysteries date, rank 11/16/2015, 8 11/23/2015, 17 11/30/2015, 25 12/07/2015, 24 12/14/2015, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2015 UNITS SOLD: 12,138 YTD: 12,215	Nov 2015	12,138 12,215
9	8	3	Career of Evil Robert Galbraith, Author Mulholland Books, $28.00 (512) 978-0-316-34993-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 11/02/2015 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/02/2015 Average Rank 10.30 [details] Sales history for Career of Evil date, rank 11/02/2015, 3 11/09/2015, 8 11/16/2015, 9 11/23/2015, 12 11/30/2015, 24 12/07/2015, 25 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 11,048 YTD: 49,845	Oct 2015	11,048 49,845
10	7	6	The Murder House James Patterson, Author, David Ellis, Author Little Brown and Company, $28.00 (480) 978-0-316-41098-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/12/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/12/2015 Average Rank 11.33 [details] Sales history for The Murder House date, rank 10/12/2015, 1 10/19/2015, 3 10/26/2015, 3 11/02/2015, 6 11/09/2015, 7 11/16/2015, 10 11/23/2015, 13 11/30/2015, 23 12/07/2015, 22 12/14/2015, 24 12/21/2015, 25 12/28/2015, 25 01/04/2016, 25 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Sep 2015 UNITS SOLD: 10,621 YTD: 138,640	Sep 2015	10,621 138,640
11	11	5	A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms George R. R. Martin, Author, Gary Gianni, Illustrator Bantam, $30.00 (368) 978-0-345-53348-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 10/19/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/14/2015 Average Rank 10.20 [details] Sales history for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms date, rank 10/19/2015, 2 10/26/2015, 4 11/02/2015, 9 11/09/2015, 11 11/16/2015, 11 11/23/2015, 19 12/07/2015, 18 12/14/2015, 19 12/21/2015, 19 12/28/2015, 17 01/04/2016, 15 01/11/2016, 22 01/18/2016, 25 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 8,733 YTD: 75,659	Oct 2015	8,733 75,659
12	9	10	The Girl in the Spider's Web: A Lisbeth Salander Novel, Continuing Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series David Lagercrantz, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $27.95 (400) 978-0-385-35428-8 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/14/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/14/2015 Average Rank 8.31 [details] Sales history for The Girl in the Spider's Web: A Lisbeth Salander Novel, Continuing Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series date, rank 09/14/2015, 1 09/21/2015, 2 09/28/2015, 1 10/05/2015, 2 10/12/2015, 2 10/19/2015, 4 10/26/2015, 5 11/02/2015, 8 11/09/2015, 9 11/16/2015, 12 11/23/2015, 15 11/30/2015, 18 12/07/2015, 15 12/14/2015, 18 12/21/2015, 17 12/28/2015, 15 01/04/2016, 14 01/11/2016, 16 01/18/2016, 21 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Sep 2015 UNITS SOLD: 8,475 YTD: 230,783	Sep 2015	8,475 230,783
13	14	43	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: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 43 PUB DATE: Jan 2015 UNITS SOLD: 8,094 YTD: 1,208,388	Jan 2015	8,094 1,208,388
14	13	17	Go Set a Watchman Harper Lee, Author Harper, $27.99 (288) 978-0-06-240985-0 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 07/27/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/27/2015 Average Rank 8.26 [details] Sales history for Go Set a Watchman date, rank 07/27/2015, 1 08/03/2015, 1 08/10/2015, 1 08/17/2015, 1 08/24/2015, 1 08/31/2015, 1 09/07/2015, 2 09/14/2015, 5 09/21/2015, 3 09/28/2015, 4 10/05/2015, 4 10/12/2015, 6 10/19/2015, 7 10/26/2015, 7 11/02/2015, 10 11/09/2015, 13 11/16/2015, 14 11/23/2015, 16 11/30/2015, 15 12/07/2015, 10 12/14/2015, 11 12/21/2015, 12 12/28/2015, 9 01/04/2016, 6 01/11/2016, 9 01/18/2016, 13 01/25/2016, 17 02/01/2016, 22 02/08/2016, 23 02/22/2016, 20 02/29/2016, 15 03/07/2016, 5 03/14/2016, 9 03/21/2016, 13 03/28/2016, 18 04/04/2016, 12 04/11/2016, 17 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: Jul 2015 UNITS SOLD: 7,896 YTD: 1,473,837	Jul 2015	7,896 1,473,837
15	5	2	A Banquet of Consequences Elizabeth George, Author Viking, $28.95 (592) 978-0-525-95433-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/09/2015 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 11/09/2015 Average Rank 11.40 [details] Sales history for A Banquet of Consequences date, rank 11/09/2015, 5 11/16/2015, 15 11/23/2015, 20 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 7,111 YTD: 22,667	Oct 2015	7,111 22,667
16	-	1	The Japanese Lover Isabel Allende, Author Atria Books, $28.00 (320) 978-1-5011-1697-1 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 11/16/2015 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 11/23/2015 Average Rank 18.80 [details] Sales history for The Japanese Lover date, rank 11/16/2015, 16 11/23/2015, 11 11/30/2015, 22 12/07/2015, 23 12/14/2015, 22 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2015 UNITS SOLD: 6,583 YTD: 7,358	Nov 2015	6,583 7,358
17	16	5	Dashing Through the Snow: A Christmas Novel Debbie Macomber, Author Ballantine Books, $18.00 (256) 978-0-553-39169-5 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/19/2015 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 10/19/2015 Average Rank 11.17 [details] Sales history for Dashing Through the Snow: A Christmas Novel date, rank 10/19/2015, 6 10/26/2015, 10 11/02/2015, 12 11/09/2015, 16 11/16/2015, 17 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 6,168 YTD: 43,233	Oct 2015	6,168 43,233
18	19	2	After Alice Gregory Maguire, Author William Morrow & Company, $26.99 (288) 978-0-06-054895-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 11/09/2015 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 12/14/2015 Average Rank 12.17 [details] Sales history for After Alice date, rank 11/09/2015, 19 11/16/2015, 18 11/23/2015, 21 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 5,964 YTD: 11,884	Oct 2015	5,964 11,884
19	-	1	The Grownup: A Story by the Author of Gone Girl Gillian Flynn, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $9.99 (64) 978-0-8041-8897-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2015 UNITS SOLD: 5,552 YTD: 5,587	Nov 2015	5,552 5,587
20	21	7	Come Rain or Come Shine Jan Karon, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $27.95 (304) 978-0-399-16745-4 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 10/05/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/05/2015 Average Rank 10.70 [details] Sales history for Come Rain or Come Shine date, rank 10/05/2015, 1 10/12/2015, 3 10/19/2015, 5 10/26/2015, 8 11/02/2015, 13 11/09/2015, 21 11/16/2015, 20 11/23/2015, 23 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Sep 2015 UNITS SOLD: 5,084 YTD: 93,066	Sep 2015	5,084 93,066
21	-	1	Born of Betrayal Sherrilyn Kenyon, Author St. Martin's Press, $27.99 (512) 978-1-250-04297-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2015 UNITS SOLD: 5,065 YTD: 5,109	Nov 2015	5,065 5,109
22	20	3	The Lake House Kate Morton, Author Atria Books, $28.00 (512) 978-1-4516-4932-1 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/02/2015 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 11/02/2015 Average Rank 18.50 [details] Sales history for The Lake House date, rank 11/02/2015, 7 11/09/2015, 20 11/16/2015, 22 11/23/2015, 25 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 4,911 YTD: 23,391	Oct 2015	4,911 23,391
23	10	2	The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (16) Alexander McCall Smith, Author Pantheon Books, $24.95 (224) 978-0-307-91156-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 11/09/2015 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 12/14/2015 Average Rank 14.00 [details] Sales history for The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (16) date, rank 11/09/2015, 10 11/16/2015, 23 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 4,524 YTD: 14,257	Oct 2015	4,524 14,257
24	-	1	Battlefront: Twilight Company Alexander Freed, Author Lucas Books, $28.00 (416) 978-0-345-51121-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 24 Initial Date 11/16/2015 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 12/14/2015 Average Rank 12.25 [details] Sales history for Battlefront: Twilight Company date, rank 11/16/2015, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2015 UNITS SOLD: 4,488 YTD: 4,503	Nov 2015	4,488 4,503
25	15	3	Welcome to Night Vale Joseph Fink, Author, Jeffrey Cranor, Author Harper Perennial, $19.99 (416) 978-0-06-235142-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/02/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/09/2015 Average Rank 10.11 [details] Sales history for Welcome to Night Vale date, rank 11/02/2015, 5 11/09/2015, 15 11/16/2015, 25 11/23/2015, 23 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 4,414 YTD: 31,046	Oct 2015	4,414 31,046

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Nielsen BookScan, week 45 of 2015, data through 11/8/2015; PW Issue of Nov. 16, 2015