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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	1	4	Into the Water Paula Hawkins, Author Riverhead Books, $28.00 (400) 978-0-7352-1120-9 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 05/15/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/22/2017 Average Rank 6.54 [details] Sales history for Into the Water date, rank 05/15/2017, 2 05/22/2017, 1 05/29/2017, 1 06/05/2017, 1 06/12/2017, 2 06/19/2017, 3 06/26/2017, 3 07/03/2017, 3 07/10/2017, 6 07/17/2017, 5 07/24/2017, 4 07/31/2017, 5 08/07/2017, 7 08/14/2017, 6 08/21/2017, 10 08/28/2017, 14 09/04/2017, 16 09/11/2017, 17 09/18/2017, 24 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 25,995 YTD: 139,818	May 2017	25,995 139,818
2	-	1	Dragon Teeth Michael Crichton, Author Harper, $28.99 (304) 978-0-06-247335-6 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 06/05/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 06/05/2017 Average Rank 11.60 [details] Sales history for Dragon Teeth date, rank 06/05/2017, 2 06/12/2017, 4 06/19/2017, 5 06/26/2017, 4 07/03/2017, 8 07/10/2017, 12 07/17/2017, 14 07/24/2017, 15 07/31/2017, 13 08/07/2017, 15 08/14/2017, 15 08/21/2017, 19 08/28/2017, 19 09/04/2017, 22 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 23,180 YTD: 23,337	May 2017	23,180 23,337
3	2	2	No Middle Name: The Complete Collected Jack Reacher Short Stories Lee Child, Author Delacorte Press, $27.00 (432) 978-0-399-59357-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 05/29/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/29/2017 Average Rank 9.00 [details] Sales history for No Middle Name: The Complete Collected Jack Reacher Short Stories date, rank 05/29/2017, 2 06/05/2017, 3 06/12/2017, 5 06/19/2017, 7 06/26/2017, 8 07/03/2017, 12 07/10/2017, 21 07/17/2017, 25 07/24/2017, 2 08/28/2017, 5 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 17,174 YTD: 37,916	May 2017	17,174 37,916
4	3	5	16th Seduction James Patterson, Author Little Brown and Company, $29.00 (384) 978-0-316-27403-6 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 05/15/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/15/2017 Average Rank 8.69 [details] Sales history for 16th Seduction date, rank 05/15/2017, 1 05/22/2017, 2 05/29/2017, 3 06/05/2017, 4 06/12/2017, 6 06/19/2017, 9 06/26/2017, 11 07/03/2017, 17 07/10/2017, 23 07/17/2017, 21 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 15,150 YTD: 121,717	May 2017	15,150 121,717
5	4	2	Same Beach, Next Year Dorothea Benton Frank, Author William Morrow & Company, $27.99 (384) 978-0-06-239078-3 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/29/2017 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/29/2017 Average Rank 10.33 [details] Sales history for Same Beach, Next Year date, rank 05/29/2017, 4 06/05/2017, 5 06/12/2017, 8 06/19/2017, 11 06/26/2017, 14 07/03/2017, 20 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 10,216 YTD: 24,143	May 2017	10,216 24,143
6	5	2	Testimony Scott Turow, Author Grand Central Publishing, $29.00 (416) 978-1-4555-5354-9 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/29/2017 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 05/29/2017 Average Rank 11.50 [details] Sales history for Testimony date, rank 05/29/2017, 5 06/05/2017, 6 06/12/2017, 9 06/19/2017, 13 06/26/2017, 12 07/03/2017, 24 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 9,545 YTD: 21,717	May 2017	9,545 21,717
7	8	6	The Fix David Baldacci, Author Grand Central Publishing, $29.00 (432) 978-1-4555-8656-1 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 05/01/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/01/2017 Average Rank 7.17 [details] Sales history for The Fix date, rank 05/01/2017, 1 05/08/2017, 2 05/15/2017, 5 05/22/2017, 4 05/29/2017, 8 06/05/2017, 7 06/12/2017, 10 06/19/2017, 14 06/26/2017, 10 07/03/2017, 19 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 8,946 YTD: 119,615	Apr 2017	8,946 119,615
8	6	4	Against All Odds Danielle Steel, Author Delacorte Press, $28.99 (352) 978-1-101-88391-4 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 05/15/2017 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/15/2017 Average Rank 10.22 [details] Sales history for Against All Odds date, rank 05/15/2017, 3 05/22/2017, 3 05/29/2017, 6 06/05/2017, 8 06/12/2017, 11 06/19/2017, 17 06/26/2017, 25 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 8,593 YTD: 68,866	May 2017	8,593 68,866
9	-	1	The Frozen Hours: A Novel of the Korean War Jeff Shaara, Author Ballantine Books, $28.99 (560) 978-0-345-54922-8 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 06/05/2017 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 06/05/2017 Average Rank 14.00 [details] Sales history for The Frozen Hours: A Novel of the Korean War date, rank 06/05/2017, 9 06/12/2017, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 6,968 YTD: 7,053	May 2017	6,968 7,053
10	9	5	Golden Prey John Sandford, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $29.00 (400) 978-0-399-18457-4 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/08/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/08/2017 Average Rank 7.33 [details] Sales history for Golden Prey date, rank 05/08/2017, 1 05/15/2017, 4 05/22/2017, 5 05/29/2017, 9 06/05/2017, 10 06/12/2017, 12 06/19/2017, 21 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 6,872 YTD: 83,614	Apr 2017	6,872 83,614
11	12	38	A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Author Viking, $27.00 (480) 978-0-670-02619-7 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 09/19/2016 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 05/08/2017 Average Rank 13.81 [details] Sales history for A Gentleman in Moscow date, rank 09/19/2016, 12 09/26/2016, 15 10/03/2016, 14 10/10/2016, 13 10/17/2016, 16 10/24/2016, 17 10/31/2016, 25 11/14/2016, 19 11/21/2016, 21 11/28/2016, 25 12/19/2016, 23 12/26/2016, 21 01/02/2017, 21 01/09/2017, 22 01/16/2017, 19 01/23/2017, 15 01/30/2017, 16 02/06/2017, 14 02/13/2017, 14 02/20/2017, 16 02/27/2017, 16 03/06/2017, 15 03/13/2017, 12 03/20/2017, 8 03/27/2017, 9 04/03/2017, 10 04/10/2017, 10 04/17/2017, 13 04/24/2017, 14 05/01/2017, 9 05/08/2017, 7 05/15/2017, 10 05/22/2017, 11 05/29/2017, 12 06/05/2017, 11 06/12/2017, 13 06/19/2017, 15 06/26/2017, 13 07/03/2017, 16 07/10/2017, 14 07/17/2017, 11 07/24/2017, 7 07/31/2017, 8 08/07/2017, 9 08/14/2017, 7 08/21/2017, 9 08/28/2017, 9 09/04/2017, 8 09/11/2017, 9 09/18/2017, 14 09/25/2017, 15 10/02/2017, 15 10/09/2017, 15 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 38 PUB DATE: Sep 2016 UNITS SOLD: 5,858 YTD: 110,096	Sep 2016	5,858 110,096
12	10	3	A Dog's Way Home W. Bruce Cameron, Author Forge, $24.99 (336) 978-0-7653-7465-3 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 05/22/2017 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 05/22/2017 Average Rank 14.17 [details] Sales history for A Dog's Way Home date, rank 05/22/2017, 7 05/29/2017, 10 06/05/2017, 12 06/12/2017, 14 06/19/2017, 18 06/26/2017, 24 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 5,604 YTD: 21,964	May 2017	5,604 21,964
13	-	1	Rich People Problems Kevin Kwan, Author Doubleday Books, $27.95 (416) 978-0-385-54223-4 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 06/05/2017 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 06/05/2017 Average Rank 18.00 [details] Sales history for Rich People Problems date, rank 06/05/2017, 13 06/12/2017, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 5,246 YTD: 5,316	May 2017	5,246 5,316
14	14	3	Since We Fell Dennis Lehane, Author Ecco Press, $27.99 (432) 978-0-06-212938-3 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 05/22/2017 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 05/22/2017 Average Rank 16.20 [details] Sales history for Since We Fell date, rank 05/22/2017, 9 05/29/2017, 14 06/05/2017, 14 06/12/2017, 20 06/19/2017, 24 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 4,916 YTD: 19,128	May 2017	4,916 19,128
15	11	9	The Black Book James Patterson, Author Little Brown and Company, $28.00 (448) 978-0-316-27388-6 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 04/10/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/10/2017 Average Rank 7.93 [details] Sales history for The Black Book date, rank 04/10/2017, 1 04/17/2017, 1 04/24/2017, 1 05/01/2017, 2 05/08/2017, 3 05/15/2017, 7 05/22/2017, 6 05/29/2017, 11 06/05/2017, 15 06/12/2017, 16 06/19/2017, 25 06/26/2017, 22 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Mar 2017 UNITS SOLD: 4,550 YTD: 152,995	Mar 2017	4,550 152,995
16	7	2	Gwendy's Button Box Stephen King, Author, Richard Chizmar, Author Cemetery Dance Publications, $25.00 (168p) 978-1-58767-610-9 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 05/29/2017 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 05/29/2017 Average Rank 14.75 [details] Sales history for Gwendy's Button Box date, rank 05/29/2017, 7 06/05/2017, 16 06/12/2017, 17 06/19/2017, 19 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 4,362 YTD: 16,387	May 2017	4,362 16,387
17	16	5	Anything Is Possible Elizabeth Strout, Author Random House, $27.00 (272) 978-0-8129-8940-3 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/08/2017 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/08/2017 Average Rank 13.17 [details] Sales history for Anything Is Possible date, rank 05/08/2017, 4 05/15/2017, 8 05/22/2017, 13 05/29/2017, 16 06/05/2017, 17 06/12/2017, 21 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 4,002 YTD: 33,910	Apr 2017	4,002 33,910
18	19	17	Norse Mythology Neil Gaiman, Author W. W. Norton & Company, $25.95 (304) 978-0-393-60909-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 02/20/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/20/2017 Average Rank 8.09 [details] Sales history for Norse Mythology date, rank 02/20/2017, 1 02/27/2017, 2 03/06/2017, 2 03/13/2017, 1 03/20/2017, 3 03/27/2017, 3 04/03/2017, 6 04/10/2017, 4 04/17/2017, 5 04/24/2017, 7 05/01/2017, 8 05/08/2017, 11 05/15/2017, 13 05/22/2017, 19 05/29/2017, 19 06/05/2017, 18 06/12/2017, 18 06/19/2017, 22 06/26/2017, 23 07/03/2017, 22 01/01/2018, 22 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: Feb 2017 UNITS SOLD: 3,810 YTD: 186,972	Feb 2017	3,810 186,972
19	15	3	The Thirst: A Harry Hole Novel Jo Nesbo, Author, Neil Smith, Translator Knopf Publishing Group, $27.95 (352) 978-0-385-35216-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/22/2017 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 06/05/2017 Average Rank 11.60 [details] Sales history for The Thirst: A Harry Hole Novel date, rank 05/22/2017, 8 05/29/2017, 15 06/05/2017, 19 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 3,511 YTD: 17,662	May 2017	3,511 17,662
20	21	3	Men Without Women: Stories Haruki Murakami, Author, Philip Gabriel, Translator, Ted Goossen, Translator Knopf Publishing Group, $25.95 (240) 978-0-451-49462-7 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 05/22/2017 Highest Rank 12 Highest Rank Date 05/22/2017 Average Rank 17.67 [details] Sales history for Men Without Women: Stories date, rank 05/22/2017, 12 05/29/2017, 21 06/05/2017, 20 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 3,487 YTD: 14,306	May 2017	3,487 14,306
21	20	9	The Women in the Castle Jessica Shattuck, Author William Morrow & Company, $26.99 (368) 978-0-06-256366-8 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 04/10/2017 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 04/17/2017 Average Rank 12.56 [details] Sales history for The Women in the Castle date, rank 04/10/2017, 8 04/17/2017, 7 04/24/2017, 10 05/01/2017, 7 05/08/2017, 10 05/15/2017, 15 05/22/2017, 15 05/29/2017, 20 06/05/2017, 21 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Mar 2017 UNITS SOLD: 3,399 YTD: 51,738	Mar 2017	3,399 51,738
22	13	2	Full Wolf Moon Lincoln Child, Author Doubleday Books, $26.95 (256) 978-0-385-53142-9 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 05/29/2017 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 05/29/2017 Average Rank 17.50 [details] Sales history for Full Wolf Moon date, rank 05/29/2017, 13 06/05/2017, 22 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 3,336 YTD: 9,836	May 2017	3,336 9,836
23	17	8	All by Myself, Alone Mary Higgins Clark, Author Simon & Schuster, $26.99 (320) 978-1-5011-3111-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 04/17/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/17/2017 Average Rank 9.42 [details] Sales history for All by Myself, Alone date, rank 04/17/2017, 2 04/24/2017, 3 05/01/2017, 4 05/08/2017, 5 05/15/2017, 9 05/22/2017, 10 05/29/2017, 17 06/05/2017, 23 06/12/2017, 25 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 3,281 YTD: 78,714	Apr 2017	3,281 78,714
24	25	5	Beartown Fredrik Backman, Author Atria Books, $26.99 (336) 978-1-5011-6076-9 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 05/08/2017 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 05/08/2017 Average Rank 19.17 [details] Sales history for Beartown date, rank 05/08/2017, 6 05/15/2017, 14 05/22/2017, 22 05/29/2017, 25 06/05/2017, 24 06/12/2017, 24 LAST WEEK: 25 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 3,230 YTD: 23,563	Apr 2017	3,230 23,563
25	24	43	The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead, Author Doubleday Books, $26.95 (336) 978-0-385-54236-4 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 08/22/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/29/2016 Average Rank 12.62 [details] Sales history for The Underground Railroad date, rank 08/22/2016, 2 08/29/2016, 1 09/05/2016, 1 09/12/2016, 3 09/19/2016, 5 09/26/2016, 6 10/03/2016, 4 10/10/2016, 6 10/17/2016, 10 10/24/2016, 11 10/31/2016, 15 11/07/2016, 20 11/14/2016, 23 11/21/2016, 22 11/28/2016, 18 12/05/2016, 16 12/12/2016, 15 12/19/2016, 8 12/26/2016, 4 01/02/2017, 4 01/09/2017, 3 01/16/2017, 4 01/23/2017, 3 01/30/2017, 4 02/06/2017, 3 02/13/2017, 5 02/20/2017, 6 02/27/2017, 9 03/06/2017, 12 03/13/2017, 9 03/20/2017, 11 03/27/2017, 19 04/03/2017, 21 04/10/2017, 17 04/17/2017, 23 04/24/2017, 12 05/01/2017, 14 05/08/2017, 13 05/15/2017, 16 05/22/2017, 20 05/29/2017, 24 06/05/2017, 25 06/12/2017, 22 07/03/2017, 23 07/10/2017, 25 08/14/2017, 25 08/21/2017, 22 08/28/2017, 22 09/04/2017, 25 LAST WEEK: 24 WEEKS ON LIST: 43 PUB DATE: Aug 2016 UNITS SOLD: 3,157 YTD: 119,200	Aug 2016	3,157 119,200

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Nielsen BookScan, week 22 of 2017, data through 5/28/2017; PW Issue of June 5, 2017