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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	1	6	Fifty Shades of Grey: Book One of the Fifty Shades Trilogy E L James, Author Vintage Books, (528) 978-0-345-80348-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 05/14/2012 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/14/2012 Average Rank 2.99 [details] Sales history for Fifty Shades of Grey: Book One of the Fifty Shades Trilogy date, rank 05/14/2012, 1 05/21/2012, 1 05/28/2012, 1 06/04/2012, 1 06/11/2012, 1 06/18/2012, 1 06/25/2012, 1 07/02/2012, 1 07/09/2012, 1 07/16/2012, 1 07/23/2012, 1 07/30/2012, 1 08/06/2012, 1 08/13/2012, 1 08/20/2012, 1 08/27/2012, 1 09/03/2012, 1 09/10/2012, 1 09/17/2012, 2 09/24/2012, 2 10/01/2012, 3 10/08/2012, 2 10/15/2012, 4 10/22/2012, 4 10/29/2012, 4 11/05/2012, 5 11/12/2012, 6 11/19/2012, 6 12/31/2012, 9 01/07/2013, 4 01/14/2013, 3 01/21/2013, 5 01/28/2013, 6 02/04/2013, 9 02/18/2013, 9 02/25/2013, 8 02/23/2015, 9 03/02/2015, 8 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Apr 2012 UNITS SOLD: 442,794 YTD: 1,537,709	Apr 2012	442,794 1,537,709
2	2	4	Fifty Shades Darker E L James, Author Vintage Books, (532) 978-0-345-80349-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/14/2012 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/14/2012 Average Rank 4.36 [details] Sales history for Fifty Shades Darker date, rank 05/14/2012, 2 05/21/2012, 2 05/28/2012, 2 06/04/2012, 2 06/11/2012, 2 06/18/2012, 2 06/25/2012, 2 07/02/2012, 2 07/09/2012, 2 07/16/2012, 2 07/23/2012, 2 07/30/2012, 2 08/06/2012, 2 08/13/2012, 2 08/20/2012, 2 08/27/2012, 2 09/03/2012, 2 09/10/2012, 2 09/17/2012, 3 09/24/2012, 4 10/01/2012, 4 10/08/2012, 4 10/15/2012, 5 10/22/2012, 6 10/29/2012, 9 11/05/2012, 8 03/02/2015, 5 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Apr 2012 UNITS SOLD: 209,871 YTD: 681,820	Apr 2012	209,871 681,820
3	3	4	Fifty Shades Freed E L James, Author Vintage Books, (578) 978-0-345-80350-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 05/14/2012 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/29/2012 Average Rank 5.09 [details] Sales history for Fifty Shades Freed date, rank 05/14/2012, 3 05/21/2012, 3 05/28/2012, 3 06/04/2012, 3 06/11/2012, 3 06/18/2012, 3 06/25/2012, 3 07/02/2012, 3 07/09/2012, 3 07/16/2012, 3 07/23/2012, 3 07/30/2012, 3 08/06/2012, 3 08/13/2012, 3 08/20/2012, 3 08/27/2012, 3 09/03/2012, 3 09/10/2012, 3 09/17/2012, 4 09/24/2012, 5 10/01/2012, 5 10/08/2012, 5 10/15/2012, 7 10/22/2012, 7 10/29/2012, 8 11/05/2012, 9 11/12/2012, 10 03/02/2015, 10 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Apr 2012 UNITS SOLD: 179,918 YTD: 587,565	Apr 2012	179,918 587,565
4	6	102	Catching Fire Suzanne Collins, Author . Scholastic Press, $17.99 (391p) 978-0-439-02349-8 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/21/2012 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/21/2012 Average Rank 6.31 [details] Sales history for Catching Fire date, rank 05/21/2012, 4 05/28/2012, 4 06/04/2012, 4 06/11/2012, 5 06/18/2012, 5 06/25/2012, 7 07/02/2012, 7 07/09/2012, 7 07/16/2012, 7 07/23/2012, 10 07/30/2012, 10 09/03/2012, 5 09/10/2012, 7 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 102 PUB DATE: Sep 2009 UNITS SOLD: 71,112 YTD: 1,878,642	Sep 2009	71,112 1,878,642
5	8	90	Mockingjay Suzanne Collins, Author Scholastic, (394p) 978-0-439-02351-1 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/21/2012 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 06/11/2012 Average Rank 6.38 [details] Sales history for Mockingjay date, rank 05/21/2012, 5 05/28/2012, 5 06/04/2012, 5 06/11/2012, 4 06/18/2012, 4 06/25/2012, 6 07/02/2012, 5 07/09/2012, 6 07/16/2012, 6 07/23/2012, 8 07/30/2012, 9 09/03/2012, 10 09/10/2012, 10 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 90 PUB DATE: Aug 2010 UNITS SOLD: 68,546 YTD: 1,571,119	Aug 2010	68,546 1,571,119
6	-	1	11th Hour James Patterson, Author, Maxine Paetro, Author Little Brown and Company, (407) 978-0-316-09749-9 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 05/21/2012 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/04/2012 Average Rank 10.00 [details] Sales history for 11th Hour date, rank 05/21/2012, 6 05/28/2012, 9 06/04/2012, 10 06/11/2012, 14 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2012 UNITS SOLD: 61,962 YTD: 64,037	May 2012	61,962 64,037
7	4	2	The Serpent's Shadow Rick Riordan, Author Hyperion Books, (406) 978-1-4231-4057-3 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 05/21/2012 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/04/2012 Average Rank 11.19 [details] Sales history for The Serpent's Shadow date, rank 05/21/2012, 7 05/28/2012, 10 06/04/2012, 9 06/11/2012, 11 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2012 UNITS SOLD: 54,476 YTD: 170,850	May 2012	54,476 170,850
8	9	98	The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins, Author Scholastic Press, $8.99 (374) 978-0-439-02352-8 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/21/2012 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 09/03/2012 Average Rank 7.17 [details] Sales history for The Hunger Games date, rank 05/21/2012, 8 05/28/2012, 6 06/04/2012, 6 06/11/2012, 6 06/18/2012, 6 06/25/2012, 8 07/02/2012, 8 07/09/2012, 8 07/16/2012, 10 09/03/2012, 4 09/10/2012, 6 09/17/2012, 10 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 98 PUB DATE: Jul 2010 UNITS SOLD: 54,352 YTD: 2,204,873	Jul 2010	54,352 2,204,873
9	5	2	The Last Boyfriend Nora Roberts, Author Berkley Publishing Group, (336) 978-0-425-24603-0 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/14/2012 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/14/2012 Average Rank 10.67 [details] Sales history for The Last Boyfriend date, rank 05/14/2012, 4 05/21/2012, 9 05/28/2012, 12 06/04/2012, 11 06/11/2012, 13 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2012 UNITS SOLD: 45,066 YTD: 127,545	May 2012	45,066 127,545
10	7	2	Deadlocked: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel Charlaine Harris, Author Ace Books, (336) 978-1-937007-44-7 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/14/2012 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/04/2012 Average Rank 15.50 [details] Sales history for Deadlocked: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel date, rank 05/14/2012, 5 05/21/2012, 10 05/28/2012, 16 06/04/2012, 1 06/04/2012, 29 06/11/2012, 45 06/11/2012, 1 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2012 UNITS SOLD: 30,308 YTD: 108,221	May 2012	30,308 108,221
11	12	2	Buried Prey John Sandford, Author Berkley, (472) 978-0-425-24789-1 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 05/14/2012 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 06/04/2012 Average Rank 12.92 [details] Sales history for Buried Prey date, rank 05/14/2012, 7 05/21/2012, 11 05/28/2012, 14 06/04/2012, 3 06/04/2012, 18 06/11/2012, 39 06/11/2012, 4 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2012 UNITS SOLD: 24,361 YTD: 50,932	May 2012	24,361 50,932
12	19	5	Oh, the Places You'll Go! Dr Seuss, Author Random House , $17.99 (56) 978-0-679-80527-4 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 05/21/2012 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/04/2012 Average Rank 7.27 [details] Sales history for Oh, the Places You'll Go! date, rank 05/21/2012, 12 05/28/2012, 11 06/04/2012, 8 06/11/2012, 7 06/18/2012, 8 05/20/2013, 10 05/27/2013, 4 06/03/2013, 4 06/10/2013, 8 05/26/2014, 7 06/02/2014, 3 06/09/2014, 5 06/16/2014, 8 04/27/2015, 6 05/11/2015, 10 05/18/2015, 7 05/25/2015, 1 06/01/2015, 1 06/08/2015, 1 06/15/2015, 3 06/22/2015, 9 02/22/2016, 8 02/29/2016, 8 04/25/2016, 9 05/02/2016, 5 05/09/2016, 3 05/16/2016, 3 05/23/2016, 1 05/30/2016, 1 06/06/2016, 2 06/13/2016, 3 06/20/2016, 5 05/01/2017, 8 05/08/2017, 6 05/15/2017, 7 05/22/2017, 2 05/29/2017, 1 06/05/2017, 1 06/12/2017, 3 06/19/2017, 2 06/26/2017, 8 04/30/2018, 6 05/07/2018, 8 05/14/2018, 7 05/21/2018, 3 05/28/2018, 2 06/04/2018, 2 06/11/2018, 5 06/18/2018, 5 06/25/2018, 8 05/06/2019, 8 05/13/2019, 5 05/20/2019, 2 05/27/2019, 2 06/03/2019, 2 06/10/2019, 4 06/17/2019, 2 06/24/2019, 7 03/09/2020, 18 05/04/2020, 10 05/11/2020, 10 05/18/2020, 9 05/25/2020, 4 06/01/2020, 2 06/08/2020, 5 06/15/2020, 6 03/15/2021, 5 03/22/2021, 9 03/29/2021, 7 04/05/2021, 5 05/03/2021, 7 05/10/2021, 8 05/17/2021, 8 05/24/2021, 1 05/31/2021, 1 06/07/2021, 1 06/14/2021, 4 06/21/2021, 4 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Jan 1990 UNITS SOLD: 22,473 YTD: 118,496	Jan 1990	22,473 118,496
13	-	1	City of Lost Souls Cassandra Clare, Author Margaret K. McElderry Books, $19.99 (544) 978-1-4424-1686-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 05/21/2012 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 05/21/2012 Average Rank 32.60 [details] Sales history for City of Lost Souls date, rank 05/21/2012, 13 05/28/2012, 87 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2012 UNITS SOLD: 21,614 YTD: 22,831	May 2012	21,614 22,831
14	24	35	Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence (Special and Revised) Sarah Young, Author Integrity Publishers, $15.99 (382) 978-1-59145-188-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 05/14/2012 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/11/2016 Average Rank 4.02 [details] Sales history for Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence (Special and Revised) date, rank 05/14/2012, 16 05/21/2012, 14 05/28/2012, 17 06/04/2012, 17 06/11/2012, 20 01/28/2013, 9 12/07/2015, 9 02/08/2016, 3 03/14/2016, 3 04/11/2016, 1 05/09/2016, 1 06/13/2016, 1 07/11/2016, 1 08/08/2016, 1 09/05/2016, 4 10/10/2016, 2 11/07/2016, 5 12/12/2016, 2 01/09/2017, 3 02/13/2017, 3 03/06/2017, 3 04/03/2017, 1 05/08/2017, 1 06/05/2017, 1 07/10/2017, 1 08/07/2017, 1 09/04/2017, 2 10/09/2017, 3 11/06/2017, 5 12/11/2017, 1 01/08/2018, 1 01/15/2018, 1 02/05/2018, 1 03/12/2018, 1 04/02/2018, 2 04/09/2018, 2 05/07/2018, 4 06/11/2018, 3 07/16/2018, 3 08/06/2018, 4 09/03/2018, 5 11/12/2018, 6 12/10/2018, 4 01/07/2019, 3 02/11/2019, 3 03/04/2019, 4 04/08/2019, 3 05/06/2019, 5 06/10/2019, 5 07/08/2019, 4 08/12/2019, 4 09/09/2019, 4 10/07/2019, 5 11/11/2019, 7 12/09/2019, 3 01/13/2020, 4 02/10/2020, 5 03/09/2020, 3 06/08/2020, 5 07/06/2020, 6 08/10/2020, 5 09/07/2020, 6 10/05/2020, 4 11/09/2020, 6 12/14/2020, 3 01/11/2021, 3 02/08/2021, 4 03/08/2021, 4 04/12/2021, 5 05/10/2021, 8 07/12/2021, 4 08/09/2021, 3 09/06/2021, 3 10/18/2021, 4 11/08/2021, 4 12/13/2021, 3 01/10/2022, 3 02/07/2022, 2 03/14/2022, 3 04/11/2022, 6 05/16/2022, 3 06/06/2022, 5 07/18/2022, 1 08/08/2022, 1 09/12/2022, 1 10/10/2022, 2 11/14/2022, 3 12/12/2022, 5 01/09/2023, 2 02/13/2023, 3 03/13/2023, 4 04/10/2023, 2 05/08/2023, 3 05/15/2023, 3 07/03/2023, 1 09/11/2023, 2 01/08/2024, 5 LAST WEEK: 24 WEEKS ON LIST: 35 PUB DATE: Oct 2004 UNITS SOLD: 20,104 YTD: 250,298	Oct 2004	20,104 250,298
15	11	2	The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson Robert A. Caro, Author Knopf Publishing Group, (752) 978-0-679-40507-8 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 05/14/2012 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/04/2012 Average Rank 18.75 [details] Sales history for The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson date, rank 05/14/2012, 6 05/21/2012, 15 05/28/2012, 35 06/04/2012, 1 06/04/2012, 44 06/11/2012, 61 06/11/2012, 1 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2012 UNITS SOLD: 19,320 YTD: 49,511	May 2012	19,320 49,511
16	15	5	Calico Joe John Grisham, Author Doubleday Books, (208) 978-0-385-53607-3 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 05/14/2012 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/25/2012 Average Rank 13.15 [details] Sales history for Calico Joe date, rank 05/14/2012, 10 05/21/2012, 16 05/28/2012, 21 06/04/2012, 22 06/11/2012, 27 06/25/2012, 9 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Apr 2012 UNITS SOLD: 18,670 YTD: 158,317	Apr 2012	18,670 158,317
17	14	4	The Innocent David Baldacci, Author Grand Central Publishing, (422) 978-0-446-57299-6 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 05/14/2012 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 06/04/2012 Average Rank 13.60 [details] Sales history for The Innocent date, rank 05/14/2012, 9 05/21/2012, 17 05/28/2012, 24 06/04/2012, 2 06/04/2012, 27 06/11/2012, 41 06/11/2012, 2 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Apr 2012 UNITS SOLD: 18,532 YTD: 120,260	Apr 2012	18,532 120,260
18	-	1	Road to Grace Richard Paul Evans, Author Simon & Schuster, (234) 978-1-4516-2818-0 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 05/21/2012 Highest Rank 17 Highest Rank Date 06/04/2012 Average Rank 29.80 [details] Sales history for Road to Grace date, rank 05/21/2012, 18 05/28/2012, 72 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2012 UNITS SOLD: 18,401 YTD: 18,847	May 2012	18,401 18,847
19	13	3	The Wind Through the Keyhole Stephen King, Author Scribner Book Company, (320) 978-1-4516-5890-3 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/14/2012 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 06/04/2012 Average Rank 18.36 [details] Sales history for The Wind Through the Keyhole date, rank 05/14/2012, 8 05/21/2012, 19 05/28/2012, 29 06/04/2012, 2 06/04/2012, 39 06/11/2012, 59 06/11/2012, 2 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2012 UNITS SOLD: 17,346 YTD: 99,232	Apr 2012	17,346 99,232
20	-	1	Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel, Author, Mantel, Author Henry Holt & Company, (432) 978-0-8050-9003-1 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 20 Initial Date 05/21/2012 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 06/11/2012 Average Rank 26.31 [details] Sales history for Bring Up the Bodies date, rank 05/21/2012, 20 05/28/2012, 47 06/04/2012, 58 06/11/2012, 57 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2012 UNITS SOLD: 17,217 YTD: 17,550	May 2012	17,217 17,550
21	20	26	The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins, Author . Scholastic, $17.99 (374p) 978-0-439-02348-1 Last rank 31 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 05/21/2012 Highest Rank 21 Highest Rank Date 05/21/2012 Average Rank 29.75 [details] Sales history for The Hunger Games date, rank 05/21/2012, 21 05/28/2012, 27 06/04/2012, 31 06/11/2012, 40 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 26 PUB DATE: Oct 2008 UNITS SOLD: 16,653 YTD: 475,538	Oct 2008	16,653 475,538
22	21	2	In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin Erik Larson, Author Broadway Books, (448) 978-0-307-40885-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 05/14/2012 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/04/2012 Average Rank 14.23 [details] Sales history for In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin date, rank 05/14/2012, 13 05/21/2012, 22 05/28/2012, 22 06/04/2012, 1 06/04/2012, 23 06/11/2012, 28 06/11/2012, 1 03/09/2015, 10 04/20/2015, 5 05/11/2015, 8 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2012 UNITS SOLD: 16,518 YTD: 33,487	May 2012	16,518 33,487
23	-	1	In One Person John Irving, Author Simon & Schuster, (448) 978-1-4516-6412-6 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 23 Initial Date 05/21/2012 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 06/04/2012 Average Rank 30.25 [details] Sales history for In One Person date, rank 05/21/2012, 23 05/28/2012, 40 06/04/2012, 47 06/11/2012, 80 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2012 UNITS SOLD: 16,433 YTD: 16,567	May 2012	16,433 16,567
24	-	1	I Am a Pole (and So Can You!) Stephen Colbert, Author, Paul Hildebrandt, Illustrator Grand Central Publishing, (32p) 978-1-4555-2342-9 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 24 Initial Date 05/21/2012 Highest Rank 16 Highest Rank Date 06/18/2012 Average Rank 25.60 [details] Sales history for I Am a Pole (and So Can You!) date, rank 05/21/2012, 24 05/28/2012, 49 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2012 UNITS SOLD: 16,304 YTD: 16,389	May 2012	16,304 16,389
25	26	2	Vision in White Nora Roberts, Author Jove Books, (319) 978-0-515-15064-3 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 17 Initial Date 05/14/2012 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 06/04/2012 Average Rank 25.17 [details] Sales history for Vision in White date, rank 05/14/2012, 17 05/21/2012, 25 05/28/2012, 31 06/04/2012, 42 06/11/2012, 75 LAST WEEK: 26 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2012 UNITS SOLD: 15,710 YTD: 30,190	May 2012	15,710 30,190

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