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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	1	7	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: 7 PUB DATE: Apr 2012 UNITS SOLD: 374,692 YTD: 1,912,401	Apr 2012	374,692 1,912,401
2	2	5	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: 5 PUB DATE: Apr 2012 UNITS SOLD: 198,916 YTD: 880,736	Apr 2012	198,916 880,736
3	3	5	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: 5 PUB DATE: Apr 2012 UNITS SOLD: 168,884 YTD: 756,449	Apr 2012	168,884 756,449
4	4	103	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: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 103 PUB DATE: Sep 2009 UNITS SOLD: 54,522 YTD: 1,933,164	Sep 2009	54,522 1,933,164
5	5	91	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: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 91 PUB DATE: Aug 2010 UNITS SOLD: 53,936 YTD: 1,625,055	Aug 2010	53,936 1,625,055
6	8	99	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: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 99 PUB DATE: Jul 2010 UNITS SOLD: 40,874 YTD: 2,245,747	Jul 2010	40,874 2,245,747
7	-	1	Stolen Prey John Sandford, Author Putnam Adult, (416) 978-0-399-15768-4 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 05/28/2012 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 06/04/2012 Average Rank 9.00 [details] Sales history for Stolen Prey date, rank 05/28/2012, 7 06/04/2012, 2 06/04/2012, 13 06/11/2012, 22 06/11/2012, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2012 UNITS SOLD: 38,580 YTD: 38,837	May 2012	38,580 38,837
8	-	1	Explosive Eighteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel Janet Evanovich, Author Bantam, $8.99 (352) 978-0-345-52773-8 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/28/2012 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/04/2012 Average Rank 6.20 [details] Sales history for Explosive Eighteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel date, rank 05/28/2012, 8 06/04/2012, 1 06/04/2012, 7 06/11/2012, 9 06/11/2012, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2012 UNITS SOLD: 34,750 YTD: 35,305	May 2012	34,750 35,305
9	6	2	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: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2012 UNITS SOLD: 31,554 YTD: 95,591	May 2012	31,554 95,591
10	7	3	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: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: May 2012 UNITS SOLD: 31,485 YTD: 202,335	May 2012	31,485 202,335
11	12	6	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: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Jan 1990 UNITS SOLD: 27,689 YTD: 146,185	Jan 1990	27,689 146,185
12	9	3	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: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: May 2012 UNITS SOLD: 26,600 YTD: 154,145	May 2012	26,600 154,145
13	-	1	The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel Alive Brendon Burchard, Author Free Press, $26.00 (254) 978-1-4516-6753-0 Last rank Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 05/28/2012 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 06/04/2012 Average Rank 19.55 [details] Sales history for The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel Alive date, rank 05/28/2012, 13 06/04/2012, 20 06/11/2012, 58 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2012 UNITS SOLD: 24,730 YTD: 24,789	May 2012	24,730 24,789
14	11	3	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: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: May 2012 UNITS SOLD: 18,659 YTD: 69,591	May 2012	18,659 69,591
15	-	1	Theodore Boone: The Accused John Grisham, Author Dutton Children's Books, $16.99 (271) 978-0-525-42576-2 Last rank 32 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 05/28/2012 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 06/04/2012 Average Rank 16.46 [details] Sales history for Theodore Boone: The Accused date, rank 05/28/2012, 15 06/04/2012, 25 06/11/2012, 46 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2012 UNITS SOLD: 16,655 YTD: 17,574	May 2012	16,655 17,574
16	10	3	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: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: May 2012 UNITS SOLD: 16,387 YTD: 124,608	May 2012	16,387 124,608
17	14	36	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: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 36 PUB DATE: Oct 2004 UNITS SOLD: 15,938 YTD: 266,236	Oct 2004	15,938 266,236
18	-	1	Uplifting Service Ron Kaufman, Author Evolve Publishing, $14.95 (352) 978-0-9847625-5-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2012 UNITS SOLD: 15,153 YTD: 15,180	May 2012	15,153 15,180
19	27	2	Middle School: Get Me Out of Here! James Patterson, Author, Chris Tebbetts, Author, Laura Park, Illustrator Little Brown and Company, $15.99 (257) 978-0-316-20671-6 Last rank 34 Initial Rank 27 Initial Date 05/21/2012 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 06/11/2012 Average Rank 14.91 [details] Sales history for Middle School: Get Me Out of Here! date, rank 05/21/2012, 27 05/28/2012, 19 06/04/2012, 19 06/11/2012, 21 LAST WEEK: 27 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2012 UNITS SOLD: 14,717 YTD: 30,417	May 2012	14,717 30,417
20	-	1	The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House Edward Klein, Author Regnery Publishing, $27.95 (277) 978-1-59698-785-2 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 20 Initial Date 05/28/2012 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/18/2012 Average Rank 6.39 [details] Sales history for The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House date, rank 05/28/2012, 20 06/04/2012, 16 06/11/2012, 17 06/18/2012, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2012 UNITS SOLD: 14,410 YTD: 14,989	May 2012	14,410 14,989
21	16	6	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: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Apr 2012 UNITS SOLD: 13,319 YTD: 171,636	Apr 2012	13,319 171,636
22	22	3	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: 22 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: May 2012 UNITS SOLD: 12,841 YTD: 46,328	May 2012	12,841 46,328
23	-	1	The Skinny Rules: The Simple, Nonnegotiable Principles for Getting to Thin Bob Harper, Author, Greg Critser, With Ballantine Books, $26.00 (278) 978-0-345-53312-8 Last rank 36 Initial Rank 23 Initial Date 05/28/2012 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 06/11/2012 Average Rank 11.88 [details] Sales history for The Skinny Rules: The Simple, Nonnegotiable Principles for Getting to Thin date, rank 05/28/2012, 23 06/04/2012, 33 06/11/2012, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2012 UNITS SOLD: 12,789 YTD: 12,882	May 2012	12,789 12,882
24	17	5	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: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Apr 2012 UNITS SOLD: 12,765 YTD: 133,025	Apr 2012	12,765 133,025
25	26	4	The Fifth Witness Michael Connelly, Author Vision, (567) 978-0-446-55667-5 Last rank 26 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 05/14/2012 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 06/04/2012 Average Rank 23.70 [details] Sales history for The Fifth Witness date, rank 05/14/2012, 11 05/21/2012, 26 05/28/2012, 25 06/04/2012, 3 06/04/2012, 36 06/11/2012, 82 06/11/2012, 3 LAST WEEK: 26 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: May 2012 UNITS SOLD: 12,750 YTD: 65,482	May 2012	12,750 65,482

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