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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	1	21	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: 21 PUB DATE: Apr 2012 UNITS SOLD: 123,756 YTD: 5,459,491	Apr 2012	123,756 5,459,491
2	2	19	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: 19 PUB DATE: Apr 2012 UNITS SOLD: 89,233 YTD: 3,237,362	Apr 2012	89,233 3,237,362
3	3	19	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: 19 PUB DATE: Apr 2012 UNITS SOLD: 87,333 YTD: 2,858,187	Apr 2012	87,333 2,858,187
4	12	113	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: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 113 PUB DATE: Jul 2010 UNITS SOLD: 35,773 YTD: 2,621,465	Jul 2010	35,773 2,621,465
5	11	117	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: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 117 PUB DATE: Sep 2009 UNITS SOLD: 32,158 YTD: 2,376,659	Sep 2009	32,158 2,376,659
6	6	11	Fifty Shades Trilogy: Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker, Fifty Shades Freed 3-Volume Boxed Set E L James, Author Vintage Books, $47.85 (1664) 978-0-345-80404-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 06/25/2012 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 06/25/2012 Average Rank 5.25 [details] Sales history for Fifty Shades Trilogy: Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker, Fifty Shades Freed 3-Volume Boxed Set date, rank 06/25/2012, 4 07/02/2012, 4 07/09/2012, 4 07/16/2012, 4 07/23/2012, 5 07/30/2012, 4 08/06/2012, 4 08/13/2012, 4 08/20/2012, 6 08/27/2012, 6 09/03/2012, 6 09/10/2012, 8 09/17/2012, 9 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Jun 2012 UNITS SOLD: 30,599 YTD: 485,828	Jun 2012	30,599 485,828
7	5	2	Zero Day David Baldacci, Author Vision, $9.99 (574) 978-0-446-57302-3 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 08/27/2012 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/27/2012 Average Rank 6.86 [details] Sales history for Zero Day date, rank 08/27/2012, 5 09/03/2012, 7 09/10/2012, 4 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2012 UNITS SOLD: 30,226 YTD: 60,392	Aug 2012	30,226 60,392
8	4	12	Gone Girl Gillian Flynn, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), (432) 978-0-307-58836-4 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 06/18/2012 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/09/2012 Average Rank 5.65 [details] Sales history for Gone Girl date, rank 07/09/2012, 10 07/16/2012, 8 08/06/2012, 8 08/13/2012, 6 08/20/2012, 4 08/27/2012, 4 09/03/2012, 8 09/10/2012, 5 09/17/2012, 8 10/01/2012, 8 10/08/2012, 7 01/07/2013, 7 01/14/2013, 7 01/21/2013, 10 01/28/2013, 10 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Jun 2012 UNITS SOLD: 28,353 YTD: 296,667	Jun 2012	28,353 296,667
9	-	1	The Rise of Nine Pittacus Lore, Author HarperCollins, $17.99 (416) 978-0-06-197458-8 Last rank 48 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/03/2012 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/03/2012 Average Rank 12.19 [details] Sales history for The Rise of Nine date, rank 09/03/2012, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2012 UNITS SOLD: 27,720 YTD: 28,109	Aug 2012	27,720 28,109
10	13	105	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: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 105 PUB DATE: Aug 2010 UNITS SOLD: 27,399 YTD: 2,068,613	Aug 2010	27,399 2,068,613

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Nielsen BookScan, week 34 of 2012, data through 08/26/2012; PW Issue of Sept. 3, 2012