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Top 10 Overall

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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2024 YTD
1	2	3	Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot Bill O'Reilly, Author, Meg O'Reilly, Author, Martin Dugard, Author Henry Holt & Company, $28.00 (336) 978-0-8050-9666-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/15/2012 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/15/2012 Average Rank 6.80 [details] Sales history for Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot date, rank 10/15/2012, 2 10/22/2012, 2 10/29/2012, 1 11/05/2012, 3 11/12/2012, 3 11/19/2012, 4 11/26/2012, 6 12/03/2012, 5 12/10/2012, 3 12/17/2012, 3 12/24/2012, 2 12/31/2012, 2 01/07/2013, 2 01/12/2015, 4 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2012 UNITS SOLD: 67,157 YTD: 270,767	Oct 2012	67,157 270,767
2	1	3	The Mark of Athena Rick Riordan, Author Hyperion Books, $19.99 (608) 978-1-4231-4060-3 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/15/2012 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/15/2012 Average Rank 8.43 [details] Sales history for The Mark of Athena date, rank 10/15/2012, 1 10/22/2012, 1 10/29/2012, 2 11/05/2012, 4 11/12/2012, 5 11/19/2012, 8 12/03/2012, 10 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2012 UNITS SOLD: 57,904 YTD: 390,745	Oct 2012	57,904 390,745
3	-	1	The Panther Nelson DeMille, Author Grand Central Publishing, $27.99 (640) 978-0-446-58084-7 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/29/2012 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/29/2012 Average Rank 11.77 [details] Sales history for The Panther date, rank 10/29/2012, 3 11/05/2012, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2012 UNITS SOLD: 42,301 YTD: 42,488	Oct 2012	42,301 42,488
4	4	29	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: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 29 PUB DATE: Apr 2012 UNITS SOLD: 39,271 YTD: 5,989,322	Apr 2012	39,271 5,989,322
5	3	4	The Casual Vacancy J. K. Rowling, Author Little Brown and Company, $35.00 (512) 978-0-316-22853-4 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/08/2012 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/08/2012 Average Rank 5.57 [details] Sales history for The Casual Vacancy date, rank 10/08/2012, 1 10/15/2012, 3 10/22/2012, 3 10/29/2012, 5 11/05/2012, 7 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2012 UNITS SOLD: 39,118 YTD: 350,859	Sep 2012	39,118 350,859
6	-	1	The Bone Bed Patricia D. Cornwell, Author Putnam Adult, $28.95 (480) 978-0-399-15756-1 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 10/29/2012 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/29/2012 Average Rank 14.27 [details] Sales history for The Bone Bed date, rank 10/29/2012, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2012 UNITS SOLD: 34,925 YTD: 35,287	Oct 2012	34,925 35,287
7	-	1	The Twelve (Book Two of the Passage Trilogy) Justin Cronin, Author Ballantine Books, $28.00 (592) 978-0-345-50498-2 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 10/29/2012 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 10/29/2012 Average Rank 12.33 [details] Sales history for The Twelve (Book Two of the Passage Trilogy) date, rank 10/29/2012, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2012 UNITS SOLD: 32,443 YTD: 32,770	Oct 2012	32,443 32,770
8	7	27	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: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 27 PUB DATE: Apr 2012 UNITS SOLD: 29,347 YTD: 3,223,910	Apr 2012	29,347 3,223,910
9	6	27	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: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 27 PUB DATE: Apr 2012 UNITS SOLD: 29,134 YTD: 3,617,240	Apr 2012	29,134 3,617,240
10	-	1	Hidden P. C. Cast, Author, Kristin Cast, Author, Cast, Author St. Martin's Griffin, $18.99 (320) 978-0-312-59442-8 Last rank 34 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/29/2012 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/29/2012 Average Rank 14.71 [details] Sales history for Hidden date, rank 10/29/2012, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2012 UNITS SOLD: 27,443 YTD: 27,733	Oct 2012	27,443 27,733

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Nielsen BookScan, week 42 of 2012, data through 10/21/2012; PW Issue of Oct. 29, 2012

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