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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	2	4	Go Set a Watchman Harper Lee, Author Harper, $27.99 (288) 978-0-06-240985-0 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 07/27/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/27/2015 Average Rank 8.26 [details] Sales history for Go Set a Watchman date, rank 07/27/2015, 1 08/03/2015, 1 08/10/2015, 2 08/17/2015, 1 08/24/2015, 1 08/31/2015, 1 09/07/2015, 6 09/14/2015, 8 09/21/2015, 5 09/28/2015, 9 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Jul 2015 UNITS SOLD: 82,460 YTD: 1,192,066	Jul 2015	82,460 1,192,066
2	1	2	What Pet Should I Get? Dr Seuss, Author Random House Books for Young Readers, $17.99 (48) 978-0-553-52426-0 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 08/10/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/10/2015 Average Rank 9.52 [details] Sales history for What Pet Should I Get? date, rank 08/10/2015, 1 08/17/2015, 2 08/24/2015, 2 08/31/2015, 8 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2015 UNITS SOLD: 77,138 YTD: 230,329	Jul 2015	77,138 230,329
3	-	1	Plunder and Deceit Mark R. Levin, Author Threshold Editions, $27.00 (256) 978-1-4516-0630-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 08/17/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/17/2015 Average Rank 5.21 [details] Sales history for Plunder and Deceit date, rank 08/17/2015, 3 08/24/2015, 4 09/14/2015, 1 10/12/2015, 3 11/09/2015, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2015 UNITS SOLD: 61,910 YTD: 62,260	Aug 2015	61,910 62,260
4	3	8	Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian E L James, Author Vintage, $15.95 (576) 978-1-101-94634-3 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 06/29/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/29/2015 Average Rank 5.16 [details] Sales history for Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian date, rank 06/29/2015, 1 07/06/2015, 1 07/13/2015, 1 07/20/2015, 1 07/27/2015, 2 08/03/2015, 2 08/10/2015, 3 08/17/2015, 4 08/24/2015, 3 08/31/2015, 7 09/07/2015, 7 09/14/2015, 10 09/21/2015, 8 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Jun 2015 UNITS SOLD: 45,206 YTD: 1,117,669	Jun 2015	45,206 1,117,669
5	-	1	Alert James Patterson, Author, Michael Ledwidge, Author Little Brown and Company, $28.00 (400) 978-0-316-40703-8 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 08/17/2015 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/17/2015 Average Rank 10.18 [details] Sales history for Alert date, rank 08/17/2015, 5 08/24/2015, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2015 UNITS SOLD: 40,560 YTD: 41,384	Aug 2015	40,560 41,384
6	4	36	Paper Towns John Green, Author Speak, $9.99 (305) 978-0-14-241493-4 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 06/23/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/22/2015 Average Rank 4.35 [details] Sales history for Paper Towns date, rank 06/23/2014, 8 03/30/2015, 6 04/06/2015, 3 04/13/2015, 2 04/20/2015, 7 04/27/2015, 8 05/25/2015, 6 06/01/2015, 3 06/08/2015, 5 06/15/2015, 2 06/22/2015, 1 06/29/2015, 3 07/06/2015, 3 07/13/2015, 2 07/20/2015, 2 07/27/2015, 3 08/03/2015, 3 08/10/2015, 4 08/17/2015, 6 08/24/2015, 10 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 36 PUB DATE: Sep 2009 UNITS SOLD: 31,843 YTD: 723,984	Sep 2009	31,843 723,984
7	6	2	Mean Streak Sandra Brown, Author Grand Central Publishing, $8.00 (496) 978-1-4555-8115-3 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 08/10/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/10/2015 Average Rank 9.07 [details] Sales history for Mean Streak date, rank 08/10/2015, 6 08/17/2015, 7 08/24/2015, 5 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2015 UNITS SOLD: 30,982 YTD: 59,995	Jul 2015	30,982 59,995
8	8	30	The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins, Author Riverhead Books, $26.95 (336) 978-1-59463-366-9 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 01/26/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/02/2015 Average Rank 4.08 [details] Sales history for The Girl on the Train date, rank 01/26/2015, 4 02/02/2015, 4 02/09/2015, 2 02/16/2015, 2 02/23/2015, 2 03/02/2015, 2 03/09/2015, 3 03/16/2015, 2 03/23/2015, 1 03/30/2015, 1 04/06/2015, 1 04/13/2015, 1 04/20/2015, 2 04/27/2015, 3 05/04/2015, 3 05/11/2015, 5 05/18/2015, 3 05/25/2015, 5 06/01/2015, 5 06/08/2015, 4 06/15/2015, 5 06/22/2015, 4 06/29/2015, 5 07/06/2015, 4 07/13/2015, 4 07/20/2015, 3 07/27/2015, 7 08/03/2015, 6 08/10/2015, 8 08/17/2015, 8 08/24/2015, 6 08/31/2015, 9 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 30 PUB DATE: Jan 2015 UNITS SOLD: 29,274 YTD: 1,026,640	Jan 2015	29,274 1,026,640
9	5	13	The Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel Melissa de la Cruz, Author Disney-Hyperion, $17.99 (320) 978-1-4847-2097-4 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 05/18/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/06/2015 Average Rank 5.24 [details] Sales history for The Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel date, rank 07/06/2015, 6 07/13/2015, 6 07/20/2015, 5 07/27/2015, 6 08/03/2015, 5 08/10/2015, 5 08/17/2015, 9 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: May 2015 UNITS SOLD: 28,967 YTD: 280,607	May 2015	28,967 280,607
10	7	32	The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing Marie Kondo, Author Ten Speed Press, $16.99 (224) 978-1-60774-730-7 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 23 Initial Date 11/10/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/02/2015 Average Rank 4.93 [details] Sales history for The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing date, rank 03/16/2015, 8 04/20/2015, 6 05/11/2015, 9 05/25/2015, 8 06/01/2015, 2 06/08/2015, 3 06/15/2015, 7 06/22/2015, 7 07/20/2015, 10 07/27/2015, 9 08/03/2015, 9 08/10/2015, 7 08/17/2015, 10 08/24/2015, 7 08/31/2015, 10 09/07/2015, 9 09/14/2015, 4 09/21/2015, 4 09/28/2015, 5 10/05/2015, 4 10/12/2015, 4 10/19/2015, 10 10/26/2015, 10 11/09/2015, 10 01/11/2016, 1 01/18/2016, 1 01/25/2016, 2 02/01/2016, 2 02/08/2016, 2 02/15/2016, 2 02/22/2016, 2 02/29/2016, 1 03/07/2016, 6 03/14/2016, 8 03/21/2016, 7 03/28/2016, 8 04/11/2016, 8 01/28/2019, 4 02/11/2019, 7 02/18/2019, 3 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 32 PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 28,038 YTD: 618,314	Oct 2014	28,038 618,314

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Nielsen BookScan, week 32 of 2015, data through 8/9//2015; PW Issue of Aug. 17, 2015