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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	-	1	Never Never James Patterson, Author, Candice Fox, Author Little Brown and Company, $28.00 (400) 978-0-316-43317-4 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 01/30/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/30/2017 Average Rank 6.33 [details] Sales history for Never Never date, rank 01/30/2017, 1 02/06/2017, 6 02/13/2017, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jan 2017 UNITS SOLD: 27,564 YTD: 28,294	Jan 2017	27,564 28,294
2	2	5	Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race Margot Lee Shetterly, Author William Morrow & Company, $15.99 (368) 978-0-06-236360-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 12/19/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/23/2017 Average Rank 6.19 [details] Sales history for Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race date, rank 01/09/2017, 4 01/23/2017, 2 01/30/2017, 2 02/06/2017, 2 02/13/2017, 2 02/13/2017, 1 02/20/2017, 5 02/27/2017, 3 03/06/2017, 3 03/06/2017, 1 03/13/2017, 8 04/03/2017, 1 05/08/2017, 2 06/05/2017, 3 07/10/2017, 7 08/07/2017, 9 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Dec 2016 UNITS SOLD: 24,369 YTD: 65,299	Dec 2016	24,369 65,299
3	3	6	A Dog's Purpose: A Novel for Humans W. Bruce Cameron, Author Forge, $14.99 (336) 978-0-7653-8811-7 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 12/19/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/16/2017 Average Rank 7.94 [details] Sales history for A Dog's Purpose: A Novel for Humans date, rank 01/16/2017, 9 01/23/2017, 3 01/30/2017, 3 02/06/2017, 4 02/13/2017, 5 02/20/2017, 10 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Dec 2016 UNITS SOLD: 22,980 YTD: 64,058	Dec 2016	22,980 64,058
4	4	43	A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman, Author Washington Square Press, $16.00 (368) 978-1-4767-3802-4 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 25 Initial Date 02/08/2016 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 03/06/2017 Average Rank 11.22 [details] Sales history for A Man Called Ove date, rank 08/01/2016, 7 08/08/2016, 9 11/14/2016, 10 11/21/2016, 10 01/09/2017, 8 01/16/2017, 7 01/23/2017, 4 01/30/2017, 4 02/06/2017, 3 02/13/2017, 3 02/20/2017, 6 02/27/2017, 4 03/06/2017, 2 03/13/2017, 7 03/20/2017, 9 03/27/2017, 3 04/03/2017, 9 04/10/2017, 6 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 43 PUB DATE: May 2015 UNITS SOLD: 21,779 YTD: 63,551	May 2015	21,779 63,551
5	-	1	Carve the Mark Veronica Roth, Author Katherine Tegen Books, $22.99 (480) 978-0-06-234863-0 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 01/30/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/30/2017 Average Rank 10.36 [details] Sales history for Carve the Mark date, rank 01/30/2017, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jan 2017 UNITS SOLD: 19,484 YTD: 19,979	Jan 2017	19,484 19,979
6	7	2	Three Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower's Final Mission Bret Baier, Author, Catherine Whitney, Author William Morrow & Company, $28.99 (368) 978-0-06-256903-5 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 01/23/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/30/2017 Average Rank 6.42 [details] Sales history for Three Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower's Final Mission date, rank 01/23/2017, 7 01/30/2017, 6 02/13/2017, 1 03/06/2017, 3 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jan 2017 UNITS SOLD: 19,477 YTD: 38,487	Jan 2017	19,477 38,487
7	6	43	Milk and Honey Rupi Kaur, Author Andrews McMeel Publishing, $14.99 (208) 978-1-4494-7425-6 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 04/04/2016 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 07/25/2016 Average Rank 7.20 [details] Sales history for Milk and Honey date, rank 01/09/2017, 4 01/16/2017, 5 01/23/2017, 6 01/30/2017, 7 02/06/2017, 8 02/13/2017, 9 02/27/2017, 10 03/06/2017, 5 03/27/2017, 5 04/03/2017, 5 04/10/2017, 3 04/17/2017, 6 04/24/2017, 7 05/01/2017, 7 06/26/2017, 10 07/03/2017, 4 07/10/2017, 9 07/17/2017, 5 07/24/2017, 6 07/31/2017, 6 08/07/2017, 5 08/14/2017, 6 08/21/2017, 4 08/28/2017, 5 09/04/2017, 5 09/11/2017, 7 09/18/2017, 10 01/01/2018, 9 01/08/2018, 4 01/15/2018, 5 01/22/2018, 7 01/29/2018, 9 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 43 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 18,847 YTD: 59,731	Oct 2015	18,847 59,731
8	9	12	Double Down (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #11) Jeff Kinney, Author Harry N. Abrams, $13.95 (224) 978-1-4197-2344-5 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/14/2016 Highest Rank 0 Highest Rank Date 11/20/2017 Average Rank 4.58 [details] Sales history for Double Down (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #11) date, rank 11/14/2016, 1 11/21/2016, 1 11/28/2016, 1 12/05/2016, 1 12/12/2016, 1 12/19/2016, 1 12/26/2016, 1 01/02/2017, 1 01/09/2017, 2 01/16/2017, 4 01/23/2017, 9 01/30/2017, 8 02/06/2017, 9 02/13/2017, 7 02/27/2017, 9 03/06/2017, 6 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Nov 2016 UNITS SOLD: 18,457 YTD: 57,559	Nov 2016	18,457 57,559
9	8	25	Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis J D Vance, Author Harper, $27.99 (272) 978-0-06-230054-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 08/08/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/06/2017 Average Rank 6.23 [details] Sales history for Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis date, rank 08/29/2016, 5 01/02/2017, 10 01/09/2017, 9 01/16/2017, 6 01/23/2017, 8 01/30/2017, 9 02/06/2017, 7 02/13/2017, 6 02/20/2017, 8 02/27/2017, 8 07/10/2017, 10 08/12/2024, 3 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 25 PUB DATE: Jun 2016 UNITS SOLD: 18,278 YTD: 57,232	Jun 2016	18,278 57,232
10	-	1	The Apartment Danielle Steel, Author Dell, $8.99 (432) 978-0-425-28542-8 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 01/30/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/30/2017 Average Rank 8.65 [details] Sales history for The Apartment date, rank 01/30/2017, 10 02/06/2017, 5 02/13/2017, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jan 2017 UNITS SOLD: 17,852 YTD: 18,477	Jan 2017	17,852 18,477

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Nielsen BookScan, week 4 of 2017, data through 1/22/2017; PW Issue of Jan. 30, 2017