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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	-	1	The Legend of Zelda: Art & Artifacts Nintendo, Created by Dark Horse Books, $39.99 (424) 978-1-5067-0335-0 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/06/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/06/2017 Average Rank 11.83 [details] Sales history for The Legend of Zelda: Art & Artifacts date, rank 03/06/2017, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Feb 2017 UNITS SOLD: 28,827 YTD: 29,258	Feb 2017	28,827 29,258
2	4	48	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: 48 PUB DATE: May 2015 UNITS SOLD: 21,329 YTD: 169,682	May 2015	21,329 169,682
3	3	10	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: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Dec 2016 UNITS SOLD: 21,003 YTD: 173,967	Dec 2016	21,003 173,967
4	6	3	Green Eggs and Ham Dr Seuss, Author Random House Children's Books, $8.99 (72) 978-0-394-80016-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 06/04/2012 Highest Rank 0 Highest Rank Date 09/15/2014 Average Rank 11.41 [details] Sales history for Green Eggs and Ham date, rank 02/18/2013, 10 02/25/2013, 10 03/04/2013, 2 03/11/2013, 1 03/18/2013, 2 03/25/2013, 5 04/01/2013, 9 03/03/2014, 8 03/10/2014, 1 03/17/2014, 3 03/24/2014, 9 02/16/2015, 5 02/23/2015, 3 03/02/2015, 3 03/09/2015, 2 03/16/2015, 1 03/23/2015, 4 02/29/2016, 5 03/07/2016, 3 03/14/2016, 1 03/21/2016, 3 03/28/2016, 10 02/27/2017, 6 03/06/2017, 4 03/13/2017, 1 03/20/2017, 2 03/27/2017, 8 02/26/2018, 10 03/05/2018, 2 03/12/2018, 1 03/19/2018, 2 03/26/2018, 7 04/02/2018, 9 03/11/2019, 1 03/18/2019, 2 03/25/2019, 6 03/02/2020, 7 03/09/2020, 3 03/16/2020, 4 03/08/2021, 5 03/15/2021, 2 03/22/2021, 3 03/29/2021, 8 03/07/2022, 9 03/14/2022, 3 03/21/2022, 10 03/13/2023, 3 03/20/2023, 5 03/27/2023, 10 03/04/2024, 8 03/11/2024, 7 03/18/2024, 2 03/25/2024, 9 02/24/2025, 23 03/10/2025, 4 03/17/2025, 3 03/24/2025, 10 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 1960 UNITS SOLD: 20,972 YTD: 65,707	Aug 1960	20,972 65,707
5	10	48	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: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 48 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 17,383 YTD: 142,144	Oct 2015	17,383 142,144
6	9	17	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: 17 PUB DATE: Nov 2016 UNITS SOLD: 17,323 YTD: 141,507	Nov 2016	17,323 141,507
7	-	1	Devil in Spring Lisa Kleypas, Author Avon Books, $7.99 (384) 978-0-06-237187-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 03/06/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/06/2017 Average Rank 8.86 [details] Sales history for Devil in Spring date, rank 03/06/2017, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Feb 2017 UNITS SOLD: 17,236 YTD: 18,080	Feb 2017	17,236 18,080
8	1	2	Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders, Author Random House, $28.00 (368) 978-0-8129-9534-3 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 02/27/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/27/2017 Average Rank 14.05 [details] Sales history for Lincoln in the Bardo date, rank 02/27/2017, 1 03/06/2017, 8 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Feb 2017 UNITS SOLD: 16,619 YTD: 42,184	Feb 2017	16,619 42,184
9	12	5	1984 George Orwell, Author, Erich Fromm, Afterword by Signet Book, $9.99 (268) 978-0-451-52493-5 Last rank 85 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 02/06/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/06/2017 Average Rank 4.86 [details] Sales history for 1984 date, rank 02/06/2017, 1 02/13/2017, 1 02/20/2017, 4 03/06/2017, 9 01/25/2021, 6 02/01/2021, 3 02/03/2025, 10 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Jul 1950 UNITS SOLD: 16,248 YTD: 127,671	Jul 1950	16,248 127,671
10	22	5	The Shack William Paul Young, Author Windblown Media, 978-0-9647292-3-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 04/11/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/13/2017 Average Rank 5.11 [details] Sales history for The Shack date, rank 04/11/2016, 6 05/09/2016, 8 07/11/2016, 7 08/08/2016, 2 09/05/2016, 2 10/10/2016, 3 11/07/2016, 5 12/12/2016, 4 01/09/2017, 3 02/13/2017, 1 03/06/2017, 10 03/06/2017, 1 03/13/2017, 6 03/20/2017, 10 03/27/2017, 1 04/03/2017, 8 04/03/2017, 1 04/10/2017, 8 05/08/2017, 1 06/05/2017, 2 07/10/2017, 2 08/07/2017, 3 09/04/2017, 1 10/09/2017, 1 11/06/2017, 1 12/11/2017, 2 01/08/2018, 3 01/15/2018, 3 02/05/2018, 1 03/12/2018, 4 04/02/2018, 3 04/09/2018, 3 05/07/2018, 2 06/11/2018, 7 07/16/2018, 5 08/06/2018, 5 09/03/2018, 3 11/12/2018, 4 12/10/2018, 3 01/07/2019, 5 02/11/2019, 4 03/04/2019, 2 04/08/2019, 3 05/06/2019, 2 06/10/2019, 3 07/08/2019, 6 08/12/2019, 7 09/09/2019, 5 10/07/2019, 8 11/11/2019, 6 12/09/2019, 5 01/13/2020, 9 02/10/2020, 6 03/09/2020, 4 06/08/2020, 7 07/06/2020, 6 08/10/2020, 4 09/07/2020, 9 10/05/2020, 9 11/09/2020, 8 12/14/2020, 8 01/11/2021, 8 02/08/2021, 5 03/08/2021, 5 04/12/2021, 7 05/10/2021, 6 07/12/2021, 9 08/09/2021, 6 09/06/2021, 6 10/18/2021, 4 11/08/2021, 9 12/13/2021, 8 01/10/2022, 4 02/07/2022, 5 07/18/2022, 9 02/13/2023, 5 03/13/2023, 6 04/10/2023, 10 07/03/2023, 10 08/14/2023, 7 09/11/2023, 9 10/09/2023, 10 LAST WEEK: 22 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Jul 2008 UNITS SOLD: 16,117 YTD: 62,858	Jul 2008	16,117 62,858

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Nielsen BookScan, week 9 of 2017, data through 2/26/2017; PW Issue of Mar. 6, 2017