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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	6	2	Into the Water Paula Hawkins, Author Riverhead Books, $28.00 (400) 978-0-7352-1120-9 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 05/15/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/22/2017 Average Rank 6.54 [details] Sales history for Into the Water date, rank 05/15/2017, 6 05/22/2017, 1 05/29/2017, 4 06/05/2017, 5 06/12/2017, 7 06/19/2017, 7 07/03/2017, 10 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 45,669 YTD: 84,711	May 2017	45,669 84,711
2	7	17	Oh, the Places You'll Go! Dr Seuss, Author Random House , $17.99 (56) 978-0-679-80527-4 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 05/21/2012 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/04/2012 Average Rank 7.27 [details] Sales history for Oh, the Places You'll Go! date, rank 05/21/2012, 12 05/28/2012, 11 06/04/2012, 8 06/11/2012, 7 06/18/2012, 8 05/20/2013, 10 05/27/2013, 4 06/03/2013, 4 06/10/2013, 8 05/26/2014, 7 06/02/2014, 3 06/09/2014, 5 06/16/2014, 8 04/27/2015, 6 05/11/2015, 10 05/18/2015, 7 05/25/2015, 1 06/01/2015, 1 06/08/2015, 1 06/15/2015, 3 06/22/2015, 9 02/22/2016, 8 02/29/2016, 8 04/25/2016, 9 05/02/2016, 5 05/09/2016, 3 05/16/2016, 3 05/23/2016, 1 05/30/2016, 1 06/06/2016, 2 06/13/2016, 3 06/20/2016, 5 05/01/2017, 8 05/08/2017, 6 05/15/2017, 7 05/22/2017, 2 05/29/2017, 1 06/05/2017, 1 06/12/2017, 3 06/19/2017, 2 06/26/2017, 8 04/30/2018, 6 05/07/2018, 8 05/14/2018, 7 05/21/2018, 3 05/28/2018, 2 06/04/2018, 2 06/11/2018, 5 06/18/2018, 5 06/25/2018, 8 05/06/2019, 8 05/13/2019, 5 05/20/2019, 2 05/27/2019, 2 06/03/2019, 2 06/10/2019, 4 06/17/2019, 2 06/24/2019, 7 03/09/2020, 18 05/04/2020, 10 05/11/2020, 10 05/18/2020, 9 05/25/2020, 4 06/01/2020, 2 06/08/2020, 5 06/15/2020, 6 03/15/2021, 5 03/22/2021, 9 03/29/2021, 7 04/05/2021, 5 05/03/2021, 7 05/10/2021, 8 05/17/2021, 8 05/24/2021, 1 05/31/2021, 1 06/07/2021, 1 06/14/2021, 4 06/21/2021, 4 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: Jan 1990 UNITS SOLD: 39,228 YTD: 262,565	Jan 1990	39,228 262,565
3	3	2	16th Seduction James Patterson, Author Little Brown and Company, $29.00 (384) 978-0-316-27403-6 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 05/15/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/15/2017 Average Rank 8.69 [details] Sales history for 16th Seduction date, rank 05/15/2017, 3 05/22/2017, 3 05/29/2017, 10 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 37,817 YTD: 86,328	May 2017	37,817 86,328
4	-	1	Night School: A Jack Reacher Novel Lee Child, Author Dell, $9.99 (496) 978-0-8041-7882-2 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/22/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/22/2017 Average Rank 7.16 [details] Sales history for Night School: A Jack Reacher Novel date, rank 05/22/2017, 4 05/29/2017, 2 06/05/2017, 4 06/12/2017, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 32,549 YTD: 33,387	May 2017	32,549 33,387
5	5	3	Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy Sheryl Sandberg, Author, Adam Grant, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $25.95 (240) 978-1-5247-3268-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 05/08/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/08/2017 Average Rank 7.19 [details] Sales history for Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy date, rank 05/08/2017, 1 05/08/2017, 1 05/15/2017, 5 05/22/2017, 5 05/29/2017, 7 06/05/2017, 1 07/10/2017, 3 08/07/2017, 2 09/04/2017, 5 10/09/2017, 9 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 30,728 YTD: 177,395	Apr 2017	30,728 177,395
6	2	2	Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Neil Degrasse Tyson, Author W. W. Norton & Company, $18.95 (224) 978-0-393-60939-4 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/15/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/15/2017 Average Rank 8.77 [details] Sales history for Astrophysics for People in a Hurry date, rank 05/15/2017, 2 05/22/2017, 6 05/29/2017, 6 06/05/2017, 2 06/12/2017, 5 06/19/2017, 5 06/26/2017, 4 07/03/2017, 5 09/11/2017, 9 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 29,691 YTD: 78,925	May 2017	29,691 78,925
7	11	17	The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood, Author Anchor Books, $15.95 (320) 978-0-385-49081-8 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 05/08/2017 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 05/08/2017 Average Rank 7.50 [details] Sales history for The Handmaid's Tale date, rank 05/08/2017, 7 05/22/2017, 7 05/29/2017, 8 06/05/2017, 8 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: Mar 1998 UNITS SOLD: 25,201 YTD: 204,337	Mar 1998	25,201 204,337
8	1	2	The Trials of Apollo Book Two the Dark Prophecy Rick Riordan, Author Disney-Hyperion, $19.99 (432) 978-1-4847-4642-4 Last rank 31 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 05/15/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/15/2017 Average Rank 13.15 [details] Sales history for The Trials of Apollo Book Two the Dark Prophecy date, rank 05/15/2017, 1 05/22/2017, 8 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 25,005 YTD: 88,426	May 2017	25,005 88,426
9	10	10	Everything, Everything Nicola Yoon, Author Ember, $10.99 (352) 978-0-553-49667-3 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/20/2017 Highest Rank 0 Highest Rank Date 11/20/2017 Average Rank 7.95 [details] Sales history for Everything, Everything date, rank 05/08/2017, 9 05/15/2017, 10 05/22/2017, 9 05/29/2017, 5 06/05/2017, 6 06/12/2017, 8 06/19/2017, 10 07/03/2017, 6 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Mar 2017 UNITS SOLD: 24,112 YTD: 163,987	Mar 2017	24,112 163,987
10	9	2	Against All Odds Danielle Steel, Author Delacorte Press, $28.99 (352) 978-1-101-88391-4 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 05/15/2017 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/15/2017 Average Rank 10.22 [details] Sales history for Against All Odds date, rank 05/15/2017, 9 05/22/2017, 10 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 21,905 YTD: 48,719	May 2017	21,905 48,719

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Nielsen BookScan, week 20 of 2017, data through 5/14/2017; PW Issue of May. 22, 2017