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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date
1	Norse Mythology Neil Gaiman, Author W. W. Norton & Company, $25.95 (304) 978-0-393-60909-7 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 02/20/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/20/2017 Average Rank 4.95 [details] Sales history for Norse Mythology date, rank 02/20/2017, 1 02/20/2017, 1 02/27/2017, 5 02/27/2017, 2 03/06/2017, 2 03/06/2017, 1 03/13/2017, 1 03/20/2017, 3 03/27/2017, 3 04/03/2017, 6 04/03/2017, 1 04/10/2017, 4 04/17/2017, 5 04/24/2017, 7 05/01/2017, 8 05/08/2017, 11 05/08/2017, 1 05/15/2017, 13 05/22/2017, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Feb 2017 UNITS SOLD: 40,603 2012 YTD:	Feb 2017
2	American Gods Neil Gaiman, Author William Morrow & Company, $9.99 (784) 978-0-06-257211-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Mar 2017 UNITS SOLD: 14,674 2012 YTD:	Mar 2017
3	Writers of the Future Vol 33 L Ron Hubbard, Author, David Farland, Editor, Anne McCaffrey, Author, Robert J. Sawyer, Author, Todd McCaffrey, Author, Larry Elmore, Author, Bob Eggleton, Director, Joshua Meehan, Illustrator, Preston Stone, Illustrator, Dustin Steinacker, Author, Sean Hazlett, Author, Anton Rose, Author, Doug C Souza, Author, Walter Dinjos, Author, Stephen Lawson, Author, Jake Marley, Author, C L Kagmi, Author, Andrew Peery, Author, Ville Merilainen, Author, Ziporah Hildebrandt, Author, Andrew L Roberts, Author, Aituar Manas, Illustrator, Chan Ha Kim, Illustrator, Yader Fonseca, Illustrator, Jason Park, Illustrator, Christopher Kiklowicz, Illustrator, Anthony Moravian, Illustrator, David Furnal, Illustrator, Michael Michera, Illustrator, Hanna Al-Shaer, Illustrator, Ryan Richmond, Illustrator, Rachel Quinlan, Illustrator, Asher Ben Alpay, Illustrator Galaxy Press (CA), $15.95 (400) 978-1-61986-529-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 04/24/2017 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/08/2017 Average Rank 4.50 [details] Sales history for Writers of the Future Vol 33 date, rank 04/24/2017, 6 05/08/2017, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 12,911 2012 YTD:	Apr 2017
4	American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition Neil Gaiman, Author William Morrow & Company, $9.99 (784) 978-0-06-247210-6 Last rank 30 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/10/2016 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/10/2016 Average Rank 7.67 [details] Sales history for American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition date, rank 10/10/2016, 2 11/07/2016, 6 12/12/2016, 8 01/09/2017, 9 02/13/2017, 9 03/06/2017, 9 04/03/2017, 2 05/08/2017, 4 05/22/2017, 20 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2016 UNITS SOLD: 11,675 2012 YTD:	Aug 2016
5	American Gods Neil Gaiman, Author William Morrow & Company, $19.99 (576) 978-0-06-257223-3 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/08/2017 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 05/08/2017 Average Rank 17.00 [details] Sales history for American Gods date, rank 05/08/2017, 5 05/15/2017, 22 05/22/2017, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Mar 2017 UNITS SOLD: 11,193 2012 YTD:	Mar 2017
6	American Gods: Author's Perferred Text (Tenth Anniversary) Neil Gaiman, Author William Morrow & Company, $19.99 (541) 978-0-06-208023-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 09/05/2016 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 04/03/2017 Average Rank 5.33 [details] Sales history for American Gods: Author's Perferred Text (Tenth Anniversary) date, rank 09/05/2016, 7 04/03/2017, 3 05/08/2017, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Feb 2013 UNITS SOLD: 9,461 2012 YTD:	Feb 2013
7	The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, Author DAW, 978-0-7564-0474-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 11/10/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/10/2016 Average Rank 5.41 [details] Sales history for The Name of the Wind date, rank 11/10/2014, 9 12/08/2014, 4 02/09/2015, 10 03/09/2015, 5 04/20/2015, 9 06/08/2015, 10 08/10/2015, 7 09/14/2015, 2 10/12/2015, 4 11/09/2015, 4 12/14/2015, 9 01/11/2016, 7 02/08/2016, 5 04/11/2016, 5 05/09/2016, 4 06/13/2016, 6 07/11/2016, 6 08/08/2016, 6 09/05/2016, 2 10/10/2016, 1 11/07/2016, 4 12/12/2016, 3 01/09/2017, 1 02/13/2017, 3 03/06/2017, 7 04/03/2017, 6 05/08/2017, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 2008 UNITS SOLD: 6,297 2012 YTD:	Apr 2008
8	The Gunslinger Stephen King, Author Pocket Books, $9.99 (384) 978-1-5011-6180-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2016 UNITS SOLD: 4,236 2012 YTD:	Oct 2016
9	The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger Stephen King, Author Scribner Book Company, $16.00 (288) 978-1-5011-4351-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/05/2016 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/05/2016 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger date, rank 09/05/2016, 3 10/10/2016, 3 11/07/2016, 7 02/13/2017, 8 05/08/2017, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: May 2016 UNITS SOLD: 4,169 2012 YTD:	May 2016
10	A Darker Shade of Magic V E Schwab, Author Tor Books, $15.99 (416) 978-0-7653-7646-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 04/11/2016 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 04/11/2016 Average Rank 9.33 [details] Sales history for A Darker Shade of Magic date, rank 04/11/2016, 8 04/03/2017, 10 05/08/2017, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jan 2016 UNITS SOLD: 4,099 2012 YTD:	Jan 2016

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