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Fantasy

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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date
1	Serpentine Laurell K. Hamilton, Author Berkley Books, $28.00 (496) 978-0-425-25568-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 08/20/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/03/2018 Average Rank 5.67 [details] Sales history for Serpentine date, rank 08/20/2018, 3 08/27/2018, 13 09/03/2018, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2018 UNITS SOLD: 16,780 YTD:	Aug 2018
2	Norse Mythology Neil Gaiman, Author W. W. Norton & Company, $15.95 (304) 978-0-393-35618-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 20 Initial Date 03/19/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/02/2018 Average Rank 10.53 [details] Sales history for Norse Mythology date, rank 03/19/2018, 20 03/26/2018, 9 04/02/2018, 10 04/02/2018, 1 04/09/2018, 10 04/09/2018, 1 04/16/2018, 14 04/23/2018, 19 04/30/2018, 15 05/07/2018, 12 05/07/2018, 1 05/14/2018, 16 05/21/2018, 21 05/28/2018, 22 06/11/2018, 1 06/11/2018, 23 07/16/2018, 2 08/06/2018, 1 09/03/2018, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Mar 2018 UNITS SOLD: 8,629 YTD:	Mar 2018
3	Spinning Silver Naomi Novik, Author Del Rey Books, $28.00 (480) 978-0-399-18098-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 17 Initial Date 07/23/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/06/2018 Average Rank 7.33 [details] Sales history for Spinning Silver date, rank 07/23/2018, 17 08/06/2018, 2 09/03/2018, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jul 2018 UNITS SOLD: 5,246 YTD:	Jul 2018
4	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 5.55 [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 10/09/2017, 9 11/06/2017, 9 12/11/2017, 6 01/08/2018, 7 02/05/2018, 5 03/12/2018, 5 04/02/2018, 6 04/09/2018, 7 05/07/2018, 4 06/11/2018, 4 07/16/2018, 6 08/06/2018, 4 09/03/2018, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 2008 UNITS SOLD: 5,137 YTD:	Apr 2008
5	The Fifth Season N. K. Jemisin, Author Orbit, $15.99 (512) 978-0-316-22929-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 10/10/2016 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 10/09/2017 Average Rank 6.67 [details] Sales history for The Fifth Season date, rank 10/10/2016, 9 10/09/2017, 4 11/06/2017, 5 12/11/2017, 7 01/08/2018, 6 02/05/2018, 8 03/12/2018, 9 05/07/2018, 6 06/11/2018, 5 07/16/2018, 7 08/06/2018, 9 09/03/2018, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2015 UNITS SOLD: 4,798 YTD:	Aug 2015
6	The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) Robert Louis Stevenson, Author, Jenny Davidson, Introduction by, Jenny Davidson, Notes by Barnes & Noble Classics, $6.95 (254) 978-1-59308-131-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 07/16/2018 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 09/03/2018 Average Rank 7.33 [details] Sales history for The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) date, rank 07/16/2018, 8 08/06/2018, 8 09/03/2018, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jun 2004 UNITS SOLD: 3,439 YTD:	Jun 2004
7	A Game of Thrones George R. R. Martin, Author Spectra Books, $7.99 (864p) 978-0-553-57340-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 66 Initial Date 05/14/2012 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/12/2014 Average Rank 11.49 [details] Sales history for A Game of Thrones date, rank 05/14/2012, 66 05/21/2012, 82 05/28/2012, 64 06/04/2012, 63 06/11/2012, 55 05/12/2014, 1 06/09/2014, 1 07/14/2014, 3 08/11/2014, 2 09/08/2014, 3 10/20/2014, 5 11/10/2014, 5 12/08/2014, 6 01/12/2015, 9 02/09/2015, 3 03/09/2015, 4 04/20/2015, 4 05/11/2015, 1 06/08/2015, 1 07/13/2015, 1 08/10/2015, 1 09/14/2015, 1 10/12/2015, 2 11/09/2015, 5 12/14/2015, 10 01/11/2016, 9 02/08/2016, 8 04/11/2016, 9 05/09/2016, 7 06/13/2016, 1 07/11/2016, 1 08/08/2016, 1 09/05/2016, 1 10/10/2016, 5 11/07/2016, 9 12/12/2016, 9 01/09/2017, 7 02/13/2017, 7 08/07/2017, 9 09/04/2017, 5 10/09/2017, 2 11/06/2017, 10 03/12/2018, 10 06/11/2018, 9 07/16/2018, 9 08/06/2018, 7 09/03/2018, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 1997 UNITS SOLD: 3,407 YTD:	Aug 1997
8	Before the Storm (World of Warcraft) Christie Golden, Author Del Rey Books, $28.00 (304) 978-0-399-59409-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 06/25/2018 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 07/16/2018 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for Before the Storm (World of Warcraft) date, rank 06/25/2018, 7 07/16/2018, 3 08/06/2018, 6 09/03/2018, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jun 2018 UNITS SOLD: 3,319 YTD:	Jun 2018
9	The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day Two Patrick Rothfuss, Author Daw Books, $9.99 (1120) 978-0-7564-0791-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 09/14/2015 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 11/09/2015 Average Rank 7.93 [details] Sales history for The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day Two date, rank 09/14/2015, 9 10/12/2015, 7 11/09/2015, 6 09/05/2016, 8 10/10/2016, 6 01/09/2017, 6 02/13/2017, 6 03/06/2017, 10 03/12/2018, 8 04/02/2018, 10 05/07/2018, 8 06/11/2018, 8 08/06/2018, 10 09/03/2018, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 2013 UNITS SOLD: 3,223 YTD:	Apr 2013
10	Annihilation Jeff VanderMeer, Author Farrar Straus Giroux, $13.00 (208) 978-0-374-10409-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 11/06/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/12/2018 Average Rank 4.00 [details] Sales history for Annihilation date, rank 11/06/2017, 2 12/11/2017, 8 01/08/2018, 5 02/05/2018, 2 03/12/2018, 1 04/02/2018, 2 04/09/2018, 2 05/07/2018, 3 06/11/2018, 3 07/16/2018, 5 08/06/2018, 5 09/03/2018, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Feb 2014 UNITS SOLD: 3,204 YTD:	Feb 2014

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Editor’s note: Sales for the week ended Sept. 16, 2018 do not include data from the Christian bookstore chain Lifeway.

NPD BookScan, data for the four-week period ended 8/26/2018.