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Fantasy

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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date
1	The Gunslinger Stephen King, Author Pocket Books, $9.99 (384) 978-1-5011-6611-2 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 07/17/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/07/2017 Average Rank 10.00 [details] Sales history for The Gunslinger date, rank 07/17/2017, 16 07/24/2017, 9 07/31/2017, 10 08/07/2017, 13 08/07/2017, 1 08/14/2017, 11 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jun 2017 UNITS SOLD: 30,095 2012 YTD:	Jun 2017
2	The Gunslinger Stephen King, Author Scribner Book Company, $16.00 (288) 978-1-5011-6836-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 25 Initial Date 06/26/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/07/2017 Average Rank 14.00 [details] Sales history for The Gunslinger date, rank 06/26/2017, 25 07/10/2017, 9 07/31/2017, 17 08/07/2017, 17 08/07/2017, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jun 2017 UNITS SOLD: 19,180 2012 YTD:	Jun 2017
3	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 5.12 [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 06/05/2017, 4 07/10/2017, 4 08/07/2017, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: May 2016 UNITS SOLD: 15,931 2012 YTD:	May 2016
4	The Gunslinger Stephen King, Author Pocket Books, $9.99 (384) 978-1-5011-6180-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/08/2017 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 08/07/2017 Average Rank 6.25 [details] Sales history for The Gunslinger date, rank 05/08/2017, 8 06/05/2017, 6 07/10/2017, 7 08/07/2017, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2016 UNITS SOLD: 13,278 2012 YTD:	Oct 2016
5	A Game of Thrones George R. R. Martin, Author Bantam, 978-0-553-59371-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 77 Initial Date 05/14/2012 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 06/13/2016 Average Rank 17.30 [details] Sales history for A Game of Thrones date, rank 05/14/2012, 77 05/28/2012, 77 06/04/2012, 78 06/11/2012, 69 05/12/2014, 3 06/09/2014, 4 07/14/2014, 6 08/11/2014, 4 09/08/2014, 8 10/20/2014, 8 11/10/2014, 10 06/08/2015, 6 07/13/2015, 3 08/10/2015, 4 09/14/2015, 7 10/12/2015, 8 04/11/2016, 3 05/09/2016, 3 06/13/2016, 2 07/11/2016, 2 08/08/2016, 2 09/05/2016, 9 08/07/2017, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Mar 2011 UNITS SOLD: 12,896 2012 YTD:	Mar 2011
6	Norse Mythology Neil Gaiman, Author W. W. Norton & Company, $25.95 (304) 978-0-393-60909-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 02/20/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/20/2017 Average Rank 8.11 [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 05/29/2017, 19 06/05/2017, 18 06/05/2017, 2 06/12/2017, 18 06/19/2017, 22 06/26/2017, 23 07/03/2017, 22 07/10/2017, 3 08/07/2017, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Feb 2017 UNITS SOLD: 12,155 2012 YTD:	Feb 2017
7	American Gods Neil Gaiman, Author William Morrow & Company, $19.99 (576) 978-0-06-257223-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/08/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/05/2017 Average Rank 13.60 [details] Sales history for American Gods date, rank 05/08/2017, 5 05/15/2017, 22 05/22/2017, 24 05/29/2017, 17 06/05/2017, 15 06/05/2017, 1 06/12/2017, 21 06/19/2017, 22 07/10/2017, 2 08/07/2017, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Mar 2017 UNITS SOLD: 11,941 2012 YTD:	Mar 2017
8	The Drawing of the Three Stephen King, Author Pocket Books, $9.99 (528) 978-1-5011-6181-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 06/05/2017 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 08/07/2017 Average Rank 9.00 [details] Sales history for The Drawing of the Three date, rank 06/05/2017, 10 08/07/2017, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Dec 2016 UNITS SOLD: 9,813 2012 YTD:	Dec 2016
9	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 12.33 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 1997 UNITS SOLD: 8,593 2012 YTD:	Aug 1997
10	American Gods Neil Gaiman, Author William Morrow & Company, $9.99 (784) 978-0-06-257211-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/08/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/08/2017 Average Rank 5.50 [details] Sales history for American Gods date, rank 05/08/2017, 2 06/05/2017, 5 07/10/2017, 5 08/07/2017, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Mar 2017 UNITS SOLD: 8,312 2012 YTD:	Mar 2017

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