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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 0 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 07/17/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/07/2017 Average Rank 10.50 [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 08/21/2017, 11 08/28/2017, 11 09/04/2017, 22 09/04/2017, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jun 2017 UNITS SOLD: 24,170 2012 YTD:	Jun 2017
2	Dark Carousel Christine Feehan, Author Berkley Books, $7.99 (416) 978-0-515-15612-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 08/07/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/04/2017 Average Rank 13.25 [details] Sales history for Dark Carousel date, rank 08/07/2017, 12 08/14/2017, 15 08/21/2017, 24 09/04/2017, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jul 2017 UNITS SOLD: 15,512 2012 YTD:	Jul 2017
3	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 16.71 [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 09/04/2017, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Mar 2011 UNITS SOLD: 14,659 2012 YTD:	Mar 2011
4	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 5.00 [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 06/05/2017, 4 07/10/2017, 4 08/07/2017, 3 09/04/2017, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: May 2016 UNITS SOLD: 13,673 2012 YTD:	May 2016
5	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 12.15 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 1997 UNITS SOLD: 12,309 2012 YTD:	Aug 1997
6	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 12.67 [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 09/04/2017, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jun 2017 UNITS SOLD: 11,833 2012 YTD:	Jun 2017
7	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 6.40 [details] Sales history for The Gunslinger date, rank 05/08/2017, 8 06/05/2017, 6 07/10/2017, 7 08/07/2017, 4 09/04/2017, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2016 UNITS SOLD: 9,962 2012 YTD:	Oct 2016
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 8.67 [details] Sales history for The Drawing of the Three date, rank 06/05/2017, 10 08/07/2017, 8 09/04/2017, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Dec 2016 UNITS SOLD: 8,214 2012 YTD:	Dec 2016
9	The Stone Sky N. K. Jemisin, Author Orbit, $16.99 (464) 978-0-316-22924-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 08/28/2017 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 09/04/2017 Average Rank 10.00 [details] Sales history for The Stone Sky date, rank 08/28/2017, 11 09/04/2017, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2017 UNITS SOLD: 8,127 2012 YTD:	Aug 2017
10	The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones George R. R. Martin, Author, Elio Garcia, Author, Linda Antonssen, Author Bantam, $50.00 (336) 978-0-553-80544-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/10/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/08/2014 Average Rank 10.16 [details] Sales history for The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones date, rank 11/10/2014, 6 11/10/2014, 2 11/17/2014, 6 11/24/2014, 10 12/01/2014, 12 12/08/2014, 5 12/08/2014, 1 12/15/2014, 7 12/22/2014, 7 12/29/2014, 6 01/05/2015, 7 01/12/2015, 9 01/12/2015, 1 01/19/2015, 17 01/26/2015, 18 02/02/2015, 20 02/09/2015, 20 02/09/2015, 1 02/16/2015, 18 02/23/2015, 18 03/02/2015, 19 03/09/2015, 22 03/09/2015, 1 04/20/2015, 6 05/04/2015, 19 05/11/2015, 2 06/08/2015, 3 06/15/2015, 21 06/22/2015, 24 06/29/2015, 23 07/13/2015, 2 08/10/2015, 6 11/09/2015, 10 01/11/2016, 6 07/11/2016, 7 08/08/2016, 10 01/09/2017, 4 09/04/2017, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 6,376 2012 YTD:	Oct 2014

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