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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date
1	Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI David Grann, Author Doubleday Books, $29.95 (352) 978-0-385-53424-6 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/01/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/05/2017 Average Rank 8.64 [details] Sales history for Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI date, rank 05/01/2017, 5 05/08/2017, 10 05/08/2017, 9 05/15/2017, 5 05/22/2017, 9 05/29/2017, 9 06/05/2017, 8 06/05/2017, 1 06/12/2017, 10 06/19/2017, 15 06/26/2017, 14 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 39,746 2012 YTD:	Apr 2017
2	On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century Timothy Snyder, Author Tim Duggan Books, $7.99 (128) 978-0-8041-9011-4 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 20 Initial Date 03/20/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/10/2017 Average Rank 11.44 [details] Sales history for On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century date, rank 03/20/2017, 20 03/27/2017, 18 04/03/2017, 19 04/03/2017, 8 04/10/2017, 1 04/17/2017, 9 04/24/2017, 17 05/01/2017, 19 05/08/2017, 22 05/08/2017, 5 05/15/2017, 17 05/22/2017, 20 05/29/2017, 6 06/05/2017, 6 06/05/2017, 2 06/12/2017, 4 06/19/2017, 5 06/26/2017, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Feb 2017 UNITS SOLD: 34,618 2012 YTD:	Feb 2017
3	Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race Margot Lee Shetterly, Author William Morrow & Company, $15.99 (368) 978-0-06-236360-2 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 12/19/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/23/2017 Average Rank 4.81 [details] Sales history for Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race date, rank 12/19/2016, 15 12/26/2016, 11 01/02/2017, 8 01/09/2017, 4 01/09/2017, 4 01/16/2017, 2 01/23/2017, 2 01/23/2017, 1 01/30/2017, 2 01/30/2017, 1 02/06/2017, 2 02/06/2017, 1 02/13/2017, 2 02/13/2017, 1 02/13/2017, 1 02/20/2017, 5 02/20/2017, 1 02/27/2017, 3 02/27/2017, 1 03/06/2017, 3 03/06/2017, 1 03/06/2017, 1 03/13/2017, 8 03/13/2017, 1 03/20/2017, 2 03/27/2017, 2 04/03/2017, 3 04/03/2017, 1 04/10/2017, 3 04/17/2017, 6 04/24/2017, 4 05/01/2017, 4 05/08/2017, 6 05/08/2017, 2 05/15/2017, 8 05/22/2017, 6 05/29/2017, 12 06/05/2017, 12 06/05/2017, 3 06/12/2017, 15 06/19/2017, 16 06/26/2017, 16 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Dec 2016 UNITS SOLD: 31,457 2012 YTD:	Dec 2016
4	The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand for David McCullough, Author Simon & Schuster, $25.00 (192) 978-1-5011-7421-6 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/01/2017 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 06/05/2017 Average Rank 11.18 [details] Sales history for The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand for date, rank 05/01/2017, 8 05/08/2017, 13 05/08/2017, 10 05/15/2017, 14 05/22/2017, 11 05/29/2017, 15 06/05/2017, 11 06/05/2017, 4 06/12/2017, 8 06/19/2017, 14 06/26/2017, 15 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 28,642 2012 YTD:	Apr 2017
5	This Fight Is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America's Middle Class Elizabeth Warren, Author Metropolitan Books, $28.00 (352) 978-1-250-12061-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/01/2017 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/01/2017 Average Rank 8.12 [details] Sales history for This Fight Is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America's Middle Class date, rank 05/01/2017, 5 05/01/2017, 3 05/08/2017, 7 05/08/2017, 7 05/15/2017, 6 05/22/2017, 12 05/29/2017, 20 06/05/2017, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 28,118 2012 YTD:	Apr 2017
6	Old School: Life in the Sane Lane Bill O'Reilly, Author, Bruce Feirstein, Author Henry Holt & Company, $27.00 (192) 978-1-250-13579-7 Last rank 27 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/10/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/10/2017 Average Rank 7.82 [details] Sales history for Old School: Life in the Sane Lane date, rank 04/10/2017, 1 04/10/2017, 1 04/17/2017, 1 04/17/2017, 1 04/24/2017, 2 04/24/2017, 1 05/01/2017, 4 05/01/2017, 2 05/08/2017, 6 05/08/2017, 1 05/15/2017, 12 05/22/2017, 17 05/29/2017, 18 06/05/2017, 18 06/05/2017, 6 06/12/2017, 24 06/26/2017, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Mar 2017 UNITS SOLD: 25,175 2012 YTD:	Mar 2017
7	Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom Condoleezza Rice, Author Twelve, $35.00 (512) 978-1-4555-4018-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 05/22/2017 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 05/22/2017 Average Rank 11.25 [details] Sales history for Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom date, rank 05/22/2017, 6 05/29/2017, 13 06/05/2017, 19 06/05/2017, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 21,795 2012 YTD:	May 2017
8	The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story Diane Ackerman, Author W. W. Norton & Company, $15.95 (384) 978-0-393-35425-6 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 02/27/2017 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 04/03/2017 Average Rank 12.68 [details] Sales history for The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story date, rank 02/27/2017, 18 03/06/2017, 16 03/06/2017, 8 03/13/2017, 17 03/20/2017, 11 03/27/2017, 7 04/03/2017, 6 04/03/2017, 3 04/10/2017, 5 04/17/2017, 7 04/24/2017, 7 05/01/2017, 9 05/08/2017, 13 05/08/2017, 4 05/15/2017, 20 05/22/2017, 13 05/29/2017, 18 06/05/2017, 22 06/05/2017, 8 06/12/2017, 24 06/19/2017, 19 06/26/2017, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Feb 2017 UNITS SOLD: 21,778 2012 YTD:	Feb 2017
9	The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story Diane Ackerman, Author W. W. Norton & Company, $15.95 (368) 978-0-393-33306-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 03/06/2017 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/08/2017 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story date, rank 03/06/2017, 6 04/03/2017, 6 05/08/2017, 3 06/05/2017, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2008 UNITS SOLD: 19,267 2012 YTD:	Sep 2008
10	White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America Nancy Isenberg, Author Penguin Books, $17.00 (496) 978-0-14-312967-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 04/17/2017 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 06/05/2017 Average Rank 18.40 [details] Sales history for White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America date, rank 04/17/2017, 21 04/24/2017, 21 05/01/2017, 20 05/08/2017, 20 06/05/2017, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 11,709 2012 YTD:	Apr 2017

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