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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date
1	Y Is for Yesterday Sue Grafton, Author Marian Wood Books/Putnam, $29.00 (496) 978-0-399-16385-2 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/04/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/04/2017 Average Rank 2.50 [details] Sales history for Y Is for Yesterday date, rank 09/04/2017, 1 09/04/2017, 1 09/04/2017, 1 09/11/2017, 3 09/11/2017, 5 09/18/2017, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2017 UNITS SOLD: 51,757 2012 YTD:	Aug 2017
2	The Medical Examiner James Patterson, Author, Maxine Paetro, Author Bookshots, $4.99 (144) 978-0-316-50482-9 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 08/14/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/04/2017 Average Rank 12.00 [details] Sales history for The Medical Examiner date, rank 08/14/2017, 5 08/21/2017, 12 08/28/2017, 13 09/04/2017, 15 09/04/2017, 2 09/11/2017, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2017 UNITS SOLD: 32,867 2012 YTD:	Aug 2017
3	House of Spies Daniel Silva, Author Harper, $28.99 (544) 978-0-06-235434-1 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 07/24/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/24/2017 Average Rank 5.58 [details] Sales history for House of Spies date, rank 07/24/2017, 1 07/24/2017, 1 07/31/2017, 5 07/31/2017, 3 08/07/2017, 4 08/07/2017, 1 08/14/2017, 4 08/21/2017, 7 08/28/2017, 10 09/04/2017, 13 09/04/2017, 3 09/11/2017, 15 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jul 2017 UNITS SOLD: 29,288 2012 YTD:	Jul 2017
4	The Chemist Stephenie Meyer, Author Back Bay Books, $16.99 (528) 978-0-316-38784-2 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 07/24/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/07/2017 Average Rank 12.00 [details] Sales history for The Chemist date, rank 07/24/2017, 10 07/31/2017, 9 08/07/2017, 10 08/07/2017, 2 08/14/2017, 13 08/21/2017, 14 08/28/2017, 16 09/04/2017, 18 09/04/2017, 4 09/11/2017, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jul 2017 UNITS SOLD: 24,169 2012 YTD:	Jul 2017
5	The Good Daughter Karin Slaughter, Author William Morrow & Company, $27.99 (528) 978-0-06-243024-3 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 08/21/2017 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 08/21/2017 Average Rank 11.33 [details] Sales history for The Good Daughter date, rank 08/21/2017, 5 08/28/2017, 11 09/04/2017, 11 09/04/2017, 5 09/11/2017, 13 09/18/2017, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2017 UNITS SOLD: 19,550 2012 YTD:	Aug 2017
6	Paradise Valley C. J. Box, Author Minotaur Books, $27.99 (352) 978-1-250-05104-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 08/07/2017 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 08/07/2017 Average Rank 8.67 [details] Sales history for Paradise Valley date, rank 08/07/2017, 5 08/07/2017, 7 08/14/2017, 5 08/21/2017, 11 08/28/2017, 18 09/04/2017, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jul 2017 UNITS SOLD: 17,988 2012 YTD:	Jul 2017
7	The Trespasser Tana French, Author Penguin Books, $17.00 (464) 978-0-14-311038-5 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 08/21/2017 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 09/04/2017 Average Rank 15.80 [details] Sales history for The Trespasser date, rank 08/21/2017, 19 08/28/2017, 18 09/04/2017, 17 09/04/2017, 7 09/11/2017, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2017 UNITS SOLD: 15,303 2012 YTD:	Aug 2017
8	Exposed Lisa Scottoline, Author St. Martin's Press, $27.99 (352) 978-1-250-09971-6 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 08/28/2017 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 08/28/2017 Average Rank 11.25 [details] Sales history for Exposed date, rank 08/28/2017, 7 09/04/2017, 12 09/04/2017, 8 09/11/2017, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2017 UNITS SOLD: 11,886 2012 YTD:	Aug 2017
9	Cross the Line James Patterson, Author Grand Central Publishing, $16.99 (400) 978-1-4555-8531-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 06/05/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/10/2017 Average Rank 9.15 [details] Sales history for Cross the Line date, rank 06/05/2017, 3 06/05/2017, 7 06/12/2017, 5 06/19/2017, 7 06/26/2017, 6 07/03/2017, 8 07/10/2017, 1 07/10/2017, 9 07/17/2017, 16 07/24/2017, 21 07/31/2017, 24 08/07/2017, 3 09/04/2017, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 10,943 2012 YTD:	May 2017
10	Bone Box: A Decker/Lazarus Novel Faye Kellerman, Author William Morrow & Company, $9.99 (496) 978-0-06-242497-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jul 2017 UNITS SOLD: 9,095 2012 YTD:	Jul 2017

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NPD BookScan, data for the four-week period ended 8/27/17