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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units
1	Gideon the Ninth Tamsyn Muir, Author Tor.com, $25.99 (448) 978-1-250-31319-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 25 Initial Date 09/23/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/07/2019 Average Rank 13.00 [details] Sales history for Gideon the Ninth date, rank 10/07/2019, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 5,619 YTD:	Sep 2019	5,619
2	The Power Naomi Alderman, Author Back Bay Books, $16.99 (400) 978-0-316-54760-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 01/21/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/11/2019 Average Rank 7.07 [details] Sales history for The Power date, rank 02/11/2019, 1 03/04/2019, 1 04/08/2019, 1 05/06/2019, 2 06/10/2019, 1 07/08/2019, 3 08/12/2019, 4 09/09/2019, 4 10/07/2019, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jan 2019 UNITS SOLD: 4,861 YTD:	Jan 2019	4,861
3	Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire (Star Wars) Delilah S Dawson, Author Del Rey Books, $28.99 (368) 978-0-593-12838-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 09/09/2019 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/07/2019 Average Rank 8.00 [details] Sales history for Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire (Star Wars) date, rank 09/09/2019, 7 10/07/2019, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2019 UNITS SOLD: 4,135 YTD:	Aug 2019	4,135
4	Dune Frank Herbert, Author Ace Books, $9.99 (535) 978-0-441-17271-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/12/2014 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 03/04/2019 Average Rank 6.32 [details] Sales history for Dune date, rank 05/12/2014, 8 06/09/2014, 9 07/14/2014, 9 08/11/2014, 8 09/08/2014, 7 10/20/2014, 8 11/10/2014, 9 12/08/2014, 9 02/09/2015, 7 03/09/2015, 5 04/20/2015, 7 05/11/2015, 8 06/08/2015, 9 01/09/2017, 9 06/05/2017, 3 07/10/2017, 7 08/07/2017, 6 09/04/2017, 7 10/09/2017, 9 12/11/2017, 8 05/07/2018, 10 06/11/2018, 5 07/16/2018, 7 08/06/2018, 7 09/03/2018, 8 11/12/2018, 8 12/10/2018, 3 01/07/2019, 4 02/11/2019, 4 03/04/2019, 2 04/08/2019, 3 05/06/2019, 4 06/10/2019, 3 07/08/2019, 2 08/12/2019, 3 09/09/2019, 5 10/07/2019, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 1990 UNITS SOLD: 3,896 YTD:	Sep 1990	3,896
5	Thrawn: Treason (Star Wars) Timothy Zahn, Author Del Rey Books, $28.99 (352) 978-1-984820-98-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 08/05/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/12/2019 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for Thrawn: Treason (Star Wars) date, rank 08/12/2019, 1 09/09/2019, 1 10/07/2019, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jul 2019 UNITS SOLD: 3,775 YTD:	Jul 2019	3,775
6	The Three-Body Problem Cixin Liu, Author, Ken Liu, Translator Tor Books, $15.99 (416) 978-0-7653-8203-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 01/09/2017 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 01/07/2019 Average Rank 6.50 [details] Sales history for The Three-Body Problem date, rank 01/09/2017, 10 02/13/2017, 4 03/06/2017, 7 04/03/2017, 10 07/10/2017, 9 08/07/2017, 9 10/09/2017, 8 11/06/2017, 8 12/11/2017, 6 01/08/2018, 8 02/05/2018, 6 12/10/2018, 6 01/07/2019, 3 02/11/2019, 5 03/04/2019, 3 04/08/2019, 6 05/06/2019, 5 06/10/2019, 4 07/08/2019, 5 08/12/2019, 7 09/09/2019, 8 10/07/2019, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jan 2016 UNITS SOLD: 3,522 YTD:	Jan 2016	3,522
7	Ready Player One Ernest Cline, Author Broadway Books, $14.00 (374) 978-0-307-88744-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 05/12/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/09/2016 Average Rank 2.94 [details] Sales history for Ready Player One date, rank 05/12/2014, 7 06/09/2014, 7 07/14/2014, 3 08/11/2014, 3 09/08/2014, 2 10/20/2014, 4 11/10/2014, 5 12/08/2014, 7 01/12/2015, 3 02/09/2015, 3 03/09/2015, 3 04/20/2015, 2 05/11/2015, 2 06/08/2015, 3 07/13/2015, 4 08/10/2015, 5 09/14/2015, 3 10/12/2015, 5 11/09/2015, 6 12/14/2015, 5 01/11/2016, 5 02/08/2016, 5 03/07/2016, 5 04/11/2016, 2 05/09/2016, 1 06/13/2016, 3 07/11/2016, 3 08/08/2016, 1 09/05/2016, 1 10/10/2016, 1 11/07/2016, 1 12/12/2016, 2 01/09/2017, 2 02/13/2017, 1 03/06/2017, 2 04/03/2017, 1 05/08/2017, 2 06/05/2017, 1 07/10/2017, 1 08/07/2017, 1 09/04/2017, 1 10/09/2017, 1 11/06/2017, 1 12/11/2017, 2 01/08/2018, 2 02/05/2018, 1 03/12/2018, 1 04/02/2018, 1 04/09/2018, 1 05/07/2018, 1 06/11/2018, 1 07/16/2018, 1 08/06/2018, 2 09/03/2018, 1 11/12/2018, 2 12/10/2018, 1 01/07/2019, 1 02/11/2019, 3 03/04/2019, 4 04/08/2019, 5 05/06/2019, 6 06/10/2019, 5 07/08/2019, 6 08/12/2019, 6 09/09/2019, 3 10/07/2019, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jun 2012 UNITS SOLD: 3,232 YTD:	Jun 2012	3,232
8	Ender's Game (Revised) Orson Scott Card, Author, Orson Scott Card, Introduction by Tor Books, $7.99 (384) 978-0-8125-5070-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/12/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/14/2014 Average Rank 5.92 [details] Sales history for Ender's Game (Revised) date, rank 05/12/2014, 2 06/09/2014, 4 07/14/2014, 1 08/11/2014, 2 09/08/2014, 1 10/20/2014, 3 11/10/2014, 4 12/08/2014, 8 01/12/2015, 7 02/09/2015, 4 03/09/2015, 7 04/20/2015, 8 05/11/2015, 7 06/08/2015, 7 07/13/2015, 6 08/10/2015, 7 09/14/2015, 8 05/09/2016, 10 06/13/2016, 9 07/11/2016, 7 08/08/2016, 6 09/05/2016, 3 10/10/2016, 3 11/07/2016, 6 02/13/2017, 9 05/08/2017, 10 06/05/2017, 4 07/10/2017, 2 08/07/2017, 2 09/04/2017, 2 10/09/2017, 3 11/06/2017, 6 12/11/2017, 9 02/05/2018, 7 06/11/2018, 8 07/16/2018, 4 08/06/2018, 6 09/03/2018, 7 12/10/2018, 10 01/07/2019, 10 02/11/2019, 6 03/04/2019, 6 04/08/2019, 10 05/06/2019, 7 06/10/2019, 9 07/08/2019, 4 08/12/2019, 5 09/09/2019, 6 10/07/2019, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 1996 UNITS SOLD: 2,975 YTD:	Apr 1996	2,975
9	The Martian Andy Weir, Author Broadway Books, $15.00 (400) 978-0-553-41802-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 11/10/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/12/2015 Average Rank 7.54 [details] Sales history for The Martian date, rank 11/10/2014, 7 12/08/2014, 2 01/12/2015, 1 02/09/2015, 1 03/09/2015, 1 04/20/2015, 1 05/11/2015, 1 06/08/2015, 2 07/13/2015, 1 08/10/2015, 1 09/14/2015, 1 10/12/2015, 1 11/09/2015, 1 12/14/2015, 1 01/11/2016, 1 02/08/2016, 2 03/07/2016, 1 04/11/2016, 1 05/09/2016, 2 06/13/2016, 4 07/11/2016, 4 08/08/2016, 5 09/05/2016, 2 10/10/2016, 2 11/07/2016, 5 12/12/2016, 7 01/09/2017, 5 02/13/2017, 10 05/08/2017, 7 07/10/2017, 8 08/07/2017, 7 09/04/2017, 8 12/11/2017, 7 01/08/2018, 6 02/05/2018, 8 07/16/2018, 10 08/06/2018, 8 09/03/2018, 9 11/12/2018, 6 12/10/2018, 5 01/07/2019, 5 02/11/2019, 9 04/08/2019, 4 05/06/2019, 10 06/10/2019, 8 07/08/2019, 7 08/12/2019, 10 09/09/2019, 9 10/07/2019, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 2,765 YTD:	Oct 2014	2,765
10	Dune (Anniversary) Frank Herbert, Author Ace Books, $18.00 (528) 978-0-441-01359-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/06/2019 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 06/10/2019 Average Rank 8.50 [details] Sales history for Dune (Anniversary) date, rank 05/06/2019, 8 06/10/2019, 6 07/08/2019, 10 10/07/2019, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2005 UNITS SOLD: 2,637 YTD:	Aug 2005	2,637

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For the four-week period ended 9/28/19. Note: NPD BookScan flagged What It Takes, #5 in Biography & Memoir, for significant bulk sales during at least one week of the Sept. 1–28 time period.