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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date
1	Ready Player One Ernest Cline, Author Broadway Books, $14.00 (374) 978-0-307-88744-3 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 05/12/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/09/2016 Average Rank 2.84 [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, 9 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 04/16/2018, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jun 2012 UNITS SOLD: 64,360 YTD:	Jun 2012
2	Ready Player One (Movie Tie-In) Ernest Cline, Author Broadway Books, $16.00 (400) 978-0-8041-9013-8 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 03/12/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/02/2018 Average Rank 8.89 [details] Sales history for Ready Player One (Movie Tie-In) date, rank 03/12/2018, 3 03/19/2018, 25 03/26/2018, 18 04/02/2018, 11 04/02/2018, 2 04/09/2018, 4 04/09/2018, 2 04/16/2018, 6 04/23/2018, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jan 2018 UNITS SOLD: 32,836 YTD:	Jan 2018
3	The Last Jedi (Star Wars) Jason Fry, Author Del Rey Books, $28.99 (304) 978-1-5247-9711-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 03/19/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 03/19/2018 Average Rank 8.80 [details] Sales history for The Last Jedi (Star Wars) date, rank 03/19/2018, 2 03/26/2018, 12 04/02/2018, 24 04/02/2018, 3 04/09/2018, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Mar 2018 UNITS SOLD: 23,452 YTD:	Mar 2018
4	Ready Player One (Movie Tie-In) Ernest Cline, Author Broadway Books, $9.99 (608) 978-0-8041-9014-5 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 02/26/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 03/12/2018 Average Rank 16.10 [details] Sales history for Ready Player One (Movie Tie-In) date, rank 02/26/2018, 22 03/05/2018, 21 03/12/2018, 2 03/26/2018, 21 04/02/2018, 23 04/02/2018, 4 04/09/2018, 4 04/09/2018, 18 04/16/2018, 21 04/23/2018, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jan 2018 UNITS SOLD: 17,535 YTD:	Jan 2018
5	Ready Player One Ernest Cline, Author Broadway Books, $9.99 (608) 978-1-5247-6328-2 Last rank 30 Initial Rank 20 Initial Date 11/06/2017 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 12/11/2017 Average Rank 9.83 [details] Sales history for Ready Player One date, rank 11/06/2017, 20 11/06/2017, 4 12/11/2017, 3 12/25/2017, 19 01/01/2018, 9 01/08/2018, 17 01/08/2018, 3 02/05/2018, 5 03/12/2018, 5 04/02/2018, 5 04/09/2018, 5 04/09/2018, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 15,224 YTD:	Oct 2017
6	Annihilation: A Novel: Movie Tie-In Edition Jeff VanderMeer, Author MCD Fsg Originals, $14.00 (208) 978-0-374-53715-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 04/02/2018 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 04/02/2018 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for Annihilation: A Novel: Movie Tie-In Edition date, rank 04/02/2018, 6 04/09/2018, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Feb 2018 UNITS SOLD: 11,476 YTD:	Feb 2018
7	The Power Naomi Alderman, Author Little Brown and Company, $26.00 (400) 978-0-316-54761-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/06/2017 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 02/05/2018 Average Rank 13.31 [details] Sales history for The Power date, rank 11/06/2017, 5 12/11/2017, 5 01/08/2018, 21 01/08/2018, 5 01/15/2018, 14 01/22/2018, 19 01/29/2018, 21 02/05/2018, 20 02/05/2018, 3 02/12/2018, 15 02/26/2018, 23 03/05/2018, 22 03/12/2018, 4 03/12/2018, 22 04/02/2018, 7 04/09/2018, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 10,616 YTD:	Oct 2017
8	Artemis Andy Weir, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $27.00 (320) 978-0-553-44812-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/27/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/11/2017 Average Rank 9.33 [details] Sales history for Artemis date, rank 11/27/2017, 7 12/04/2017, 7 12/11/2017, 9 12/11/2017, 1 12/18/2017, 7 12/25/2017, 5 01/01/2018, 4 01/08/2018, 8 01/08/2018, 1 01/15/2018, 12 01/22/2018, 18 01/29/2018, 22 02/05/2018, 22 02/05/2018, 4 02/12/2018, 19 03/12/2018, 6 04/02/2018, 8 04/09/2018, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2017 UNITS SOLD: 7,727 YTD:	Nov 2017
9	Ready Player One Ernest Cline, Author Crown, (384p) 978-0-307-88743-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 23 Initial Date 06/04/2012 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 04/02/2018 Average Rank 13.67 [details] Sales history for Ready Player One date, rank 06/04/2012, 23 04/02/2018, 9 04/09/2018, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2011 UNITS SOLD: 6,973 YTD:	Aug 2011
10	Armada: A Novel by the Author of Ready Player One Ernest Cline, Author Broadway Books, $16.00 (384) 978-0-8041-3727-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 05/09/2016 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/09/2016 Average Rank 8.71 [details] Sales history for Armada: A Novel by the Author of Ready Player One date, rank 05/09/2016, 3 06/13/2016, 8 07/11/2016, 10 09/04/2017, 10 03/12/2018, 10 04/02/2018, 10 04/09/2018, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 2016 UNITS SOLD: 6,556 YTD:	Apr 2016

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