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Science Fiction

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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units
1	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 1 Highest Rank Date 06/08/2020 Average Rank 3.42 [details] Sales history for Dune (Anniversary) date, rank 05/06/2019, 8 06/10/2019, 6 07/08/2019, 10 10/07/2019, 10 11/11/2019, 8 12/09/2019, 5 01/13/2020, 6 02/10/2020, 2 03/09/2020, 3 06/08/2020, 1 07/06/2020, 1 08/10/2020, 2 09/07/2020, 2 10/05/2020, 1 11/09/2020, 2 12/14/2020, 2 01/11/2021, 2 02/08/2021, 3 03/08/2021, 3 04/12/2021, 2 05/10/2021, 2 06/07/2021, 2 07/12/2021, 2 08/09/2021, 2 09/06/2021, 1 10/18/2021, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2005 UNITS SOLD: 28,047 YTD:	Aug 2005	28,047
2	Project Hail Mary Andy Weir, Author Ballantine Books, $28.99 (496) 978-0-593-13520-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 05/17/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/07/2021 Average Rank 11.17 [details] Sales history for Project Hail Mary date, rank 06/07/2021, 1 07/12/2021, 1 08/09/2021, 1 09/06/2021, 2 10/18/2021, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 16,108 YTD:	May 2021	16,108
3	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 5.56 [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 11/11/2019, 3 12/09/2019, 6 01/13/2020, 4 02/10/2020, 4 03/09/2020, 4 06/08/2020, 2 07/06/2020, 3 08/10/2020, 3 09/07/2020, 3 10/05/2020, 4 11/09/2020, 3 12/14/2020, 6 01/11/2021, 5 02/08/2021, 7 03/08/2021, 6 04/12/2021, 6 05/10/2021, 6 06/07/2021, 5 07/12/2021, 5 08/09/2021, 3 09/06/2021, 3 10/18/2021, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 1990 UNITS SOLD: 15,425 YTD:	Sep 1990	15,425
4	Foundation Isaac Asimov, Author Spectra Books, $7.99 (320) 978-0-553-29335-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 1991 UNITS SOLD: 6,089 YTD:	Oct 1991	6,089
5	Dune (Movie Tie-In) Frank Herbert, Author Ace Books, $18.00 (704) 978-0-593-43837-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,951 YTD:	Sep 2021	3,951
6	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 3.64 [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 11/11/2019, 6 02/10/2020, 10 03/09/2020, 7 06/08/2020, 6 07/06/2020, 6 08/10/2020, 5 09/07/2020, 5 10/05/2020, 7 11/09/2020, 10 12/14/2020, 5 01/11/2021, 4 02/08/2021, 5 03/08/2021, 4 04/12/2021, 5 05/10/2021, 5 06/07/2021, 6 07/12/2021, 7 08/09/2021, 5 09/06/2021, 6 10/18/2021, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jun 2012 UNITS SOLD: 3,622 YTD:	Jun 2012	3,622
7	Gideon the Ninth Tamsyn Muir, Author Tor.com, $17.99 (496) 978-1-250-31318-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 09/07/2020 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 10/18/2021 Average Rank 9.33 [details] Sales history for Gideon the Ninth date, rank 09/07/2020, 9 10/05/2020, 10 04/12/2021, 10 05/10/2021, 10 06/07/2021, 10 10/18/2021, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,310 YTD:	Jul 2020	3,310
8	Star Wars: The Rising Storm (the High Republic) Cavan Scott, Author Del Rey Books, $28.99 (448) 978-0-593-15941-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 07/12/2021 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 07/12/2021 Average Rank 8.00 [details] Sales history for Star Wars: The Rising Storm (the High Republic) date, rank 07/12/2021, 3 08/09/2021, 4 09/06/2021, 5 10/18/2021, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jun 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,307 YTD:	Jun 2021	3,307
9	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 2 Highest Rank Date 01/13/2020 Average Rank 7.03 [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 11/11/2019, 5 12/09/2019, 8 01/13/2020, 2 03/09/2020, 6 06/08/2020, 9 10/05/2020, 5 11/09/2020, 6 12/14/2020, 9 01/11/2021, 9 02/08/2021, 10 03/08/2021, 9 06/07/2021, 9 07/12/2021, 10 08/09/2021, 9 09/06/2021, 9 10/18/2021, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jan 2016 UNITS SOLD: 3,304 YTD:	Jan 2016	3,304
10	Ready Player Two Ernest Cline, Author Ballantine Books, $28.99 (384) 978-1-5247-6133-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 12/02/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/02/2020 Average Rank 6.97 [details] Sales history for Ready Player Two date, rank 12/14/2020, 1 01/11/2021, 1 02/08/2021, 2 03/08/2021, 1 04/12/2021, 1 05/10/2021, 3 06/07/2021, 4 07/12/2021, 4 08/09/2021, 6 09/06/2021, 7 10/18/2021, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,296 YTD:	Nov 2020	3,296

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