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Science Fiction

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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units
1	Resistance Reborn (Star Wars): Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Rebecca Roanhorse, Author Del Rey Books, $28.99 (320) 978-0-593-12842-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 11/18/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/09/2019 Average Rank 8.00 [details] Sales history for Resistance Reborn (Star Wars): Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker date, rank 12/09/2019, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2019 UNITS SOLD: 19,496 YTD:	Nov 2019	19,496
2	Destiny Grimoire Anthology, Volume II: Fallen Kingdoms Bungie Inc, Author Bungie Inc, $24.99 (168) 978-1-945683-69-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 11/25/2019 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 12/09/2019 Average Rank 11.50 [details] Sales history for Destiny Grimoire Anthology, Volume II: Fallen Kingdoms date, rank 12/09/2019, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2019 UNITS SOLD: 6,742 YTD:	Nov 2019	6,742
3	Overlord, Vol. 11 (Light Novel): The Dwarven Crafter Kugane Maruyama, Author, So-Bin, Artist Yen on, $20.00 (336) 978-0-316-44501-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 25 Initial Date 11/11/2019 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 12/09/2019 Average Rank 14.00 [details] Sales history for Overlord, Vol. 11 (Light Novel): The Dwarven Crafter date, rank 12/09/2019, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2019 UNITS SOLD: 4,260 YTD:	Oct 2019	4,260
4	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 6.59 [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 11/11/2019, 2 12/09/2019, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jan 2019 UNITS SOLD: 4,044 YTD:	Jan 2019	4,044
5	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 5 Highest Rank Date 12/09/2019 Average Rank 7.83 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2005 UNITS SOLD: 3,925 YTD:	Aug 2005	3,925
6	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 6.23 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 1990 UNITS SOLD: 3,881 YTD:	Sep 1990	3,881
7	Dooku: Jedi Lost (Star Wars) Cavan Scott, Author Del Rey Books, $25.00 (480) 978-0-593-15766-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/11/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/11/2019 Average Rank 4.00 [details] Sales history for Dooku: Jedi Lost (Star Wars) date, rank 11/11/2019, 1 12/09/2019, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2019 UNITS SOLD: 3,663 YTD:	Oct 2019	3,663
8	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 11/11/2019, 5 12/09/2019, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jan 2016 UNITS SOLD: 3,636 YTD:	Jan 2016	3,636
9	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 10.50 [details] Sales history for Gideon the Ninth date, rank 10/07/2019, 1 11/11/2019, 7 12/09/2019, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 3,197 YTD:	Sep 2019	3,197
10	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 6.57 [details] Sales history for Thrawn: Treason (Star Wars) date, rank 08/12/2019, 1 09/09/2019, 1 10/07/2019, 5 12/09/2019, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jul 2019 UNITS SOLD: 3,082 YTD:	Jul 2019	3,082

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For the five-week period ended 11/30/19. Note: NPD BookScan flagged Prayer Journal for Women, #4 in Religion Nonfiction, for significant bulk sales during at least one week of the Oct. 27–Nov. 30 time period.