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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units
1	This Is How You Lose the Time War Amal El-Mohtar, Author, Max Gladstone, Author Gallery / Saga Press, $14.99 (208) 978-1-5344-3099-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 10/10/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/05/2023 Average Rank 4.78 [details] Sales history for This Is How You Lose the Time War date, rank 10/10/2022, 10 02/13/2023, 8 03/13/2023, 8 04/10/2023, 6 05/08/2023, 6 06/05/2023, 1 07/03/2023, 1 08/14/2023, 2 09/11/2023, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: 11,611 YTD:	Mar 2020	11,611
2	Project Hail Mary Andy Weir, Author Ballantine Books, $20.00 (496) 978-0-593-13522-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 24 Initial Date 10/17/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/14/2022 Average Rank 9.43 [details] Sales history for Project Hail Mary date, rank 11/14/2022, 1 12/12/2022, 1 01/09/2023, 1 02/13/2023, 1 03/13/2023, 1 04/10/2023, 2 05/08/2023, 1 06/05/2023, 3 07/03/2023, 2 08/14/2023, 3 09/11/2023, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 8,765 YTD:	Oct 2022	8,765
3	Pestilence Laura Thalassa, Author Bloom Books, $18.99 978-1-72828-016-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2023 UNITS SOLD: 6,870 YTD:	Aug 2023	6,870
4	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 3.02 [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 11/08/2021, 1 12/13/2021, 1 01/10/2022, 1 02/07/2022, 2 03/14/2022, 1 04/11/2022, 1 05/16/2022, 1 06/06/2022, 1 07/18/2022, 1 08/08/2022, 2 10/10/2022, 2 11/14/2022, 2 12/12/2022, 3 01/09/2023, 2 02/13/2023, 2 03/13/2023, 4 04/10/2023, 4 05/08/2023, 4 06/05/2023, 4 07/03/2023, 4 08/14/2023, 6 09/11/2023, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2005 UNITS SOLD: 6,796 YTD:	Aug 2005	6,796
5	Whalefall Daniel Kraus, Author MTV Books, $27.99 (336) 978-1-66591-816-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 08/21/2023 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 09/11/2023 Average Rank 13.50 [details] Sales history for Whalefall date, rank 09/11/2023, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2023 UNITS SOLD: 6,546 YTD:	Aug 2023	6,546
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 2 Highest Rank Date 01/13/2020 Average Rank 6.71 [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 01/10/2022, 10 02/07/2022, 9 03/14/2022, 9 04/11/2022, 9 05/16/2022, 7 06/06/2022, 6 07/18/2022, 7 08/08/2022, 8 10/10/2022, 6 11/14/2022, 5 12/12/2022, 6 01/09/2023, 3 02/13/2023, 3 03/13/2023, 3 04/10/2023, 3 05/08/2023, 5 06/05/2023, 5 07/03/2023, 5 08/14/2023, 7 09/11/2023, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jan 2016 UNITS SOLD: 6,094 YTD:	Jan 2016	6,094
7	Five Years After: A John Matherson Novel William R Forstchen, Author Forge, $28.99 (352) 978-1-250-85456-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 09/04/2023 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 09/11/2023 Average Rank 11.00 [details] Sales history for Five Years After: A John Matherson Novel date, rank 09/11/2023, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2023 UNITS SOLD: 5,683 YTD:	Aug 2023	5,683
8	From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (Star Wars) Olivie Blake, Author, Saladin Ahmed, Author, Charlie Jane Anders, Author, Fran Wilde, Author, Mary Kenney, Author, Mike Chen, Author Random House Worlds, $35.00 (576) 978-0-593-59791-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 09/11/2023 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 09/11/2023 Average Rank 10.50 [details] Sales history for From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (Star Wars) date, rank 09/11/2023, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2023 UNITS SOLD: 5,094 YTD:	Aug 2023	5,094
9	Light Bringer: A Red Rising Novel Pierce Brown, Author Del Rey Books, $30.00 (800) 978-0-425-28597-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 08/07/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/14/2023 Average Rank 5.60 [details] Sales history for Light Bringer: A Red Rising Novel date, rank 08/14/2023, 1 09/11/2023, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jul 2023 UNITS SOLD: 5,054 YTD:	Jul 2023	5,054
10	Golden Son Pierce Brown, Author Del Rey Books, $18.00 (464) 978-0-345-53983-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jul 2015 UNITS SOLD: 4,130 YTD:	Jul 2015	4,130

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