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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units
1	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 8.41 [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 10/09/2023, 3 11/13/2023, 2 12/11/2023, 4 01/08/2024, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 16,993 YTD:	Oct 2022	16,993
2	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 3.92 [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 10/09/2023, 2 11/13/2023, 1 12/11/2023, 3 01/08/2024, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: 11,390 YTD:	Mar 2020	11,390
3	Pestilence Laura Thalassa, Author Bloom Books, $18.99 978-1-7282-8016-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/11/2023 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 12/11/2023 Average Rank 3.20 [details] Sales history for Pestilence date, rank 09/11/2023, 3 10/09/2023, 4 11/13/2023, 4 12/11/2023, 2 01/08/2024, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2023 UNITS SOLD: 10,787 YTD:	Aug 2023	10,787
4	Dune (Anniversary) Frank Herbert, Author Ace Books, $18.00 (528) 978-0-441-01359-3 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/06/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/08/2020 Average Rank 3.26 [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 10/09/2023, 6 11/13/2023, 5 12/11/2023, 6 01/08/2024, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2005 UNITS SOLD: 10,426 YTD:	Aug 2005	10,426
5	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 6.66 [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 10/09/2023, 7 11/13/2023, 7 12/11/2023, 5 01/08/2024, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jan 2016 UNITS SOLD: 9,902 YTD:	Jan 2016	9,902
6	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 7.58 [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 07/06/2020, 8 08/10/2020, 9 06/07/2021, 8 07/12/2021, 9 08/09/2021, 10 01/08/2024, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 7,347 YTD:	Oct 2014	7,347
7	Starter Villain John Scalzi, Author Tor Books, $28.99 (336) 978-0-7653-8922-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 10/02/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/09/2023 Average Rank 7.00 [details] Sales history for Starter Villain date, rank 10/09/2023, 1 11/13/2023, 6 01/08/2024, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 6,657 YTD:	Sep 2023	6,657
8	A Psalm for the Wild-Built Becky Chambers, Author Tordotcom, $20.99 (160) 978-1-250-23621-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 08/09/2021 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 08/09/2021 Average Rank 8.80 [details] Sales history for A Psalm for the Wild-Built date, rank 08/09/2021, 8 12/12/2022, 9 01/09/2023, 10 02/13/2023, 9 01/08/2024, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 6,347 YTD:	Jul 2021	6,347
9	All Systems Red Martha Wells, Author Tor.com, $14.99 (160) 978-0-7653-9753-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 6,298 YTD:	May 2017	6,298
10	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 3 Highest Rank Date 11/14/2022 Average Rank 7.86 [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 03/14/2022, 10 05/16/2022, 9 10/10/2022, 4 11/14/2022, 3 12/12/2022, 5 01/09/2023, 4 02/13/2023, 6 03/13/2023, 7 04/10/2023, 7 05/08/2023, 8 06/05/2023, 7 07/03/2023, 9 08/14/2023, 9 10/09/2023, 9 11/13/2023, 10 01/08/2024, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 6,261 YTD:	Jul 2020	6,261

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