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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 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 05/12/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/09/2016 Average Rank 3.18 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jun 2012 UNITS SOLD: 13,178 2012 YTD:	Jun 2012
2	Thrawn (Star Wars) Timothy Zahn, Author Del Rey Books, $28.99 (448) 978-0-345-51127-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 04/24/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/24/2017 Average Rank 11.40 [details] Sales history for Thrawn (Star Wars) date, rank 04/24/2017, 2 05/01/2017, 11 05/08/2017, 20 05/15/2017, 22 06/05/2017, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 8,484 2012 YTD:	Apr 2017
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 3 Highest Rank Date 06/05/2017 Average Rank 7.67 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 1990 UNITS SOLD: 6,716 2012 YTD:	Sep 1990
4	Ender's Game (Revised) Orson Scott Card, Author, Orson Scott Card, Introduction by Tor Books, $7.99 (384) 978-0-8125-5070-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/12/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/14/2014 Average Rank 5.67 [details] Sales history for Ender's Game (Revised) date, rank 05/12/2014, 2 06/09/2014, 4 07/14/2014, 1 08/11/2014, 2 09/08/2014, 1 10/20/2014, 3 11/10/2014, 4 12/08/2014, 8 01/12/2015, 7 02/09/2015, 4 03/09/2015, 7 04/20/2015, 8 05/11/2015, 7 06/08/2015, 7 07/13/2015, 6 08/10/2015, 7 09/14/2015, 8 05/09/2016, 10 06/13/2016, 9 07/11/2016, 7 08/08/2016, 6 09/05/2016, 3 10/10/2016, 3 11/07/2016, 6 02/13/2017, 9 05/08/2017, 10 06/05/2017, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 1996 UNITS SOLD: 4,549 2012 YTD:	Apr 1996
5	The Girl with All the Gifts M R Carey, Author Orbit, $15.00 (448) 978-0-316-33475-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 06/08/2015 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/07/2016 Average Rank 6.29 [details] Sales history for The Girl with All the Gifts date, rank 06/08/2015, 6 07/13/2015, 9 08/10/2015, 10 09/14/2015, 9 12/14/2015, 10 02/08/2016, 9 04/11/2016, 6 05/09/2016, 5 06/13/2016, 6 07/11/2016, 6 08/08/2016, 4 09/05/2016, 4 10/10/2016, 4 11/07/2016, 3 12/12/2016, 6 01/09/2017, 8 02/13/2017, 7 03/06/2017, 6 04/03/2017, 4 05/08/2017, 5 06/05/2017, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 2015 UNITS SOLD: 4,326 2012 YTD:	Apr 2015
6	Station Eleven Emily St John Mandel, Author Vintage, $15.95 (352) 978-0-8041-7244-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 06/15/2015 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 07/13/2015 Average Rank 8.50 [details] Sales history for Station Eleven date, rank 06/15/2015, 14 06/22/2015, 10 06/29/2015, 10 07/06/2015, 8 07/13/2015, 2 07/13/2015, 11 07/20/2015, 16 07/27/2015, 15 08/03/2015, 13 08/10/2015, 12 08/10/2015, 3 08/17/2015, 11 08/24/2015, 19 09/14/2015, 4 10/12/2015, 6 11/09/2015, 8 12/14/2015, 7 01/11/2016, 7 02/08/2016, 7 03/07/2016, 7 04/11/2016, 5 05/09/2016, 6 06/13/2016, 7 07/11/2016, 8 08/08/2016, 9 09/05/2016, 7 10/10/2016, 6 11/07/2016, 7 12/12/2016, 9 01/09/2017, 7 02/13/2017, 8 03/06/2017, 10 05/08/2017, 4 06/05/2017, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jun 2015 UNITS SOLD: 4,071 2012 YTD:	Jun 2015
7	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, Author Ballantine Books, $7.99 (224) 978-0-345-39180-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 05/12/2014 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 09/08/2014 Average Rank 8.22 [details] Sales history for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy date, rank 05/12/2014, 9 07/14/2014, 7 08/11/2014, 6 09/08/2014, 5 10/20/2014, 6 11/10/2014, 6 01/12/2015, 10 02/09/2015, 9 03/09/2015, 8 04/20/2015, 10 05/11/2015, 9 07/13/2015, 10 08/10/2015, 8 09/14/2015, 10 07/11/2016, 9 08/08/2016, 10 09/05/2016, 9 10/10/2016, 10 11/07/2016, 8 12/12/2016, 10 04/03/2017, 5 05/08/2017, 8 06/05/2017, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 1995 UNITS SOLD: 3,815 2012 YTD:	Sep 1995
8	Catalyst (Star Wars): A Rogue One Novel James Luceno, Author Del Rey Books, $9.99 (496) 978-1-101-96700-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 3,807 2012 YTD:	May 2017
9	The Boy on the Bridge M R Carey, Author Orbit, $26.00 (400) 978-0-316-30033-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 2,973 2012 YTD:	May 2017
10	Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick, Author Mariner Books, $14.95 (288) 978-0-547-57248-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 12/14/2015 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 02/13/2017 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for Man in the High Castle date, rank 12/14/2015, 4 01/11/2016, 4 02/08/2016, 6 03/07/2016, 8 04/11/2016, 8 05/09/2016, 8 01/09/2017, 4 02/13/2017, 3 03/06/2017, 4 04/03/2017, 7 06/05/2017, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jan 2012 UNITS SOLD: 2,945 2012 YTD:	Jan 2012

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