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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units
1	Harrow the Ninth Tamsyn Muir, Author Tor.com, $26.99 (512) 978-1-250-31322-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 08/17/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/07/2020 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for Harrow the Ninth date, rank 09/07/2020, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 10,782 YTD:	Aug 2020	10,782
2	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 4.92 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2005 UNITS SOLD: 9,245 YTD:	Aug 2005	9,245
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 5.78 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 1990 UNITS SOLD: 5,936 YTD:	Sep 1990	5,936
4	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 7.28 [details] Sales history for Station Eleven date, rank 07/13/2015, 2 08/10/2015, 3 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 07/10/2017, 3 08/07/2017, 3 09/04/2017, 4 10/09/2017, 5 01/08/2018, 9 02/05/2018, 9 07/16/2018, 5 09/03/2018, 4 11/12/2018, 3 12/10/2018, 8 01/07/2019, 7 02/11/2019, 7 03/04/2019, 7 09/09/2019, 10 02/10/2020, 5 03/09/2020, 2 06/08/2020, 3 07/06/2020, 2 08/10/2020, 4 09/07/2020, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jun 2015 UNITS SOLD: 5,708 YTD:	Jun 2015	5,708
5	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 3.27 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jun 2012 UNITS SOLD: 5,197 YTD:	Jun 2012	5,197
6	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 5.87 [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 07/10/2017, 2 08/07/2017, 2 09/04/2017, 2 10/09/2017, 3 11/06/2017, 6 12/11/2017, 9 02/05/2018, 7 06/11/2018, 8 07/16/2018, 4 08/06/2018, 6 09/03/2018, 7 12/10/2018, 10 01/07/2019, 10 02/11/2019, 6 03/04/2019, 6 04/08/2019, 10 05/06/2019, 7 06/10/2019, 9 07/08/2019, 4 08/12/2019, 5 09/09/2019, 6 10/07/2019, 8 11/11/2019, 4 02/10/2020, 6 06/08/2020, 7 07/06/2020, 4 08/10/2020, 6 09/07/2020, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 1996 UNITS SOLD: 4,205 YTD:	Apr 1996	4,205
7	Axiom's End Lindsay Ellis, Author St. Martin's Press, $27.99 (336) 978-1-250-25673-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 08/03/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/10/2020 Average Rank 4.67 [details] Sales history for Axiom's End date, rank 08/10/2020, 1 09/07/2020, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,163 YTD:	Jul 2020	4,163
8	Jurassic Park Michael Crichton, Author Ballantine Books, $9.99 (448) 978-0-345-53898-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 03/09/2015 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 07/16/2018 Average Rank 6.23 [details] Sales history for Jurassic Park date, rank 03/09/2015, 10 06/08/2015, 5 07/13/2015, 3 08/10/2015, 4 09/14/2015, 6 10/12/2015, 10 07/16/2018, 2 08/06/2018, 4 09/03/2018, 5 06/08/2020, 8 07/06/2020, 9 08/10/2020, 7 09/07/2020, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2012 UNITS SOLD: 3,731 YTD:	Sep 2012	3,731
9	Gideon the Ninth Tamsyn Muir, Author Tor.com, $17.99 (496) 978-1-250-31318-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,514 YTD:	Jul 2020	3,514
10	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick, Author Del Rey Books, $16.00 (256) 978-0-345-40447-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 08/07/2017 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/06/2017 Average Rank 7.29 [details] Sales history for Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? date, rank 08/07/2017, 10 09/04/2017, 6 10/09/2017, 4 11/06/2017, 3 02/05/2018, 10 02/10/2020, 8 09/07/2020, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: May 1996 UNITS SOLD: 2,871 YTD:	May 1996	2,871

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For the four-week period ending 8-29-20.