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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date
1	The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss Anderson Cooper, Author, Gloria Vanderbilt, Author Harper, $27.99 (304) 978-0-06-245494-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 04/18/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/18/2016 Average Rank 4.31 [details] Sales history for The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss date, rank 04/18/2016, 3 04/18/2016, 1 04/25/2016, 4 04/25/2016, 2 05/02/2016, 7 05/02/2016, 1 05/09/2016, 8 05/09/2016, 1 05/09/2016, 1 05/16/2016, 7 05/16/2016, 1 05/23/2016, 2 05/30/2016, 6 06/06/2016, 10 06/13/2016, 14 06/13/2016, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 2016 UNITS SOLD: 49,909 2012 YTD:	Apr 2016
2	Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow, Author Penguin Books, $20.00 (818) 978-0-14-303475-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 01/11/2016 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 06/13/2016 Average Rank 4.50 [details] Sales history for Alexander Hamilton date, rank 01/11/2016, 8 02/08/2016, 5 03/07/2016, 5 04/11/2016, 4 05/09/2016, 3 06/13/2016, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Mar 2005 UNITS SOLD: 36,614 2012 YTD:	Mar 2005
3	The Wright Brothers David McCullough, Author Simon & Schuster, $17.00 (336) 978-1-4767-2875-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 05/16/2016 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/30/2016 Average Rank 5.17 [details] Sales history for The Wright Brothers date, rank 05/16/2016, 6 05/23/2016, 7 05/30/2016, 3 06/06/2016, 6 06/13/2016, 6 06/13/2016, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: May 2016 UNITS SOLD: 34,706 2012 YTD:	May 2016
4	When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi, Author, Abraham Verghese, Foreword by Random House, $25.00 (256) 978-0-8129-8840-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 01/25/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/01/2016 Average Rank 2.90 [details] Sales history for When Breath Becomes Air date, rank 01/25/2016, 4 02/01/2016, 3 02/01/2016, 1 02/08/2016, 3 02/08/2016, 1 02/08/2016, 1 02/15/2016, 4 02/15/2016, 1 02/22/2016, 3 02/22/2016, 1 02/29/2016, 3 02/29/2016, 1 03/07/2016, 3 03/07/2016, 1 03/14/2016, 3 03/21/2016, 1 03/28/2016, 1 04/04/2016, 2 04/11/2016, 2 04/11/2016, 1 04/18/2016, 7 04/25/2016, 4 05/02/2016, 4 05/09/2016, 2 05/09/2016, 2 05/16/2016, 7 05/23/2016, 5 05/30/2016, 5 06/06/2016, 6 06/13/2016, 4 06/13/2016, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jan 2016 UNITS SOLD: 34,155 2012 YTD:	Jan 2016
5	Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike Phil Knight, Author, Philip H Knight, Author Scribner Book Company, $29.00 (400) 978-1-5011-3591-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/09/2016 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/09/2016 Average Rank 7.43 [details] Sales history for Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike date, rank 05/09/2016, 4 05/16/2016, 9 05/23/2016, 7 05/30/2016, 8 06/06/2016, 9 06/13/2016, 10 06/13/2016, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 2016 UNITS SOLD: 27,955 2012 YTD:	Apr 2016
6	Bare Bones: I'm Not Lonely If You're Reading This Book Bobby Bones, Author Dey Street Books, $26.99 (224) 978-0-06-241734-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 05/30/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/30/2016 Average Rank 7.60 [details] Sales history for Bare Bones: I'm Not Lonely If You're Reading This Book date, rank 05/30/2016, 7 05/30/2016, 1 06/06/2016, 7 06/13/2016, 17 06/13/2016, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: May 2016 UNITS SOLD: 26,851 2012 YTD:	May 2016
7	Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford Clint Hill, Author, Lisa McCubbin, Author Gallery Books, $28.00 (464) 978-1-4767-9413-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 17 Initial Date 05/16/2016 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 06/13/2016 Average Rank 11.83 [details] Sales history for Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford date, rank 05/16/2016, 17 05/23/2016, 9 05/30/2016, 12 06/06/2016, 11 06/13/2016, 15 06/13/2016, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: May 2016 UNITS SOLD: 22,359 2012 YTD:	May 2016
8	Unashamed Lecrae Moore, Author B&H; Publishing Group, $24.99 (256) 978-1-4336-8912-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/16/2016 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/16/2016 Average Rank 10.00 [details] Sales history for Unashamed date, rank 05/16/2016, 4 05/23/2016, 18 06/13/2016, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: May 2016 UNITS SOLD: 19,890 2012 YTD:	May 2016
9	Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates, Author Spiegel & Grau, $24.00 (176) 978-0-8129-9354-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 07/27/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/10/2015 Average Rank 8.39 [details] Sales history for Between the World and Me date, rank 07/27/2015, 10 07/27/2015, 2 08/03/2015, 10 08/03/2015, 3 08/10/2015, 2 08/10/2015, 1 08/17/2015, 3 08/24/2015, 3 08/31/2015, 4 09/07/2015, 4 09/14/2015, 5 09/14/2015, 1 09/21/2015, 5 09/28/2015, 5 10/05/2015, 9 10/12/2015, 9 10/12/2015, 1 10/19/2015, 16 10/26/2015, 14 11/02/2015, 16 11/09/2015, 2 11/09/2015, 20 11/16/2015, 25 11/30/2015, 13 12/07/2015, 11 12/14/2015, 10 12/14/2015, 3 12/21/2015, 8 12/28/2015, 7 01/04/2016, 7 01/11/2016, 2 01/11/2016, 1 01/18/2016, 3 01/25/2016, 6 02/01/2016, 6 02/08/2016, 5 02/08/2016, 2 02/15/2016, 5 02/22/2016, 7 02/29/2016, 7 03/07/2016, 9 03/07/2016, 2 03/14/2016, 8 03/21/2016, 6 03/28/2016, 9 04/04/2016, 13 04/11/2016, 13 04/11/2016, 3 04/18/2016, 18 04/25/2016, 18 05/02/2016, 14 05/09/2016, 14 05/09/2016, 5 05/16/2016, 24 05/23/2016, 15 05/30/2016, 16 06/06/2016, 13 06/13/2016, 13 06/13/2016, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jul 2015 UNITS SOLD: 17,152 2012 YTD:	Jul 2015
10	Paul McCartney: The Life Philip Norman, Author Little Brown and Company, $32.00 (848) 978-0-316-32796-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 05/16/2016 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 06/13/2016 Average Rank 17.00 [details] Sales history for Paul McCartney: The Life date, rank 05/16/2016, 18 05/23/2016, 23 06/13/2016, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: May 2016 UNITS SOLD: 13,974 2012 YTD:	May 2016

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Nielsen BookScan, data for the four-week period ending 4/3/2016