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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date
1	Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan Bill O'Reilly, Author, Martin Dugard, Author Henry Holt & Company, $30.00 (336) 978-1-62779-062-8 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/26/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/26/2016 Average Rank 2.50 [details] Sales history for Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan date, rank 09/26/2016, 1 09/26/2016, 1 10/03/2016, 1 10/03/2016, 1 10/10/2016, 2 10/10/2016, 2 10/10/2016, 1 10/17/2016, 1 10/17/2016, 4 10/24/2016, 1 10/24/2016, 1 10/31/2016, 2 10/31/2016, 2 11/07/2016, 4 11/07/2016, 3 11/07/2016, 1 11/14/2016, 5 11/14/2016, 2 11/21/2016, 4 11/21/2016, 1 11/28/2016, 8 11/28/2016, 2 12/05/2016, 2 12/12/2016, 1 12/12/2016, 3 12/12/2016, 1 12/19/2016, 3 12/19/2016, 1 12/26/2016, 2 12/26/2016, 1 01/02/2017, 2 01/02/2017, 1 01/09/2017, 7 01/09/2017, 1 01/16/2017, 9 01/23/2017, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2016 UNITS SOLD: 399,742 2012 YTD:	Sep 2016
2	Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations Thomas L. Friedman, Author Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28.00 (496) 978-0-374-27353-8 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 12/05/2016 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 01/09/2017 Average Rank 13.00 [details] Sales history for Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations date, rank 12/05/2016, 8 12/12/2016, 3 12/12/2016, 14 12/19/2016, 17 12/26/2016, 18 01/02/2017, 15 01/09/2017, 18 01/09/2017, 2 01/16/2017, 19 01/23/2017, 16 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2016 UNITS SOLD: 101,516 2012 YTD:	Nov 2016
3	Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History Brian Kilmeade, Author, Don Yaeger, Author Sentinel, $17.00 (272) 978-0-14-312943-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 10/31/2016 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 12/12/2016 Average Rank 6.79 [details] Sales history for Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History date, rank 10/31/2016, 4 11/07/2016, 5 11/07/2016, 6 11/14/2016, 7 11/21/2016, 8 11/28/2016, 5 12/05/2016, 5 12/12/2016, 2 12/12/2016, 4 12/19/2016, 6 12/26/2016, 7 01/02/2017, 10 01/09/2017, 23 01/09/2017, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2016 UNITS SOLD: 57,372 2012 YTD:	Oct 2016
4	Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race Margot Lee Shetterly, Author William Morrow & Company, $15.99 (368) 978-0-06-236360-2 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 12/19/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/23/2017 Average Rank 5.88 [details] Sales history for Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race date, rank 12/19/2016, 15 12/26/2016, 11 01/02/2017, 8 01/09/2017, 4 01/09/2017, 4 01/16/2017, 2 01/23/2017, 2 01/23/2017, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Dec 2016 UNITS SOLD: 51,088 2012 YTD:	Dec 2016
5	White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America Nancy Isenberg, Author Viking, $28.00 (480) 978-0-670-78597-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 07/04/2016 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 08/08/2016 Average Rank 11.38 [details] Sales history for White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America date, rank 07/04/2016, 8 07/11/2016, 16 07/18/2016, 8 07/25/2016, 10 08/01/2016, 12 08/08/2016, 14 08/08/2016, 5 08/15/2016, 18 08/22/2016, 16 08/29/2016, 12 09/05/2016, 15 09/05/2016, 7 09/12/2016, 19 10/10/2016, 10 12/12/2016, 7 01/09/2017, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jun 2016 UNITS SOLD: 24,380 2012 YTD:	Jun 2016
6	The Devil in the White City Erik Larson, Author Vintage, 978-0-375-72560-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 08/11/2014 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/20/2015 Average Rank 6.48 [details] Sales history for The Devil in the White City date, rank 08/11/2014, 6 09/08/2014, 7 02/09/2015, 8 03/09/2015, 4 04/20/2015, 2 05/11/2015, 5 07/13/2015, 7 08/10/2015, 5 09/14/2015, 3 10/12/2015, 9 11/09/2015, 10 12/14/2015, 10 01/11/2016, 7 02/08/2016, 7 03/07/2016, 5 04/11/2016, 6 05/09/2016, 4 07/11/2016, 8 08/08/2016, 7 09/05/2016, 10 01/09/2017, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Feb 2004 UNITS SOLD: 23,943 2012 YTD:	Feb 2004
7	The American Miracle: Divine Providence in the Rise of the Republic Michael Medved, Author Crown Forum, $29.00 (416) 978-0-553-44726-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2016 UNITS SOLD: 22,101 2012 YTD:	Nov 2016
8	Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Yuval Noah Harari, Author Harper, $29.99 (464) 978-0-06-231609-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 02/23/2015 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 01/09/2017 Average Rank 10.50 [details] Sales history for Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind date, rank 02/23/2015, 16 03/09/2015, 9 04/20/2015, 9 01/09/2017, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Feb 2015 UNITS SOLD: 20,737 2012 YTD:	Feb 2015
9	Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania Erik Larson, Author Broadway Books, $17.00 (480) 978-0-307-40887-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 04/04/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/09/2016 Average Rank 7.77 [details] Sales history for Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania date, rank 04/04/2016, 6 04/11/2016, 7 04/11/2016, 3 04/18/2016, 10 04/25/2016, 7 05/02/2016, 9 05/09/2016, 13 05/09/2016, 1 06/13/2016, 4 06/27/2016, 21 07/11/2016, 5 08/08/2016, 6 01/09/2017, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Mar 2016 UNITS SOLD: 19,597 2012 YTD:	Mar 2016
10	Killing Reagan: The Violent Assault That Changed a Presidency Bill O'Reilly, Author, Martin Dugard, Author Henry Holt & Company, $30.00 (320) 978-1-62779-241-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/05/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/05/2015 Average Rank 5.85 [details] Sales history for Killing Reagan: The Violent Assault That Changed a Presidency date, rank 10/05/2015, 1 10/05/2015, 1 10/12/2015, 1 10/12/2015, 1 10/12/2015, 1 10/19/2015, 2 10/19/2015, 1 10/26/2015, 2 10/26/2015, 1 11/02/2015, 4 11/02/2015, 2 11/09/2015, 5 11/09/2015, 1 11/09/2015, 2 11/16/2015, 7 11/16/2015, 2 11/23/2015, 9 11/23/2015, 3 11/30/2015, 8 11/30/2015, 2 12/07/2015, 6 12/07/2015, 1 12/14/2015, 8 12/14/2015, 3 12/14/2015, 1 12/21/2015, 3 12/21/2015, 1 12/28/2015, 4 12/28/2015, 1 01/04/2016, 3 01/04/2016, 1 01/11/2016, 4 01/11/2016, 1 01/18/2016, 7 01/25/2016, 7 02/01/2016, 11 02/08/2016, 8 02/08/2016, 1 02/15/2016, 9 02/22/2016, 6 02/29/2016, 12 03/07/2016, 13 03/07/2016, 1 03/14/2016, 21 03/21/2016, 12 03/28/2016, 14 04/04/2016, 14 04/11/2016, 20 04/11/2016, 2 05/09/2016, 3 06/20/2016, 25 06/27/2016, 9 07/04/2016, 18 07/11/2016, 6 01/09/2017, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2015 UNITS SOLD: 19,335 2012 YTD:	Sep 2015

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