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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date
1	The Magnolia Story Chip Gaines, Author, Joanna Gaines, Author Thomas Nelson, $26.99 (208) 978-0-7180-7918-5 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/31/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/31/2016 Average Rank 3.33 [details] Sales history for The Magnolia Story date, rank 10/31/2016, 1 10/31/2016, 1 11/07/2016, 3 11/07/2016, 2 11/07/2016, 2 11/14/2016, 4 11/14/2016, 1 11/21/2016, 5 11/21/2016, 2 11/28/2016, 4 12/05/2016, 3 12/12/2016, 1 12/12/2016, 4 12/12/2016, 2 12/19/2016, 7 12/19/2016, 3 12/26/2016, 4 12/26/2016, 2 01/02/2017, 6 01/02/2017, 2 01/09/2017, 6 01/09/2017, 1 01/16/2017, 7 01/23/2017, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2016 UNITS SOLD: 311,336 2012 YTD:	Oct 2016
2	Born to Run Bruce Springsteen, Author Simon & Schuster, $32.50 (512) 978-1-5011-4151-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/10/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/10/2016 Average Rank 6.09 [details] Sales history for Born to Run date, rank 10/10/2016, 1 10/10/2016, 1 10/17/2016, 2 10/17/2016, 6 10/24/2016, 8 10/24/2016, 3 10/31/2016, 9 10/31/2016, 3 11/07/2016, 7 11/07/2016, 1 11/14/2016, 5 11/21/2016, 8 11/28/2016, 11 12/05/2016, 10 12/12/2016, 4 12/12/2016, 8 12/19/2016, 9 12/26/2016, 10 12/26/2016, 5 01/02/2017, 7 01/02/2017, 3 01/09/2017, 17 01/09/2017, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2016 UNITS SOLD: 198,028 2012 YTD:	Sep 2016
3	Settle for More Megyn Kelly, Author Harper, $29.99 (352) 978-0-06-249460-3 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 11/28/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/28/2016 Average Rank 7.21 [details] Sales history for Settle for More date, rank 11/28/2016, 4 11/28/2016, 1 12/05/2016, 4 12/12/2016, 2 12/12/2016, 9 12/12/2016, 4 12/19/2016, 8 12/26/2016, 7 01/02/2017, 9 01/02/2017, 5 01/09/2017, 13 01/09/2017, 3 01/16/2017, 13 01/23/2017, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2016 UNITS SOLD: 192,231 2012 YTD:	Nov 2016
4	The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds Michael Lewis, Author W. W. Norton & Company, $28.95 (320) 978-0-393-25459-4 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 12/19/2016 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 12/19/2016 Average Rank 7.67 [details] Sales history for The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds date, rank 12/19/2016, 9 12/19/2016, 4 12/26/2016, 9 12/26/2016, 4 01/02/2017, 7 01/09/2017, 8 01/09/2017, 4 01/16/2017, 10 01/23/2017, 14 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Dec 2016 UNITS SOLD: 185,295 2012 YTD:	Dec 2016
5	Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) Lauren Graham, Author Ballantine Books, $28.00 (224) 978-0-425-28517-6 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 12/12/2016 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 12/12/2016 Average Rank 12.89 [details] Sales history for Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) date, rank 12/12/2016, 8 12/12/2016, 3 12/19/2016, 12 12/26/2016, 14 01/02/2017, 17 01/09/2017, 14 01/09/2017, 5 01/16/2017, 18 01/23/2017, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2016 UNITS SOLD: 134,234 2012 YTD:	Nov 2016
6	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 1 Highest Rank Date 07/11/2016 Average Rank 4.40 [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 06/27/2016, 5 07/04/2016, 6 07/11/2016, 1 08/08/2016, 2 09/05/2016, 3 10/10/2016, 5 11/07/2016, 4 12/12/2016, 7 01/09/2017, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Mar 2005 UNITS SOLD: 103,860 2012 YTD:	Mar 2005
7	Our Revolution: A Future to Believe in Bernie Sanders, Author Thomas Dunne Books, $27.00 (304) 978-1-250-13292-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 11/28/2016 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/28/2016 Average Rank 11.60 [details] Sales history for Our Revolution: A Future to Believe in date, rank 11/28/2016, 9 11/28/2016, 3 12/05/2016, 5 12/12/2016, 3 12/12/2016, 12 12/19/2016, 14 12/26/2016, 19 01/02/2017, 19 01/09/2017, 25 01/09/2017, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2016 UNITS SOLD: 99,116 2012 YTD:	Nov 2016
8	All the Gallant Men: An American Sailor's Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor Donald Stratton, Author, Ken Gire, Author William Morrow & Company, $25.99 (320) 978-0-06-264535-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 12/05/2016 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 01/09/2017 Average Rank 16.17 [details] Sales history for All the Gallant Men: An American Sailor's Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor date, rank 12/05/2016, 22 12/12/2016, 17 12/19/2016, 13 12/26/2016, 15 01/02/2017, 22 01/09/2017, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2016 UNITS SOLD: 95,367 2012 YTD:	Nov 2016
9	When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi, Author, Abraham Verghese, Foreword by Random House, $25.00 (256) 978-0-8129-8840-6 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 01/25/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/01/2016 Average Rank 5.57 [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 06/20/2016, 4 06/27/2016, 3 07/04/2016, 4 07/11/2016, 2 07/11/2016, 5 07/18/2016, 5 07/25/2016, 7 08/01/2016, 7 08/08/2016, 6 08/08/2016, 3 08/15/2016, 10 08/22/2016, 6 08/29/2016, 9 09/05/2016, 9 09/05/2016, 4 09/12/2016, 3 09/19/2016, 7 09/26/2016, 13 10/03/2016, 13 10/10/2016, 23 10/10/2016, 7 11/07/2016, 8 01/02/2017, 18 01/09/2017, 16 01/09/2017, 9 01/16/2017, 14 01/23/2017, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jan 2016 UNITS SOLD: 64,151 2012 YTD:	Jan 2016
10	The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo Amy Schumer, Author Gallery Books, $28.00 (320) 978-1-5011-3988-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 08/29/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/29/2016 Average Rank 7.55 [details] Sales history for The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo date, rank 08/29/2016, 3 08/29/2016, 1 09/05/2016, 3 09/05/2016, 1 09/05/2016, 1 09/12/2016, 6 09/12/2016, 1 09/19/2016, 9 09/19/2016, 3 09/26/2016, 4 10/03/2016, 2 10/10/2016, 7 10/10/2016, 1 10/17/2016, 13 10/24/2016, 13 10/31/2016, 17 11/07/2016, 3 12/05/2016, 17 12/12/2016, 9 12/26/2016, 22 01/02/2017, 20 01/09/2017, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2016 UNITS SOLD: 62,907 2012 YTD:	Aug 2016

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