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Fantasy

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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date
1	The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, Author DAW, 978-0-7564-0474-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 11/10/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/10/2016 Average Rank 5.35 [details] Sales history for The Name of the Wind date, rank 11/10/2014, 9 12/08/2014, 4 02/09/2015, 10 03/09/2015, 5 04/20/2015, 9 06/08/2015, 10 08/10/2015, 7 09/14/2015, 2 10/12/2015, 4 11/09/2015, 4 12/14/2015, 9 01/11/2016, 7 02/08/2016, 5 04/11/2016, 5 05/09/2016, 4 06/13/2016, 6 07/11/2016, 6 08/08/2016, 6 09/05/2016, 2 10/10/2016, 1 11/07/2016, 4 12/12/2016, 3 01/09/2017, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 2008 UNITS SOLD: 19,858 2012 YTD:	Apr 2008
2	Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection Brandon Sanderson, Author Tor Books, $27.99 (416) 978-0-7653-9116-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 12/05/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/12/2016 Average Rank 7.00 [details] Sales history for Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection date, rank 12/05/2016, 18 12/12/2016, 1 01/09/2017, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2016 UNITS SOLD: 13,059 2012 YTD:	Nov 2016
3	A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms George R. R. Martin, Author, Gary Gianni, Illustrator Bantam, $30.00 (368) 978-0-345-53348-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 10/19/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/14/2015 Average Rank 10.21 [details] Sales history for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms date, rank 10/19/2015, 7 10/19/2015, 2 10/26/2015, 4 11/02/2015, 9 11/09/2015, 11 11/16/2015, 11 11/23/2015, 19 12/07/2015, 18 12/14/2015, 19 12/14/2015, 1 12/21/2015, 19 12/28/2015, 17 01/04/2016, 15 01/11/2016, 22 01/11/2016, 1 01/18/2016, 25 02/08/2016, 3 04/11/2016, 6 06/13/2016, 5 07/11/2016, 4 08/08/2016, 8 09/05/2016, 6 10/10/2016, 10 01/09/2017, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 11,488 2012 YTD:	Oct 2015
4	The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones George R. R. Martin, Author, Elio Garcia, Author, Linda Antonssen, Author Bantam, $50.00 (336) 978-0-553-80544-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/10/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/08/2014 Average Rank 10.16 [details] Sales history for The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones date, rank 11/10/2014, 6 11/10/2014, 2 11/17/2014, 6 11/24/2014, 10 12/01/2014, 12 12/08/2014, 5 12/08/2014, 1 12/15/2014, 7 12/22/2014, 7 12/29/2014, 6 01/05/2015, 7 01/12/2015, 9 01/12/2015, 1 01/19/2015, 17 01/26/2015, 18 02/02/2015, 20 02/09/2015, 20 02/09/2015, 1 02/16/2015, 18 02/23/2015, 18 03/02/2015, 19 03/09/2015, 22 03/09/2015, 1 04/20/2015, 6 05/04/2015, 19 05/11/2015, 2 06/08/2015, 3 06/15/2015, 21 06/22/2015, 24 06/29/2015, 23 07/13/2015, 2 08/10/2015, 6 11/09/2015, 10 01/11/2016, 6 07/11/2016, 7 08/08/2016, 10 01/09/2017, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 11,028 2012 YTD:	Oct 2014
5	The Fate of the Tearling Erika Johansen, Author Harper, $25.99 (496) 978-0-06-229042-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2016 UNITS SOLD: 9,715 2012 YTD:	Nov 2016
6	The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day Two Patrick Rothfuss, Author Daw Books, $9.99 (1120) 978-0-7564-0791-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 09/14/2015 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 11/09/2015 Average Rank 7.00 [details] Sales history for The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day Two date, rank 09/14/2015, 9 10/12/2015, 7 11/09/2015, 6 09/05/2016, 8 10/10/2016, 6 01/09/2017, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 2013 UNITS SOLD: 8,627 2012 YTD:	Apr 2013
7	A Game of Thrones George R. R. Martin, Author Spectra Books, $7.99 (864p) 978-0-553-57340-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 66 Initial Date 05/14/2012 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/12/2014 Average Rank 12.57 [details] Sales history for A Game of Thrones date, rank 05/14/2012, 66 05/21/2012, 82 05/28/2012, 64 06/04/2012, 63 06/11/2012, 55 05/12/2014, 1 06/09/2014, 1 07/14/2014, 3 08/11/2014, 2 09/08/2014, 3 10/20/2014, 5 11/10/2014, 5 12/08/2014, 6 01/12/2015, 9 02/09/2015, 3 03/09/2015, 4 04/20/2015, 4 05/11/2015, 1 06/08/2015, 1 07/13/2015, 1 08/10/2015, 1 09/14/2015, 1 10/12/2015, 2 11/09/2015, 5 12/14/2015, 10 01/11/2016, 9 02/08/2016, 8 04/11/2016, 9 05/09/2016, 7 06/13/2016, 1 07/11/2016, 1 08/08/2016, 1 09/05/2016, 1 10/10/2016, 5 11/07/2016, 9 12/12/2016, 9 01/09/2017, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2097 UNITS SOLD: 7,810 2012 YTD:	Aug 2097
8	J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings (Movie Tie-In): The Hobbit, the Fellowship of the Ring, the Two Towers, the Retu J R R Tolkien, Author Del Rey Books, $35.96 (1728) 978-0-345-53837-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 12/24/2012 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 01/12/2015 Average Rank 15.86 [details] Sales history for J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings (Movie Tie-In): The Hobbit, the Fellowship of the Ring, the Two Towers, the Retu date, rank 12/24/2012, 22 12/31/2012, 20 01/07/2013, 25 01/14/2013, 21 01/12/2015, 5 01/11/2016, 10 01/09/2017, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2012 UNITS SOLD: 7,624 2012 YTD:	Sep 2012
9	American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition Neil Gaiman, Author William Morrow & Company, $9.99 (784) 978-0-06-247210-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/10/2016 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/10/2016 Average Rank 6.25 [details] Sales history for American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition date, rank 10/10/2016, 2 11/07/2016, 6 12/12/2016, 8 01/09/2017, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2016 UNITS SOLD: 7,531 2012 YTD:	Aug 2016
10	George R. R. Martin's a Game of Thrones Leather-Cloth Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, a Clash of Kings, a Storm of Swords, George R. R. Martin, Author Bantam, $75.00 (5280) 978-1-101-96548-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 12/14/2015 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/08/2016 Average Rank 7.14 [details] Sales history for George R. R. Martin's a Game of Thrones Leather-Cloth Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, a Clash of Kings, a Storm of Swords, date, rank 12/14/2015, 6 01/11/2016, 5 02/08/2016, 7 06/13/2016, 9 07/11/2016, 10 08/08/2016, 3 01/09/2017, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 7,478 2012 YTD:	Oct 2015

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Nielsen BookScan, data for the five-week period ending 1/1/17