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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date
1	Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel James Luceno, Author Del Rey Books, $28.99 (352) 978-0-345-51149-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 11/28/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/12/2016 Average Rank 11.40 [details] Sales history for Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel date, rank 11/28/2016, 13 12/05/2016, 23 12/12/2016, 1 01/02/2017, 19 01/09/2017, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2016 UNITS SOLD: 31,799 2012 YTD:	Nov 2016
2	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 3.45 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jun 2012 UNITS SOLD: 31,788 2012 YTD:	Jun 2012
3	Arrival Ted Chiang, Author Vintage, $16.00 (304) 978-0-525-43367-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 12/12/2016 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 01/09/2017 Average Rank 3.50 [details] Sales history for Arrival date, rank 12/12/2016, 4 01/09/2017, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2016 UNITS SOLD: 13,815 2012 YTD:	Nov 2016
4	Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick, Author Mariner Books, $14.95 (288) 978-0-547-57248-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 12/14/2015 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 12/14/2015 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for Man in the High Castle date, rank 12/14/2015, 4 01/11/2016, 4 02/08/2016, 6 03/07/2016, 8 04/11/2016, 8 05/09/2016, 8 01/09/2017, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jan 2012 UNITS SOLD: 12,327 2012 YTD:	Jan 2012
5	The Martian Andy Weir, Author Broadway Books, $15.00 (400) 978-0-553-41802-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 11/10/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/12/2015 Average Rank 7.49 [details] Sales history for The Martian date, rank 11/10/2014, 18 11/10/2014, 7 11/17/2014, 14 11/24/2014, 14 12/01/2014, 12 12/08/2014, 13 12/08/2014, 2 12/15/2014, 12 12/22/2014, 11 12/29/2014, 10 01/05/2015, 9 01/12/2015, 11 01/12/2015, 1 01/19/2015, 11 01/26/2015, 15 02/02/2015, 17 02/09/2015, 14 02/09/2015, 1 02/16/2015, 14 02/23/2015, 16 03/02/2015, 16 03/09/2015, 19 03/09/2015, 1 03/16/2015, 16 03/23/2015, 19 03/30/2015, 20 04/06/2015, 20 04/13/2015, 22 04/20/2015, 1 04/27/2015, 17 05/04/2015, 20 05/11/2015, 18 05/11/2015, 1 05/18/2015, 19 05/25/2015, 20 06/01/2015, 18 06/08/2015, 16 06/08/2015, 2 06/15/2015, 17 06/22/2015, 1 06/29/2015, 2 07/06/2015, 2 07/13/2015, 1 07/13/2015, 3 07/20/2015, 2 07/27/2015, 2 08/03/2015, 2 08/10/2015, 2 08/10/2015, 1 08/17/2015, 2 08/24/2015, 2 08/31/2015, 3 09/07/2015, 4 09/14/2015, 2 09/14/2015, 1 09/21/2015, 10 09/21/2015, 3 09/28/2015, 8 09/28/2015, 1 10/05/2015, 7 10/05/2015, 1 10/12/2015, 3 10/12/2015, 1 10/12/2015, 1 10/19/2015, 9 10/19/2015, 1 10/26/2015, 9 10/26/2015, 1 11/02/2015, 1 11/09/2015, 1 11/09/2015, 2 12/14/2015, 1 01/11/2016, 1 02/08/2016, 2 03/07/2016, 1 04/11/2016, 1 05/09/2016, 2 06/13/2016, 4 07/11/2016, 4 08/08/2016, 5 09/05/2016, 2 10/10/2016, 2 11/07/2016, 5 12/12/2016, 7 01/09/2017, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 11,992 2012 YTD:	Oct 2014
6	Babylon's Ashes James S a Corey, Author Orbit, $27.00 (544) 978-0-316-33474-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Dec 2016 UNITS SOLD: 10,994 2012 YTD:	Dec 2016
7	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 8.70 [details] Sales history for Station Eleven date, rank 06/15/2015, 14 06/22/2015, 10 06/29/2015, 10 07/06/2015, 8 07/13/2015, 2 07/13/2015, 11 07/20/2015, 16 07/27/2015, 15 08/03/2015, 13 08/10/2015, 12 08/10/2015, 3 08/17/2015, 11 08/24/2015, 19 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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jun 2015 UNITS SOLD: 10,581 2012 YTD:	Jun 2015
8	The Girl with All the Gifts M R Carey, Author Orbit, $15.00 (448) 978-0-316-33475-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 06/08/2015 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/07/2016 Average Rank 6.56 [details] Sales history for The Girl with All the Gifts date, rank 06/08/2015, 6 07/13/2015, 9 08/10/2015, 10 09/14/2015, 9 12/14/2015, 10 02/08/2016, 9 04/11/2016, 6 05/09/2016, 5 06/13/2016, 6 07/11/2016, 6 08/08/2016, 4 09/05/2016, 4 10/10/2016, 4 11/07/2016, 3 12/12/2016, 6 01/09/2017, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 2015 UNITS SOLD: 9,321 2012 YTD:	Apr 2015
9	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 5 Highest Rank Date 03/09/2015 Average Rank 8.00 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2090 UNITS SOLD: 9,200 2012 YTD:	Sep 2090
10	The Three-Body Problem Cixin Liu, Author, Ken Liu, Translator Tor Books, $15.99 (416) 978-0-7653-8203-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jan 2016 UNITS SOLD: 8,784 2012 YTD:	Jan 2016

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