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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2017 YTD
1	2	2	The Woman in Cabin 10 Ruth Ware, Author Gallery/Scout Press, $16.00 (384) 978-1-5011-3295-7 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 04/24/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/01/2017 Average Rank 4.83 [details] Sales history for The Woman in Cabin 10 date, rank 04/24/2017, 9 04/24/2017, 2 05/01/2017, 6 05/01/2017, 1 05/08/2017, 10 05/08/2017, 1 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 17,936 2012 YTD: 37,417	Apr 2017	17,936 37,417
2	1	3	All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Author Scribner Book Company, $17.00 (544) 978-1-5011-7321-9 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 04/17/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/17/2017 Average Rank 4.43 [details] Sales history for All the Light We Cannot See date, rank 04/17/2017, 7 04/17/2017, 1 04/24/2017, 8 04/24/2017, 1 05/01/2017, 9 05/01/2017, 2 05/08/2017, 3 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 16,050 2012 YTD: 55,285	Apr 2017	16,050 55,285
3	3	8	Lilac Girls Martha Hall Kelly, Author Ballantine Books, $17.00 (512) 978-1-101-88308-2 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 03/13/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/17/2017 Average Rank 3.44 [details] Sales history for Lilac Girls date, rank 03/13/2017, 3 03/20/2017, 5 03/27/2017, 3 04/03/2017, 4 04/10/2017, 4 04/17/2017, 2 04/24/2017, 3 05/01/2017, 3 05/08/2017, 4 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Feb 2017 UNITS SOLD: 13,291 2012 YTD: 101,381	Feb 2017	13,291 101,381
4	4	20	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 0 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 12/19/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/23/2017 Average Rank 3.35 [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 01/30/2017, 2 01/30/2017, 1 02/06/2017, 2 02/06/2017, 1 02/13/2017, 2 02/13/2017, 1 02/13/2017, 1 02/20/2017, 5 02/20/2017, 1 02/27/2017, 3 02/27/2017, 1 03/06/2017, 3 03/06/2017, 1 03/06/2017, 1 03/13/2017, 8 03/13/2017, 1 03/20/2017, 2 03/27/2017, 2 04/03/2017, 3 04/03/2017, 1 04/10/2017, 3 04/17/2017, 6 04/24/2017, 4 05/01/2017, 4 05/08/2017, 6 05/08/2017, 2 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: Dec 2016 UNITS SOLD: 10,455 2012 YTD: 290,169	Dec 2016	10,455 290,169
5	5	3	The Nest Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Author Ecco Press, $16.99 (368) 978-0-06-241422-9 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 04/17/2017 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 04/24/2017 Average Rank 5.75 [details] Sales history for The Nest date, rank 04/17/2017, 8 04/24/2017, 5 05/01/2017, 5 05/08/2017, 5 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 9,673 2012 YTD: 32,314	Apr 2017	9,673 32,314
6	8	5	No Man's Land David Baldacci, Author Grand Central Publishing, $15.99 (464) 978-1-4555-8650-9 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/03/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/03/2017 Average Rank 5.17 [details] Sales history for No Man's Land date, rank 04/03/2017, 1 04/10/2017, 2 04/17/2017, 4 04/24/2017, 8 05/01/2017, 6 05/08/2017, 10 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Mar 2017 UNITS SOLD: 8,689 2012 YTD: 64,948	Mar 2017	8,689 64,948
7	10	12	All the Missing Girls Megan Miranda, Author Simon & Schuster, $16.00 (400) 978-1-5011-0797-9 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 02/13/2017 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 02/13/2017 Average Rank 8.69 [details] Sales history for All the Missing Girls date, rank 02/13/2017, 7 02/20/2017, 7 02/27/2017, 7 03/06/2017, 8 03/13/2017, 8 03/20/2017, 12 03/27/2017, 10 04/03/2017, 9 04/10/2017, 9 04/17/2017, 10 04/24/2017, 10 05/01/2017, 7 05/08/2017, 9 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Jan 2017 UNITS SOLD: 8,310 2012 YTD: 106,736	Jan 2017	8,310 106,736
8	14	9	The Orphan's Tale Pam Jenoff, Author Mira Books, $15.99 (368) 978-0-7783-1981-8 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 03/06/2017 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 03/06/2017 Average Rank 7.30 [details] Sales history for The Orphan's Tale date, rank 03/06/2017, 4 03/13/2017, 4 03/20/2017, 8 03/27/2017, 4 04/03/2017, 5 04/10/2017, 7 04/17/2017, 12 04/24/2017, 14 05/01/2017, 8 05/08/2017, 7 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Feb 2017 UNITS SOLD: 7,088 2012 YTD: 90,576	Feb 2017	7,088 90,576
9	7	11	The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story Diane Ackerman, Author W. W. Norton & Company, $15.95 (384) 978-0-393-35425-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 02/27/2017 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 04/03/2017 Average Rank 9.36 [details] Sales history for The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story date, rank 02/27/2017, 18 03/06/2017, 16 03/06/2017, 8 03/13/2017, 17 03/20/2017, 11 03/27/2017, 7 04/03/2017, 6 04/03/2017, 3 04/10/2017, 5 04/17/2017, 7 04/24/2017, 7 05/01/2017, 9 05/08/2017, 13 05/08/2017, 4 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Feb 2017 UNITS SOLD: 6,564 2012 YTD: 90,750	Feb 2017	6,564 90,750
10	11	21	The Shack Wm Paul Young, Author Windblown Media, $15.99 (272) 978-1-4555-6760-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 01/09/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/20/2017 Average Rank 6.71 [details] Sales history for The Shack date, rank 01/09/2017, 4 02/06/2017, 19 02/13/2017, 3 02/13/2017, 12 02/20/2017, 10 02/27/2017, 6 03/06/2017, 2 03/06/2017, 2 03/13/2017, 9 03/13/2017, 2 03/20/2017, 8 03/20/2017, 1 03/27/2017, 1 04/03/2017, 2 04/03/2017, 2 04/10/2017, 6 04/17/2017, 11 04/24/2017, 11 05/01/2017, 10 05/08/2017, 18 05/08/2017, 2 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 21 PUB DATE: Nov 2016 UNITS SOLD: 6,330 2012 YTD: 162,048	Nov 2016	6,330 162,048
11	12	55	My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry Fredrik Backman, Author Washington Square Press, $16.00 (400) 978-1-5011-1507-3 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 04/18/2016 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 02/13/2017 Average Rank 10.33 [details] Sales history for My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry date, rank 04/18/2016, 15 04/25/2016, 16 05/02/2016, 20 05/09/2016, 24 05/23/2016, 21 05/30/2016, 15 06/06/2016, 13 06/13/2016, 7 06/20/2016, 10 06/27/2016, 11 07/04/2016, 8 07/11/2016, 9 07/18/2016, 8 07/25/2016, 7 08/01/2016, 7 08/08/2016, 8 08/15/2016, 12 08/22/2016, 12 08/29/2016, 10 09/05/2016, 11 09/12/2016, 12 09/19/2016, 16 09/26/2016, 17 10/03/2016, 11 10/10/2016, 12 10/17/2016, 14 10/24/2016, 13 10/31/2016, 11 11/07/2016, 13 11/14/2016, 11 11/21/2016, 11 11/28/2016, 7 12/05/2016, 9 12/12/2016, 7 12/19/2016, 7 12/26/2016, 4 01/02/2017, 9 01/09/2017, 7 01/16/2017, 11 01/23/2017, 8 01/30/2017, 5 02/06/2017, 4 02/13/2017, 3 02/20/2017, 5 02/27/2017, 5 03/06/2017, 6 03/13/2017, 7 03/20/2017, 7 03/27/2017, 5 04/03/2017, 7 04/10/2017, 8 04/17/2017, 13 04/24/2017, 12 05/01/2017, 11 05/08/2017, 16 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 55 PUB DATE: Apr 2016 UNITS SOLD: 6,026 2012 YTD: 146,091	Apr 2016	6,026 146,091
12	9	20	A Dog's Purpose: A Novel for Humans W. Bruce Cameron, Author Forge, $14.99 (336) 978-0-7653-8811-7 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 12/19/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/16/2017 Average Rank 5.67 [details] Sales history for A Dog's Purpose: A Novel for Humans date, rank 12/19/2016, 10 12/26/2016, 3 01/02/2017, 2 01/09/2017, 2 01/16/2017, 1 01/16/2017, 9 01/23/2017, 3 01/23/2017, 2 01/30/2017, 3 01/30/2017, 2 02/06/2017, 4 02/06/2017, 2 02/13/2017, 5 02/13/2017, 2 02/20/2017, 10 02/20/2017, 3 02/27/2017, 2 03/06/2017, 5 03/13/2017, 6 03/20/2017, 6 03/27/2017, 6 04/03/2017, 8 04/10/2017, 10 04/17/2017, 14 04/24/2017, 9 05/01/2017, 12 05/08/2017, 12 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: Dec 2016 UNITS SOLD: 5,904 2012 YTD: 219,955	Dec 2016	5,904 219,955
13	-	1	Filthy Rich: A Powerful Billionaire, the Sex Scandal That Undid Him, and All the Justice That Money Can Buy: The Shocking True Stor James Patterson, Author, John Connolly, Author, Tim Malloy, With Grand Central Publishing, $16.99 (304) 978-1-4555-4264-2 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 05/01/2017 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 05/08/2017 Average Rank 12.00 [details] Sales history for Filthy Rich: A Powerful Billionaire, the Sex Scandal That Undid Him, and All the Justice That Money Can Buy: The Shocking True Stor date, rank 05/01/2017, 13 05/08/2017, 11 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 5,629 2012 YTD: 5,665	Apr 2017	5,629 5,665
14	-	1	The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Movie Tie-In Edition) Rebecca Skloot, Author Broadway Books, $16.00 (400) 978-0-8041-9010-7 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 05/01/2017 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 05/01/2017 Average Rank 14.00 [details] Sales history for The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Movie Tie-In Edition) date, rank 05/01/2017, 14 05/08/2017, 14 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 5,398 2012 YTD: 9,403	Apr 2017	5,398 9,403
15	16	37	Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely Lysa TerKeurst, Author Thomas Nelson, $16.99 (240) 978-1-4002-0587-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 08/22/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/05/2016 Average Rank 7.16 [details] Sales history for Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely date, rank 08/22/2016, 3 08/22/2016, 2 08/29/2016, 6 08/29/2016, 2 09/05/2016, 6 09/05/2016, 3 09/05/2016, 1 09/12/2016, 8 09/12/2016, 3 09/19/2016, 3 09/26/2016, 4 10/03/2016, 4 10/10/2016, 4 10/10/2016, 1 10/17/2016, 5 10/24/2016, 4 10/31/2016, 6 11/07/2016, 2 11/07/2016, 7 11/14/2016, 8 11/21/2016, 9 11/28/2016, 8 12/05/2016, 7 12/12/2016, 4 12/12/2016, 7 12/19/2016, 17 12/26/2016, 13 01/02/2017, 12 01/09/2017, 6 01/09/2017, 4 01/16/2017, 4 01/23/2017, 4 01/30/2017, 3 02/06/2017, 3 02/13/2017, 2 02/13/2017, 4 02/20/2017, 8 02/27/2017, 9 03/06/2017, 10 03/06/2017, 4 03/13/2017, 15 03/20/2017, 16 03/27/2017, 15 04/03/2017, 15 04/03/2017, 2 04/10/2017, 15 04/17/2017, 18 04/24/2017, 16 05/01/2017, 15 05/08/2017, 15 05/08/2017, 3 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 37 PUB DATE: Aug 2016 UNITS SOLD: 5,370 2012 YTD: 126,280	Aug 2016	5,370 126,280
16	18	2	The Horse Dancer Jojo Moyes, Author Penguin Books, $16.00 (496) 978-0-14-313062-8 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 04/24/2017 Highest Rank 16 Highest Rank Date 05/01/2017 Average Rank 17.00 [details] Sales history for The Horse Dancer date, rank 04/24/2017, 18 05/01/2017, 16 05/08/2017, 17 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 5,243 2012 YTD: 10,720	Apr 2017	5,243 10,720
17	15	3	First Comes Love Emily Giffin, Author Ballantine Books, $17.00 (416) 978-0-345-54694-4 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 17 Initial Date 04/17/2017 Highest Rank 15 Highest Rank Date 04/24/2017 Average Rank 17.00 [details] Sales history for First Comes Love date, rank 04/17/2017, 17 04/24/2017, 15 05/01/2017, 17 05/08/2017, 19 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 5,194 2012 YTD: 18,333	Apr 2017	5,194 18,333
18	13	2	Mythomorphia: An Extreme Coloring and Search Challenge Kerby Rosanes, Author Plume Books, $14.00 (96) 978-0-7352-1109-4 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 04/24/2017 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 04/24/2017 Average Rank 18.00 [details] Sales history for Mythomorphia: An Extreme Coloring and Search Challenge date, rank 04/24/2017, 13 05/01/2017, 18 05/08/2017, 23 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 5,044 2012 YTD: 13,374	Apr 2017	5,044 13,374
19	17	8	On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century Timothy Snyder, Author Tim Duggan Books, $7.99 (128) 978-0-8041-9011-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 20 Initial Date 03/20/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/10/2017 Average Rank 13.80 [details] Sales history for On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century date, rank 03/20/2017, 20 03/27/2017, 18 04/03/2017, 19 04/03/2017, 8 04/10/2017, 1 04/17/2017, 9 04/24/2017, 17 05/01/2017, 19 05/08/2017, 22 05/08/2017, 5 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Feb 2017 UNITS SOLD: 4,991 2012 YTD: 55,847	Feb 2017	4,991 55,847
20	21	3	White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America Nancy Isenberg, Author Penguin Books, $17.00 (496) 978-0-14-312967-7 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 04/17/2017 Highest Rank 20 Highest Rank Date 05/01/2017 Average Rank 20.50 [details] Sales history for White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America date, rank 04/17/2017, 21 04/24/2017, 21 05/01/2017, 20 05/08/2017, 20 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 4,702 2012 YTD: 15,226	Apr 2017	4,702 15,226
21	20	3	The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus Lee Strobel, Author Zondervan, $16.99 (336) 978-0-310-34586-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 20 Initial Date 04/24/2017 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 05/08/2017 Average Rank 18.00 [details] Sales history for The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus date, rank 04/24/2017, 20 05/01/2017, 21 05/08/2017, 25 05/08/2017, 6 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2016 UNITS SOLD: 4,621 2012 YTD: 24,026	Sep 2016	4,621 24,026
22	29	46	What to Expect When You're Expecting (Revised) Heidi Murkoff, Author, Sharon Mazel, Author Workman Publishing, $15.95 (656) 978-0-7611-8748-6 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 06/13/2016 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 06/13/2016 Average Rank 20.36 [details] Sales history for What to Expect When You're Expecting (Revised) date, rank 06/13/2016, 8 07/25/2016, 23 08/22/2016, 25 08/29/2016, 25 09/05/2016, 21 09/12/2016, 22 10/03/2016, 20 10/17/2016, 25 10/24/2016, 21 10/31/2016, 23 11/07/2016, 20 11/14/2016, 24 11/21/2016, 24 01/09/2017, 15 01/16/2017, 16 01/23/2017, 18 01/30/2017, 17 02/06/2017, 15 02/13/2017, 14 02/20/2017, 23 02/27/2017, 20 03/06/2017, 20 03/13/2017, 22 03/27/2017, 22 04/03/2017, 22 04/10/2017, 19 05/01/2017, 22 05/08/2017, 24 LAST WEEK: 29 WEEKS ON LIST: 46 PUB DATE: May 2016 UNITS SOLD: 3,956 2012 YTD: 73,033	May 2016	3,956 73,033
23	35	5	Cracking the AP U.S. History Exam, 2017 Edition: Proven Techniques to Help You Score a 5 Princeton Review, Author Princeton Review, $18.99 (464) 978-1-101-92003-9 LAST WEEK: 35 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Aug 2016 UNITS SOLD: 3,832 2012 YTD: 32,383	Aug 2016	3,832 32,383
24	22	3	The Ebb Tide Beverly Lewis, Author Bethany House Publishers, $15.99 (336) 978-0-7642-1250-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 04/17/2017 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/08/2017 Average Rank 16.00 [details] Sales history for The Ebb Tide date, rank 04/17/2017, 15 04/24/2017, 22 05/01/2017, 24 05/08/2017, 3 LAST WEEK: 22 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 3,674 2012 YTD: 16,491	Apr 2017	3,674 16,491
25	24	11	Britt-Marie Was Here Fredrik Backman, Author Washington Square Press, $16.00 (336) 978-1-5011-4254-3 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 02/20/2017 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 02/20/2017 Average Rank 15.09 [details] Sales history for Britt-Marie Was Here date, rank 02/20/2017, 6 02/27/2017, 10 03/06/2017, 11 03/13/2017, 16 03/20/2017, 18 03/27/2017, 14 04/03/2017, 11 04/10/2017, 12 04/17/2017, 19 04/24/2017, 24 05/01/2017, 25 LAST WEEK: 24 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Feb 2017 UNITS SOLD: 3,597 2012 YTD: 68,498	Feb 2017	3,597 68,498

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Nielsen BookScan, week 17 of 2017, data through 4/23/2017; PW Issue of May. 1, 2017