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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 3.88 [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 01/30/2017, 7 02/06/2017, 6 02/13/2017, 6 02/13/2017, 2 02/20/2017, 4 02/27/2017, 4 03/06/2017, 7 03/06/2017, 1 03/13/2017, 7 03/20/2017, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2016 UNITS SOLD: 41,080 2012 YTD:	Oct 2016
2	This Life I Live: One Man's Extraordinary, Ordinary Life and the Woman Who Changed It Forever Rory Feek, Author Thomas Nelson, $24.99 (240) 978-0-7180-9019-7 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 02/27/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/27/2017 Average Rank 5.50 [details] Sales history for This Life I Live: One Man's Extraordinary, Ordinary Life and the Woman Who Changed It Forever date, rank 02/27/2017, 2 02/27/2017, 1 03/06/2017, 4 03/06/2017, 2 03/13/2017, 9 03/20/2017, 15 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Feb 2017 UNITS SOLD: 35,419 2012 YTD:	Feb 2017
3	Three Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower's Final Mission Bret Baier, Author, Catherine Whitney, Author William Morrow & Company, $28.99 (368) 978-0-06-256903-5 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 01/23/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/30/2017 Average Rank 6.42 [details] Sales history for Three Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower's Final Mission date, rank 01/23/2017, 7 01/23/2017, 3 01/30/2017, 6 01/30/2017, 1 02/06/2017, 4 02/13/2017, 5 02/13/2017, 1 02/20/2017, 5 02/27/2017, 9 03/06/2017, 14 03/06/2017, 3 03/13/2017, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jan 2017 UNITS SOLD: 32,338 2012 YTD:	Jan 2017
4	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 4.35 [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 02/13/2017, 4 03/06/2017, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Mar 2005 UNITS SOLD: 22,441 2012 YTD:	Mar 2005
5	Night Elie Wiesel, Author, Marion Wiesel, Translator Hill & Wang, $9.95 (120) 978-0-374-50001-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 08/11/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/08/2016 Average Rank 5.62 [details] Sales history for Night date, rank 08/11/2014, 6 09/08/2014, 2 10/20/2014, 4 08/10/2015, 9 09/14/2015, 3 10/12/2015, 5 11/09/2015, 10 02/08/2016, 4 03/07/2016, 7 04/11/2016, 10 05/09/2016, 7 07/11/2016, 8 07/18/2016, 6 07/25/2016, 5 08/01/2016, 8 08/08/2016, 1 09/05/2016, 2 10/10/2016, 4 11/07/2016, 7 02/13/2017, 5 03/06/2017, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jan 2006 UNITS SOLD: 19,251 2012 YTD:	Jan 2006
6	The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss Anderson Cooper, Author, Gloria Vanderbilt, Author Harper Paperbacks, $15.99 (320) 978-0-06-245495-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 17 Initial Date 02/13/2017 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 03/06/2017 Average Rank 17.25 [details] Sales history for The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss date, rank 02/13/2017, 17 02/20/2017, 21 02/27/2017, 25 03/06/2017, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jan 2017 UNITS SOLD: 17,398 2012 YTD:	Jan 2017
7	When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi, Author, Abraham Verghese, Foreword by Random House, $25.00 (256) 978-0-8129-8840-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 01/25/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/01/2016 Average Rank 5.98 [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 01/30/2017, 19 02/06/2017, 16 02/13/2017, 6 03/06/2017, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jan 2016 UNITS SOLD: 16,371 2012 YTD:	Jan 2016
8	No Barriers: A Blind Man's Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon Erik Weihenmayer, Author, Buddy Levy, Author, Bob Woodruff, Foreword by Thomas Dunne Books, $26.99 (480) 978-1-250-08878-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Feb 2017 UNITS SOLD: 15,426 2012 YTD:	Feb 2017
9	Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates, Author Spiegel & Grau, $24.00 (176) 978-0-8129-9354-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 07/27/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/10/2015 Average Rank 8.23 [details] Sales history for Between the World and Me date, rank 07/27/2015, 10 07/27/2015, 2 08/03/2015, 10 08/03/2015, 3 08/10/2015, 2 08/10/2015, 1 08/17/2015, 3 08/24/2015, 3 08/31/2015, 4 09/07/2015, 4 09/14/2015, 5 09/14/2015, 1 09/21/2015, 5 09/28/2015, 5 10/05/2015, 9 10/12/2015, 9 10/12/2015, 1 10/19/2015, 16 10/26/2015, 14 11/02/2015, 16 11/09/2015, 2 11/09/2015, 20 11/16/2015, 25 11/30/2015, 13 12/07/2015, 11 12/14/2015, 10 12/14/2015, 3 12/21/2015, 8 12/28/2015, 7 01/04/2016, 7 01/11/2016, 2 01/11/2016, 1 01/18/2016, 3 01/25/2016, 6 02/01/2016, 6 02/08/2016, 5 02/08/2016, 2 02/15/2016, 5 02/22/2016, 7 02/29/2016, 7 03/07/2016, 9 03/07/2016, 2 03/14/2016, 8 03/21/2016, 6 03/28/2016, 9 04/04/2016, 13 04/11/2016, 13 04/11/2016, 3 04/18/2016, 18 04/25/2016, 18 05/02/2016, 14 05/09/2016, 14 05/09/2016, 5 05/16/2016, 24 05/23/2016, 15 05/30/2016, 16 06/06/2016, 13 06/13/2016, 13 06/13/2016, 9 06/20/2016, 11 06/27/2016, 14 07/04/2016, 5 07/11/2016, 4 07/11/2016, 9 07/18/2016, 7 07/25/2016, 5 08/01/2016, 9 08/08/2016, 7 08/08/2016, 5 09/05/2016, 5 10/10/2016, 8 02/13/2017, 8 03/06/2017, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jul 2015 UNITS SOLD: 15,097 2012 YTD:	Jul 2015
10	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 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 12/19/2016 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 02/13/2017 Average Rank 10.81 [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 01/30/2017, 14 02/06/2017, 15 02/13/2017, 20 02/13/2017, 3 02/20/2017, 19 02/27/2017, 23 03/06/2017, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Dec 2016 UNITS SOLD: 15,069 2012 YTD:	Dec 2016

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