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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date
1	THRAWN STAR WARS B&N; EXC ZAHN TIMOTHY LUCAS BK, 978-0-425-28707-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 14,880 2012 YTD:	Apr 2017
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 3.24 [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 02/13/2017, 1 03/06/2017, 2 04/03/2017, 1 05/08/2017, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jun 2012 UNITS SOLD: 14,119 2012 YTD:	Jun 2012
3	Life Debt: Aftermath (Star Wars) Chuck Wendig, Author Del Rey Books, $9.99 (512) 978-1-101-96695-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Mar 2017 UNITS SOLD: 6,101 2012 YTD:	Mar 2017
4	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 8.58 [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 02/13/2017, 8 03/06/2017, 10 05/08/2017, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jun 2015 UNITS SOLD: 5,904 2012 YTD:	Jun 2015
5	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 6.35 [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 02/13/2017, 7 03/06/2017, 6 04/03/2017, 4 05/08/2017, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 2015 UNITS SOLD: 5,537 2012 YTD:	Apr 2015
6	The Collapsing Empire John Scalzi, Author Tor Books, $25.99 (336) 978-0-7653-8888-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 17 Initial Date 04/03/2017 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 05/08/2017 Average Rank 10.33 [details] Sales history for The Collapsing Empire date, rank 04/03/2017, 17 04/03/2017, 8 05/08/2017, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Mar 2017 UNITS SOLD: 5,181 2012 YTD:	Mar 2017
7	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 7.52 [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 02/13/2017, 10 05/08/2017, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 4,902 2012 YTD:	Oct 2014
8	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, Author Ballantine Books, $7.99 (224) 978-0-345-39180-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 05/12/2014 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 09/08/2014 Average Rank 8.27 [details] Sales history for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy date, rank 05/12/2014, 9 07/14/2014, 7 08/11/2014, 6 09/08/2014, 5 10/20/2014, 6 11/10/2014, 6 01/12/2015, 10 02/09/2015, 9 03/09/2015, 8 04/20/2015, 10 05/11/2015, 9 07/13/2015, 10 08/10/2015, 8 09/14/2015, 10 07/11/2016, 9 08/08/2016, 10 09/05/2016, 9 10/10/2016, 10 11/07/2016, 8 12/12/2016, 10 04/03/2017, 5 05/08/2017, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 1995 UNITS SOLD: 4,752 2012 YTD:	Sep 1995
9	New York 2140 Kim Stanley Robinson, Author Orbit, $28.00 (624) 978-0-316-26234-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 03/27/2017 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 04/03/2017 Average Rank 12.33 [details] Sales history for New York 2140 date, rank 03/27/2017, 22 04/03/2017, 6 05/08/2017, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Mar 2017 UNITS SOLD: 4,703 2012 YTD:	Mar 2017
10	Ender's Game (Revised) Orson Scott Card, Author, Orson Scott Card, Introduction by Tor Books, $7.99 (384) 978-0-8125-5070-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/12/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/14/2014 Average Rank 5.73 [details] Sales history for Ender's Game (Revised) date, rank 05/12/2014, 2 06/09/2014, 4 07/14/2014, 1 08/11/2014, 2 09/08/2014, 1 10/20/2014, 3 11/10/2014, 4 12/08/2014, 8 01/12/2015, 7 02/09/2015, 4 03/09/2015, 7 04/20/2015, 8 05/11/2015, 7 06/08/2015, 7 07/13/2015, 6 08/10/2015, 7 09/14/2015, 8 05/09/2016, 10 06/13/2016, 9 07/11/2016, 7 08/08/2016, 6 09/05/2016, 3 10/10/2016, 3 11/07/2016, 6 02/13/2017, 9 05/08/2017, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 1996 UNITS SOLD: 4,375 2012 YTD:	Apr 1996

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