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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date
1	Deep Freeze John Sandford, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $29.00 (400) 978-0-399-17606-7 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/30/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/06/2017 Average Rank 5.17 [details] Sales history for Deep Freeze date, rank 10/30/2017, 8 10/30/2017, 2 11/06/2017, 3 11/06/2017, 1 11/13/2017, 6 11/20/2017, 11 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 59,545 2012 YTD:	Oct 2017
2	Cross the Line James Patterson, Author Vision, $9.99 (400) 978-1-4555-8532-8 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/09/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/30/2017 Average Rank 5.75 [details] Sales history for Cross the Line date, rank 10/09/2017, 8 10/16/2017, 3 10/23/2017, 2 10/30/2017, 1 11/06/2017, 4 11/06/2017, 2 11/13/2017, 10 11/20/2017, 16 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2017 UNITS SOLD: 51,981 2012 YTD:	Sep 2017
3	Escape Clause John Sandford, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $9.99 (496) 978-0-425-27622-8 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 10/09/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/16/2017 Average Rank 7.14 [details] Sales history for Escape Clause date, rank 10/09/2017, 4 10/16/2017, 2 10/23/2017, 4 10/30/2017, 4 11/06/2017, 9 11/06/2017, 3 11/13/2017, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2017 UNITS SOLD: 45,461 2012 YTD:	Sep 2017
4	The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye: A Lisbeth Salander Novel, Continuing Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series David Lagercrantz, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $27.95 (368) 978-0-451-49432-0 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 09/25/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/25/2017 Average Rank 7.42 [details] Sales history for The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye: A Lisbeth Salander Novel, Continuing Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series date, rank 09/25/2017, 5 09/25/2017, 2 10/02/2017, 5 10/09/2017, 6 10/09/2017, 4 10/16/2017, 8 10/23/2017, 8 10/30/2017, 8 11/06/2017, 10 11/06/2017, 4 11/13/2017, 11 11/20/2017, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2017 UNITS SOLD: 44,540 2012 YTD:	Sep 2017
5	The Games James Patterson, Author Grand Central Publishing, $9.99 (416) 978-1-4555-8534-2 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/30/2017 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/06/2017 Average Rank 7.40 [details] Sales history for The Games date, rank 10/30/2017, 6 11/06/2017, 3 11/06/2017, 5 11/13/2017, 8 11/20/2017, 15 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 24,785 2012 YTD:	Oct 2017
6	A Legacy of Spies John Le Carre, Author Viking, $28.00 (272) 978-0-7352-2511-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/18/2017 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/18/2017 Average Rank 9.73 [details] Sales history for A Legacy of Spies date, rank 09/18/2017, 3 09/18/2017, 3 09/25/2017, 6 10/02/2017, 6 10/09/2017, 8 10/09/2017, 3 10/16/2017, 14 10/23/2017, 15 10/30/2017, 20 11/06/2017, 23 11/06/2017, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2017 UNITS SOLD: 22,996 2012 YTD:	Sep 2017
7	Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery Agatha Christie, Author William Morrow & Company, $14.99 (288) 978-0-06-268966-5 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 10/30/2017 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 11/20/2017 Average Rank 8.60 [details] Sales history for Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery date, rank 10/30/2017, 14 11/06/2017, 12 11/06/2017, 7 11/13/2017, 6 11/20/2017, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 19,293 2012 YTD:	Oct 2017
8	Y Is for Yesterday Sue Grafton, Author Marian Wood Books/Putnam, $29.00 (496) 978-0-399-16385-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/04/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/04/2017 Average Rank 7.62 [details] Sales history for Y Is for Yesterday date, rank 09/04/2017, 1 09/04/2017, 1 09/04/2017, 1 09/11/2017, 3 09/11/2017, 5 09/18/2017, 4 09/25/2017, 9 10/02/2017, 11 10/09/2017, 13 10/09/2017, 2 10/16/2017, 21 10/23/2017, 20 11/06/2017, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2017 UNITS SOLD: 15,583 2012 YTD:	Aug 2017
9	Secrets in Death: An Eve Dallas Novel (in Death, Book 45) J. D. Robb, Author St. Martin's Press, $27.99 (384) 978-1-250-12315-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/18/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/18/2017 Average Rank 9.89 [details] Sales history for Secrets in Death: An Eve Dallas Novel (in Death, Book 45) date, rank 09/18/2017, 1 09/18/2017, 1 09/25/2017, 5 10/02/2017, 9 10/09/2017, 12 10/09/2017, 5 10/16/2017, 22 10/23/2017, 25 11/06/2017, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2017 UNITS SOLD: 15,266 2012 YTD:	Sep 2017
10	Murder on the Orient Express Agatha Christie, Author Harper Paperbacks, $13.99 (265) 978-0-06-207349-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jan 2011 UNITS SOLD: 14,677 2012 YTD:	Jan 2011

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NPD BookScan, data for the five-week period ended 11/5/17