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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2024 YTD
1	-	1	Private Paris James Patterson, Author, Mark Sullivan, Author Little Brown and Company, $28.00 (448) 978-0-316-40705-2 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/28/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/28/2016 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for Private Paris date, rank 03/28/2016, 1 04/04/2016, 2 04/11/2016, 4 04/18/2016, 7 04/25/2016, 8 05/02/2016, 13 05/09/2016, 14 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Mar 2016 UNITS SOLD: 30,541 YTD: 31,292	Mar 2016	30,541 31,292
2	-	1	Property of a Noblewoman Danielle Steel, Author Delacorte Press, $28.95 (336) 978-0-345-53106-3 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 03/28/2016 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 03/28/2016 Average Rank 8.45 [details] Sales history for Property of a Noblewoman date, rank 03/28/2016, 2 04/04/2016, 3 04/11/2016, 5 04/18/2016, 8 04/25/2016, 10 05/02/2016, 12 05/09/2016, 10 05/16/2016, 16 05/23/2016, 20 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Mar 2016 UNITS SOLD: 24,346 YTD: 24,561	Mar 2016	24,346 24,561
3	-	1	Dark Promises Christine Feehan, Author Berkley Books, $27.00 (384) 978-0-425-27735-5 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 03/28/2016 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 03/28/2016 Average Rank 9.33 [details] Sales history for Dark Promises date, rank 03/28/2016, 3 04/04/2016, 9 04/11/2016, 16 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Mar 2016 UNITS SOLD: 9,681 YTD: 9,826	Mar 2016	9,681 9,826
4	1	2	Off the Grid C. J. Box, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $27.00 (384) 978-0-399-17660-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 03/21/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/21/2016 Average Rank 8.22 [details] Sales history for Off the Grid date, rank 03/21/2016, 1 03/28/2016, 4 04/04/2016, 7 04/11/2016, 8 04/18/2016, 16 04/25/2016, 20 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Mar 2016 UNITS SOLD: 8,912 YTD: 24,699	Mar 2016	8,912 24,699
5	3	3	The Gangster Clive Cussler, Author, Justin Scott, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $29.00 (400) 978-0-399-17595-4 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 03/14/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/14/2016 Average Rank 9.12 [details] Sales history for The Gangster date, rank 03/14/2016, 1 03/21/2016, 3 03/28/2016, 5 04/04/2016, 6 04/11/2016, 9 04/18/2016, 19 04/25/2016, 23 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Mar 2016 UNITS SOLD: 8,746 YTD: 42,093	Mar 2016	8,746 42,093
6	-	1	Curse of Strahd: A Dungeons & Dragons Sourcebook Wizards RPG Team, Author Wizards of the Coast, $49.95 (256) 978-0-7869-6598-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 03/28/2016 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/11/2016 Average Rank 4.00 [details] Sales history for Curse of Strahd: A Dungeons & Dragons Sourcebook date, rank 03/28/2016, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Mar 2016 UNITS SOLD: 6,034 YTD: 6,069	Mar 2016	6,034 6,069
7	4	4	A Girl's Guide to Moving on Debbie Macomber, Author Ballantine Books, $26.00 (352) 978-0-553-39192-3 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/07/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/07/2016 Average Rank 8.12 [details] Sales history for A Girl's Guide to Moving on date, rank 03/07/2016, 1 03/14/2016, 2 03/21/2016, 4 03/28/2016, 7 04/04/2016, 8 04/11/2016, 12 04/18/2016, 25 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Feb 2016 UNITS SOLD: 5,487 YTD: 41,636	Feb 2016	5,487 41,636
8	2	2	Fire Touched Patricia Briggs, Author Ace Books, $27.00 (352) 978-0-425-25676-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 03/21/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/11/2016 Average Rank 10.00 [details] Sales history for Fire Touched date, rank 03/21/2016, 2 03/28/2016, 8 04/04/2016, 19 04/11/2016, 24 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Mar 2016 UNITS SOLD: 4,560 YTD: 18,237	Mar 2016	4,560 18,237
9	5	2	The Steel Kiss Jeffery Deaver, Author Grand Central Publishing, $28.00 (448) 978-1-4555-3634-4 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 03/21/2016 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 03/21/2016 Average Rank 11.50 [details] Sales history for The Steel Kiss date, rank 03/21/2016, 5 03/28/2016, 9 04/04/2016, 13 04/11/2016, 19 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Mar 2016 UNITS SOLD: 4,448 YTD: 11,511	Mar 2016	4,448 11,511
10	-	1	Deep Blue Randy Wayne White, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $27.00 (336) 978-0-399-17351-6 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 03/28/2016 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 03/28/2016 Average Rank 15.00 [details] Sales history for Deep Blue date, rank 03/28/2016, 10 04/04/2016, 20 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Mar 2016 UNITS SOLD: 4,317 YTD: 4,417	Mar 2016	4,317 4,417
11	6	2	Clawback: An Ali Reynolds Novel J. A. Jance, Author Touchstone Books, $25.99 (352) 978-1-5011-1072-6 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 03/21/2016 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 03/21/2016 Average Rank 16.00 [details] Sales history for Clawback: An Ali Reynolds Novel date, rank 03/21/2016, 6 03/28/2016, 11 04/04/2016, 22 04/11/2016, 25 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Mar 2016 UNITS SOLD: 3,727 YTD: 9,852	Mar 2016	3,727 9,852
12	11	3	A Few of the Girls: Stories Maeve Binchy, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $26.95 (336) 978-1-101-94741-8 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 03/14/2016 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 03/14/2016 Average Rank 13.00 [details] Sales history for A Few of the Girls: Stories date, rank 03/14/2016, 8 03/21/2016, 11 03/28/2016, 12 04/04/2016, 15 04/11/2016, 19 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Mar 2016 UNITS SOLD: 3,623 YTD: 12,815	Mar 2016	3,623 12,815
13	-	1	At the Edge of the Orchard Tracy Chevalier, Author Viking, $27.00 (304) 978-0-525-95300-5 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 03/28/2016 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 03/28/2016 Average Rank 18.50 [details] Sales history for At the Edge of the Orchard date, rank 03/28/2016, 13 04/04/2016, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Mar 2016 UNITS SOLD: 3,576 YTD: 3,698	Mar 2016	3,576 3,698
14	9	6	Find Her Lisa Gardner, Author Dutton Books, $26.95 (416) 978-0-525-95457-6 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 02/22/2016 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 02/22/2016 Average Rank 10.25 [details] Sales history for Find Her date, rank 02/22/2016, 4 02/29/2016, 4 03/07/2016, 7 03/14/2016, 5 03/21/2016, 9 03/28/2016, 14 04/04/2016, 16 04/11/2016, 23 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Feb 2016 UNITS SOLD: 3,444 YTD: 42,592	Feb 2016	3,444 42,592
15	8	8	NYPD Red 4 James Patterson, Author, Marshall Karp, Author Little Brown and Company, $28.00 (368) 978-0-316-40706-9 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 02/08/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/08/2016 Average Rank 6.18 [details] Sales history for NYPD Red 4 date, rank 02/08/2016, 1 02/15/2016, 2 02/22/2016, 2 02/29/2016, 3 03/07/2016, 3 03/14/2016, 3 03/21/2016, 8 03/28/2016, 15 04/04/2016, 25 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Jan 2016 UNITS SOLD: 3,332 YTD: 96,147	Jan 2016	3,332 96,147
16	16	23	See Me Nicholas Sparks, Author Grand Central Publishing, $27.00 (496) 978-1-4555-2061-9 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/26/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/26/2015 Average Rank 9.19 [details] Sales history for See Me date, rank 10/26/2015, 1 11/02/2015, 2 11/09/2015, 2 11/16/2015, 4 11/23/2015, 4 11/30/2015, 5 12/07/2015, 6 12/14/2015, 6 12/21/2015, 3 12/28/2015, 3 01/04/2016, 4 01/11/2016, 3 01/18/2016, 4 01/25/2016, 8 02/01/2016, 10 02/08/2016, 9 02/15/2016, 8 02/22/2016, 10 02/29/2016, 10 03/07/2016, 13 03/14/2016, 12 03/21/2016, 16 03/28/2016, 16 04/04/2016, 10 04/11/2016, 14 04/18/2016, 24 04/25/2016, 24 05/02/2016, 25 05/09/2016, 23 05/16/2016, 19 05/23/2016, 23 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 23 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 3,293 YTD: 58,839	Oct 2015	3,293 58,839
17	20	24	After You Jojo Moyes, Author Pamela Dorman Books, $26.95 (368) 978-0-525-42659-2 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 10/12/2015 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 06/20/2016 Average Rank 12.72 [details] Sales history for After You date, rank 10/12/2015, 4 10/19/2015, 11 10/26/2015, 14 11/02/2015, 17 02/15/2016, 23 02/22/2016, 17 02/29/2016, 17 03/07/2016, 16 03/14/2016, 17 03/21/2016, 20 03/28/2016, 17 04/04/2016, 11 04/11/2016, 11 04/18/2016, 17 04/25/2016, 17 05/02/2016, 18 05/09/2016, 16 05/16/2016, 18 05/23/2016, 9 05/30/2016, 11 06/06/2016, 7 06/13/2016, 5 06/20/2016, 3 06/27/2016, 6 07/04/2016, 6 07/11/2016, 6 07/18/2016, 7 07/25/2016, 9 08/01/2016, 19 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 24 PUB DATE: Sep 2015 UNITS SOLD: 3,148 YTD: 25,818	Sep 2015	3,148 25,818
18	13	36	Go Set a Watchman Harper Lee, Author Harper, $27.99 (288) 978-0-06-240985-0 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 07/27/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/27/2015 Average Rank 8.26 [details] Sales history for Go Set a Watchman date, rank 07/27/2015, 1 08/03/2015, 1 08/10/2015, 1 08/17/2015, 1 08/24/2015, 1 08/31/2015, 1 09/07/2015, 2 09/14/2015, 5 09/21/2015, 3 09/28/2015, 4 10/05/2015, 4 10/12/2015, 6 10/19/2015, 7 10/26/2015, 7 11/02/2015, 10 11/09/2015, 13 11/16/2015, 14 11/23/2015, 16 11/30/2015, 15 12/07/2015, 10 12/14/2015, 11 12/21/2015, 12 12/28/2015, 9 01/04/2016, 6 01/11/2016, 9 01/18/2016, 13 01/25/2016, 17 02/01/2016, 22 02/08/2016, 23 02/22/2016, 20 02/29/2016, 15 03/07/2016, 5 03/14/2016, 9 03/21/2016, 13 03/28/2016, 18 04/04/2016, 12 04/11/2016, 17 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 36 PUB DATE: Jul 2015 UNITS SOLD: 3,143 YTD: 39,191	Jul 2015	3,143 39,191
19	10	5	Cometh the Hour Jeffrey Archer, Author St. Martin's Press, $27.99 (416) 978-1-250-06162-1 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 02/29/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/29/2016 Average Rank 8.00 [details] Sales history for Cometh the Hour date, rank 02/29/2016, 1 03/07/2016, 6 03/14/2016, 4 03/21/2016, 10 03/28/2016, 19 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Feb 2016 UNITS SOLD: 3,054 YTD: 32,562	Feb 2016	3,054 32,562
20	15	5	The Widow Fiona Barton, Author New American Library, $26.00 (336) 978-1-101-99026-1 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 02/29/2016 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 02/29/2016 Average Rank 15.29 [details] Sales history for The Widow date, rank 02/29/2016, 11 03/07/2016, 11 03/14/2016, 11 03/21/2016, 15 03/28/2016, 20 04/04/2016, 21 04/11/2016, 18 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Feb 2016 UNITS SOLD: 3,020 YTD: 19,030	Feb 2016	3,020 19,030
21	12	7	Brotherhood in Death J. D. Robb, Author Berkley Books, $28.00 (400) 978-0-399-17089-8 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 02/15/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/15/2016 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for Brotherhood in Death date, rank 02/15/2016, 1 02/22/2016, 1 02/29/2016, 2 03/07/2016, 4 03/14/2016, 6 03/21/2016, 12 03/28/2016, 21 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Feb 2016 UNITS SOLD: 2,842 YTD: 78,591	Feb 2016	2,842 78,591
22	14	9	Blue Danielle Steel, Author Delacorte Press, $28.95 (336) 978-0-345-53105-6 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 02/01/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/01/2016 Average Rank 7.83 [details] Sales history for Blue date, rank 02/01/2016, 1 02/08/2016, 2 02/15/2016, 3 02/22/2016, 5 02/29/2016, 5 03/07/2016, 8 03/14/2016, 7 03/21/2016, 14 03/28/2016, 22 04/04/2016, 18 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Jan 2016 UNITS SOLD: 2,776 YTD: 100,915	Jan 2016	2,776 100,915
23	30	2	Sisi: Empress on Her Own: A Novel Allison Pataki, Author Dial Press, $28.00 (464) 978-0-8129-8905-2 LAST WEEK: 30 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Mar 2016 UNITS SOLD: 2,712 YTD: 4,316	Mar 2016	2,712 4,316
24	17	22	Rogue Lawyer John Grisham, Author Doubleday Books, $28.95 (352) 978-0-385-53943-2 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 11/02/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/02/2015 Average Rank 6.03 [details] Sales history for Rogue Lawyer date, rank 11/02/2015, 1 11/09/2015, 1 11/16/2015, 2 11/23/2015, 1 11/30/2015, 3 12/07/2015, 4 12/14/2015, 2 12/21/2015, 1 12/28/2015, 1 01/04/2016, 1 01/11/2016, 2 01/18/2016, 3 01/25/2016, 5 02/01/2016, 4 02/08/2016, 6 02/15/2016, 7 02/22/2016, 7 02/29/2016, 7 03/07/2016, 10 03/14/2016, 10 03/21/2016, 17 03/28/2016, 24 04/04/2016, 17 04/11/2016, 21 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 22 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 2,660 YTD: 76,736	Oct 2015	2,660 76,736
25	19	10	My Name Is Lucy Barton Elizabeth Strout, Author Random House, $26.00 (208) 978-1-4000-6769-5 Last rank 46 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 01/25/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/25/2016 Average Rank 10.83 [details] Sales history for My Name Is Lucy Barton date, rank 01/25/2016, 1 02/01/2016, 2 02/08/2016, 3 02/15/2016, 5 02/22/2016, 6 02/29/2016, 8 03/07/2016, 12 03/14/2016, 14 03/21/2016, 19 03/28/2016, 25 05/09/2016, 25 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Jan 2016 UNITS SOLD: 2,652 YTD: 75,511	Jan 2016	2,652 75,511

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Nielsen BookScan, week 12 of 2016, data through 3/20/2016; PW Issue of March. 28, 2016