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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units
1	Dune (Anniversary) Frank Herbert, Author Ace Books, $18.00 (528) 978-0-441-01359-3 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/06/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/08/2020 Average Rank 3.26 [details] Sales history for Dune (Anniversary) date, rank 05/06/2019, 8 06/10/2019, 6 07/08/2019, 10 10/07/2019, 10 11/11/2019, 8 12/09/2019, 5 01/13/2020, 6 02/10/2020, 2 03/09/2020, 3 06/08/2020, 1 07/06/2020, 1 08/10/2020, 2 09/07/2020, 2 10/05/2020, 1 11/09/2020, 2 12/14/2020, 2 01/11/2021, 2 02/08/2021, 3 03/08/2021, 3 04/12/2021, 2 05/10/2021, 2 06/07/2021, 2 07/12/2021, 2 08/09/2021, 2 09/06/2021, 1 10/18/2021, 1 11/08/2021, 1 12/13/2021, 1 01/10/2022, 1 02/07/2022, 2 03/14/2022, 1 04/11/2022, 1 05/16/2022, 1 06/06/2022, 1 07/18/2022, 1 08/08/2022, 2 10/10/2022, 2 11/14/2022, 2 12/12/2022, 3 01/09/2023, 2 02/13/2023, 2 03/13/2023, 4 04/10/2023, 4 05/08/2023, 4 06/05/2023, 4 07/03/2023, 4 08/14/2023, 6 09/11/2023, 4 10/09/2023, 6 11/13/2023, 5 12/11/2023, 6 01/08/2024, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2005 UNITS SOLD: 106,702 YTD:	Aug 2005	106,702
2	Project Hail Mary Andy Weir, Author Ballantine Books, $28.99 (496) 978-0-593-13520-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 05/17/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/07/2021 Average Rank 11.82 [details] Sales history for Project Hail Mary date, rank 06/07/2021, 1 07/12/2021, 1 08/09/2021, 1 09/06/2021, 2 10/18/2021, 2 11/08/2021, 4 12/13/2021, 2 01/10/2022, 2 02/07/2022, 4 03/14/2022, 2 04/11/2022, 3 05/16/2022, 2 06/06/2022, 3 07/18/2022, 3 08/08/2022, 3 10/10/2022, 3 11/14/2022, 8 12/11/2023, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 30,083 YTD:	May 2021	30,083
3	Dune Frank Herbert, Author Ace Books, $9.99 (535) 978-0-441-17271-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/12/2014 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 03/04/2019 Average Rank 5.59 [details] Sales history for Dune date, rank 05/12/2014, 8 06/09/2014, 9 07/14/2014, 9 08/11/2014, 8 09/08/2014, 7 10/20/2014, 8 11/10/2014, 9 12/08/2014, 9 02/09/2015, 7 03/09/2015, 5 04/20/2015, 7 05/11/2015, 8 06/08/2015, 9 01/09/2017, 9 06/05/2017, 3 07/10/2017, 7 08/07/2017, 6 09/04/2017, 7 10/09/2017, 9 12/11/2017, 8 05/07/2018, 10 06/11/2018, 5 07/16/2018, 7 08/06/2018, 7 09/03/2018, 8 11/12/2018, 8 12/10/2018, 3 01/07/2019, 4 02/11/2019, 4 03/04/2019, 2 04/08/2019, 3 05/06/2019, 4 06/10/2019, 3 07/08/2019, 2 08/12/2019, 3 09/09/2019, 5 10/07/2019, 4 11/11/2019, 3 12/09/2019, 6 01/13/2020, 4 02/10/2020, 4 03/09/2020, 4 06/08/2020, 2 07/06/2020, 3 08/10/2020, 3 09/07/2020, 3 10/05/2020, 4 11/09/2020, 3 12/14/2020, 6 01/11/2021, 5 02/08/2021, 7 03/08/2021, 6 04/12/2021, 6 05/10/2021, 6 06/07/2021, 5 07/12/2021, 5 08/09/2021, 3 09/06/2021, 3 10/18/2021, 3 11/08/2021, 3 12/13/2021, 3 01/10/2022, 3 02/07/2022, 5 03/14/2022, 5 04/11/2022, 7 05/16/2022, 6 06/06/2022, 5 07/18/2022, 8 11/14/2022, 9 01/09/2023, 9 06/05/2023, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 1990 UNITS SOLD: 29,618 YTD:	Sep 1990	29,618
4	Dune (Movie Tie-In) Frank Herbert, Author Ace Books, $18.00 (704) 978-0-593-43837-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/18/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/08/2021 Average Rank 9.36 [details] Sales history for Dune (Movie Tie-In) date, rank 10/18/2021, 5 11/08/2021, 2 12/13/2021, 4 01/10/2022, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 27,775 YTD:	Sep 2021	27,775
5	Leviathan Falls James S a Corey, Author Orbit, $30.00 (608) 978-0-316-33291-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 12/13/2021 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 12/13/2021 Average Rank 7.75 [details] Sales history for Leviathan Falls date, rank 12/13/2021, 5 01/10/2022, 7 02/07/2022, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2021 UNITS SOLD: 23,442 YTD:	Nov 2021	23,442
6	Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy (Book III: Lesser Evil) Timothy Zahn, Author Del Rey Books, $28.99 (416) 978-0-593-15832-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 11/29/2021 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 12/13/2021 Average Rank 18.00 [details] Sales history for Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy (Book III: Lesser Evil) date, rank 12/13/2021, 6 01/10/2022, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2021 UNITS SOLD: 21,916 YTD:	Nov 2021	21,916
7	Ready Player Two Ernest Cline, Author Ballantine Books, $17.00 (384) 978-1-5247-6134-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 17 Initial Date 12/06/2021 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 01/10/2022 Average Rank 10.70 [details] Sales history for Ready Player Two date, rank 12/13/2021, 7 01/10/2022, 4 02/07/2022, 6 03/14/2022, 4 04/11/2022, 8 05/16/2022, 5 06/06/2022, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2021 UNITS SOLD: 17,240 YTD:	Nov 2021	17,240
8	Dune (Movie Tie-In) Frank Herbert, Author Ace Books, $10.99 (896) 978-0-593-43836-7 Last rank 26 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 10/25/2021 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/08/2021 Average Rank 22.22 [details] Sales history for Dune (Movie Tie-In) date, rank 11/08/2021, 5 12/13/2021, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 11,771 YTD:	Sep 2021	11,771
9	Star Wars Visions: Ronin Emma Mieko Candon, Author Del Rey Books, $28.99 (336) 978-0-593-35866-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 10/25/2021 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 11/08/2021 Average Rank 9.67 [details] Sales history for Star Wars Visions: Ronin date, rank 11/08/2021, 6 12/13/2021, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 8,353 YTD:	Oct 2021	8,353
10	Ruthless Game Christine Feehan, Author Jove, 978-0-515-14921-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Dec 2010 UNITS SOLD: 7,838 YTD:	Dec 2010	7,838

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For the 4-week period ended 12-30-23

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