Top 5 Books on Amazon

Top 5 Books on Amazon - December 20, 2016

1) First 100 Words
http://amzn.to/2glH7aF

2) Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
http://amzn.to/2gLte2B

3) Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
http://amzn.to/2h7ZS2J

4) Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan
http://amzn.to/2fL4uew

5) The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
http://amzn.to/2h6iEGd

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