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Spread Certificate · No. HIS-01306

Original cover of The Shack by Wm. Paul Young

This certifies how far it spread

The Shack

William P. Young / Windblown Media ·May 2007 ·seeded onRetailthenOpen webAudioPressTVBox office

Spread Score

45

Notable

Verified independently

Verified

#1

New York Times trade paperback fiction debut rank

Publishers Weekly

Verified

#1

Nielsen adult fiction rank, November 30 narrative cutoff

Nielsen

Verified

13 months

Seed to milestone, May 1 ’07 to Jun 8 ’08

Verified

6 platforms

Started on Retail

Claimed, not audited

Claimed

25M sold

Worldwide copies sold, publisher claim; cutoff unspecified

Per Hachette Book Group / Hachette Audio

Claimed

22M sold

Worldwide copies sold by January 2017, publisher claim

Per Publishers Weekly

Claimed

4.4M sold

Copies sold by December 2008, Cummings's claim

Per Publishers Weekly

Issued Oct 22, 2026 · Spread Score v1.2 provisional · 23 sources

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