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Bin Laden Book Knocks '50 Shades of Grey' from Top of Best Seller List

By Tim Newcomb, TIME

Bin Laden Book Knocks '50 Shades of Grey' from Top of Best Seller List

August 29, 2012 Updated Aug 29, 2012 at 11:38 AM PDT

It takes a touch of scandal to grab the top spot on Amazon’s top book sales list. And while the S&M sex fantasy Fifty Shades of Grey certainly provided enough shocking transgressions to capture the imaginations—apparently quite vivid ones—of the book-buying public for the better part of the summer, a controversial new title has claimed the top spot: No Easy Day.

No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama bin Laden, isn’t even out yet, but brisk advance sales have landed it at the top of Amazon’s rankings for almost an entire week, enough to signal the end of Fifty Shades of Grey’s streak.

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