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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	-	1	All the Devils Are Here Louise Penny, Author Minotaur Books, $28.99 (448) 978-1-250-14523-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/14/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/14/2020 Average Rank 12.54 [details] Sales history for All the Devils Are Here date, rank 09/14/2020, 1 09/21/2020, 5 09/28/2020, 11 10/05/2020, 11 10/12/2020, 20 10/19/2020, 25 10/26/2020, 24 11/16/2020, 44 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 58,871 YTD: 58,871	Sep 2020	58,871 58,871
2	-	1	The Harbinger II: The Return Jonathan Cahn, Author Frontline, $24.99 (304) 978-1-62999-891-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 09/14/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/05/2020 Average Rank 7.11 [details] Sales history for The Harbinger II: The Return date, rank 09/14/2020, 2 09/21/2020, 2 09/28/2020, 4 10/05/2020, 5 10/12/2020, 8 10/19/2020, 10 10/26/2020, 13 11/02/2020, 14 11/09/2020, 22 11/16/2020, 19 11/23/2020, 25 02/08/2021, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 33,795 YTD: 33,795	Sep 2020	33,795 33,795
3	-	1	The Lying Life of Adults Elena Ferrante, Author, Ann Goldstein, Translator Europa Editions, $26.00 (324p) 978-1-60945-591-0 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/14/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/14/2020 Average Rank 10.20 [details] Sales history for The Lying Life of Adults date, rank 09/14/2020, 3 09/21/2020, 7 09/28/2020, 14 10/05/2020, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 24,059 YTD: 24,059	Sep 2020	24,059 24,059
4	-	1	Transcendent Kingdom Yaa Gyasi, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $27.95 (288) 978-0-525-65818-4 Last rank 34 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/14/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 09/14/2020 Average Rank 17.00 [details] Sales history for Transcendent Kingdom date, rank 09/14/2020, 4 09/21/2020, 8 09/28/2020, 10 10/05/2020, 16 10/12/2020, 22 10/19/2020, 20 11/02/2020, 20 11/16/2020, 36 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 15,008 YTD: 15,008	Sep 2020	15,008 15,008
5	-	1	Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy (Book I: Chaos Rising) Timothy Zahn, Author Del Rey Books, $28.99 (400) 978-0-593-15768-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 09/14/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/05/2020 Average Rank 7.83 [details] Sales history for Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy (Book I: Chaos Rising) date, rank 09/14/2020, 5 09/21/2020, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 13,931 YTD: 13,931	Sep 2020	13,931 13,931
6	2	14	The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett, Author Riverhead Books, $26.00 (352) 978-0-525-53629-1 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 06/15/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/24/2020 Average Rank 8.45 [details] Sales history for The Vanishing Half date, rank 06/15/2020, 6 06/22/2020, 8 06/29/2020, 10 07/06/2020, 2 07/13/2020, 2 07/20/2020, 2 07/27/2020, 3 08/03/2020, 3 08/10/2020, 2 08/17/2020, 3 08/24/2020, 1 08/31/2020, 2 09/07/2020, 2 09/14/2020, 6 09/21/2020, 6 09/28/2020, 7 10/05/2020, 7 10/12/2020, 7 10/19/2020, 13 10/26/2020, 10 11/02/2020, 8 11/09/2020, 15 11/16/2020, 12 11/23/2020, 12 11/30/2020, 13 12/02/2020, 11 12/07/2020, 11 12/14/2020, 9 12/21/2020, 5 12/28/2020, 5 01/04/2021, 4 01/11/2021, 1 01/18/2021, 3 01/25/2021, 3 02/01/2021, 2 02/08/2021, 2 02/15/2021, 5 02/22/2021, 4 03/01/2021, 6 03/08/2021, 5 03/15/2021, 9 03/22/2021, 12 03/29/2021, 13 04/05/2021, 16 04/12/2021, 16 04/19/2021, 14 04/26/2021, 15 05/03/2021, 12 05/10/2021, 15 05/17/2021, 15 05/24/2021, 19 05/31/2021, 19 06/07/2021, 19 06/14/2021, 24 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 12,944 YTD: 203,651	Jun 2020	12,944 203,651
7	1	2	Thick as Thieves Sandra Brown, Author Grand Central Publishing, $28.00 (448) 978-1-5387-5194-7 Last rank 33 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/07/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/07/2020 Average Rank 15.86 [details] Sales history for Thick as Thieves date, rank 09/07/2020, 1 09/14/2020, 7 09/21/2020, 9 09/28/2020, 15 10/05/2020, 17 10/12/2020, 23 11/16/2020, 39 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 10,686 YTD: 25,538	Aug 2020	10,686 25,538
8	4	3	Royal Danielle Steel, Author Delacorte Press, $28.99 (288) 978-0-399-17965-5 Last rank 40 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 08/31/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/31/2020 Average Rank 14.75 [details] Sales history for Royal date, rank 08/31/2020, 1 09/07/2020, 4 09/14/2020, 8 09/21/2020, 10 09/28/2020, 20 10/05/2020, 24 11/16/2020, 41 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 9,400 YTD: 42,986	Aug 2020	9,400 42,986
9	-	1	Fangs Sarah Andersen, Author Andrews McMeel Publishing, $14.99 (112) 978-1-5248-6067-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 09/14/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/05/2020 Average Rank 5.50 [details] Sales history for Fangs date, rank 09/14/2020, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 9,247 YTD: 9,247	Sep 2020	9,247 9,247
10	-	1	Dark Song Christine Feehan, Author Berkley Books, $28.00 (448) 978-0-593-09983-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 09/14/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/05/2020 Average Rank 12.00 [details] Sales history for Dark Song date, rank 09/14/2020, 10 09/21/2020, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 9,069 YTD: 9,069	Sep 2020	9,069 9,069
11	3	2	Squeeze Me Carl Hiaasen, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $28.95 (352) 978-1-5247-3345-2 Last rank 41 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/07/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/07/2020 Average Rank 16.71 [details] Sales history for Squeeze Me date, rank 09/07/2020, 3 09/14/2020, 11 09/21/2020, 12 09/28/2020, 16 10/05/2020, 20 11/16/2020, 50 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 8,782 YTD: 21,714	Aug 2020	8,782 21,714
12	7	14	The Guest List Lucy Foley, Author William Morrow & Company, $26.99 (320) 978-0-06-286893-0 Last rank 28 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 06/15/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 08/31/2020 Average Rank 14.35 [details] Sales history for The Guest List date, rank 06/15/2020, 8 06/22/2020, 9 06/29/2020, 16 07/06/2020, 6 07/13/2020, 6 07/20/2020, 5 07/27/2020, 8 08/03/2020, 5 08/10/2020, 8 08/17/2020, 6 08/24/2020, 10 08/31/2020, 4 09/07/2020, 7 09/14/2020, 12 09/21/2020, 11 09/28/2020, 13 10/05/2020, 14 10/12/2020, 15 10/19/2020, 17 10/26/2020, 17 11/02/2020, 18 11/09/2020, 23 11/16/2020, 22 11/23/2020, 21 12/21/2020, 23 12/28/2020, 21 01/04/2021, 21 01/11/2021, 16 01/18/2021, 14 01/25/2021, 20 02/01/2021, 18 02/08/2021, 16 02/15/2021, 22 02/22/2021, 18 03/01/2021, 17 03/08/2021, 19 03/29/2021, 25 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 7,568 YTD: 136,897	Jun 2020	7,568 136,897
13	5	6	1st Case James Patterson, Author, Chris Tebbetts, Author Little Brown and Company, $28.00 (352) 978-0-316-41818-8 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 08/10/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/10/2020 Average Rank 9.20 [details] Sales history for 1st Case date, rank 08/10/2020, 1 08/17/2020, 2 08/24/2020, 2 08/31/2020, 3 09/07/2020, 5 09/14/2020, 13 09/21/2020, 14 09/28/2020, 21 10/05/2020, 21 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 7,406 YTD: 75,542	Jul 2020	7,406 75,542
14	6	46	The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, Author HarperOne, $22.99 (128) 978-0-06-297658-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/04/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/11/2019 Average Rank 5.08 [details] Sales history for The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse date, rank 11/04/2019, 5 11/11/2019, 23 11/25/2019, 19 12/02/2019, 21 12/09/2019, 22 12/16/2019, 2 12/23/2019, 1 12/30/2019, 2 01/06/2020, 1 01/13/2020, 1 01/20/2020, 1 01/27/2020, 2 02/03/2020, 2 02/10/2020, 2 02/17/2020, 4 02/24/2020, 1 03/02/2020, 2 03/09/2020, 3 03/16/2020, 6 03/23/2020, 5 03/30/2020, 9 04/06/2020, 3 04/13/2020, 2 04/20/2020, 1 04/27/2020, 3 05/04/2020, 4 05/11/2020, 6 05/18/2020, 6 05/25/2020, 6 06/01/2020, 5 06/08/2020, 8 06/15/2020, 11 06/22/2020, 11 06/29/2020, 14 07/06/2020, 11 07/13/2020, 13 07/20/2020, 11 07/27/2020, 13 08/03/2020, 8 08/10/2020, 7 08/17/2020, 9 08/24/2020, 7 08/31/2020, 6 09/07/2020, 6 09/14/2020, 14 09/21/2020, 13 09/28/2020, 17 10/05/2020, 15 10/12/2020, 18 10/19/2020, 15 10/26/2020, 14 11/02/2020, 13 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 46 PUB DATE: Oct 2019 UNITS SOLD: 6,636 YTD: 424,220	Oct 2019	6,636 424,220
15	8	33	American Dirt Jeanine Cummins, Author Flatiron Books, $27.99 (400) 978-1-250-20976-4 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 02/03/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/03/2020 Average Rank 11.19 [details] Sales history for American Dirt date, rank 02/03/2020, 1 02/10/2020, 1 02/17/2020, 2 02/24/2020, 2 03/02/2020, 1 03/09/2020, 2 03/16/2020, 5 03/23/2020, 3 03/30/2020, 3 04/06/2020, 2 04/13/2020, 5 04/20/2020, 4 04/27/2020, 2 05/04/2020, 5 05/11/2020, 5 05/18/2020, 12 05/25/2020, 7 06/01/2020, 6 06/08/2020, 9 06/15/2020, 10 06/22/2020, 16 06/29/2020, 15 07/06/2020, 9 07/13/2020, 9 07/20/2020, 10 07/27/2020, 14 08/03/2020, 12 08/10/2020, 11 08/17/2020, 13 08/24/2020, 11 08/31/2020, 10 09/07/2020, 8 09/14/2020, 15 09/21/2020, 15 09/28/2020, 19 10/05/2020, 18 10/12/2020, 21 10/19/2020, 23 10/26/2020, 19 11/02/2020, 21 11/09/2020, 25 11/16/2020, 26 11/23/2020, 23 11/30/2020, 23 12/14/2020, 23 12/21/2020, 22 12/28/2020, 18 01/04/2021, 18 01/11/2021, 17 01/18/2021, 13 01/25/2021, 19 02/01/2021, 15 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 33 PUB DATE: Jan 2020 UNITS SOLD: 6,083 YTD: 424,713	Jan 2020	6,083 424,713
16	11	20	If It Bleeds Stephen King, Author Scribner Book Company, $30.00 (448) 978-1-9821-3797-7 Last rank 33 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 05/04/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/04/2020 Average Rank 11.57 [details] Sales history for If It Bleeds date, rank 05/04/2020, 2 05/11/2020, 2 05/18/2020, 2 05/25/2020, 2 06/01/2020, 2 06/08/2020, 4 06/15/2020, 5 06/22/2020, 5 06/29/2020, 5 07/06/2020, 5 07/13/2020, 7 07/20/2020, 9 07/27/2020, 11 08/03/2020, 11 08/10/2020, 12 08/17/2020, 12 08/24/2020, 12 08/31/2020, 11 09/07/2020, 11 09/14/2020, 16 09/21/2020, 16 09/28/2020, 23 10/05/2020, 25 10/12/2020, 25 11/02/2020, 23 11/16/2020, 11 11/23/2020, 15 11/30/2020, 22 12/02/2020, 21 12/07/2020, 21 12/14/2020, 21 12/21/2020, 15 12/28/2020, 12 01/04/2021, 6 01/11/2021, 23 03/29/2021, 23 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,061 YTD: 338,315	Apr 2020	5,061 338,315
17	9	12	28 Summers Elin Hilderbrand, Author Little Brown and Company, $28.00 (432) 978-0-316-42004-4 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 06/29/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/29/2020 Average Rank 6.88 [details] Sales history for 28 Summers date, rank 06/29/2020, 1 07/06/2020, 1 07/13/2020, 1 07/20/2020, 1 07/27/2020, 4 08/03/2020, 4 08/10/2020, 5 08/17/2020, 7 08/24/2020, 8 08/31/2020, 7 09/07/2020, 9 09/14/2020, 17 09/21/2020, 20 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,017 YTD: 194,542	Jun 2020	5,017 194,542
18	13	7	Near Dark, Volume 19: A Thriller Brad Thor, Author Atria Books, $28.99 (352) 978-1-9821-0406-1 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 08/03/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/03/2020 Average Rank 9.78 [details] Sales history for Near Dark, Volume 19: A Thriller date, rank 08/03/2020, 1 08/10/2020, 4 08/17/2020, 5 08/24/2020, 6 08/31/2020, 9 09/07/2020, 13 09/14/2020, 18 09/21/2020, 24 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,527 YTD: 72,532	Jul 2020	4,527 72,532
19	14	19	Camino Winds John Grisham, Author Doubleday Books, $28.95 (304) 978-0-385-54593-8 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 05/11/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/11/2020 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for Camino Winds date, rank 05/11/2020, 1 05/18/2020, 1 05/25/2020, 1 06/01/2020, 1 06/08/2020, 3 06/15/2020, 1 06/22/2020, 3 06/29/2020, 2 07/06/2020, 3 07/13/2020, 4 07/20/2020, 3 07/27/2020, 7 08/03/2020, 7 08/10/2020, 9 08/17/2020, 10 08/24/2020, 9 08/31/2020, 12 09/07/2020, 14 09/14/2020, 19 09/21/2020, 18 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 19 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,431 YTD: 399,101	Apr 2020	4,431 399,101
20	10	8	The Order Daniel Silva, Author Harper, $28.99 (464) 978-0-06-283484-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 07/27/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/27/2020 Average Rank 5.50 [details] Sales history for The Order date, rank 07/27/2020, 1 08/03/2020, 2 08/10/2020, 3 08/17/2020, 4 08/24/2020, 5 08/31/2020, 8 09/07/2020, 10 09/14/2020, 20 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,099 YTD: 127,409	Jul 2020	4,099 127,409
21	-	1	The Last Story of Mina Lee (Original) Nancy Jooyoun Kim, Author Park Row, $27.99 (352) 978-0-7783-1017-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,564 YTD: 3,564	Sep 2020	3,564 3,564
22	15	9	Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Author Del Rey Books, $27.00 (352) 978-0-525-62078-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 07/13/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/10/2020 Average Rank 13.37 [details] Sales history for Mexican Gothic date, rank 07/13/2020, 21 07/20/2020, 19 08/10/2020, 15 08/17/2020, 16 08/24/2020, 14 08/31/2020, 16 09/07/2020, 15 09/14/2020, 22 11/16/2020, 40 01/04/2021, 24 01/11/2021, 21 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,551 YTD: 46,673	Jun 2020	3,551 46,673
23	12	2	The Exiles Christina Baker Kline, Author William Morrow & Company, $27.99 (384) 978-0-06-235634-5 Last rank 27 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 09/07/2020 Highest Rank 12 Highest Rank Date 09/07/2020 Average Rank 20.00 [details] Sales history for The Exiles date, rank 09/07/2020, 12 09/14/2020, 23 09/28/2020, 25 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,282 YTD: 8,378	Aug 2020	3,282 8,378
24	17	4	Choppy Water Stuart Woods, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $28.00 (336) 978-0-593-18829-3 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 08/24/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 08/24/2020 Average Rank 14.50 [details] Sales history for Choppy Water date, rank 08/24/2020, 4 08/31/2020, 13 09/07/2020, 17 09/14/2020, 24 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,069 YTD: 19,969	Aug 2020	3,069 19,969
25	18	48	The Giver of Stars Jojo Moyes, Author Pamela Dorman Books, $27.00 (400) 978-0-399-56248-8 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 10/21/2019 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 04/13/2020 Average Rank 15.67 [details] Sales history for The Giver of Stars date, rank 10/21/2019, 9 10/28/2019, 12 11/04/2019, 18 11/11/2019, 12 11/18/2019, 12 11/25/2019, 11 12/02/2019, 13 12/09/2019, 17 12/16/2019, 17 12/23/2019, 16 12/30/2019, 15 01/06/2020, 19 01/13/2020, 12 01/20/2020, 13 01/27/2020, 11 02/03/2020, 12 02/10/2020, 12 02/17/2020, 14 02/24/2020, 15 03/02/2020, 12 03/09/2020, 10 03/16/2020, 17 03/23/2020, 14 03/30/2020, 16 04/06/2020, 14 04/13/2020, 7 04/20/2020, 8 04/27/2020, 11 05/04/2020, 10 05/11/2020, 10 05/18/2020, 15 05/25/2020, 15 06/01/2020, 19 06/08/2020, 12 06/15/2020, 17 06/22/2020, 21 06/29/2020, 22 07/06/2020, 21 07/13/2020, 22 07/20/2020, 23 07/27/2020, 24 08/03/2020, 21 08/10/2020, 22 08/17/2020, 24 08/24/2020, 20 08/31/2020, 22 09/07/2020, 18 09/14/2020, 25 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 48 PUB DATE: Oct 2019 UNITS SOLD: 3,053 YTD: 179,575	Oct 2019	3,053 179,575

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