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1	The Stranger in the Lifeboat Mitch Albom, Author Harper Paperbacks, $18.99 (288) 978-0-06-288836-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 23 Initial Date 04/24/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/08/2023 Average Rank 8.76 [details] Sales history for The Stranger in the Lifeboat date, rank 05/08/2023, 1 05/15/2023, 1 06/05/2023, 1 07/03/2023, 2 08/14/2023, 2 09/11/2023, 1 10/09/2023, 1 11/13/2023, 2 12/11/2023, 2 01/08/2024, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 2023 UNITS SOLD: 8,127 YTD:	Apr 2023	8,127
2	Redeeming Love Francine Rivers, Author Multnomah Books, $15.99 (479) 978-1-59052-513-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 05/09/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/06/2020 Average Rank 5.07 [details] Sales history for Redeeming Love date, rank 05/09/2016, 9 06/13/2016, 9 07/11/2016, 9 08/08/2016, 6 09/05/2016, 6 10/10/2016, 6 12/12/2016, 9 01/09/2017, 6 02/13/2017, 5 03/06/2017, 10 04/03/2017, 8 05/08/2017, 8 06/05/2017, 8 08/07/2017, 7 09/04/2017, 9 11/06/2017, 9 12/11/2017, 8 01/08/2018, 5 01/15/2018, 5 02/05/2018, 8 03/12/2018, 6 04/02/2018, 5 04/09/2018, 5 05/07/2018, 5 06/11/2018, 5 07/16/2018, 6 08/06/2018, 4 09/03/2018, 6 11/12/2018, 9 12/10/2018, 6 01/07/2019, 4 02/11/2019, 5 03/04/2019, 5 04/08/2019, 5 05/06/2019, 6 06/10/2019, 5 07/08/2019, 5 08/12/2019, 6 09/09/2019, 4 10/07/2019, 9 11/11/2019, 5 12/09/2019, 4 01/13/2020, 2 02/10/2020, 4 03/09/2020, 2 06/08/2020, 2 07/06/2020, 1 08/10/2020, 1 09/07/2020, 1 10/05/2020, 5 11/09/2020, 6 12/14/2020, 5 01/11/2021, 5 02/08/2021, 4 03/08/2021, 4 04/12/2021, 4 05/10/2021, 5 07/12/2021, 3 08/09/2021, 3 02/07/2022, 2 03/14/2022, 2 04/11/2022, 2 05/16/2022, 4 06/06/2022, 4 07/18/2022, 3 08/08/2022, 4 09/12/2022, 5 10/10/2022, 6 11/14/2022, 8 12/12/2022, 4 01/09/2023, 2 02/13/2023, 1 03/13/2023, 1 04/10/2023, 3 05/08/2023, 6 05/15/2023, 6 06/05/2023, 6 07/03/2023, 5 08/14/2023, 4 09/11/2023, 6 10/09/2023, 4 11/13/2023, 4 12/11/2023, 5 01/08/2024, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: May 2005 UNITS SOLD: 5,235 YTD:	May 2005	5,235
3	Just Once Karen Kingsbury, Author Atria Books, $27.99 (384) 978-1-9821-0444-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 11/27/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/11/2023 Average Rank 7.33 [details] Sales history for Just Once date, rank 12/11/2023, 1 01/08/2024, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2023 UNITS SOLD: 4,722 YTD:	Nov 2023	4,722
4	The Great Divorce (Revised) C. S. Lewis, Author HarperOne, $14.99 (160) 978-0-06-065295-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/05/2016 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/08/2019 Average Rank 6.71 [details] Sales history for The Great Divorce (Revised) date, rank 09/05/2016, 3 02/13/2017, 6 04/03/2017, 10 05/08/2017, 10 06/05/2017, 10 09/04/2017, 8 10/09/2017, 10 02/05/2018, 7 03/12/2018, 8 04/02/2018, 10 04/09/2018, 10 07/16/2018, 10 08/06/2018, 10 09/03/2018, 5 01/07/2019, 10 02/11/2019, 7 03/04/2019, 8 04/08/2019, 2 05/06/2019, 7 06/10/2019, 8 07/08/2019, 7 08/12/2019, 4 09/09/2019, 2 10/07/2019, 6 11/11/2019, 9 12/09/2019, 8 01/13/2020, 10 02/10/2020, 2 03/09/2020, 5 06/08/2020, 8 07/06/2020, 7 08/10/2020, 7 09/07/2020, 2 10/05/2020, 8 11/09/2020, 9 02/08/2021, 6 03/08/2021, 6 04/12/2021, 9 05/10/2021, 9 07/12/2021, 7 08/09/2021, 4 09/06/2021, 4 10/18/2021, 5 11/08/2021, 5 12/13/2021, 7 01/10/2022, 7 02/07/2022, 9 03/14/2022, 7 04/11/2022, 7 05/16/2022, 7 06/06/2022, 7 07/18/2022, 5 08/08/2022, 9 09/12/2022, 7 10/10/2022, 8 01/09/2023, 5 02/13/2023, 4 03/13/2023, 4 04/10/2023, 9 05/08/2023, 7 05/15/2023, 7 06/05/2023, 7 07/03/2023, 7 08/14/2023, 5 09/11/2023, 2 10/09/2023, 3 11/13/2023, 3 12/11/2023, 8 01/08/2024, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 2015 UNITS SOLD: 4,680 YTD:	Apr 2015	4,680
5	The Christmas Box (Anniversary) Richard Paul Evans, Author Gallery Books, $19.99 (144) 978-1-6680-1539-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 12/11/2023 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 12/11/2023 Average Rank 4.00 [details] Sales history for The Christmas Box (Anniversary) date, rank 12/11/2023, 3 01/08/2024, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2023 UNITS SOLD: 4,305 YTD:	Nov 2023	4,305
6	Alaskan Protector (Reissue) Sharon Dunn, Author, Heather Woodhaven, Author Love Inspired Mmp 2in1 K9 (K9 Unit), $8.99 (464) 978-1-335-47597-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 12/11/2023 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 12/11/2023 Average Rank 9.33 [details] Sales history for Alaskan Protector (Reissue) date, rank 12/11/2023, 4 01/08/2024, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2023 UNITS SOLD: 3,535 YTD:	Nov 2023	3,535
7	A Winter by the Sea Julie Klassen, Author Bethany House Publishers, $18.99 (448) 978-0-7642-3428-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Dec 2023 UNITS SOLD: 3,173 YTD:	Dec 2023	3,173
8	The Greatest Salesman in the World Og Mandino, Author Bantam, $7.99 (128) 978-0-553-27757-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 02/07/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/14/2023 Average Rank 4.44 [details] Sales history for The Greatest Salesman in the World date, rank 02/07/2022, 7 03/14/2022, 5 04/11/2022, 10 05/16/2022, 6 06/06/2022, 8 07/18/2022, 6 08/08/2022, 6 09/12/2022, 2 10/10/2022, 2 11/14/2022, 2 12/12/2022, 2 01/09/2023, 3 02/13/2023, 2 03/13/2023, 2 04/10/2023, 4 05/08/2023, 3 05/15/2023, 3 06/05/2023, 5 07/03/2023, 4 08/14/2023, 1 09/11/2023, 4 10/09/2023, 2 11/13/2023, 5 12/11/2023, 9 01/08/2024, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jan 1983 UNITS SOLD: 3,135 YTD:	Jan 1983	3,135
9	Desperate Search (Reissue) Lynette Eason, Author, Christy Barritt, Author Love Inspired Mmp 2in1 K9 (K9 Unit), $8.99 (480) 978-1-335-47600-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 12/11/2023 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 12/11/2023 Average Rank 7.50 [details] Sales history for Desperate Search (Reissue) date, rank 12/11/2023, 6 01/08/2024, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2023 UNITS SOLD: 2,893 YTD:	Nov 2023	2,893
10	A Lineage of Grace: Five Stories of Unlikely Women Who Changed Eternity Francine Rivers, Author Tyndale House Publishers, $16.99 (542) 978-0-8423-5632-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 01/09/2017 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 01/09/2023 Average Rank 8.84 [details] Sales history for A Lineage of Grace: Five Stories of Unlikely Women Who Changed Eternity date, rank 01/09/2017, 9 02/13/2017, 9 01/08/2018, 9 01/15/2018, 9 01/07/2019, 9 03/04/2019, 9 12/09/2019, 10 01/13/2020, 8 02/10/2020, 10 07/06/2020, 9 08/10/2020, 10 09/07/2020, 8 10/18/2021, 9 01/10/2022, 8 01/09/2023, 6 02/13/2023, 7 03/13/2023, 9 06/05/2023, 10 01/08/2024, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2009 UNITS SOLD: 2,753 YTD:	Oct 2009	2,753

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