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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2021 YTD
1	-	1	The Lincoln Highway Amor Towles, Author Viking, $30.00 (416) 978-0-7352-2235-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/18/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/18/2021 Average Rank 1.00 [details] Sales history for The Lincoln Highway date, rank 10/18/2021, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 64,914 YTD: 64,914	Oct 2021	64,914 64,914
2	1	2	The Wish Nicholas Sparks, Author Grand Central Publishing, $28.00 (400) 978-1-5387-2862-8 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/11/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/11/2021 Average Rank 1.60 [details] Sales history for The Wish date, rank 10/11/2021, 1 10/18/2021, 2 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 47,593 YTD: 143,277	Sep 2021	47,593 143,277
3	2	2	Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr, Author Scribner Book Company, $30.00 (656) 978-1-9821-6843-8 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/11/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/11/2021 Average Rank 3.00 [details] Sales history for Cloud Cuckoo Land date, rank 10/11/2021, 2 10/18/2021, 3 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 39,190 YTD: 80,184	Sep 2021	39,190 80,184
4	-	1	Crossroads Jonathan Franzen, Author Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00 (592) 978-0-374-18117-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 23,127 YTD: 23,127	Oct 2021	23,127 23,127
5	-	1	The Butler Danielle Steel, Author Delacorte Press, $28.99 (272) 978-1-9848-2152-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 21,847 YTD: 21,847	Oct 2021	21,847 21,847
6	3	4	Apples Never Fall Liane Moriarty, Author Henry Holt & Company, $28.99 (448) 978-1-250-22025-7 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/27/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/27/2021 Average Rank 3.29 [details] Sales history for Apples Never Fall date, rank 09/27/2021, 1 10/04/2021, 1 10/11/2021, 3 10/18/2021, 6 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 18,348 YTD: 116,144	Sep 2021	18,348 116,144
7	4	3	Jailhouse Lawyer James Patterson, Author, Nancy Allen, Author Little Brown and Company, $28.00 (560) 978-0-316-27662-7 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/04/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/04/2021 Average Rank 4.75 [details] Sales history for Jailhouse Lawyer date, rank 10/04/2021, 2 10/11/2021, 4 10/18/2021, 7 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 11,580 YTD: 49,339	Sep 2021	11,580 49,339
8	9	10	Billy Summers Stephen King, Author Scribner Book Company, $30.00 (528) 978-1-9821-7361-6 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 08/16/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/16/2021 Average Rank 3.88 [details] Sales history for Billy Summers date, rank 08/16/2021, 1 08/23/2021, 1 08/30/2021, 2 09/06/2021, 2 09/13/2021, 2 09/20/2021, 3 09/27/2021, 5 10/04/2021, 7 10/11/2021, 9 10/18/2021, 8 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Aug 2021 UNITS SOLD: 10,417 YTD: 294,623	Aug 2021	10,417 294,623
9	12	23	The Last Thing He Told Me Laura Dave, Author Simon & Schuster, $0.00 (320p) 978-1-5011-7134-5 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 05/17/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/12/2021 Average Rank 5.37 [details] Sales history for The Last Thing He Told Me date, rank 05/17/2021, 3 05/24/2021, 9 05/31/2021, 5 06/07/2021, 3 06/14/2021, 3 06/21/2021, 4 06/28/2021, 3 07/05/2021, 2 07/12/2021, 1 07/19/2021, 4 07/26/2021, 2 08/02/2021, 3 08/09/2021, 1 08/16/2021, 2 08/23/2021, 2 08/30/2021, 5 09/06/2021, 3 09/13/2021, 7 09/20/2021, 7 09/27/2021, 6 10/04/2021, 10 10/11/2021, 12 10/18/2021, 9 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 23 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 10,273 YTD: 387,548	May 2021	10,273 387,548
10	7	4	Harlem Shuffle Colson Whitehead, Author Doubleday Books, $28.95 (336) 978-0-385-54513-6 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 09/27/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/27/2021 Average Rank 5.20 [details] Sales history for Harlem Shuffle date, rank 09/27/2021, 2 10/04/2021, 4 10/11/2021, 7 10/18/2021, 10 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 9,784 YTD: 66,982	Sep 2021	9,784 66,982
11	-	1	Three Sisters Heather Morris, Author St. Martin's Press, $28.99 (320) 978-1-250-27689-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 8,551 YTD: 8,551	Oct 2021	8,551 8,551
12	11	4	Enemy at the Gates, 20 Vince Flynn, Author, Kyle Mills, Author Atria Books, $28.99 (384) 978-1-9821-6488-1 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/27/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/18/2021 Average Rank 6.17 [details] Sales history for Enemy at the Gates, 20 date, rank 09/27/2021, 3 10/04/2021, 5 10/11/2021, 11 10/18/2021, 12 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 8,405 YTD: 62,703	Sep 2021	8,405 62,703
13	10	3	Bewilderment Richard Powers, Author W. W. Norton & Company, $27.95 (288) 978-0-393-88114-1 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 10/04/2021 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/04/2021 Average Rank 8.50 [details] Sales history for Bewilderment date, rank 10/04/2021, 3 10/11/2021, 10 10/18/2021, 13 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 8,283 YTD: 39,448	Sep 2021	8,283 39,448
14	6	2	The Santa Suit Mary Kay Andrews, Author St. Martin's Press, $19.99 (224) 978-1-250-27931-6 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/11/2021 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 10/11/2021 Average Rank 10.00 [details] Sales history for The Santa Suit date, rank 10/11/2021, 6 10/18/2021, 14 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 7,265 YTD: 20,650	Sep 2021	7,265 20,650
15	-	1	Foul Play Stuart Woods, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $28.00 (320) 978-0-593-33169-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 6,765 YTD: 6,765	Oct 2021	6,765 6,765
16	13	5	Beautiful World, Where Are You Sally Rooney, Author Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28.00 (304) 978-0-374-60260-4 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/20/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/20/2021 Average Rank 7.14 [details] Sales history for Beautiful World, Where Are You date, rank 09/20/2021, 1 09/27/2021, 4 10/04/2021, 8 10/11/2021, 13 10/18/2021, 16 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 6,725 YTD: 86,607	Sep 2021	6,725 86,607
17	24	53	The Invisible Life of Addie Larue V E Schwab, Author Tor Books, $26.99 (464) 978-0-7653-8756-1 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/19/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/01/2021 Average Rank 10.46 [details] Sales history for The Invisible Life of Addie Larue date, rank 10/19/2020, 5 10/26/2020, 7 11/02/2020, 7 11/09/2020, 13 11/16/2020, 9 11/23/2020, 13 11/30/2020, 19 12/02/2020, 15 12/07/2020, 15 12/14/2020, 17 12/21/2020, 20 12/28/2020, 15 01/04/2021, 13 01/11/2021, 2 01/18/2021, 19 01/25/2021, 10 02/01/2021, 1 02/08/2021, 4 02/15/2021, 7 02/22/2021, 7 03/01/2021, 5 03/08/2021, 7 03/15/2021, 11 03/22/2021, 10 03/29/2021, 11 04/05/2021, 9 04/12/2021, 7 04/19/2021, 8 04/26/2021, 8 05/03/2021, 8 05/10/2021, 10 05/17/2021, 12 05/24/2021, 12 05/31/2021, 11 06/07/2021, 12 06/14/2021, 15 06/21/2021, 15 06/28/2021, 14 07/05/2021, 11 07/12/2021, 14 07/19/2021, 14 07/26/2021, 19 08/02/2021, 18 08/09/2021, 16 08/16/2021, 18 08/23/2021, 9 08/30/2021, 15 09/06/2021, 16 09/13/2021, 16 09/20/2021, 17 09/27/2021, 20 10/04/2021, 23 10/11/2021, 24 10/18/2021, 17 LAST WEEK: 24 WEEKS ON LIST: 53 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 6,118 YTD: 313,290	Oct 2020	6,118 313,290
18	-	1	The Death of Jane Lawrence Caitlin Starling, Author St. Martin's Press, $27.99 (368) 978-1-250-27258-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 5,607 YTD: 5,607	Oct 2021	5,607 5,607
19	15	6	A Slow Fire Burning Paula Hawkins, Author Riverhead Books, $28.00 (320) 978-0-7352-1123-0 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 09/13/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/13/2021 Average Rank 8.86 [details] Sales history for A Slow Fire Burning date, rank 09/13/2021, 1 09/20/2021, 4 09/27/2021, 9 10/04/2021, 12 10/11/2021, 15 10/18/2021, 19 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Aug 2021 UNITS SOLD: 5,054 YTD: 67,407	Aug 2021	5,054 67,407
20	21	5	Matrix Lauren Groff, Author Riverhead Books, $28.00 (272) 978-1-59463-449-9 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 09/20/2021 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 09/20/2021 Average Rank 15.20 [details] Sales history for Matrix date, rank 09/20/2021, 6 09/27/2021, 13 10/04/2021, 16 10/11/2021, 21 10/18/2021, 20 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 4,944 YTD: 31,042	Sep 2021	4,944 31,042
21	16	5	Forgotten in Death: An Eve Dallas Novel J D Robb, Author St. Martin's Press, $28.99 (384) 978-1-250-27281-2 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 09/20/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/18/2021 Average Rank 8.86 [details] Sales history for Forgotten in Death: An Eve Dallas Novel date, rank 09/20/2021, 2 09/27/2021, 7 10/04/2021, 11 10/11/2021, 16 10/18/2021, 21 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 4,793 YTD: 61,208	Sep 2021	4,793 61,208
22	8	2	The Man Who Died Twice: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery Richard Osman, Author Pamela Dorman Books, $26.00 (368) 978-1-9848-8099-4 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/11/2021 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 10/18/2021 Average Rank 12.33 [details] Sales history for The Man Who Died Twice: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery date, rank 10/11/2021, 8 10/18/2021, 22 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 4,089 YTD: 15,735	Sep 2021	4,089 15,735
23	17	3	Under the Whispering Door Tj Klune, Author Tor Books, $26.99 (400) 978-1-250-21734-9 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/04/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/18/2021 Average Rank 12.00 [details] Sales history for Under the Whispering Door date, rank 10/04/2021, 6 10/11/2021, 17 10/18/2021, 23 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,734 YTD: 22,689	Sep 2021	3,734 22,689
24	5	2	The Last Graduate Naomi Novik, Author Del Rey Books, $28.00 (336) 978-0-593-12886-2 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/11/2021 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 10/11/2021 Average Rank 11.33 [details] Sales history for The Last Graduate date, rank 10/11/2021, 5 10/18/2021, 24 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,415 YTD: 17,878	Sep 2021	3,415 17,878
25	25	36	The Four Winds Kristin Hannah, Author St. Martin's Press, $28.99 (464) 978-1-250-17860-2 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 02/15/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/15/2021 Average Rank 9.83 [details] Sales history for The Four Winds date, rank 02/15/2021, 1 02/22/2021, 1 03/01/2021, 2 03/08/2021, 1 03/15/2021, 2 03/22/2021, 2 03/29/2021, 2 04/05/2021, 1 04/12/2021, 2 04/19/2021, 1 04/26/2021, 3 05/03/2021, 3 05/10/2021, 4 05/17/2021, 7 05/24/2021, 8 05/31/2021, 9 06/07/2021, 11 06/14/2021, 9 06/21/2021, 10 06/28/2021, 10 07/05/2021, 8 07/12/2021, 10 07/19/2021, 10 07/26/2021, 16 08/02/2021, 15 08/09/2021, 13 08/16/2021, 23 08/23/2021, 18 08/30/2021, 21 09/06/2021, 18 09/13/2021, 22 09/20/2021, 25 09/27/2021, 24 10/04/2021, 25 10/11/2021, 25 10/18/2021, 25 LAST WEEK: 25 WEEKS ON LIST: 36 PUB DATE: Feb 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,357 YTD: 631,314	Feb 2021	3,357 631,314

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