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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2022 YTD
1	-	1	The Choice: The Dragon Heart Legacy, Book 3 Nora Roberts, Author St. Martin's Press, $29.99 (448) 978-1-250-27272-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 12/05/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/05/2022 Average Rank 3.00 [details] Sales history for The Choice: The Dragon Heart Legacy, Book 3 date, rank 12/05/2022, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 47,594 YTD: 47,594	Nov 2022	47,594 47,594
2	1	6	The Boys from Biloxi: A Legal Thriller John Grisham, Author Doubleday Books, $29.95 (464) 978-0-385-54892-2 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/31/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/31/2022 Average Rank 3.75 [details] Sales history for The Boys from Biloxi: A Legal Thriller date, rank 10/31/2022, 1 11/07/2022, 1 11/14/2022, 1 11/21/2022, 2 11/28/2022, 1 12/05/2022, 2 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 34,830 YTD: 280,771	Oct 2022	34,830 280,771
3	2	12	Fairy Tale Stephen King, Author Scribner Book Company, $32.50 (608) 978-1-66800-217-9 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/19/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/19/2022 Average Rank 4.19 [details] Sales history for Fairy Tale date, rank 09/19/2022, 1 09/26/2022, 2 10/03/2022, 2 10/10/2022, 2 10/17/2022, 1 10/24/2022, 3 10/31/2022, 2 11/07/2022, 5 11/14/2022, 5 11/21/2022, 5 11/28/2022, 2 12/05/2022, 3 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Sep 2022 UNITS SOLD: 31,939 YTD: 456,297	Sep 2022	31,939 456,297
4	-	1	A Christmas Memory Richard Paul Evans, Author Gallery Books, $17.99 (128) 978-1-982177-44-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 24,965 YTD: 24,965	Nov 2022	24,965 24,965
5	9	34	Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus, Author Doubleday Books, $28.95 (400) 978-0-385-54734-5 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 04/18/2022 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 12/05/2022 Average Rank 13.88 [details] Sales history for Lessons in Chemistry date, rank 04/18/2022, 18 04/25/2022, 12 05/02/2022, 15 05/09/2022, 12 05/16/2022, 14 05/23/2022, 17 05/30/2022, 18 06/06/2022, 20 06/13/2022, 15 06/20/2022, 17 06/27/2022, 15 07/04/2022, 14 07/11/2022, 12 07/18/2022, 9 07/25/2022, 12 08/01/2022, 12 08/08/2022, 15 08/15/2022, 13 08/22/2022, 10 08/29/2022, 14 09/05/2022, 13 09/12/2022, 13 09/19/2022, 13 09/26/2022, 11 10/03/2022, 13 10/10/2022, 12 10/17/2022, 16 10/24/2022, 18 10/31/2022, 17 11/07/2022, 20 11/14/2022, 17 11/21/2022, 11 11/28/2022, 9 12/05/2022, 5 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 34 PUB DATE: Apr 2022 UNITS SOLD: 21,887 YTD: 207,592	Apr 2022	21,887 207,592
6	-	1	The Whittiers Danielle Steel, Author Delacorte Press, $28.99 (272) 978-1-984821-83-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 21,608 YTD: 21,608	Nov 2022	21,608 21,608
7	5	10	Dreamland Nicholas Sparks, Author Random House, $28.99 (384) 978-0-593-44955-4 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/03/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/03/2022 Average Rank 5.07 [details] Sales history for Dreamland date, rank 10/03/2022, 1 10/10/2022, 3 10/17/2022, 4 10/24/2022, 5 10/31/2022, 5 11/07/2022, 7 11/14/2022, 6 11/21/2022, 8 11/28/2022, 5 12/05/2022, 7 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Sep 2022 UNITS SOLD: 21,144 YTD: 265,964	Sep 2022	21,144 265,964
8	4	3	Desert Star Michael Connelly, Author Little Brown and Company, $29.00 (400) 978-0-316-48565-4 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/21/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/21/2022 Average Rank 4.50 [details] Sales history for Desert Star date, rank 11/21/2022, 1 11/28/2022, 4 12/05/2022, 8 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 16,714 YTD: 83,817	Nov 2022	16,714 83,817
9	11	8	Mad Honey Jodi Picoult, Author, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Author Ballantine Books, $29.99 (464) 978-1-984818-38-6 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 10/17/2022 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/17/2022 Average Rank 7.89 [details] Sales history for Mad Honey date, rank 10/17/2022, 3 10/24/2022, 6 10/31/2022, 6 11/07/2022, 10 11/14/2022, 9 11/21/2022, 9 11/28/2022, 11 12/05/2022, 9 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 15,488 YTD: 126,003	Oct 2022	15,488 126,003
10	7	4	Going Rogue: Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine Janet Evanovich, Author Atria Books, $28.99 (336) 978-1-66800-305-3 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 11/14/2022 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/14/2022 Average Rank 6.60 [details] Sales history for Going Rogue: Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine date, rank 11/14/2022, 2 11/21/2022, 6 11/28/2022, 7 12/05/2022, 10 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 15,405 YTD: 87,858	Nov 2022	15,405 87,858
11	8	4	Triple Cross James Patterson, Author Little Brown and Company, $29.00 (416) 978-0-316-49918-7 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 11/14/2022 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/14/2022 Average Rank 7.25 [details] Sales history for Triple Cross date, rank 11/14/2022, 3 11/21/2022, 7 11/28/2022, 8 12/05/2022, 11 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 15,121 YTD: 74,025	Oct 2022	15,121 74,025
12	10	5	No Plan B: A Jack Reacher Novel Lee Child, Author, Andrew Child, Author Delacorte Press, $28.99 (336) 978-1-984818-54-6 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 11/07/2022 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/07/2022 Average Rank 6.33 [details] Sales history for No Plan B: A Jack Reacher Novel date, rank 11/07/2022, 2 11/14/2022, 4 11/21/2022, 4 11/28/2022, 10 12/05/2022, 12 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 12,893 YTD: 109,477	Oct 2022	12,893 109,477
13	14	9	Verity (Special) Colleen Hoover, Author Grand Central Publishing, $29.00 (368) 978-1-5387-3972-3 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/10/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/10/2022 Average Rank 9.50 [details] Sales history for Verity (Special) date, rank 10/10/2022, 1 10/17/2022, 6 10/24/2022, 9 10/31/2022, 9 11/07/2022, 13 11/14/2022, 15 11/21/2022, 14 11/28/2022, 14 12/05/2022, 13 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Sep 2022 UNITS SOLD: 12,160 YTD: 140,202	Sep 2022	12,160 140,202
14	17	8	Our Missing Hearts Celeste Ng, Author Penguin Press, $28.00 (352) 978-0-593-49254-3 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/17/2022 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 10/17/2022 Average Rank 12.75 [details] Sales history for Our Missing Hearts date, rank 10/17/2022, 5 10/24/2022, 10 10/31/2022, 11 11/07/2022, 12 11/14/2022, 16 11/21/2022, 17 11/28/2022, 17 12/05/2022, 14 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 10,865 YTD: 85,134	Oct 2022	10,865 85,134
15	13	7	Long Shadows David Baldacci, Author Grand Central Publishing, $29.00 (432) 978-1-5387-1982-4 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/24/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/24/2022 Average Rank 8.00 [details] Sales history for Long Shadows date, rank 10/24/2022, 1 10/31/2022, 4 11/07/2022, 9 11/14/2022, 8 11/21/2022, 10 11/28/2022, 13 12/05/2022, 15 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 10,170 YTD: 118,999	Oct 2022	10,170 118,999
16	15	6	Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver, Author Harper, $29.99 (560) 978-0-06-325192-2 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 10/31/2022 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/31/2022 Average Rank 9.83 [details] Sales history for Demon Copperhead date, rank 10/31/2022, 3 11/07/2022, 6 11/14/2022, 7 11/21/2022, 12 11/28/2022, 15 12/05/2022, 16 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 10,127 YTD: 80,204	Oct 2022	10,127 80,204
17	6	2	The Fall of Númenor: And Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-Earth J R R Tolkien, Author William Morrow & Company, $40.00 (320) 978-0-06-328068-7 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/28/2022 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 11/28/2022 Average Rank 11.50 [details] Sales history for The Fall of Númenor: And Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-Earth date, rank 11/28/2022, 6 12/05/2022, 17 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 8,628 YTD: 27,239	Nov 2022	8,628 27,239
18	19	21	Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin, Author Alfred A. Knopf, $0.00 (416p) 978-0-593-32120-1 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 07/18/2022 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 07/25/2022 Average Rank 15.43 [details] Sales history for Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow date, rank 07/18/2022, 8 07/25/2022, 7 08/01/2022, 9 08/08/2022, 12 08/15/2022, 12 08/22/2022, 11 08/29/2022, 15 09/05/2022, 17 09/12/2022, 16 09/19/2022, 25 09/26/2022, 22 10/03/2022, 25 11/28/2022, 19 12/05/2022, 18 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 21 PUB DATE: Jul 2022 UNITS SOLD: 6,986 YTD: 102,242	Jul 2022	6,986 102,242
19	18	5	Livid: A Scarpetta Novel Patricia D. Cornwell, Author Grand Central Publishing, $29.00 (400) 978-1-5387-2516-0 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 11/07/2022 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 11/14/2022 Average Rank 12.83 [details] Sales history for Livid: A Scarpetta Novel date, rank 11/07/2022, 8 11/14/2022, 12 11/21/2022, 15 11/28/2022, 18 12/05/2022, 19 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 6,306 YTD: 45,984	Oct 2022	6,306 45,984
20	3	2	The Lost Metal: A Mistborn Novel Brandon Sanderson, Author Tor Books, $29.99 (464) 978-0-7653-9119-3 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 11/28/2022 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/28/2022 Average Rank 11.50 [details] Sales history for The Lost Metal: A Mistborn Novel date, rank 11/28/2022, 3 12/05/2022, 20 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 5,745 YTD: 29,176	Nov 2022	5,745 29,176
21	30	14	Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution R F Kuang, Author Harper Voyager, $27.99 (704) 978-0-06-302142-6 Last rank 30 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/05/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/05/2022 Average Rank 13.43 [details] Sales history for Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution date, rank 09/05/2022, 1 09/12/2022, 10 09/19/2022, 24 09/26/2022, 24 12/05/2022, 21 LAST WEEK: 30 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 5,713 YTD: 64,772	Aug 2022	5,713 64,772
22	16	3	Clive Cussler The Sea Wolves: An Isaac Bell Adventure Jack Du Brul, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $29.95 (400) 978-0-593-42198-7 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 11/21/2022 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 11/21/2022 Average Rank 17.00 [details] Sales history for Clive Cussler The Sea Wolves: An Isaac Bell Adventure date, rank 11/21/2022, 13 11/28/2022, 16 12/05/2022, 22 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 5,564 YTD: 21,284	Nov 2022	5,564 21,284
23	-	1	Star Wars: Convergence (the High Republic) Zoraida Córdova, Author Del Rey Books, $28.99 (336) 978-0-593-35863-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 5,499 YTD: 5,499	Nov 2022	5,499 5,499
24	27	6	The Christmas Spirit Debbie Macomber, Author Ballantine Books, $22.00 (240) 978-0-593-50010-1 Last rank 27 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 10/31/2022 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 10/31/2022 Average Rank 18.60 [details] Sales history for The Christmas Spirit date, rank 10/31/2022, 7 11/07/2022, 18 11/14/2022, 22 11/21/2022, 22 12/05/2022, 24 LAST WEEK: 27 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 5,345 YTD: 39,565	Oct 2022	5,345 39,565
25	24	4	Shuna's Journey Hayao Miyazaki, Author First Second, $27.99 (160) 978-1-250-84652-5 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 11/14/2022 Highest Rank 18 Highest Rank Date 11/14/2022 Average Rank 21.75 [details] Sales history for Shuna's Journey date, rank 11/14/2022, 18 11/21/2022, 20 11/28/2022, 24 12/05/2022, 25 LAST WEEK: 24 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 5,290 YTD: 22,082	Nov 2022	5,290 22,082

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Source: NPD BookScan, for the week ended Nov. 26, 2022; appearing in the Dec. 05, 2022, print edition of PW.

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