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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2019 YTD
1	-	1	Turning Point Danielle Steel, Author Delacorte Press, $28.99 (288) 978-0-399-17935-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 01/21/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/21/2019 Average Rank 3.00 [details] Sales history for Turning Point date, rank 01/21/2019, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jan 2019 UNITS SOLD: 22,364 YTD: 22,364	Jan 2019	22,364 22,364
2	2	22	Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $26.00 (384) 978-0-7352-1909-0 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 24 Initial Date 09/03/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 01/14/2019 Average Rank 10.26 [details] Sales history for Where the Crawdads Sing date, rank 09/03/2018, 24 09/17/2018, 10 10/01/2018, 9 10/08/2018, 9 10/15/2018, 8 10/22/2018, 12 10/29/2018, 13 11/05/2018, 11 11/12/2018, 11 11/19/2018, 15 12/03/2018, 14 12/10/2018, 15 12/17/2018, 14 12/24/2018, 6 12/31/2018, 6 01/07/2019, 5 01/14/2019, 2 01/21/2019, 2 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 22 PUB DATE: Aug 2018 UNITS SOLD: 18,135 YTD: 18,135	Aug 2018	18,135 18,135
3	-	1	The New Iberia Blues: A Dave Robicheaux Novel James Lee Burke, Author Simon & Schuster, $27.99 (464) 978-1-5011-7687-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jan 2019 UNITS SOLD: 12,652 YTD: 12,652	Jan 2019	12,652 12,652
4	3	12	The Reckoning John Grisham, Author Doubleday Books, $28.95 (368) 978-0-385-54415-3 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/05/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/05/2018 Average Rank 3.65 [details] Sales history for The Reckoning date, rank 11/05/2018, 1 11/12/2018, 1 11/19/2018, 2 12/03/2018, 5 12/10/2018, 1 12/17/2018, 1 12/24/2018, 1 12/31/2018, 1 01/07/2019, 1 01/14/2019, 3 01/21/2019, 4 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 11,586 YTD: 11,586	Oct 2018	11,586 11,586
5	4	8	Fire & Blood: 300 Years Before a Game of Thrones (a Targaryen History) George R R Martin, Author, Doug Wheatley, Illustrator Bantam, $35.00 (736) 978-1-5247-9628-0 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 12/03/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/03/2018 Average Rank 3.91 [details] Sales history for Fire & Blood: 300 Years Before a Game of Thrones (a Targaryen History) date, rank 12/03/2018, 1 12/10/2018, 2 12/17/2018, 3 12/24/2018, 2 12/31/2018, 2 01/07/2019, 2 01/14/2019, 4 01/21/2019, 5 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Nov 2018 UNITS SOLD: 8,507 YTD: 8,507	Nov 2018	8,507 8,507
6	5	13	Every Breath Nicholas Sparks, Author Grand Central Publishing, $28.00 (320) 978-1-5387-2852-9 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/29/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/29/2018 Average Rank 4.00 [details] Sales history for Every Breath date, rank 10/29/2018, 1 11/05/2018, 2 11/12/2018, 4 11/19/2018, 4 12/03/2018, 4 12/10/2018, 6 12/17/2018, 4 12/24/2018, 3 12/31/2018, 3 01/07/2019, 3 01/14/2019, 5 01/21/2019, 6 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 8,483 YTD: 8,483	Oct 2018	8,483 8,483
7	1	2	Verses for the Dead Douglas Preston, Author, Lincoln Child, Author Grand Central Publishing, $28.00 (352) 978-1-5387-4720-9 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 01/14/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/14/2019 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for Verses for the Dead date, rank 01/14/2019, 1 01/21/2019, 7 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Dec 2018 UNITS SOLD: 6,964 YTD: 6,964	Dec 2018	6,964 6,964
8	8	9	Long Road to Mercy David Baldacci, Author Grand Central Publishing, $29.00 (432) 978-1-5387-6157-1 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/26/2018 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 12/10/2018 Average Rank 7.00 [details] Sales history for Long Road to Mercy date, rank 12/03/2018, 6 12/10/2018, 5 12/17/2018, 6 12/24/2018, 7 12/31/2018, 8 01/07/2019, 9 01/14/2019, 8 01/21/2019, 8 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Nov 2018 UNITS SOLD: 6,797 YTD: 6,797	Nov 2018	6,797 6,797
9	7	8	Target: Alex Cross James Patterson, Author Little Brown and Company, $29.00 (432) 978-0-316-27394-7 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 12/03/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/07/2019 Average Rank 5.00 [details] Sales history for Target: Alex Cross date, rank 12/03/2018, 2 12/10/2018, 3 12/17/2018, 5 12/24/2018, 4 12/31/2018, 4 01/07/2019, 4 01/14/2019, 7 01/21/2019, 9 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Nov 2018 UNITS SOLD: 6,514 YTD: 6,514	Nov 2018	6,514 6,514
10	-	1	The Winter of the Witch Katherine Arden, Author Del Rey Books, $28.00 (336) 978-1-101-88599-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jan 2019 UNITS SOLD: 6,114 YTD: 6,114	Jan 2019	6,114 6,114
11	6	2	A Delicate Touch Stuart Woods, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $28.00 (320) 978-0-7352-1925-0 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 01/14/2019 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 01/14/2019 Average Rank 8.50 [details] Sales history for A Delicate Touch date, rank 01/14/2019, 6 01/21/2019, 11 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Dec 2018 UNITS SOLD: 5,802 YTD: 5,802	Dec 2018	5,802 5,802
12	10	2	The Boy Tami Hoag, Author Dutton Books, $28.00 (368) 978-1-101-98539-7 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 01/14/2019 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 01/14/2019 Average Rank 11.00 [details] Sales history for The Boy date, rank 01/14/2019, 10 01/21/2019, 12 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Dec 2018 UNITS SOLD: 5,702 YTD: 5,702	Dec 2018	5,702 5,702
13	-	1	An Anonymous Girl Greer Hendricks, Author, Sarah Pekkanen, Author St. Martin's Press, $27.99 (384) 978-1-250-13373-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jan 2019 UNITS SOLD: 5,702 YTD: 5,702	Jan 2019	5,702 5,702
14	-	1	Through Fiery Trials David Weber, Author Tor Books, $28.99 (752) 978-0-7653-2559-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jan 2019 UNITS SOLD: 5,576 YTD: 5,576	Jan 2019	5,576 5,576
15	9	10	Past Tense: A Jack Reacher Novel Lee Child, Author Delacorte Press, $28.99 (400) 978-0-399-59351-2 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 11/19/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/19/2018 Average Rank 7.55 [details] Sales history for Past Tense: A Jack Reacher Novel date, rank 11/19/2018, 1 12/03/2018, 7 12/10/2018, 7 12/17/2018, 7 12/24/2018, 8 12/31/2018, 7 01/07/2019, 8 01/14/2019, 9 01/21/2019, 15 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Nov 2018 UNITS SOLD: 5,568 YTD: 5,568	Nov 2018	5,568 5,568
16	17	40	Circe Madeline Miller, Author Lee Boudreaux Books, $27.00 (400) 978-0-316-55634-7 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 04/23/2018 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 04/23/2018 Average Rank 18.00 [details] Sales history for Circe date, rank 04/23/2018, 7 04/30/2018, 11 05/07/2018, 10 05/14/2018, 15 05/21/2018, 17 05/28/2018, 15 06/04/2018, 17 06/11/2018, 18 07/02/2018, 25 07/09/2018, 22 07/16/2018, 19 07/23/2018, 23 07/30/2018, 24 08/06/2018, 20 08/13/2018, 22 08/20/2018, 24 08/27/2018, 25 09/10/2018, 7 09/17/2018, 14 12/24/2018, 21 12/31/2018, 21 01/07/2019, 22 01/14/2019, 17 01/21/2019, 16 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 40 PUB DATE: Apr 2018 UNITS SOLD: 5,443 YTD: 5,443	Apr 2018	5,443 5,443
17	-	1	Untouchable Jayne Ann Krentz, Author Berkley Books, $27.00 (320) 978-0-399-58529-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jan 2019 UNITS SOLD: 4,996 YTD: 4,996	Jan 2019	4,996 4,996
18	11	10	Nine Perfect Strangers Liane Moriarty, Author Flatiron Books, $28.99 (464) 978-1-250-06982-5 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/19/2018 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/19/2018 Average Rank 10.90 [details] Sales history for Nine Perfect Strangers date, rank 11/19/2018, 3 12/03/2018, 10 12/10/2018, 12 12/17/2018, 12 12/24/2018, 13 12/31/2018, 12 01/07/2019, 11 01/14/2019, 11 01/21/2019, 18 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Nov 2018 UNITS SOLD: 4,811 YTD: 4,811	Nov 2018	4,811 4,811
19	-	1	The Best of Us (Original) Robyn Carr, Author Mira Books, $26.99 (336) 978-0-7783-5130-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jan 2019 UNITS SOLD: 4,646 YTD: 4,646	Jan 2019	4,646 4,646
20	13	6	Of Blood and Bone: Chronicles of the One, Book 2 Nora Roberts, Author St. Martin's Press, $28.99 (464) 978-1-250-12299-5 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 12/17/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/07/2019 Average Rank 10.14 [details] Sales history for Of Blood and Bone: Chronicles of the One, Book 2 date, rank 12/17/2018, 2 12/24/2018, 9 12/31/2018, 13 01/07/2019, 13 01/14/2019, 13 01/21/2019, 20 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Dec 2018 UNITS SOLD: 4,593 YTD: 4,593	Dec 2018	4,593 4,593
21	-	1	Daughter of War: A Pike Logan Thriller Brad Taylor, Author Dutton Books, $27.00 (400) 978-1-101-98484-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jan 2019 UNITS SOLD: 4,573 YTD: 4,573	Jan 2019	4,573 4,573
22	12	11	Dark Sacred Night Michael Connelly, Author Little Brown and Company, $29.00 (400) 978-0-316-48480-0 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/12/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/12/2018 Average Rank 10.27 [details] Sales history for Dark Sacred Night date, rank 11/12/2018, 3 11/19/2018, 5 12/03/2018, 12 12/10/2018, 14 12/17/2018, 16 12/24/2018, 15 12/31/2018, 17 01/07/2019, 14 01/14/2019, 12 01/21/2019, 22 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 4,520 YTD: 4,520	Oct 2018	4,520 4,520
23	14	11	Elevation Stephen King, Author Scribner Book Company, $19.95 (144) 978-1-982102-31-9 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 11/12/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/12/2018 Average Rank 10.27 [details] Sales history for Elevation date, rank 11/12/2018, 2 11/19/2018, 6 12/03/2018, 11 12/10/2018, 13 12/17/2018, 13 12/24/2018, 12 12/31/2018, 9 01/07/2019, 7 01/14/2019, 14 01/21/2019, 23 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 4,225 YTD: 4,225	Oct 2018	4,225 4,225
24	15	14	The Next Person You Meet in Heaven: The Sequel to the Five People You Meet in Heaven Mitch Albom, Author Harper, $23.99 (240) 978-0-06-229444-9 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/22/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/22/2018 Average Rank 8.08 [details] Sales history for The Next Person You Meet in Heaven: The Sequel to the Five People You Meet in Heaven date, rank 10/22/2018, 1 11/05/2018, 3 11/12/2018, 5 11/19/2018, 7 12/03/2018, 8 12/10/2018, 10 12/17/2018, 8 12/24/2018, 5 12/31/2018, 5 01/07/2019, 6 01/14/2019, 15 01/21/2019, 24 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 4,117 YTD: 4,117	Oct 2018	4,117 4,117
25	16	9	Look Alive Twenty-Five: A Stephanie Plum Novel Janet Evanovich, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $28.00 (320) 978-0-399-17922-8 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/26/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/10/2018 Average Rank 9.27 [details] Sales history for Look Alive Twenty-Five: A Stephanie Plum Novel date, rank 12/03/2018, 3 12/10/2018, 8 12/17/2018, 9 12/24/2018, 10 12/31/2018, 11 01/07/2019, 12 01/14/2019, 16 01/21/2019, 25 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Nov 2018 UNITS SOLD: 4,114 YTD: 4,114	Nov 2018	4,114 4,114

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NPD BookScan, week 2 of 2019, data through 01/12/2019; PW Issue of January 21, 2019