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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2020 YTD
1	-	1	The Evening and the Morning Ken Follett, Author Viking, $38.00 (928) 978-0-525-95498-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 09/28/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/28/2020 Average Rank 3.50 [details] Sales history for The Evening and the Morning date, rank 09/28/2020, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 43,117 YTD: 43,117	Sep 2020	43,117 43,117
2	-	1	Troubled Blood Robert Galbraith, Author Mulholland Books, $29.00 (416) 978-0-316-49893-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 09/28/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/28/2020 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for Troubled Blood date, rank 09/28/2020, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 30,618 YTD: 30,618	Sep 2020	30,618 30,618
3	-	1	Total Power, Volume 19 Vince Flynn, Author, Kyle Mills, Author Atria Books, $28.99 (400) 978-1-5011-9065-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 29,257 YTD: 29,257	Sep 2020	29,257 29,257
4	2	3	The Harbinger II: The Return Jonathan Cahn, Author Frontline, $24.99 (304) 978-1-62999-891-6 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 09/14/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/14/2020 Average Rank 4.60 [details] Sales history for The Harbinger II: The Return date, rank 09/14/2020, 2 09/21/2020, 2 09/28/2020, 4 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 18,400 YTD: 75,081	Sep 2020	18,400 75,081
5	-	1	To Sleep in a Sea of Stars Christopher Paolini, Author Tor Books, $29.99 (832) 978-1-250-76284-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 17,880 YTD: 17,880	Sep 2020	17,880 17,880
6	1	2	Shadows in Death: An Eve Dallas Novel (in Death, Book 51) J D Robb, Author St. Martin's Press, $28.99 (368) 978-1-250-20723-4 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 09/21/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/21/2020 Average Rank 5.33 [details] Sales history for Shadows in Death: An Eve Dallas Novel (in Death, Book 51) date, rank 09/21/2020, 1 09/28/2020, 6 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 14,123 YTD: 37,120	Sep 2020	14,123 37,120
7	6	16	The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett, Author Riverhead Books, $26.00 (352) 978-0-525-53629-1 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 06/15/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/24/2020 Average Rank 4.06 [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 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 11,653 YTD: 226,665	Jun 2020	11,653 226,665
8	-	1	Piranesi Susanna Clarke, Author Bloomsbury Publishing, $27.00 (272) 978-1-63557-563-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 10,235 YTD: 10,235	Sep 2020	10,235 10,235
9	3	2	One by One Ruth Ware, Author Gallery/Scout Press, $27.99 (384) 978-1-5011-8881-7 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/21/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/21/2020 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for One by One date, rank 09/21/2020, 3 09/28/2020, 9 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 10,135 YTD: 29,719	Sep 2020	10,135 29,719
10	8	3	Transcendent Kingdom Yaa Gyasi, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $27.95 (288) 978-0-525-65818-4 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/14/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 09/14/2020 Average Rank 7.33 [details] Sales history for Transcendent Kingdom date, rank 09/14/2020, 4 09/21/2020, 8 09/28/2020, 10 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 9,579 YTD: 34,512	Sep 2020	9,579 34,512
11	5	3	All the Devils Are Here Louise Penny, Author Minotaur Books, $28.99 (448) 978-1-250-14523-9 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/14/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/14/2020 Average Rank 4.75 [details] Sales history for All the Devils Are Here date, rank 09/14/2020, 1 09/21/2020, 5 09/28/2020, 11 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 9,486 YTD: 82,687	Sep 2020	9,486 82,687
12	4	2	Anxious People Fredrik Backman, Author Atria Books, $28.00 (352) 978-1-5011-6083-7 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/21/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 09/21/2020 Average Rank 8.00 [details] Sales history for Anxious People date, rank 09/21/2020, 4 09/28/2020, 12 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 8,992 YTD: 27,078	Sep 2020	8,992 27,078
13	11	16	The Guest List Lucy Foley, Author William Morrow & Company, $26.99 (320) 978-0-06-286893-0 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 06/15/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 08/31/2020 Average Rank 8.38 [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 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 6,962 YTD: 150,732	Jun 2020	6,962 150,732
14	7	3	Elena Ferrante - New Novel Elena Ferrante, Author, Ann Goldstein, Translator Europa Editions, $26.00 (324p) 978-1-60945-591-0 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/14/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/14/2020 Average Rank 8.00 [details] Sales history for Elena Ferrante - New Novel date, rank 09/14/2020, 3 09/21/2020, 7 09/28/2020, 14 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 6,927 YTD: 42,199	Sep 2020	6,927 42,199
15	9	4	Thick as Thieves Sandra Brown, Author Grand Central Publishing, $28.00 (448) 978-1-5387-5194-7 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/07/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/07/2020 Average Rank 8.00 [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 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 6,842 YTD: 40,516	Aug 2020	6,842 40,516
16	12	4	Squeeze Me Carl Hiaasen, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $28.95 (352) 978-1-5247-3345-2 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/07/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/07/2020 Average Rank 9.40 [details] Sales history for Squeeze Me date, rank 09/07/2020, 3 09/14/2020, 11 09/21/2020, 12 09/28/2020, 16 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 6,098 YTD: 34,387	Aug 2020	6,098 34,387
17	13	48	The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, Author HarperOne, $22.99 (128) 978-0-06-297658-1 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/04/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/11/2019 Average Rank 6.32 [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 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 48 PUB DATE: Oct 2019 UNITS SOLD: 5,888 YTD: 436,590	Oct 2019	5,888 436,590
18	25	3	Fifty Words for Rain Asha Lemmie, Author Dutton Books, $26.00 (464) 978-1-5247-4636-0 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 25 Initial Date 09/21/2020 Highest Rank 18 Highest Rank Date 09/28/2020 Average Rank 21.50 [details] Sales history for Fifty Words for Rain date, rank 09/21/2020, 25 09/28/2020, 18 LAST WEEK: 25 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,824 YTD: 12,093	Sep 2020	5,824 12,093
19	15	35	American Dirt Jeanine Cummins, Author Flatiron Books, $27.99 (400) 978-1-250-20976-4 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 02/03/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/03/2020 Average Rank 7.44 [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 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 35 PUB DATE: Jan 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,466 YTD: 435,701	Jan 2020	5,466 435,701
20	10	5	Royal Danielle Steel, Author Delacorte Press, $28.99 (288) 978-0-399-17965-5 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 08/31/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/31/2020 Average Rank 8.83 [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 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,290 YTD: 55,172	Aug 2020	5,290 55,172
21	14	8	1st Case James Patterson, Author, Chris Tebbetts, Author Little Brown and Company, $28.00 (352) 978-0-316-41818-8 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 08/10/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/10/2020 Average Rank 7.89 [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 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,588 YTD: 85,834	Jul 2020	4,588 85,834
22	-	1	The Trouble with Peace Joe Abercrombie, Author Orbit, $28.00 (640) 978-0-316-18718-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,291 YTD: 4,291	Sep 2020	4,291 4,291
23	16	22	If It Bleeds Stephen King, Author Scribner Book Company, $30.00 (448) 978-1-9821-3797-7 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 05/04/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/04/2020 Average Rank 7.69 [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 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 22 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,190 YTD: 346,876	Apr 2020	4,190 346,876
24	-	1	Homeland Elegies Ayad Akhtar, Author Little Brown and Company, $28.00 (368) 978-0-316-49642-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,784 YTD: 3,784	Sep 2020	3,784 3,784
25	27	4	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: 27 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,499 YTD: 14,840	Aug 2020	3,499 14,840

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NPD BookScan, week 38 of 2020 data through 9/19/2020; PW Issue of September 28, 2020