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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	2	25	The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, Author HarperOne, $22.99 (128) 978-0-06-297658-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/04/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/11/2019 Average Rank 5.08 [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 10/05/2020, 15 10/12/2020, 18 10/19/2020, 15 10/26/2020, 14 11/02/2020, 13 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 25 PUB DATE: Oct 2019 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Oct 2019
2	1	2	Texas Outlaw James Patterson, Author, Andrew Bourelle, With Little Brown and Company, $28.00 (448) 978-0-316-42816-3 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/13/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/13/2020 Average Rank 10.78 [details] Sales history for Texas Outlaw date, rank 04/13/2020, 1 04/20/2020, 2 04/27/2020, 4 05/04/2020, 7 05/11/2020, 9 05/18/2020, 16 05/25/2020, 17 06/01/2020, 18 06/08/2020, 23 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Mar 2020
3	3	4	The Boy from the Woods Harlan Coben, Author Grand Central Publishing, $29.00 (384) 978-1-5387-4814-5 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 03/30/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/30/2020 Average Rank 9.36 [details] Sales history for The Boy from the Woods date, rank 03/30/2020, 1 04/06/2020, 1 04/13/2020, 3 04/20/2020, 3 04/27/2020, 5 05/04/2020, 9 05/11/2020, 13 05/18/2020, 17 05/25/2020, 20 06/01/2020, 24 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Mar 2020
4	5	12	American Dirt Jeanine Cummins, Author Flatiron Books, $27.99 (400) 978-1-250-20976-4 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 02/03/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/03/2020 Average Rank 11.19 [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 10/05/2020, 18 10/12/2020, 21 10/19/2020, 23 10/26/2020, 19 11/02/2020, 21 11/09/2020, 25 11/16/2020, 26 11/23/2020, 23 11/30/2020, 23 12/14/2020, 23 12/21/2020, 22 12/28/2020, 18 01/04/2021, 18 01/11/2021, 17 01/18/2021, 13 01/25/2021, 19 02/01/2021, 15 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Jan 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Jan 2020
5	-	1	Redhead by the Side of the Road Anne Tyler, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $25.95 (192) 978-0-525-65841-2 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 04/20/2020 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 04/20/2020 Average Rank 14.67 [details] Sales history for Redhead by the Side of the Road date, rank 04/20/2020, 5 04/27/2020, 12 05/04/2020, 11 05/11/2020, 15 05/18/2020, 20 05/25/2020, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Apr 2020
6	-	1	The Book of Lost Friends Lisa Wingate, Author Ballantine Books, $28.00 (400) 978-1-9848-1988-8 Last rank 33 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 04/20/2020 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 04/20/2020 Average Rank 15.50 [details] Sales history for The Book of Lost Friends date, rank 04/20/2020, 6 04/27/2020, 7 05/04/2020, 8 05/11/2020, 11 05/18/2020, 9 05/25/2020, 11 06/01/2020, 15 06/08/2020, 15 06/15/2020, 16 06/22/2020, 20 06/29/2020, 25 07/06/2020, 23 07/13/2020, 24 09/07/2020, 27 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Apr 2020
7	4	2	Valentine Elizabeth Wetmore, Author Harper, $26.99 (320) 978-0-06-291326-5 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 04/13/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 04/13/2020 Average Rank 14.00 [details] Sales history for Valentine date, rank 04/13/2020, 4 04/20/2020, 7 04/27/2020, 14 05/04/2020, 24 05/11/2020, 21 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Mar 2020
8	7	27	The Giver of Stars Jojo Moyes, Author Pamela Dorman Books, $27.00 (400) 978-0-399-56248-8 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 10/21/2019 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 04/13/2020 Average Rank 15.67 [details] Sales history for The Giver of Stars date, rank 10/21/2019, 9 10/28/2019, 12 11/04/2019, 18 11/11/2019, 12 11/18/2019, 12 11/25/2019, 11 12/02/2019, 13 12/09/2019, 17 12/16/2019, 17 12/23/2019, 16 12/30/2019, 15 01/06/2020, 19 01/13/2020, 12 01/20/2020, 13 01/27/2020, 11 02/03/2020, 12 02/10/2020, 12 02/17/2020, 14 02/24/2020, 15 03/02/2020, 12 03/09/2020, 10 03/16/2020, 17 03/23/2020, 14 03/30/2020, 16 04/06/2020, 14 04/13/2020, 7 04/20/2020, 8 04/27/2020, 11 05/04/2020, 10 05/11/2020, 10 05/18/2020, 15 05/25/2020, 15 06/01/2020, 19 06/08/2020, 12 06/15/2020, 17 06/22/2020, 21 06/29/2020, 22 07/06/2020, 21 07/13/2020, 22 07/20/2020, 23 07/27/2020, 24 08/03/2020, 21 08/10/2020, 22 08/17/2020, 24 08/24/2020, 20 08/31/2020, 22 09/07/2020, 18 09/14/2020, 25 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 27 PUB DATE: Oct 2019 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Oct 2019
9	11	3	The Glass Hotel Emily St. John Mandel, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $26.95 (320) 978-0-525-52114-3 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 04/06/2020 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 04/06/2020 Average Rank 11.00 [details] Sales history for The Glass Hotel date, rank 04/06/2020, 6 04/13/2020, 11 04/20/2020, 9 04/27/2020, 8 05/04/2020, 13 05/11/2020, 19 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Mar 2020
10	8	7	Blindside James Patterson, Author, James O Born, Author Little Brown and Company, $28.00 (384) 978-0-316-42033-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 03/09/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/09/2020 Average Rank 7.79 [details] Sales history for Blindside date, rank 03/09/2020, 1 03/16/2020, 4 03/23/2020, 6 03/30/2020, 7 04/06/2020, 8 04/13/2020, 8 04/20/2020, 10 04/27/2020, 10 05/04/2020, 15 05/11/2020, 16 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Feb 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Feb 2020
11	-	1	Chosen Ones Veronica Roth, Author John Joseph Adams/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26.99 (384) 978-0-358-16408-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 04/20/2020 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 06/08/2020 Average Rank 13.33 [details] Sales history for Chosen Ones date, rank 04/20/2020, 11 04/27/2020, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Apr 2020
12	16	29	The Dutch House Ann Patchett, Author Harper, $27.99 (352) 978-0-06-296367-3 Last rank 36 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/07/2019 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 10/14/2019 Average Rank 12.29 [details] Sales history for The Dutch House date, rank 10/07/2019, 5 10/14/2019, 4 10/21/2019, 5 10/28/2019, 5 11/04/2019, 9 11/11/2019, 5 11/18/2019, 8 11/25/2019, 7 12/02/2019, 7 12/09/2019, 13 12/16/2019, 11 12/23/2019, 9 12/30/2019, 8 01/06/2020, 11 01/13/2020, 8 01/20/2020, 8 01/27/2020, 7 02/03/2020, 11 02/10/2020, 11 02/17/2020, 10 02/24/2020, 9 03/02/2020, 6 03/09/2020, 7 03/16/2020, 15 03/23/2020, 12 03/30/2020, 19 04/06/2020, 18 04/13/2020, 16 04/20/2020, 12 04/27/2020, 18 05/04/2020, 14 05/11/2020, 14 05/18/2020, 19 05/25/2020, 21 06/01/2020, 21 06/08/2020, 19 06/15/2020, 24 09/07/2020, 41 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 29 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Sep 2019
13	10	6	The Numbers Game Danielle Steel, Author Delacorte Press, $28.99 (288) 978-0-399-17956-3 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 03/16/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 03/16/2020 Average Rank 11.82 [details] Sales history for The Numbers Game date, rank 03/16/2020, 2 03/23/2020, 4 03/30/2020, 11 04/06/2020, 10 04/13/2020, 10 04/20/2020, 13 04/27/2020, 15 05/04/2020, 16 05/11/2020, 17 05/18/2020, 22 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Mar 2020
14	-	1	The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires Grady Hendrix, Author Quirk Books, $21.99 (400) 978-1-68369-143-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Apr 2020
15	12	5	The Mirror & the Light Hilary Mantel, Author Henry Holt & Company, $30.00 (800) 978-0-8050-9660-6 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 03/23/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/23/2020 Average Rank 9.88 [details] Sales history for The Mirror & the Light date, rank 03/23/2020, 1 03/30/2020, 4 04/06/2020, 9 04/13/2020, 12 04/20/2020, 15 04/27/2020, 19 05/04/2020, 17 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Mar 2020
16	15	6	Long Range C J Box, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $28.00 (384) 978-0-525-53823-3 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 03/16/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 03/16/2020 Average Rank 12.88 [details] Sales history for Long Range date, rank 03/16/2020, 3 03/23/2020, 9 03/30/2020, 14 04/06/2020, 13 04/13/2020, 15 04/20/2020, 16 04/27/2020, 13 05/04/2020, 20 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Mar 2020
17	18	26	The Guardians John Grisham, Author Doubleday Books, $29.95 (368) 978-0-385-54418-4 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/28/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/28/2019 Average Rank 8.12 [details] Sales history for The Guardians date, rank 10/28/2019, 1 11/04/2019, 2 11/11/2019, 2 11/18/2019, 2 11/25/2019, 2 12/02/2019, 3 12/09/2019, 3 12/16/2019, 1 12/23/2019, 2 12/30/2019, 1 01/06/2020, 2 01/13/2020, 2 01/20/2020, 4 01/27/2020, 5 02/03/2020, 4 02/10/2020, 9 02/17/2020, 13 02/24/2020, 8 03/02/2020, 7 03/09/2020, 9 03/16/2020, 18 03/23/2020, 18 03/30/2020, 18 04/06/2020, 17 04/13/2020, 18 04/20/2020, 17 04/27/2020, 17 05/04/2020, 21 05/11/2020, 22 05/18/2020, 21 05/25/2020, 24 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 26 PUB DATE: Oct 2019 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Oct 2019
18	14	5	Journey of the Pharaohs Clive Cussler, Author, Graham Brown, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $29.00 (432) 978-0-593-08308-6 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 03/23/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 03/23/2020 Average Rank 12.00 [details] Sales history for Journey of the Pharaohs date, rank 03/23/2020, 2 03/30/2020, 10 04/06/2020, 11 04/13/2020, 14 04/20/2020, 18 04/27/2020, 16 05/04/2020, 18 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Mar 2020
19	17	5	In Five Years Rebecca Serle, Author Atria Books, $27.00 (272) 978-1-9821-3744-1 Last rank 49 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 03/23/2020 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 04/06/2020 Average Rank 18.09 [details] Sales history for In Five Years date, rank 03/23/2020, 10 03/30/2020, 8 04/06/2020, 7 04/13/2020, 17 04/20/2020, 19 04/27/2020, 9 05/04/2020, 12 05/11/2020, 23 05/25/2020, 22 06/01/2020, 23 09/07/2020, 49 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Mar 2020
20	20	15	Such a Fun Age Kiley Reid, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $26.00 (320) 978-0-525-54190-5 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 01/13/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 01/13/2020 Average Rank 16.46 [details] Sales history for Such a Fun Age date, rank 01/13/2020, 3 01/20/2020, 5 01/27/2020, 6 02/03/2020, 6 02/10/2020, 8 02/17/2020, 11 02/24/2020, 11 03/02/2020, 9 03/09/2020, 8 03/16/2020, 13 03/23/2020, 17 03/30/2020, 20 04/06/2020, 24 04/13/2020, 20 04/20/2020, 20 05/04/2020, 23 05/11/2020, 24 06/15/2020, 20 06/29/2020, 21 07/06/2020, 24 08/03/2020, 23 08/10/2020, 21 08/17/2020, 23 08/24/2020, 21 08/31/2020, 24 09/07/2020, 23 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: Dec 2019 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Dec 2019
21	23	31	The Institute Stephen King, Author Scribner Book Company, $30.00 (576) 978-1-9821-1056-7 Last rank 39 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 09/23/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/30/2019 Average Rank 11.64 [details] Sales history for The Institute date, rank 09/23/2019, 2 09/30/2019, 1 10/07/2019, 2 10/14/2019, 2 10/21/2019, 2 10/28/2019, 3 11/04/2019, 8 11/11/2019, 7 11/18/2019, 5 11/25/2019, 5 12/02/2019, 10 12/09/2019, 6 12/16/2019, 6 12/23/2019, 5 12/30/2019, 3 01/06/2020, 5 01/13/2020, 9 01/20/2020, 14 01/27/2020, 13 02/03/2020, 17 02/10/2020, 17 02/17/2020, 18 02/24/2020, 18 03/02/2020, 21 03/09/2020, 17 03/16/2020, 24 03/23/2020, 25 04/06/2020, 25 04/13/2020, 23 04/20/2020, 21 04/27/2020, 21 05/04/2020, 19 05/11/2020, 18 09/07/2020, 39 LAST WEEK: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 31 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Sep 2019
22	-	1	Broken Don Winslow, Author William Morrow & Company, $29.99 (352) 978-0-06-298890-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Apr 2020
23	13	2	It's Not All Downhill from Here Terry McMillan, Author Ballantine Books, $28.00 (368) 978-1-9848-2374-8 Last rank 29 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 04/13/2020 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 04/13/2020 Average Rank 20.33 [details] Sales history for It's Not All Downhill from Here date, rank 04/13/2020, 13 04/20/2020, 23 05/04/2020, 25 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Mar 2020
24	21	6	House of Earth and Blood Sarah J Maas, Author Bloomsbury Publishing, $28.00 (648) 978-1-63557-404-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 03/16/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/16/2020 Average Rank 11.11 [details] Sales history for House of Earth and Blood date, rank 03/16/2020, 1 03/23/2020, 7 03/30/2020, 12 04/06/2020, 16 04/13/2020, 21 04/20/2020, 24 05/11/2020, 25 09/07/2020, 48 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Mar 2020
25	6	2	Devoted Dean Koontz, Author Thomas & Mercer, $28.99 (380) 978-1-5420-1950-7 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 04/13/2020 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 04/13/2020 Average Rank 15.50 [details] Sales history for Devoted date, rank 04/13/2020, 6 04/20/2020, 25 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Mar 2020

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