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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2024 YTD
1	-	1	Abandoned in Death J D Robb, Author St. Martin's Press, $28.99 (368) 978-1-250-27821-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 02/21/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/21/2022 Average Rank 8.80 [details] Sales history for Abandoned in Death date, rank 02/21/2022, 1 02/28/2022, 3 03/07/2022, 3 03/14/2022, 6 03/21/2022, 16 03/28/2022, 23 04/04/2022, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Feb 2022 UNITS SOLD: 31,467 YTD: 31,467	Feb 2022	31,467 31,467
2	3	41	The Last Thing He Told Me Laura Dave, Author Simon & Schuster, $0.00 (320p) 978-1-5011-7134-5 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 05/17/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/12/2021 Average Rank 7.68 [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 10/25/2021, 8 11/01/2021, 9 11/08/2021, 10 11/15/2021, 16 11/22/2021, 14 11/29/2021, 15 12/06/2021, 19 12/13/2021, 18 12/20/2021, 15 12/27/2021, 10 01/03/2022, 10 01/10/2022, 10 01/17/2022, 3 01/24/2022, 7 01/31/2022, 5 02/07/2022, 4 02/14/2022, 3 02/21/2022, 2 02/28/2022, 7 03/07/2022, 9 03/14/2022, 11 03/21/2022, 12 03/28/2022, 14 04/04/2022, 12 04/11/2022, 11 04/18/2022, 14 04/25/2022, 11 05/02/2022, 10 05/09/2022, 13 05/16/2022, 9 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 41 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 10,841 YTD: 60,712	May 2021	10,841 60,712
3	-	1	The Lady's Mine Francine Rivers, Author Tyndale House Publishers, $27.99 (416) 978-1-4964-4757-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 02/21/2022 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 02/21/2022 Average Rank 5.90 [details] Sales history for The Lady's Mine date, rank 02/21/2022, 3 02/28/2022, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Feb 2022 UNITS SOLD: 9,493 YTD: 9,493	Feb 2022	9,493 9,493
4	5	17	The Judge's List John Grisham, Author Doubleday Books, $29.95 (368) 978-0-385-54602-7 Last rank 26 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/01/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/01/2021 Average Rank 6.31 [details] Sales history for The Judge's List date, rank 11/01/2021, 1 11/08/2021, 1 11/15/2021, 2 11/22/2021, 2 11/29/2021, 1 12/06/2021, 4 12/13/2021, 3 12/20/2021, 1 12/27/2021, 1 01/03/2022, 1 01/10/2022, 1 01/17/2022, 2 01/24/2022, 6 01/31/2022, 4 02/07/2022, 3 02/14/2022, 5 02/21/2022, 4 02/28/2022, 8 03/07/2022, 7 03/14/2022, 10 03/21/2022, 15 03/28/2022, 21 04/04/2022, 19 04/11/2022, 24 04/25/2022, 23 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 9,347 YTD: 61,063	Oct 2021	9,347 61,063
5	6	5	The Horsewoman James Patterson, Author, Mike Lupica, Author Little Brown and Company, $28.00 (448) 978-0-316-49977-4 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 01/24/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/07/2022 Average Rank 7.44 [details] Sales history for The Horsewoman date, rank 01/24/2022, 2 01/31/2022, 2 02/07/2022, 1 02/14/2022, 6 02/21/2022, 5 02/28/2022, 10 03/07/2022, 10 03/14/2022, 12 03/21/2022, 19 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Jan 2022 UNITS SOLD: 9,157 YTD: 55,304	Jan 2022	9,157 55,304
6	2	19	The Lincoln Highway Amor Towles, Author Viking, $30.00 (416) 978-0-7352-2235-9 Last rank 33 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/18/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/18/2021 Average Rank 10.72 [details] Sales history for The Lincoln Highway date, rank 10/18/2021, 1 10/25/2021, 3 11/01/2021, 3 11/08/2021, 4 11/15/2021, 8 11/22/2021, 8 11/29/2021, 6 12/06/2021, 10 12/13/2021, 7 12/20/2021, 7 12/27/2021, 4 01/03/2022, 4 01/10/2022, 5 01/17/2022, 5 01/24/2022, 8 01/31/2022, 6 02/07/2022, 5 02/14/2022, 2 02/21/2022, 6 02/28/2022, 9 03/07/2022, 5 03/14/2022, 9 03/21/2022, 13 03/28/2022, 13 04/04/2022, 15 04/11/2022, 14 04/18/2022, 8 04/25/2022, 14 05/02/2022, 16 05/09/2022, 14 05/16/2022, 18 05/23/2022, 18 05/30/2022, 16 06/06/2022, 21 06/13/2022, 18 06/20/2022, 14 06/27/2022, 17 07/04/2022, 20 08/08/2022, 34 08/15/2022, 41 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 19 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 8,657 YTD: 57,352	Oct 2021	8,657 57,352
7	-	1	City of the Dead: An Alex Delaware Novel Jonathan Kellerman, Author Ballantine Books, $28.99 (336) 978-0-525-61858-4 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 02/21/2022 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 02/21/2022 Average Rank 18.00 [details] Sales history for City of the Dead: An Alex Delaware Novel date, rank 02/21/2022, 7 02/28/2022, 24 03/07/2022, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Feb 2022 UNITS SOLD: 8,399 YTD: 8,399	Feb 2022	8,399 8,399
8	4	4	One Step Too Far Lisa Gardner, Author Dutton Books, $27.00 (416) 978-0-593-18541-4 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 01/31/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/31/2022 Average Rank 9.62 [details] Sales history for One Step Too Far date, rank 01/31/2022, 1 02/07/2022, 6 02/14/2022, 4 02/21/2022, 8 02/28/2022, 12 03/07/2022, 11 03/14/2022, 14 03/21/2022, 21 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Jan 2022 UNITS SOLD: 7,872 YTD: 36,951	Jan 2022	7,872 36,951
9	10	15	The Stranger in the Lifeboat Mitch Albom, Author Harper, $23.99 (224) 978-0-06-288834-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/15/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/15/2021 Average Rank 7.80 [details] Sales history for The Stranger in the Lifeboat date, rank 11/15/2021, 1 11/22/2021, 1 11/29/2021, 3 12/06/2021, 6 12/13/2021, 4 12/20/2021, 2 12/27/2021, 3 01/03/2022, 2 01/10/2022, 2 01/17/2022, 8 01/24/2022, 11 01/31/2022, 7 02/07/2022, 9 02/14/2022, 10 02/21/2022, 9 02/28/2022, 15 03/07/2022, 12 03/14/2022, 13 03/21/2022, 17 03/28/2022, 20 04/04/2022, 18 04/11/2022, 22 06/27/2022, 10 07/04/2022, 19 08/08/2022, 40 08/15/2022, 50 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: Nov 2021 UNITS SOLD: 7,734 YTD: 50,354	Nov 2021	7,734 50,354
10	9	2	The Christie Affair Nina De Gramont, Author St. Martin's Press, $27.99 (320) 978-1-250-27461-8 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 02/14/2022 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 02/14/2022 Average Rank 12.20 [details] Sales history for The Christie Affair date, rank 02/14/2022, 9 02/21/2022, 10 02/28/2022, 13 03/07/2022, 13 03/14/2022, 16 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Feb 2022 UNITS SOLD: 7,707 YTD: 14,831	Feb 2022	7,707 14,831
11	7	20	The Wish Nicholas Sparks, Author Grand Central Publishing, $28.00 (400) 978-1-5387-2862-8 Last rank 27 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/11/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/11/2021 Average Rank 7.17 [details] Sales history for The Wish date, rank 10/11/2021, 1 10/18/2021, 2 10/25/2021, 2 11/01/2021, 2 11/08/2021, 3 11/15/2021, 6 11/22/2021, 4 11/29/2021, 4 12/06/2021, 5 12/13/2021, 6 12/20/2021, 3 12/27/2021, 2 01/03/2022, 3 01/10/2022, 4 01/17/2022, 4 01/24/2022, 9 01/31/2022, 10 02/07/2022, 7 02/14/2022, 7 02/21/2022, 11 02/28/2022, 14 03/07/2022, 16 03/14/2022, 17 03/21/2022, 18 04/04/2022, 22 04/11/2022, 25 05/16/2022, 23 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 7,277 YTD: 51,770	Sep 2021	7,277 51,770
12	1	6	The Maid Nita Prose, Author Ballantine Books, $27.00 (304) 978-0-593-35615-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 01/17/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/07/2022 Average Rank 13.88 [details] Sales history for The Maid date, rank 01/17/2022, 12 01/24/2022, 3 01/31/2022, 3 02/07/2022, 2 02/14/2022, 1 02/21/2022, 12 02/28/2022, 11 03/07/2022, 8 03/14/2022, 8 03/21/2022, 14 03/28/2022, 19 04/04/2022, 17 04/11/2022, 19 04/18/2022, 25 04/25/2022, 21 05/02/2022, 23 05/09/2022, 20 05/16/2022, 17 05/23/2022, 21 05/30/2022, 25 06/13/2022, 24 06/20/2022, 25 08/08/2022, 38 08/15/2022, 44 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Jan 2022 UNITS SOLD: 7,106 YTD: 58,681	Jan 2022	7,106 58,681
13	8	11	Wish You Were Here Jodi Picoult, Author Ballantine Books, $28.99 (336) 978-1-9848-1841-6 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 12/13/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 12/13/2021 Average Rank 10.06 [details] Sales history for Wish You Were Here date, rank 12/13/2021, 2 12/20/2021, 5 12/27/2021, 7 01/03/2022, 6 01/10/2022, 3 01/17/2022, 7 01/24/2022, 10 01/31/2022, 9 02/07/2022, 10 02/14/2022, 8 02/21/2022, 13 02/28/2022, 16 03/07/2022, 15 03/14/2022, 20 03/21/2022, 22 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Nov 2021 UNITS SOLD: 7,073 YTD: 50,151	Nov 2021	7,073 50,151
14	-	1	Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins--Caleb Widogast Jody Houser, Author, Selina Espiritu, Illustrator, Liam O'Brien, Concept by, Diana Sousa, Illustrator, Matthew Mercer, Concept by Dark Horse Books, $17.99 (56) 978-1-5067-2374-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Feb 2022 UNITS SOLD: 6,256 YTD: 6,256	Feb 2022	6,256 6,256
15	13	6	Invisible Danielle Steel, Author Delacorte Press, $28.99 (288) 978-1-9848-2158-4 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 01/17/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/17/2022 Average Rank 12.80 [details] Sales history for Invisible date, rank 01/17/2022, 1 01/24/2022, 5 01/31/2022, 8 02/07/2022, 12 02/14/2022, 13 02/21/2022, 15 02/28/2022, 19 03/07/2022, 21 03/14/2022, 25 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Jan 2022 UNITS SOLD: 5,438 YTD: 59,007	Jan 2022	5,438 59,007
16	-	1	Dark Horse: An Orphan X Novel Gregg Hurwitz, Author Minotaur Books, $28.99 (432) 978-1-250-25230-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Feb 2022 UNITS SOLD: 5,212 YTD: 5,212	Feb 2022	5,212 5,212
17	14	20	Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr, Author Scribner Book Company, $30.00 (656) 978-1-9821-6843-8 Last rank 30 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/11/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/11/2021 Average Rank 11.61 [details] Sales history for Cloud Cuckoo Land date, rank 10/11/2021, 2 10/18/2021, 3 10/25/2021, 4 11/01/2021, 6 11/08/2021, 6 11/15/2021, 9 11/22/2021, 13 11/29/2021, 14 12/06/2021, 15 12/13/2021, 14 12/20/2021, 9 12/27/2021, 8 01/03/2022, 9 01/10/2022, 7 01/17/2022, 11 01/24/2022, 12 01/31/2022, 12 02/07/2022, 14 02/14/2022, 14 02/21/2022, 17 02/28/2022, 21 03/07/2022, 18 03/14/2022, 22 03/21/2022, 25 04/04/2022, 25 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 4,953 YTD: 34,558	Sep 2021	4,953 34,558
18	11	2	Black Cake Charmaine Wilkerson, Author Ballantine Books, $27.00 (400) 978-0-593-35833-7 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 02/14/2022 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 02/14/2022 Average Rank 18.80 [details] Sales history for Black Cake date, rank 02/14/2022, 11 02/21/2022, 18 02/28/2022, 22 03/07/2022, 19 03/14/2022, 24 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Feb 2022 UNITS SOLD: 4,361 YTD: 10,794	Feb 2022	4,361 10,794
19	-	1	Steal James Patterson, Author, Howard Roughan, Author Grand Central Publishing, $32.00 (400) 978-1-5387-0354-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Feb 2022 UNITS SOLD: 4,310 YTD: 4,310	Feb 2022	4,310 4,310
20	17	12	Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone Diana Gabaldon, Author Delacorte Press, $36.00 (928) 978-1-101-88568-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 12/06/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/06/2021 Average Rank 9.73 [details] Sales history for Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone date, rank 12/06/2021, 1 12/13/2021, 1 12/20/2021, 4 12/27/2021, 5 01/03/2022, 7 01/10/2022, 6 01/17/2022, 10 01/24/2022, 13 01/31/2022, 14 02/07/2022, 16 02/14/2022, 17 02/21/2022, 20 02/28/2022, 25 03/07/2022, 25 09/05/2022, 24 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Nov 2021 UNITS SOLD: 4,078 YTD: 32,140	Nov 2021	4,078 32,140
21	16	3	Violeta [English Edition] Isabel Allende, Author Ballantine Books, $28.00 (336) 978-0-593-49620-6 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 02/07/2022 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 02/07/2022 Average Rank 17.00 [details] Sales history for Violeta [English Edition] date, rank 02/07/2022, 11 02/14/2022, 16 02/21/2022, 21 03/07/2022, 20 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Jan 2022 UNITS SOLD: 4,040 YTD: 15,886	Jan 2022	4,040 15,886
22	20	41	Project Hail Mary Andy Weir, Author Ballantine Books, $28.99 (496) 978-0-593-13520-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 05/17/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/07/2021 Average Rank 11.82 [details] Sales history for Project Hail Mary date, rank 05/17/2021, 4 05/24/2021, 4 05/31/2021, 3 06/07/2021, 4 06/14/2021, 7 06/21/2021, 9 06/28/2021, 9 07/05/2021, 9 07/12/2021, 13 07/19/2021, 12 07/26/2021, 14 08/02/2021, 17 08/09/2021, 15 08/16/2021, 22 08/23/2021, 14 08/30/2021, 23 09/06/2021, 21 09/13/2021, 14 09/20/2021, 18 09/27/2021, 19 10/04/2021, 24 10/11/2021, 23 10/25/2021, 21 11/08/2021, 24 11/22/2021, 25 12/06/2021, 23 12/13/2021, 23 12/20/2021, 20 12/27/2021, 14 01/03/2022, 24 01/17/2022, 21 01/24/2022, 17 01/31/2022, 23 02/14/2022, 20 02/21/2022, 22 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 41 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,626 YTD: 22,464	May 2021	3,626 22,464
23	21	16	Better Off Dead: A Jack Reacher Novel Lee Child, Author, Andrew Child, Author Delacorte Press, $28.99 (400) 978-1-9848-1850-8 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 11/08/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/08/2021 Average Rank 14.06 [details] Sales history for Better Off Dead: A Jack Reacher Novel date, rank 11/08/2021, 2 11/15/2021, 5 11/22/2021, 6 11/29/2021, 7 12/06/2021, 16 12/13/2021, 17 12/20/2021, 16 12/27/2021, 15 01/03/2022, 15 01/10/2022, 17 01/17/2022, 17 01/24/2022, 20 01/31/2022, 18 02/07/2022, 20 02/14/2022, 21 02/21/2022, 23 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,540 YTD: 23,780	Oct 2021	3,540 23,780
24	27	7	A Court of Silver Flames Sarah J Maas, Author Bloomsbury Publishing, $28.00 (784) 978-1-68119-628-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/01/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/01/2021 Average Rank 11.89 [details] Sales history for A Court of Silver Flames date, rank 03/01/2021, 1 03/08/2021, 2 03/15/2021, 7 03/22/2021, 13 03/29/2021, 12 04/05/2021, 17 04/12/2021, 12 04/19/2021, 15 04/26/2021, 18 05/03/2021, 19 05/10/2021, 19 05/24/2021, 24 05/31/2021, 22 06/07/2021, 21 07/05/2021, 24 07/19/2021, 25 08/23/2021, 25 02/21/2022, 24 02/28/2022, 23 LAST WEEK: 27 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Feb 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,526 YTD: 19,304	Feb 2021	3,526 19,304
25	29	28	Billy Summers Stephen King, Author Scribner Book Company, $30.00 (528) 978-1-9821-7361-6 Last rank 29 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 08/16/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/16/2021 Average Rank 8.07 [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 10/25/2021, 10 11/01/2021, 12 11/08/2021, 11 11/15/2021, 14 11/22/2021, 9 11/29/2021, 10 12/06/2021, 13 12/13/2021, 15 12/20/2021, 12 12/27/2021, 9 01/03/2022, 8 01/10/2022, 24 02/21/2022, 25 LAST WEEK: 29 WEEKS ON LIST: 28 PUB DATE: Aug 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,097 YTD: 18,236	Aug 2021	3,097 18,236

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Source: NPD BookScan, for the week ended Feb. 12, 2022; appearing in the Feb. 21, 2022, print edition of PW.

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