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Top 10 Overall

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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2019 YTD
1	1	5	Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book #14 Jeff Kinney, Author Amulet Books, $14.99 (224) 978-1-4197-3903-3 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/18/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/18/2019 Average Rank 1.22 [details] Sales history for Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book #14 date, rank 11/18/2019, 1 11/25/2019, 1 12/02/2019, 3 12/09/2019, 1 12/16/2019, 1 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Nov 2019 UNITS SOLD: 90,112 YTD: 589,738	Nov 2019	90,112 589,738
2	8	7	The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The New Frontier: 120 Fantastic Favorites for Everyday Eating Ree Drummond, Author William Morrow & Company, $29.99 (400) 978-0-06-256137-4 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/04/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/04/2019 Average Rank 3.44 [details] Sales history for The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The New Frontier: 120 Fantastic Favorites for Everyday Eating date, rank 11/04/2019, 1 11/11/2019, 3 11/18/2019, 7 11/25/2019, 7 12/02/2019, 10 12/09/2019, 8 12/16/2019, 2 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Oct 2019 UNITS SOLD: 43,162 YTD: 286,780	Oct 2019	43,162 286,780
3	6	8	The Guardians John Grisham, Author Doubleday Books, $29.95 (368) 978-0-385-54418-4 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/28/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/28/2019 Average Rank 3.06 [details] Sales history for The Guardians date, rank 10/28/2019, 1 11/04/2019, 3 11/11/2019, 2 11/18/2019, 4 11/25/2019, 6 12/02/2019, 8 12/09/2019, 6 12/16/2019, 3 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Oct 2019 UNITS SOLD: 40,427 YTD: 360,169	Oct 2019	40,427 360,169
4	9	65	Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $26.00 (384) 978-0-7352-1909-0 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 24 Initial Date 09/03/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/04/2019 Average Rank 4.13 [details] Sales history for Where the Crawdads Sing date, rank 01/21/2019, 9 01/28/2019, 7 02/04/2019, 6 02/11/2019, 5 02/18/2019, 6 02/25/2019, 6 03/04/2019, 5 03/11/2019, 5 03/18/2019, 4 03/25/2019, 3 04/01/2019, 1 04/08/2019, 2 04/15/2019, 1 04/22/2019, 3 04/29/2019, 4 05/06/2019, 3 05/13/2019, 2 05/20/2019, 1 05/27/2019, 3 06/03/2019, 4 06/10/2019, 3 06/17/2019, 1 06/24/2019, 1 07/01/2019, 1 07/08/2019, 1 07/15/2019, 1 07/22/2019, 1 07/29/2019, 2 08/05/2019, 2 08/12/2019, 2 08/19/2019, 1 08/26/2019, 2 09/02/2019, 2 09/09/2019, 3 09/16/2019, 3 09/23/2019, 5 09/30/2019, 7 10/14/2019, 7 10/21/2019, 5 12/02/2019, 9 12/09/2019, 9 12/16/2019, 4 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 65 PUB DATE: Aug 2018 UNITS SOLD: 38,141 YTD: 1,670,985	Aug 2018	38,141 1,670,985
5	-	1	The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, Author HarperOne, $22.99 (128) 978-0-06-297658-1 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/04/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/11/2019 Average Rank 11.11 [details] Sales history for The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse date, rank 11/11/2019, 1 12/09/2019, 2 12/16/2019, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2019 UNITS SOLD: 38,065 YTD: 78,624	Oct 2019	38,065 78,624
6	2	17	Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls: From the Creator of Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey, Author, Dav Pilkey, Illustrator Graphix, $12.99 (240) 978-1-338-23659-0 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 08/26/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/26/2019 Average Rank 2.81 [details] Sales history for Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls: From the Creator of Captain Underpants date, rank 08/26/2019, 1 09/02/2019, 1 09/09/2019, 1 09/16/2019, 1 09/23/2019, 4 09/30/2019, 3 10/07/2019, 4 10/14/2019, 2 10/21/2019, 4 10/28/2019, 8 11/04/2019, 5 11/11/2019, 7 11/18/2019, 8 11/25/2019, 9 12/09/2019, 2 12/16/2019, 6 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: Aug 2019 UNITS SOLD: 38,006 YTD: 955,976	Aug 2019	38,006 955,976
7	11	9	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The Illustrated Edition J. K. Rowling, Author, Jim Kay, Illustrator Arthur A. Levine Books, $47.99 (464) 978-0-545-79142-7 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/21/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/21/2019 Average Rank 3.45 [details] Sales history for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The Illustrated Edition date, rank 10/21/2019, 1 10/28/2019, 7 12/16/2019, 7 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Oct 2019 UNITS SOLD: 37,805 YTD: 291,272	Oct 2019	37,805 291,272
8	4	2	Criss Cross James Patterson, Author Little Brown and Company, $29.00 (400) 978-0-316-52688-3 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 12/09/2019 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 12/09/2019 Average Rank 4.25 [details] Sales history for Criss Cross date, rank 12/09/2019, 4 12/16/2019, 8 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Nov 2019 UNITS SOLD: 34,219 YTD: 70,598	Nov 2019	34,219 70,598
9	12	3	The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition [With Light Girl Doll] Carol V Aebersold, Author, Chanda A Bell, Author, Coe Steinwart, Illustrator Cca & B, $37.95 978-0-9843651-7-3 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 12/17/2012 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 12/16/2013 Average Rank 7.73 [details] Sales history for The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition [With Light Girl Doll] date, rank 12/17/2012, 5 12/09/2013, 8 12/16/2013, 4 12/15/2014, 4 12/07/2015, 7 12/14/2015, 4 12/16/2019, 9 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Feb 2012 UNITS SOLD: 33,891 YTD: 77,884	Feb 2012	33,891 77,884
10	19	4	How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Dr Seuss, Author Random House Children's Books, $15.00 (64) 978-0-394-80079-0 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 11/19/2012 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/09/2017 Average Rank 7.85 [details] Sales history for How the Grinch Stole Christmas! date, rank 12/16/2019, 10 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 1957 UNITS SOLD: 32,018 YTD: 103,502	Oct 1957	32,018 103,502

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NPD BookScan, week 50 of 2019, data through 12/07/2019; PW Issue of December 16, 2019