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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	2	5	American Marxism Mark R. Levin, Author Threshold Editions, $28.00 (304) 978-1-5011-3597-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 07/26/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/26/2021 Average Rank 6.21 [details] Sales history for American Marxism date, rank 07/26/2021, 1 08/02/2021, 1 08/09/2021, 1 08/09/2021, 1 08/16/2021, 2 08/23/2021, 1 08/30/2021, 1 09/06/2021, 2 09/06/2021, 1 09/13/2021, 4 09/20/2021, 2 09/27/2021, 5 10/04/2021, 5 10/11/2021, 9 10/18/2021, 1 11/08/2021, 2 12/13/2021, 5 01/10/2022, 4 02/07/2022, 4 03/14/2022, 8 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 58,141 YTD: 665,008	Jul 2021	58,141 665,008
2	1	2	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, 2 08/30/2021, 3 09/06/2021, 4 09/13/2021, 3 09/20/2021, 9 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2021 UNITS SOLD: 49,811 YTD: 146,023	Aug 2021	49,811 146,023
3	-	1	The Long Slide: Thirty Years in American Journalism Tucker Carlson, Author Threshold Editions, $28.00 (288) 978-1-5011-8369-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 08/23/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/23/2021 Average Rank 5.85 [details] Sales history for The Long Slide: Thirty Years in American Journalism date, rank 08/23/2021, 3 08/30/2021, 4 09/06/2021, 5 09/06/2021, 2 10/18/2021, 3 11/08/2021, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2021 UNITS SOLD: 29,904 YTD: 29,904	Aug 2021	29,904 29,904
4	7	11	It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover, Author Atria Books, $16.00 (384) 978-1-5011-1036-8 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 08/15/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/06/2021 Average Rank 3.85 [details] Sales history for It Ends with Us date, rank 08/09/2021, 4 08/16/2021, 7 08/23/2021, 4 08/30/2021, 5 09/06/2021, 3 09/13/2021, 1 09/20/2021, 5 09/27/2021, 6 10/04/2021, 9 10/25/2021, 9 11/01/2021, 9 11/08/2021, 10 01/03/2022, 10 01/10/2022, 4 01/17/2022, 2 01/24/2022, 4 01/31/2022, 3 02/07/2022, 5 02/14/2022, 6 02/21/2022, 6 02/28/2022, 3 03/07/2022, 1 03/14/2022, 6 03/21/2022, 5 03/28/2022, 3 04/04/2022, 3 04/11/2022, 6 04/18/2022, 7 04/25/2022, 3 05/02/2022, 4 05/09/2022, 3 05/16/2022, 9 05/23/2022, 3 05/30/2022, 2 06/06/2022, 3 06/13/2022, 2 06/20/2022, 1 06/27/2022, 3 07/04/2022, 2 07/11/2022, 2 07/18/2022, 2 07/25/2022, 2 08/01/2022, 2 08/08/2022, 1 08/15/2022, 1 08/22/2022, 1 08/29/2022, 1 09/05/2022, 1 09/12/2022, 1 09/19/2022, 3 09/26/2022, 2 10/03/2022, 2 10/10/2022, 2 10/17/2022, 2 10/24/2022, 2 10/31/2022, 3 11/07/2022, 4 11/14/2022, 4 11/21/2022, 3 11/28/2022, 5 12/05/2022, 4 12/12/2022, 6 12/19/2022, 5 12/26/2022, 4 01/02/2023, 3 01/09/2023, 3 01/16/2023, 3 01/23/2023, 3 01/30/2023, 3 02/06/2023, 2 02/13/2023, 1 02/20/2023, 2 02/27/2023, 3 03/06/2023, 4 03/13/2023, 6 03/20/2023, 3 03/27/2023, 3 04/03/2023, 3 04/10/2023, 5 04/17/2023, 5 04/24/2023, 5 05/01/2023, 7 05/08/2023, 5 05/22/2023, 7 05/29/2023, 6 06/05/2023, 6 06/12/2023, 5 06/19/2023, 6 06/26/2023, 5 07/03/2023, 3 07/10/2023, 2 07/17/2023, 4 07/24/2023, 7 07/31/2023, 4 08/07/2023, 6 08/14/2023, 6 08/21/2023, 6 08/28/2023, 7 09/11/2023, 10 06/03/2024, 5 07/15/2024, 9 07/22/2024, 8 07/29/2024, 3 08/05/2024, 3 08/12/2024, 4 08/19/2024, 1 08/26/2024, 1 09/02/2024, 2 09/09/2024, 3 09/16/2024, 2 09/23/2024, 8 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Aug 2016 UNITS SOLD: 29,116 YTD: 256,687	Aug 2016	29,116 256,687
5	8	14	People We Meet on Vacation Emily Henry, Author Berkley Books, $16.00 (384) 978-1-9848-0675-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/24/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/07/2021 Average Rank 4.95 [details] Sales history for People We Meet on Vacation date, rank 07/05/2021, 7 07/12/2021, 7 07/19/2021, 7 07/26/2021, 6 08/02/2021, 5 08/09/2021, 5 08/16/2021, 8 08/23/2021, 5 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 21,732 YTD: 241,991	May 2021	21,732 241,991
6	18	14	The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid, Author Washington Square Press, $17.00 (400) 978-1-5011-6193-3 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 08/23/2021 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 01/24/2022 Average Rank 7.97 [details] Sales history for The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo date, rank 08/23/2021, 6 08/30/2021, 10 09/06/2021, 6 09/13/2021, 9 01/10/2022, 9 01/17/2022, 6 01/24/2022, 5 01/31/2022, 5 02/07/2022, 9 02/28/2022, 8 03/07/2022, 8 03/14/2022, 10 04/04/2022, 9 05/02/2022, 9 05/09/2022, 9 05/23/2022, 8 05/30/2022, 10 06/06/2022, 9 06/13/2022, 9 06/20/2022, 7 06/27/2022, 8 07/04/2022, 9 07/11/2022, 8 07/18/2022, 6 07/25/2022, 5 08/01/2022, 6 08/08/2022, 6 08/15/2022, 7 08/22/2022, 8 08/29/2022, 8 09/05/2022, 9 01/16/2023, 9 01/23/2023, 8 02/06/2023, 10 04/24/2023, 9 06/26/2023, 9 07/03/2023, 9 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: May 2018 UNITS SOLD: 19,522 YTD: 229,704	May 2018	19,522 229,704
7	10	29	They Both Die at the End Adam Silvera, Author Harper Teen, $10.99 (400) 978-0-06-245780-6 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 24 Initial Date 01/14/2019 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 07/12/2021 Average Rank 10.43 [details] Sales history for They Both Die at the End date, rank 07/12/2021, 5 08/02/2021, 10 08/09/2021, 8 08/16/2021, 10 08/23/2021, 7 09/06/2021, 9 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 29 PUB DATE: Dec 2018 UNITS SOLD: 17,887 YTD: 428,446	Dec 2018	17,887 428,446
8	9	15	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, 7 06/07/2021, 7 06/21/2021, 10 06/28/2021, 5 07/05/2021, 6 07/12/2021, 2 07/19/2021, 9 07/26/2021, 7 08/02/2021, 6 08/09/2021, 6 08/16/2021, 9 08/23/2021, 8 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 16,863 YTD: 294,926	May 2021	16,863 294,926
9	13	20	Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $18.00 (400) 978-0-7352-1910-6 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/12/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/12/2021 Average Rank 4.04 [details] Sales history for Where the Crawdads Sing date, rank 04/19/2021, 10 04/26/2021, 7 05/03/2021, 8 05/10/2021, 10 05/31/2021, 9 06/07/2021, 5 06/14/2021, 10 06/21/2021, 5 06/28/2021, 7 07/05/2021, 3 07/12/2021, 4 07/19/2021, 10 07/26/2021, 8 08/02/2021, 7 08/09/2021, 7 08/23/2021, 9 04/04/2022, 1 04/11/2022, 3 04/18/2022, 10 04/25/2022, 8 05/02/2022, 7 05/09/2022, 5 05/16/2022, 10 05/23/2022, 5 05/30/2022, 3 06/06/2022, 2 06/13/2022, 3 06/20/2022, 3 06/27/2022, 5 07/04/2022, 1 07/11/2022, 1 07/18/2022, 1 07/25/2022, 1 08/01/2022, 1 08/08/2022, 2 08/15/2022, 2 08/22/2022, 2 08/29/2022, 3 09/05/2022, 4 09/12/2022, 4 09/19/2022, 5 09/26/2022, 5 10/03/2022, 5 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: Mar 2021 UNITS SOLD: 16,473 YTD: 397,591	Mar 2021	16,473 397,591
10	17	31	The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller, Author Ecco Press, $16.99 (378) 978-0-06-206062-4 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 07/12/2021 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 07/12/2021 Average Rank 9.50 [details] Sales history for The Song of Achilles date, rank 07/12/2021, 9 08/23/2021, 10 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 31 PUB DATE: Aug 2012 UNITS SOLD: 15,219 YTD: 391,617	Aug 2012	15,219 391,617

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NPD BookScan, week 33 of 2021 data through 8/14/2021; PW Issue of August 23, 2021