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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	-	1	The Madness of Crowds Louise Penny, Author Minotaur Books, $28.99 (448) 978-1-250-14526-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/06/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/06/2021 Average Rank 7.55 [details] Sales history for The Madness of Crowds date, rank 09/06/2021, 1 09/06/2021, 1 10/18/2021, 3 11/08/2021, 7 01/10/2022, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2021 UNITS SOLD: 64,389 YTD: 64,389	Aug 2021	64,389 64,389
2	1	7	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: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 29,057 YTD: 736,333	Jul 2021	29,057 736,333
3	5	13	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: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Aug 2016 UNITS SOLD: 26,460 YTD: 308,078	Aug 2016	26,460 308,078
4	3	4	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: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Aug 2021 UNITS SOLD: 25,851 YTD: 205,083	Aug 2021	25,851 205,083
5	4	3	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: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 2021 UNITS SOLD: 22,471 YTD: 83,498	Aug 2021	22,471 83,498
6	10	16	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: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: May 2018 UNITS SOLD: 15,392 YTD: 261,605	May 2018	15,392 261,605
7	24	34	The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessel Van Der Kolk, Author Penguin Books, $19.00 (464) 978-0-14-312774-1 LAST WEEK: 24 WEEKS ON LIST: 34 PUB DATE: Sep 2015 UNITS SOLD: 15,259 YTD: 376,435	Sep 2015	15,259 376,435
8	-	1	Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution Mike Duncan, Author PublicAffairs, $30.00 (512) 978-1-5417-3033-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/06/2021 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/06/2021 Average Rank 5.50 [details] Sales history for Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution date, rank 09/06/2021, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2021 UNITS SOLD: 14,299 YTD: 14,299	Aug 2021	14,299 14,299
9	12	31	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: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 31 PUB DATE: Dec 2018 UNITS SOLD: 14,067 YTD: 458,508	Dec 2018	14,067 458,508
10	21	66	Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones James Clear, Author Avery Publishing Group, $27.00 (320) 978-0-7352-1129-2 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 10/29/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/17/2022 Average Rank 9.00 [details] Sales history for Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones date, rank 01/11/2021, 7 01/18/2021, 3 01/25/2021, 5 02/01/2021, 9 02/08/2021, 4 09/06/2021, 10 12/27/2021, 7 01/03/2022, 9 01/10/2022, 5 01/17/2022, 1 01/24/2022, 3 01/31/2022, 2 02/07/2022, 2 02/14/2022, 4 02/21/2022, 3 02/28/2022, 4 03/07/2022, 3 03/14/2022, 1 03/21/2022, 6 03/28/2022, 6 04/04/2022, 5 04/11/2022, 10 04/25/2022, 10 05/02/2022, 5 05/09/2022, 6 06/06/2022, 10 01/02/2023, 9 01/09/2023, 5 01/16/2023, 2 01/23/2023, 4 01/30/2023, 5 02/06/2023, 5 02/13/2023, 8 02/20/2023, 6 02/27/2023, 5 03/06/2023, 6 03/13/2023, 10 03/20/2023, 8 03/27/2023, 9 04/03/2023, 6 04/10/2023, 8 04/24/2023, 8 05/01/2023, 10 05/08/2023, 9 08/14/2023, 7 08/21/2023, 4 08/28/2023, 5 09/04/2023, 8 09/11/2023, 7 09/18/2023, 8 09/25/2023, 10 12/18/2023, 9 01/08/2024, 8 01/15/2024, 1 01/22/2024, 1 01/29/2024, 1 02/05/2024, 1 02/12/2024, 3 02/26/2024, 8 08/19/2024, 17 08/26/2024, 20 09/09/2024, 10 12/30/2024, 7 01/06/2025, 8 01/13/2025, 3 01/20/2025, 6 01/27/2025, 4 02/03/2025, 9 02/10/2025, 8 02/24/2025, 15 07/14/2025, 10 08/18/2025, 10 01/19/2026, 8 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 66 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 14,015 YTD: 505,318	Oct 2018	14,015 505,318

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