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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	-	1	The Exchange: After the Firm John Grisham, Author Doubleday Books, $29.95 (352) 978-0-385-54895-3 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/30/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/30/2023 Average Rank 7.90 [details] Sales history for The Exchange: After the Firm date, rank 10/30/2023, 1 11/06/2023, 4 11/13/2023, 4 11/20/2023, 9 12/04/2023, 8 12/25/2023, 9 01/01/2024, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2023 UNITS SOLD: 109,295 YTD: 109,295	Oct 2023	109,295 109,295
2	-	1	Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism Rachel Maddow, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $32.00 (416) 978-0-593-44451-1 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/30/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/30/2023 Average Rank 7.47 [details] Sales history for Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism date, rank 10/30/2023, 2 11/13/2023, 1 12/11/2023, 1 01/08/2024, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2023 UNITS SOLD: 47,545 YTD: 47,545	Oct 2023	47,545 47,545
3	10	23	Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI David Grann, Author Vintage, $16.95 (400) 978-0-307-74248-3 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 04/16/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/23/2018 Average Rank 13.05 [details] Sales history for Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI date, rank 04/16/2018, 8 04/23/2018, 10 06/05/2023, 10 10/23/2023, 10 10/30/2023, 3 11/06/2023, 6 11/13/2023, 8 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 23 PUB DATE: Apr 2018 UNITS SOLD: 31,484 YTD: 337,572	Apr 2018	31,484 337,572
4	3	23	Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros, Author Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99 (512) 978-1-64937-404-2 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 05/15/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/05/2023 Average Rank 3.50 [details] Sales history for Fourth Wing date, rank 05/15/2023, 9 05/22/2023, 9 05/29/2023, 9 06/05/2023, 1 07/03/2023, 2 07/10/2023, 7 07/17/2023, 5 07/24/2023, 3 07/31/2023, 1 08/07/2023, 2 08/14/2023, 1 08/14/2023, 1 08/21/2023, 1 08/28/2023, 1 09/04/2023, 2 09/11/2023, 3 09/11/2023, 1 09/18/2023, 3 09/25/2023, 4 10/02/2023, 3 10/09/2023, 5 10/09/2023, 1 10/16/2023, 5 10/23/2023, 3 10/30/2023, 4 11/06/2023, 10 11/13/2023, 6 11/13/2023, 1 11/20/2023, 7 11/27/2023, 3 12/04/2023, 3 12/11/2023, 7 12/11/2023, 3 12/18/2023, 5 12/25/2023, 3 01/01/2024, 2 01/08/2024, 4 01/08/2024, 1 01/15/2024, 3 01/22/2024, 3 01/29/2024, 3 02/05/2024, 2 02/12/2024, 5 02/26/2024, 7 03/04/2024, 6 03/18/2024, 8 03/25/2024, 10 04/22/2024, 6 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 23 PUB DATE: May 2023 UNITS SOLD: 29,678 YTD: 701,515	May 2023	29,678 701,515
5	6	4	Enough Cassidy Hutchinson, Author Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (384) 978-1-6680-2828-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/09/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/09/2023 Average Rank 5.10 [details] Sales history for Enough date, rank 10/09/2023, 2 10/09/2023, 3 10/23/2023, 6 10/30/2023, 5 11/13/2023, 3 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 26,884 YTD: 113,700	Sep 2023	26,884 113,700
6	-	1	Worthy Jada Pinkett Smith, Author Dey Street Books, $32.00 (304) 978-0-06-332068-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 10/30/2023 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/30/2023 Average Rank 8.50 [details] Sales history for Worthy date, rank 10/30/2023, 6 11/13/2023, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2023 UNITS SOLD: 21,611 YTD: 21,611	Oct 2023	21,611 21,611
7	5	4	Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods Rick Riordan, Author Disney Hyperion, $19.99 (256) 978-1-368-09817-5 Last rank 36 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/09/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/09/2023 Average Rank 11.62 [details] Sales history for Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods date, rank 10/09/2023, 1 10/16/2023, 4 10/23/2023, 5 10/30/2023, 7 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 21,321 YTD: 188,484	Sep 2023	21,321 188,484
8	18	51	Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus, Author Doubleday Books, $28.95 (400) 978-0-385-54734-5 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 04/18/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/02/2023 Average Rank 9.15 [details] Sales history for Lessons in Chemistry date, rank 12/19/2022, 10 12/26/2022, 8 01/02/2023, 5 01/09/2023, 4 01/30/2023, 9 02/06/2023, 9 02/27/2023, 9 03/06/2023, 9 03/20/2023, 10 05/08/2023, 10 06/12/2023, 10 06/26/2023, 2 07/03/2023, 6 07/10/2023, 10 10/30/2023, 8 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 51 PUB DATE: Apr 2022 UNITS SOLD: 20,374 YTD: 773,869	Apr 2022	20,374 773,869
9	4	3	Wildfire Hannah Grace, Author Atria Books, $17.99 (448) 978-1-6680-2627-4 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/16/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/16/2023 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for Wildfire date, rank 10/16/2023, 1 10/23/2023, 4 10/30/2023, 9 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2023 UNITS SOLD: 20,196 YTD: 106,766	Oct 2023	20,196 106,766
10	43	11	A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara, Author Anchor Books, $17.00 (832) 978-0-8041-7270-7 Last rank 43 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 02/08/2016 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 02/08/2016 Average Rank 16.50 [details] Sales history for A Little Life date, rank 08/21/2023, 9 10/30/2023, 10 LAST WEEK: 43 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Jan 2016 UNITS SOLD: 19,357 YTD: 266,198	Jan 2016	19,357 266,198

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Oct. 21, 2023; appearing in the Oct. 30, 2023, print edition of PW