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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	1	2	Hot Mess (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 19) Jeff Kinney, Author Amulet Books, $14.99 (224) 978-1-4197-6695-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/04/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/04/2024 Average Rank 6.75 [details] Sales history for Hot Mess (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 19) date, rank 11/04/2024, 1 11/11/2024, 1 11/18/2024, 1 11/25/2024, 2 12/02/2024, 2 12/09/2024, 1 12/16/2024, 3 12/23/2024, 2 12/30/2024, 2 01/06/2025, 5 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 79,737 YTD: 251,324	Oct 2024	79,737 251,324
2	-	1	The Grey Wolf Louise Penny, Author Minotaur Books, $30.00 (432) 978-1-250-32813-7 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 11/11/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/11/2024 Average Rank 12.73 [details] Sales history for The Grey Wolf date, rank 11/11/2024, 2 11/18/2024, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 64,268 YTD: 64,268	Oct 2024	64,268 64,268
3	18	4	Melania Melania Trump, Author Skyhorse Publishing, $40.00 (256) 978-1-5107-8269-3 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/21/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/21/2024 Average Rank 7.11 [details] Sales history for Melania date, rank 10/21/2024, 1 10/28/2024, 4 11/11/2024, 3 11/18/2024, 3 11/25/2024, 8 12/02/2024, 9 12/23/2024, 6 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 37,088 YTD: 175,319	Oct 2024	37,088 175,319
4	8	5	The Boyfriend Freida McFadden, Author Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99 (368) 978-1-7282-9622-7 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/14/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/14/2024 Average Rank 9.26 [details] Sales history for The Boyfriend date, rank 10/14/2024, 2 10/21/2024, 3 10/28/2024, 7 11/04/2024, 8 11/11/2024, 4 11/18/2024, 6 11/25/2024, 9 06/09/2025, 13 06/16/2025, 12 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 22,583 YTD: 187,255	Oct 2024	22,583 187,255
5	4	3	Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions Grisham, John, Author, Jim McCloskey, Author Doubleday Books, $30.00 (352) 978-0-385-55044-4 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/28/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/04/2024 Average Rank 9.61 [details] Sales history for Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions date, rank 10/28/2024, 5 11/04/2024, 4 11/11/2024, 5 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 20,437 YTD: 89,183	Oct 2024	20,437 89,183
6	-	1	Throne of Secrets Kerri Maniscalco, Author Little Brown and Company, $29.00 (512) 978-0-316-55754-2 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/11/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/11/2024 Average Rank 9.00 [details] Sales history for Throne of Secrets date, rank 11/11/2024, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 19,784 YTD: 19,784	Oct 2024	19,784 19,784
7	3	2	In Too Deep: A Jack Reacher Novel Lee Child, Author, Andrew Child, Author Delacorte Press, $30.00 (304) 978-0-593-72580-1 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 11/04/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/04/2024 Average Rank 10.73 [details] Sales history for In Too Deep: A Jack Reacher Novel date, rank 11/04/2024, 3 11/11/2024, 7 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 17,810 YTD: 54,854	Oct 2024	17,810 54,854
8	14	96	The Housemaid Freida McFadden, Author Grand Central Publishing, $12.99 (336) 978-1-5387-4257-0 Last rank 61 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 11/07/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/22/2024 Average Rank 8.11 [details] Sales history for The Housemaid date, rank 07/17/2023, 10 07/31/2023, 9 08/28/2023, 9 09/11/2023, 8 01/15/2024, 9 01/22/2024, 8 06/10/2024, 10 06/24/2024, 10 07/08/2024, 4 07/15/2024, 3 07/22/2024, 1 07/29/2024, 2 08/05/2024, 4 08/12/2024, 7 08/19/2024, 7 08/26/2024, 6 09/02/2024, 5 09/09/2024, 5 09/23/2024, 10 10/21/2024, 5 10/28/2024, 6 11/11/2024, 8 12/30/2024, 5 01/06/2025, 6 01/13/2025, 4 01/20/2025, 2 01/27/2025, 5 02/03/2025, 7 02/10/2025, 10 02/24/2025, 14 03/03/2025, 9 03/10/2025, 6 03/17/2025, 8 03/24/2025, 6 03/31/2025, 10 04/07/2025, 5 04/14/2025, 7 09/29/2025, 10 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 96 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 17,700 YTD: 924,118	Aug 2022	17,700 924,118
9	15	7	Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros, Author Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99 (544) 978-1-64937-737-1 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/30/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/30/2024 Average Rank 6.36 [details] Sales history for Fourth Wing date, rank 09/30/2024, 1 10/07/2024, 5 10/14/2024, 5 10/21/2024, 8 11/11/2024, 9 12/09/2024, 3 12/30/2024, 10 01/06/2025, 9 01/13/2025, 6 01/20/2025, 8 01/27/2025, 7 02/03/2025, 4 02/10/2025, 5 02/17/2025, 5 02/24/2025, 9 03/03/2025, 10 06/09/2025, 11 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 17,104 YTD: 257,248	Sep 2024	17,104 257,248
10	26	3	Christmas at Hogwarts J. K. Rowling, Author, Ziyi Gao, Illustrator Scholastic Inc., $19.99 (48) 978-1-5461-2995-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 10/28/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/28/2024 Average Rank 7.35 [details] Sales history for Christmas at Hogwarts date, rank 10/28/2024, 9 11/11/2024, 10 11/18/2024, 9 11/25/2024, 6 12/02/2024, 10 12/23/2024, 9 LAST WEEK: 26 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 16,214 YTD: 53,481	Oct 2024	16,214 53,481

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Nov. 2, 2024; appearing in the Nov. 11, 2024, print edition of PW