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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2020 YTD
1	1	3	The Institute Stephen King, Author Gallery Books, $19.99 (576) 978-1-9821-1058-1 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/14/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/21/2020 Average Rank 2.00 [details] Sales history for The Institute date, rank 09/14/2020, 4 09/21/2020, 1 09/28/2020, 1 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 9,305 YTD: 29,048	Sep 2020	9,305 29,048
2	3	2	Cilka's Journey Heather Morris, Author St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99 (368) 978-1-250-26569-2 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/21/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/28/2020 Average Rank 2.50 [details] Sales history for Cilka's Journey date, rank 09/21/2020, 3 09/28/2020, 2 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 7,480 YTD: 15,459	Sep 2020	7,480 15,459
3	7	17	So You Want to Talk about Race Ijeoma Oluo, Author Seal Press (CA), $16.99 (256) 978-1-58005-882-7 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 10/07/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/15/2020 Average Rank 4.43 [details] Sales history for So You Want to Talk about Race date, rank 10/07/2019, 21 06/08/2020, 14 06/15/2020, 1 06/22/2020, 1 06/29/2020, 1 07/06/2020, 1 07/13/2020, 1 07/20/2020, 1 07/27/2020, 2 08/03/2020, 2 08/10/2020, 2 08/17/2020, 1 08/24/2020, 3 08/31/2020, 4 09/07/2020, 4 09/14/2020, 6 09/21/2020, 7 09/28/2020, 3 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 7,130 YTD: 304,109	Sep 2019	7,130 304,109
4	6	6	The Midwife Murders James Patterson, Author, Richard DiLallo, Author Grand Central Publishing, $17.99 (336) 978-1-5387-1887-2 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 08/24/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/24/2020 Average Rank 3.33 [details] Sales history for The Midwife Murders date, rank 08/24/2020, 1 08/31/2020, 3 09/07/2020, 3 09/14/2020, 3 09/21/2020, 6 09/28/2020, 4 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 6,495 YTD: 64,423	Aug 2020	6,495 64,423
5	2	3	The Brothers of Auschwitz Malka Adler, Author, Noel Canin, Translator One More Chapter, $16.99 (464) 978-0-00-839843-9 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 09/14/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/14/2020 Average Rank 3.00 [details] Sales history for The Brothers of Auschwitz date, rank 09/14/2020, 2 09/21/2020, 2 09/28/2020, 5 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 6,048 YTD: 25,383	Sep 2020	6,048 25,383
6	-	1	What Happens in Paradise Elin Hilderbrand, Author Back Bay Books, $16.99 (352) 978-0-316-43554-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,045 YTD: 5,045	Sep 2020	5,045 5,045
7	10	3	The Testaments Margaret Atwood, Author Anchor Books, $16.95 (448) 978-0-525-56262-7 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 09/14/2020 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 09/28/2020 Average Rank 8.33 [details] Sales history for The Testaments date, rank 09/14/2020, 8 09/21/2020, 10 09/28/2020, 7 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,910 YTD: 16,086	Sep 2020	4,910 16,086
8	11	8	The Distance Learning Playbook, Grades K-12: Teaching for Engagement and Impact in Any Setting Douglas Fisher, Author, Nancy Frey, Author, John Hattie, Author Corwin Publishers, $29.95 (208) 978-1-0718-2892-2 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 08/24/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/14/2020 Average Rank 9.71 [details] Sales history for The Distance Learning Playbook, Grades K-12: Teaching for Engagement and Impact in Any Setting date, rank 08/24/2020, 6 08/31/2020, 14 08/31/2020, 14 09/07/2020, 14 09/14/2020, 1 09/21/2020, 11 09/28/2020, 8 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,803 YTD: 46,378	Jul 2020	4,803 46,378
9	12	18	Rand McNally 2021 Large Scale Road Atlas Rand McNally, Author Rand McNally, $19.95 (264) 978-0-528-02244-9 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 06/22/2020 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 08/31/2020 Average Rank 15.07 [details] Sales history for Rand McNally 2021 Large Scale Road Atlas date, rank 06/22/2020, 19 06/29/2020, 19 07/06/2020, 18 07/13/2020, 17 07/20/2020, 24 07/27/2020, 18 08/03/2020, 13 08/10/2020, 16 08/17/2020, 20 08/24/2020, 15 08/31/2020, 7 09/07/2020, 7 09/14/2020, 12 09/21/2020, 12 09/28/2020, 9 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,726 YTD: 67,956	May 2020	4,726 67,956
10	-	1	The Paris Secret Natasha Lester, Author Forever, $16.99 (496) 978-1-5387-1728-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,715 YTD: 4,715	Sep 2020	4,715 4,715
11	-	1	Murder Thy Neighbor James Patterson, Author Grand Central Publishing, $16.99 (320) 978-1-5387-5242-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,445 YTD: 4,445	Sep 2020	4,445 4,445
12	9	3	Killer Instinct James Patterson, Author, Howard Roughan, With Grand Central Publishing, $16.99 (416) 978-1-5387-3162-8 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 09/14/2020 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 09/21/2020 Average Rank 12.00 [details] Sales history for Killer Instinct date, rank 09/14/2020, 15 09/21/2020, 9 09/28/2020, 12 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,411 YTD: 13,721	Sep 2020	4,411 13,721
13	28	17	This Tender Land William Kent Krueger, Author Atria Books, $17.00 (464) 978-1-4767-4930-3 Last rank 28 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 06/08/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 06/08/2020 Average Rank 13.65 [details] Sales history for This Tender Land date, rank 06/08/2020, 3 06/15/2020, 14 06/22/2020, 20 06/29/2020, 16 07/06/2020, 22 07/13/2020, 20 07/20/2020, 15 07/27/2020, 12 08/03/2020, 8 08/10/2020, 9 08/17/2020, 10 08/24/2020, 14 08/31/2020, 12 08/31/2020, 12 09/07/2020, 12 09/14/2020, 20 09/28/2020, 13 LAST WEEK: 28 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,918 YTD: 71,944	May 2020	3,918 71,944
14	13	17	The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Anniversary) Michelle Alexander, Author New Press, $18.99 (352) 978-1-62097-193-2 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 06/08/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 06/15/2020 Average Rank 7.12 [details] Sales history for The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Anniversary) date, rank 06/08/2020, 9 06/15/2020, 2 06/22/2020, 2 06/29/2020, 3 07/06/2020, 11 07/13/2020, 9 07/20/2020, 14 07/27/2020, 4 08/03/2020, 5 08/10/2020, 8 08/17/2020, 4 08/24/2020, 4 08/31/2020, 5 09/07/2020, 5 09/14/2020, 9 09/21/2020, 13 09/28/2020, 14 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: Jan 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,589 YTD: 142,601	Jan 2020	3,589 142,601
15	14	23	Circe Madeline Miller, Author Back Bay Books, $16.99 (416) 978-0-316-55632-3 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 04/27/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 06/08/2020 Average Rank 10.59 [details] Sales history for Circe date, rank 04/27/2020, 5 05/04/2020, 11 05/18/2020, 21 05/25/2020, 18 06/01/2020, 16 06/08/2020, 4 06/15/2020, 6 06/22/2020, 6 06/29/2020, 9 07/06/2020, 9 07/13/2020, 8 07/20/2020, 8 07/27/2020, 10 08/03/2020, 6 08/10/2020, 4 08/17/2020, 13 08/24/2020, 7 08/31/2020, 11 09/07/2020, 11 09/14/2020, 21 09/21/2020, 14 09/28/2020, 15 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 23 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,431 YTD: 117,586	Apr 2020	3,431 117,586
16	15	2	The Stone Wall Beverly Lewis, Author Bethany House Publishers, $16.99 (352) 978-0-7642-3308-1 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 09/21/2020 Highest Rank 15 Highest Rank Date 09/21/2020 Average Rank 15.50 [details] Sales history for The Stone Wall date, rank 09/21/2020, 15 09/28/2020, 16 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,333 YTD: 6,821	Sep 2020	3,333 6,821
17	29	22	Get Out of Your Head Study Guide: A Study in Philippians Jennie Allen, Author Thomas Nelson, $14.99 (160) 978-0-310-11637-0 Last rank 29 Initial Rank 17 Initial Date 07/06/2020 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 07/06/2020 Average Rank 36.50 [details] Sales history for Get Out of Your Head Study Guide: A Study in Philippians date, rank 07/06/2020, 17 08/31/2020, 59 08/31/2020, 59 09/07/2020, 59 09/28/2020, 17 LAST WEEK: 29 WEEKS ON LIST: 22 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,319 YTD: 48,259	Apr 2020	3,319 48,259
18	18	2	Pop Manga Cute and Creepy Coloring Book Camilla d'Errico, Author Watson-Guptill, $15.99 (80) 978-1-9848-5849-8 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 09/21/2020 Highest Rank 18 Highest Rank Date 09/21/2020 Average Rank 18.00 [details] Sales history for Pop Manga Cute and Creepy Coloring Book date, rank 09/21/2020, 18 09/28/2020, 18 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,204 YTD: 6,314	Sep 2020	3,204 6,314
19	8	34	Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association: 7th Edition, 2020 Copyright American Psychological Association, Author American Psychological Association (APA), $31.99 (428) 978-1-4338-3216-1 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 02/10/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/24/2020 Average Rank 11.65 [details] Sales history for Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association: 7th Edition, 2020 Copyright date, rank 02/10/2020, 8 02/17/2020, 22 05/04/2020, 25 05/18/2020, 13 05/25/2020, 11 06/01/2020, 13 06/08/2020, 11 06/15/2020, 25 06/22/2020, 15 08/10/2020, 12 08/17/2020, 5 08/24/2020, 2 08/31/2020, 2 09/07/2020, 2 09/14/2020, 5 09/21/2020, 8 09/28/2020, 19 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 34 PUB DATE: Oct 2019 UNITS SOLD: 3,151 YTD: 143,127	Oct 2019	3,151 143,127
20	24	18	The Official ACT Prep Guide 2020 - 2021, (Book + 5 Practice Tests + Bonus Online Content) (2021 Edition, Revised and Updated) ACT, Author Wiley, $38.95 (976) 978-1-119-68576-0 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 08/24/2020 Highest Rank 20 Highest Rank Date 08/31/2020 Average Rank 21.00 [details] Sales history for The Official ACT Prep Guide 2020 - 2021, (Book + 5 Practice Tests + Bonus Online Content) (2021 Edition, Revised and Updated) date, rank 08/24/2020, 22 08/31/2020, 20 08/31/2020, 20 09/07/2020, 20 09/21/2020, 24 09/28/2020, 20 LAST WEEK: 24 WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,051 YTD: 47,453	Apr 2020	3,051 47,453
21	21	31	Normal People Sally Rooney, Author Hogarth Press, $17.00 (304) 978-1-9848-2218-5 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 03/02/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/25/2020 Average Rank 8.62 [details] Sales history for Normal People date, rank 03/02/2020, 8 03/09/2020, 7 03/16/2020, 3 03/23/2020, 3 03/30/2020, 4 04/06/2020, 7 04/13/2020, 5 04/20/2020, 7 04/27/2020, 15 05/04/2020, 7 05/11/2020, 2 05/18/2020, 2 05/25/2020, 1 06/01/2020, 1 06/08/2020, 1 06/15/2020, 4 06/22/2020, 5 06/29/2020, 10 07/06/2020, 10 07/13/2020, 7 07/20/2020, 11 07/27/2020, 14 08/03/2020, 15 08/10/2020, 10 08/17/2020, 9 08/24/2020, 13 08/31/2020, 15 08/31/2020, 15 09/07/2020, 15 09/21/2020, 21 09/28/2020, 21 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 31 PUB DATE: Feb 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,968 YTD: 224,436	Feb 2020	2,968 224,436
22	16	7	Fire & Blood: 300 Years Before a Game of Thrones (a Targaryen History) George R R Martin, Author, Doug Wheatley, Illustrator Bantam, $22.00 (752) 978-1-5247-9630-3 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 17 Initial Date 08/17/2020 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 08/24/2020 Average Rank 13.86 [details] Sales history for Fire & Blood: 300 Years Before a Game of Thrones (a Targaryen History) date, rank 08/17/2020, 17 08/24/2020, 8 08/31/2020, 9 09/07/2020, 9 09/14/2020, 16 09/21/2020, 16 09/28/2020, 22 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,944 YTD: 29,266	Aug 2020	2,944 29,266
23	17	4	A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II Sonia Purnell, Author Penguin Books, $18.00 (368) 978-0-7352-2531-2 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 04/20/2020 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 06/08/2020 Average Rank 25.20 [details] Sales history for A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II date, rank 04/20/2020, 15 04/27/2020, 25 05/04/2020, 16 05/11/2020, 15 05/18/2020, 14 05/25/2020, 12 06/01/2020, 17 06/08/2020, 19 08/31/2020, 61 08/31/2020, 61 09/07/2020, 61 09/14/2020, 14 09/21/2020, 17 09/28/2020, 23 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,938 YTD: 68,113	Mar 2020	2,938 68,113
24	23	3	The Old Farmer's Almanac 2021 Old Farmer's Almanac, Author Old Farmer's Almanac, $8.95 (304) 978-1-57198-848-5 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 09/14/2020 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 09/14/2020 Average Rank 19.00 [details] Sales history for The Old Farmer's Almanac 2021 date, rank 09/14/2020, 10 09/21/2020, 23 09/28/2020, 24 LAST WEEK: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,851 YTD: 10,810	Sep 2020	2,851 10,810
25	-	1	The Powerful Purpose of Introverts: Why the World Needs You to Be You Holley Gerth, Author Fleming H. Revell Company, $16.99 (224) 978-0-8007-2291-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,811 YTD: 2,811	Sep 2020	2,811 2,811

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NPD BookScan, week 38 of 2020 data through 9/19/2020; PW Issue of September 28, 2020