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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2021 YTD
1	2	11	People We Meet on Vacation Emily Henry, Author Berkley Books, $16.00 (384) 978-1-9848-0675-8 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/24/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/07/2021 Average Rank 3.94 [details] Sales history for People We Meet on Vacation date, rank 05/24/2021, 2 05/31/2021, 3 06/07/2021, 3 06/14/2021, 8 06/21/2021, 7 06/28/2021, 5 07/05/2021, 2 07/12/2021, 2 07/19/2021, 1 07/26/2021, 2 08/02/2021, 1 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 20,013 YTD: 180,880	May 2021	20,013 180,880
2	3	17	Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $18.00 (400) 978-0-7352-1910-6 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/12/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/12/2021 Average Rank 4.29 [details] Sales history for Where the Crawdads Sing date, rank 04/12/2021, 1 04/19/2021, 3 04/26/2021, 2 05/03/2021, 1 05/10/2021, 2 05/17/2021, 1 05/24/2021, 1 05/31/2021, 1 06/07/2021, 1 06/14/2021, 6 06/21/2021, 1 06/28/2021, 1 07/05/2021, 1 07/12/2021, 1 07/19/2021, 2 07/26/2021, 3 08/02/2021, 2 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: Mar 2021 UNITS SOLD: 16,782 YTD: 349,585	Mar 2021	16,782 349,585
3	4	4	Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1, Volume 1 Tatsuki Fujimoto, Author Viz Media, $9.99 (192) 978-1-9747-0993-9 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 10/19/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 04/12/2021 Average Rank 8.36 [details] Sales history for Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1, Volume 1 date, rank 10/19/2020, 16 03/22/2021, 18 03/29/2021, 9 04/05/2021, 9 04/12/2021, 6 07/12/2021, 14 07/19/2021, 3 07/26/2021, 4 08/02/2021, 3 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 13,665 YTD: 84,568	Oct 2020	13,665 84,568
4	5	12	The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides, Author Celadon Books, $17.99 (352) 978-1-250-30170-3 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/17/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/17/2021 Average Rank 4.23 [details] Sales history for The Silent Patient date, rank 05/17/2021, 2 05/24/2021, 3 05/31/2021, 2 06/07/2021, 2 06/14/2021, 9 06/21/2021, 4 06/28/2021, 3 07/05/2021, 3 07/12/2021, 3 07/19/2021, 5 07/26/2021, 5 08/02/2021, 4 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 12,384 YTD: 161,742	May 2021	12,384 161,742
5	7	2	The Shadow James Patterson, Author, Brian Sitts, Author Grand Central Publishing, $17.99 (400) 978-1-5387-0395-3 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 07/26/2021 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 08/02/2021 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for The Shadow date, rank 07/26/2021, 7 08/02/2021, 5 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 11,674 YTD: 22,183	Jul 2021	11,674 22,183
6	6	3	Anxious People Fredrik Backman, Author Washington Square Press, $17.00 (352) 978-1-5011-6084-4 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 07/19/2021 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 07/19/2021 Average Rank 5.33 [details] Sales history for Anxious People date, rank 07/19/2021, 4 07/26/2021, 6 08/02/2021, 6 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 11,120 YTD: 37,209	Jul 2021	11,120 37,209
7	-	1	Solo Leveling, Vol. 2 (Comic) Dubu(redice Studio), Artist, Chugong, Based on a Book by Yen Press, $20.00 (192) 978-1-9753-1945-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 9,164 YTD: 9,164	Jul 2021	9,164 9,164
8	9	4	A Time for Mercy: A Jake Brigance Novel John Grisham, Author Bantam, $18.00 (480) 978-0-593-15782-4 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 07/12/2021 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 07/12/2021 Average Rank 7.25 [details] Sales history for A Time for Mercy: A Jake Brigance Novel date, rank 07/12/2021, 6 07/19/2021, 6 07/26/2021, 9 08/02/2021, 8 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Jun 2021 UNITS SOLD: 7,379 YTD: 33,266	Jun 2021	7,379 33,266
9	11	7	Daylight David Baldacci, Author Grand Central Publishing, $16.99 (464) 978-1-5387-6165-6 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 06/21/2021 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 06/28/2021 Average Rank 6.86 [details] Sales history for Daylight date, rank 06/21/2021, 6 06/28/2021, 4 07/05/2021, 5 07/12/2021, 5 07/19/2021, 8 07/26/2021, 11 08/02/2021, 9 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Jun 2021 UNITS SOLD: 6,278 YTD: 61,370	Jun 2021	6,278 61,370
10	41	3	Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters Abigail Shrier, Author Regnery Publishing, $16.99 (276) 978-1-68451-228-7 LAST WEEK: 41 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Jun 2021 UNITS SOLD: 6,169 YTD: 14,309	Jun 2021	6,169 14,309
11	10	8	If It Bleeds Stephen King, Author Scribner Book Company, $18.00 (448) 978-1-9821-3798-4 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 06/14/2021 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 06/28/2021 Average Rank 9.25 [details] Sales history for If It Bleeds date, rank 06/14/2021, 14 06/21/2021, 9 06/28/2021, 6 07/05/2021, 7 07/12/2021, 7 07/19/2021, 10 07/26/2021, 10 08/02/2021, 11 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Jun 2021 UNITS SOLD: 6,148 YTD: 63,393	Jun 2021	6,148 63,393
12	15	4	The Book of Lost Friends Lisa Wingate, Author Ballantine Books, $17.00 (416) 978-1-9848-1990-1 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 07/12/2021 Highest Rank 12 Highest Rank Date 07/19/2021 Average Rank 13.00 [details] Sales history for The Book of Lost Friends date, rank 07/12/2021, 13 07/19/2021, 12 07/26/2021, 15 08/02/2021, 12 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Jun 2021 UNITS SOLD: 5,816 YTD: 23,972	Jun 2021	5,816 23,972
13	12	3	The Exiles Christina Baker Kline, Author Custom House, $16.99 (400) 978-0-06-235633-8 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 07/19/2021 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 07/19/2021 Average Rank 10.67 [details] Sales history for The Exiles date, rank 07/19/2021, 7 07/26/2021, 12 08/02/2021, 13 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 5,749 YTD: 19,286	Jul 2021	5,749 19,286
14	17	8	My Hero Academia, Vol. 28 Kohei Horikoshi, Author Viz Media, $9.99 (184) 978-1-9747-2288-4 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 06/14/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 07/12/2021 Average Rank 10.80 [details] Sales history for My Hero Academia, Vol. 28 date, rank 06/14/2021, 4 06/21/2021, 12 06/28/2021, 10 07/05/2021, 12 07/12/2021, 12 07/19/2021, 17 07/26/2021, 17 08/02/2021, 14 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Jun 2021 UNITS SOLD: 5,422 YTD: 67,465	Jun 2021	5,422 67,465
15	21	8	One Last Stop Casey McQuiston, Author St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99 (432) 978-1-250-24449-9 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 06/14/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 06/14/2021 Average Rank 8.60 [details] Sales history for One Last Stop date, rank 06/14/2021, 2 06/21/2021, 8 06/28/2021, 7 07/05/2021, 6 07/12/2021, 8 07/19/2021, 13 07/26/2021, 21 08/02/2021, 15 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Jun 2021 UNITS SOLD: 5,287 YTD: 84,295	Jun 2021	5,287 84,295
16	14	8	Freed: Fifty Shades Freed as Told by Christian E L James, Author Bloom Books, $18.99 (768) 978-1-7282-5103-5 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 06/14/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/14/2021 Average Rank 5.73 [details] Sales history for Freed: Fifty Shades Freed as Told by Christian date, rank 06/14/2021, 1 06/21/2021, 2 06/28/2021, 2 07/05/2021, 4 07/12/2021, 4 07/19/2021, 9 07/26/2021, 14 08/02/2021, 16 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Jun 2021 UNITS SOLD: 5,201 YTD: 118,108	Jun 2021	5,201 118,108
17	16	9	The Book of Lost Names Kristin Harmel, Author Gallery Books, $16.99 (416) 978-1-9821-3190-6 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 06/07/2021 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 06/07/2021 Average Rank 12.11 [details] Sales history for The Book of Lost Names date, rank 06/07/2021, 4 06/14/2021, 10 06/21/2021, 10 06/28/2021, 8 07/05/2021, 14 07/12/2021, 16 07/19/2021, 14 07/26/2021, 16 08/02/2021, 17 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 5,032 YTD: 66,268	May 2021	5,032 66,268
18	18	4	When She Was Good Michael Robotham, Author Scribner Book Company, $17.00 (368) 978-1-9821-0364-4 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 07/12/2021 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 07/19/2021 Average Rank 17.00 [details] Sales history for When She Was Good date, rank 07/12/2021, 21 07/19/2021, 11 07/26/2021, 18 08/02/2021, 18 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Jun 2021 UNITS SOLD: 4,988 YTD: 21,429	Jun 2021	4,988 21,429
19	20	4	The Evening and the Morning Ken Follett, Author Penguin Books, $20.00 (928) 978-0-451-47801-6 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 07/12/2021 Highest Rank 15 Highest Rank Date 07/12/2021 Average Rank 17.50 [details] Sales history for The Evening and the Morning date, rank 07/12/2021, 15 07/19/2021, 16 07/26/2021, 20 08/02/2021, 19 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Jun 2021 UNITS SOLD: 4,815 YTD: 21,240	Jun 2021	4,815 21,240
20	23	23	Self-Love Workbook for Women: Release Self-Doubt, Build Self-Compassion, and Embrace Who You Are Megan Logan, Author Rockridge Press, $15.99 (174) 978-1-64739-729-6 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 25 Initial Date 01/18/2021 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 05/03/2021 Average Rank 21.20 [details] Sales history for Self-Love Workbook for Women: Release Self-Doubt, Build Self-Compassion, and Embrace Who You Are date, rank 01/18/2021, 25 04/05/2021, 23 04/12/2021, 21 04/26/2021, 20 05/03/2021, 13 05/10/2021, 20 05/17/2021, 21 05/24/2021, 20 05/31/2021, 23 06/07/2021, 22 07/05/2021, 22 07/12/2021, 20 07/19/2021, 25 07/26/2021, 23 08/02/2021, 20 LAST WEEK: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 23 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,788 YTD: 105,885	Sep 2020	4,788 105,885
21	22	8	The Warsaw Orphan (Original) Kelly Rimmer, Author Graydon House, $17.99 (384) 978-1-5258-9599-9 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 06/14/2021 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 06/28/2021 Average Rank 14.50 [details] Sales history for The Warsaw Orphan (Original) date, rank 06/14/2021, 11 06/21/2021, 11 06/28/2021, 9 07/05/2021, 13 07/12/2021, 10 07/19/2021, 19 07/26/2021, 22 08/02/2021, 21 LAST WEEK: 22 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Jun 2021 UNITS SOLD: 4,754 YTD: 51,537	Jun 2021	4,754 51,537
22	-	1	The Quintessential Quintuplets 14 Negi Haruba, Author Kodansha Comics, $10.99 (208) 978-1-64651-163-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 4,626 YTD: 4,626	Jul 2021	4,626 4,626
23	-	1	Beastars, Vol. 13, 13 Paru Itagaki, Author Viz Media, $12.99 (208) 978-1-9747-1253-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 4,601 YTD: 4,601	Jul 2021	4,601 4,601
24	13	12	2022 Large Scale Road Atlas Rand McNally, Author Rand McNally, $19.95 (264) 978-0-528-02378-1 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 06/14/2021 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 06/28/2021 Average Rank 14.29 [details] Sales history for 2022 Large Scale Road Atlas date, rank 06/14/2021, 15 06/28/2021, 11 07/05/2021, 11 07/12/2021, 11 07/19/2021, 15 07/26/2021, 13 08/02/2021, 24 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Apr 2021 UNITS SOLD: 4,591 YTD: 62,308	Apr 2021	4,591 62,308
25	-	1	Virgin River (Reissue) Robyn Carr, Author Mira Books, $16.99 (400) 978-0-7783-1225-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 4,585 YTD: 4,585	Jul 2021	4,585 4,585

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