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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2019 YTD
1	1	53	The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris, Author Harper Paperbacks, $16.99 (272) 978-0-06-279715-5 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 09/17/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/08/2018 Average Rank 3.11 [details] Sales history for The Tattooist of Auschwitz date, rank 09/17/2018, 2 09/24/2018, 2 10/01/2018, 2 10/08/2018, 1 10/15/2018, 3 10/22/2018, 1 10/29/2018, 1 11/05/2018, 1 11/12/2018, 1 11/19/2018, 1 11/26/2018, 1 12/03/2018, 1 12/10/2018, 1 12/17/2018, 1 12/24/2018, 1 12/31/2018, 2 01/07/2019, 1 01/14/2019, 1 01/21/2019, 1 01/28/2019, 1 02/04/2019, 1 02/11/2019, 1 02/18/2019, 1 02/25/2019, 1 03/04/2019, 1 03/11/2019, 1 03/18/2019, 2 03/25/2019, 3 04/01/2019, 4 04/08/2019, 4 04/15/2019, 5 04/22/2019, 3 04/29/2019, 2 05/06/2019, 3 05/13/2019, 5 05/20/2019, 5 05/27/2019, 5 06/03/2019, 5 06/10/2019, 6 06/17/2019, 5 06/24/2019, 5 07/01/2019, 4 07/08/2019, 4 07/15/2019, 4 07/22/2019, 2 07/29/2019, 4 08/05/2019, 2 08/12/2019, 3 08/19/2019, 2 08/26/2019, 2 09/02/2019, 2 09/09/2019, 1 09/16/2019, 1 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 53 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 9,799 YTD: 478,579	2000	9,799 478,579
2	5	2	The Whole Truth David Baldacci, Author Grand Central Publishing, $16.99 (496) 978-1-5387-0114-0 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 09/09/2019 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/16/2019 Average Rank 3.50 [details] Sales history for The Whole Truth date, rank 09/09/2019, 5 09/16/2019, 2 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 9,521 YTD: 18,423	2000	9,521 18,423
3	4	16	Before We Were Yours Lisa Wingate, Author Ballantine Books, $17.00 (368) 978-0-425-28470-4 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 06/03/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/01/2019 Average Rank 4.17 [details] Sales history for Before We Were Yours date, rank 06/03/2019, 3 06/10/2019, 2 06/17/2019, 2 06/24/2019, 2 07/01/2019, 1 07/08/2019, 1 07/15/2019, 1 07/22/2019, 1 07/29/2019, 2 08/05/2019, 1 08/12/2019, 1 08/19/2019, 4 08/26/2019, 4 09/02/2019, 4 09/09/2019, 4 09/16/2019, 3 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 8,327 YTD: 220,904	2000	8,327 220,904
4	3	4	The Warning James Patterson, Author, Robison Wells, With Grand Central Publishing, $15.99 (336) 978-1-5387-1496-6 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 08/26/2019 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/26/2019 Average Rank 3.25 [details] Sales history for The Warning date, rank 08/26/2019, 3 09/02/2019, 3 09/09/2019, 3 09/16/2019, 4 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 7,870 YTD: 38,855	2000	7,870 38,855
5	-	1	The Old Farmer's Almanac 2020, Trade Edition Old Farmer's Almanac, Author Old Farmer's Almanac, $9.95 (304) 978-1-57198-814-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 7,784 YTD: 7,787	2000	7,784 7,787
6	9	14	Official SAT Study Guide 2020 Edition College Board, Author College Board, $29.99 (1300) 978-1-4573-1219-9 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 06/24/2019 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 07/29/2019 Average Rank 12.50 [details] Sales history for Official SAT Study Guide 2020 Edition date, rank 06/24/2019, 22 07/01/2019, 22 07/08/2019, 17 07/15/2019, 19 07/22/2019, 10 07/29/2019, 5 08/05/2019, 10 08/12/2019, 10 08/26/2019, 10 09/02/2019, 10 09/09/2019, 9 09/16/2019, 6 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 7,661 YTD: 120,690	2000	7,661 120,690
7	2	6	The Art of Racing in the Rain Tie-In Garth Stein, Author Harper Paperbacks, $16.99 (336) 978-0-06-236491-3 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 08/12/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/19/2019 Average Rank 4.11 [details] Sales history for The Art of Racing in the Rain Tie-In date, rank 08/12/2019, 4 08/19/2019, 1 08/26/2019, 1 09/02/2019, 1 09/09/2019, 2 09/16/2019, 7 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 7,549 YTD: 77,931	2000	7,549 77,931
8	6	18	Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng, Author Penguin Books, $17.00 (368) 978-0-7352-2431-5 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/20/2019 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 06/03/2019 Average Rank 3.78 [details] Sales history for Little Fires Everywhere date, rank 05/20/2019, 4 05/27/2019, 3 06/03/2019, 2 06/10/2019, 3 06/17/2019, 3 06/24/2019, 3 07/01/2019, 2 07/08/2019, 3 07/15/2019, 3 07/22/2019, 3 07/29/2019, 3 08/05/2019, 5 08/12/2019, 2 08/19/2019, 5 08/26/2019, 5 09/02/2019, 5 09/09/2019, 6 09/16/2019, 8 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 7,363 YTD: 212,883	2000	7,363 212,883
9	11	6	It (Media Tie-In) Stephen King, Author Scribner Book Company, $19.99 (1184) 978-1-982127-79-4 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 20 Initial Date 08/19/2019 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 09/16/2019 Average Rank 14.00 [details] Sales history for It (Media Tie-In) date, rank 08/19/2019, 20 08/26/2019, 15 09/02/2019, 15 09/09/2019, 11 09/16/2019, 9 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 6,964 YTD: 32,178	2000	6,964 32,178
10	8	27	The Woman in the Window A J Finn, Author William Morrow & Company, $16.99 (464) 978-0-06-267842-3 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/18/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/18/2019 Average Rank 5.86 [details] Sales history for The Woman in the Window date, rank 03/18/2019, 1 03/25/2019, 1 04/01/2019, 2 04/08/2019, 2 04/15/2019, 3 04/22/2019, 2 04/29/2019, 3 05/06/2019, 4 05/13/2019, 6 05/20/2019, 6 05/27/2019, 6 06/03/2019, 6 06/10/2019, 7 06/17/2019, 8 06/24/2019, 8 07/01/2019, 9 07/08/2019, 9 07/15/2019, 7 07/22/2019, 8 07/29/2019, 8 08/05/2019, 7 08/12/2019, 6 08/19/2019, 7 08/26/2019, 6 09/02/2019, 7 09/09/2019, 8 09/16/2019, 10 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 27 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 6,895 YTD: 311,821	2000	6,895 311,821
11	10	23	The Overstory Richard Powers, Author W. W. Norton & Company, $18.95 (512) 978-0-393-35668-7 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 04/15/2019 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 07/22/2019 Average Rank 13.05 [details] Sales history for The Overstory date, rank 04/15/2019, 19 04/29/2019, 9 05/06/2019, 12 05/13/2019, 17 05/20/2019, 19 05/27/2019, 17 06/03/2019, 17 06/10/2019, 18 06/24/2019, 14 07/01/2019, 12 07/08/2019, 13 07/15/2019, 13 07/22/2019, 4 07/29/2019, 12 08/05/2019, 12 08/12/2019, 11 08/19/2019, 10 08/26/2019, 12 09/02/2019, 12 09/09/2019, 10 09/16/2019, 11 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 23 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 6,398 YTD: 146,336	2000	6,398 146,336
12	-	1	The Paris Orphan Natasha Lester, Author Forever, $16.99 (480) 978-1-5387-6489-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 6,220 YTD: 6,223	2000	6,220 6,223
13	7	30	Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood Trevor Noah, Author Spiegel & Grau, $18.00 (304) 978-0-399-58819-8 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 02/25/2019 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/12/2019 Average Rank 12.43 [details] Sales history for Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood date, rank 02/25/2019, 5 03/04/2019, 13 03/11/2019, 16 03/18/2019, 18 03/25/2019, 16 04/01/2019, 13 04/08/2019, 14 04/15/2019, 18 04/22/2019, 12 04/29/2019, 17 05/06/2019, 15 05/13/2019, 21 05/20/2019, 25 05/27/2019, 19 06/03/2019, 22 06/10/2019, 16 06/17/2019, 18 06/24/2019, 12 07/01/2019, 10 07/08/2019, 14 07/15/2019, 14 07/22/2019, 13 07/29/2019, 17 08/05/2019, 11 08/12/2019, 9 08/19/2019, 9 08/26/2019, 7 09/02/2019, 6 09/09/2019, 7 09/16/2019, 13 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 30 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 5,571 YTD: 184,953	2000	5,571 184,953
14	14	18	The Official ACT Prep Guide 2019-2020, (Book + 5 Practice Tests + Bonus Online Content) (2019-2020) ACT, Author Wiley, $34.95 (1008) 978-1-119-58050-8 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 24 Initial Date 06/24/2019 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 09/02/2019 Average Rank 18.00 [details] Sales history for The Official ACT Prep Guide 2019-2020, (Book + 5 Practice Tests + Bonus Online Content) (2019-2020) date, rank 06/24/2019, 24 07/22/2019, 22 07/29/2019, 23 08/05/2019, 23 08/12/2019, 18 08/19/2019, 19 08/26/2019, 14 09/02/2019, 9 09/09/2019, 14 09/16/2019, 14 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 4,946 YTD: 81,731	2000	4,946 81,731
15	28	44	Then She Was Gone Lisa Jewell, Author Atria Books, $16.00 (320) 978-1-5011-5465-2 Last rank 28 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 11/19/2018 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 02/04/2019 Average Rank 16.82 [details] Sales history for Then She Was Gone date, rank 11/19/2018, 11 11/26/2018, 12 12/03/2018, 12 12/10/2018, 19 01/07/2019, 19 01/14/2019, 18 01/21/2019, 23 01/28/2019, 21 02/04/2019, 10 02/11/2019, 14 02/18/2019, 19 02/25/2019, 15 03/04/2019, 15 03/11/2019, 19 03/18/2019, 20 03/25/2019, 21 04/01/2019, 16 04/08/2019, 19 04/15/2019, 17 04/22/2019, 15 04/29/2019, 18 05/06/2019, 22 05/13/2019, 24 07/01/2019, 20 07/08/2019, 15 07/15/2019, 11 07/22/2019, 12 07/29/2019, 13 08/05/2019, 16 08/12/2019, 15 08/19/2019, 15 08/26/2019, 20 09/02/2019, 21 09/16/2019, 15 LAST WEEK: 28 WEEKS ON LIST: 44 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 4,540 YTD: 168,064	2000	4,540 168,064
16	13	18	There There Tommy Orange, Author Vintage, $16.00 (304) 978-0-525-43614-0 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 05/20/2019 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 06/03/2019 Average Rank 17.65 [details] Sales history for There There date, rank 05/20/2019, 12 05/27/2019, 14 06/03/2019, 8 06/10/2019, 15 06/17/2019, 20 06/24/2019, 19 07/01/2019, 21 07/08/2019, 23 07/15/2019, 22 07/22/2019, 23 08/05/2019, 20 08/12/2019, 21 08/19/2019, 18 08/26/2019, 19 09/02/2019, 16 09/09/2019, 13 09/16/2019, 16 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 4,369 YTD: 99,368	2000	4,369 99,368
17	19	24	A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Author Penguin Books, $17.00 (496) 978-0-14-311043-9 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 04/08/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/22/2019 Average Rank 11.00 [details] Sales history for A Gentleman in Moscow date, rank 04/08/2019, 5 04/15/2019, 2 04/22/2019, 1 04/29/2019, 5 05/06/2019, 6 05/13/2019, 7 05/20/2019, 14 05/27/2019, 15 06/03/2019, 9 06/10/2019, 9 06/17/2019, 12 06/24/2019, 9 07/01/2019, 11 07/08/2019, 12 07/15/2019, 10 07/22/2019, 14 07/29/2019, 15 08/05/2019, 15 08/12/2019, 14 08/19/2019, 13 08/26/2019, 16 09/02/2019, 18 09/09/2019, 19 09/16/2019, 17 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 24 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 4,247 YTD: 195,157	2000	4,247 195,157
18	21	14	The Outsider Stephen King, Author Gallery Books, $18.99 (576) 978-1-5011-8100-9 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 06/17/2019 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 06/24/2019 Average Rank 12.64 [details] Sales history for The Outsider date, rank 06/17/2019, 7 06/24/2019, 4 07/01/2019, 5 07/08/2019, 5 07/15/2019, 5 07/22/2019, 9 07/29/2019, 14 08/05/2019, 14 08/12/2019, 13 08/19/2019, 17 08/26/2019, 22 09/02/2019, 23 09/09/2019, 21 09/16/2019, 18 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 4,227 YTD: 104,116	2000	4,227 104,116
19	18	5	Never Tell Lisa Gardner, Author Dutton Books, $17.00 (432) 978-1-5247-4513-4 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 08/19/2019 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 08/26/2019 Average Rank 15.20 [details] Sales history for Never Tell date, rank 08/19/2019, 14 08/26/2019, 11 09/02/2019, 14 09/09/2019, 18 09/16/2019, 19 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 3,808 YTD: 25,883	2000	3,808 25,883
20	-	1	Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 6 Akira Toriyama, Author, Toyotarou, Illustrator Viz Media, $9.99 (192) 978-1-974705-20-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 3,536 YTD: 3,546	2000	3,536 3,546
21	22	8	Ambush James Patterson, Author, James O Born, Author Grand Central Publishing, $16.99 (432) 978-1-5387-1378-5 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 07/29/2019 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/05/2019 Average Rank 10.62 [details] Sales history for Ambush date, rank 07/29/2019, 6 08/05/2019, 3 08/12/2019, 5 08/19/2019, 6 08/26/2019, 9 09/02/2019, 13 09/09/2019, 22 09/16/2019, 21 LAST WEEK: 22 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 3,299 YTD: 59,809	2000	3,299 59,809
22	25	6	The Witch ELM Tana French, Author Penguin Books, $17.00 (528) 978-0-7352-2464-3 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 08/12/2019 Highest Rank 16 Highest Rank Date 08/19/2019 Average Rank 20.83 [details] Sales history for The Witch ELM date, rank 08/12/2019, 19 08/19/2019, 16 08/26/2019, 21 09/02/2019, 22 09/09/2019, 25 09/16/2019, 22 LAST WEEK: 25 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 3,185 YTD: 25,878	2000	3,185 25,878
23	16	10	The Flight Girls (Original) Noelle Salazar, Author Mira Books, $18.99 (352) 978-0-7783-6922-6 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 07/15/2019 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 07/22/2019 Average Rank 10.70 [details] Sales history for The Flight Girls (Original) date, rank 07/15/2019, 12 07/22/2019, 7 07/29/2019, 9 08/05/2019, 9 08/12/2019, 7 08/19/2019, 8 08/26/2019, 8 09/02/2019, 8 09/09/2019, 16 09/16/2019, 23 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 3,075 YTD: 69,351	2000	3,075 69,351
24	24	5	The Best of Me Nicholas Sparks, Author Grand Central Publishing, $9.99 (352) 978-1-5387-1706-6 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 08/19/2019 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 09/09/2019 Average Rank 18.83 [details] Sales history for The Best of Me date, rank 08/19/2019, 22 08/26/2019, 17 09/02/2019, 20 09/09/2019, 24 09/16/2019, 24 LAST WEEK: 24 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 3,012 YTD: 20,838	2000	3,012 20,838
25	34	20	Rand McNally 2020 Road Atlas Large Scale Rand McNally, Author Rand McNally, $19.95 978-0-528-02104-6 Last rank 34 Initial Rank 25 Initial Date 08/12/2019 Highest Rank 25 Highest Rank Date 08/12/2019 Average Rank 25.00 [details] Sales history for Rand McNally 2020 Road Atlas Large Scale date, rank 08/12/2019, 25 09/16/2019, 25 LAST WEEK: 34 WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 2,961 YTD: 66,721	2000	2,961 66,721

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NPD BookScan, week 37 of 2019, data through 09/14/2019; PW Issue of September 16, 2019