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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	1	2	Just Feed Me: Simply Delicious Recipes from My Heart to Your Plate Jessie James Decker, Author Dey Street Books, $25.99 (272) 978-0-06-294820-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/05/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/05/2020 Average Rank 6.29 [details] Sales history for Just Feed Me: Simply Delicious Recipes from My Heart to Your Plate date, rank 10/05/2020, 1 10/12/2020, 1 10/19/2020, 3 11/02/2020, 24 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 22,087 YTD: 46,387	Sep 2020	22,087 46,387
2	-	1	Swimming Lessons: Poems Lili Reinhart, Author St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99 (240) 978-1-250-26175-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 8,499 YTD: 8,499	Sep 2020	8,499 8,499
3	2	5	The Institute Stephen King, Author Gallery Books, $19.99 (576) 978-1-9821-1058-1 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/14/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/21/2020 Average Rank 8.89 [details] Sales history for The Institute date, rank 09/14/2020, 4 09/21/2020, 1 09/28/2020, 1 10/05/2020, 2 10/12/2020, 3 10/19/2020, 4 10/26/2020, 5 11/02/2020, 8 11/09/2020, 9 11/16/2020, 11 11/23/2020, 14 11/30/2020, 21 12/02/2020, 11 12/07/2020, 11 12/14/2020, 18 12/21/2020, 17 12/28/2020, 9 01/04/2021, 4 01/11/2021, 16 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 7,658 YTD: 45,067	Sep 2020	7,658 45,067
4	6	4	Cilka's Journey Heather Morris, Author St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99 (368) 978-1-250-26569-2 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/21/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/28/2020 Average Rank 6.12 [details] Sales history for Cilka's Journey date, rank 09/21/2020, 3 09/28/2020, 2 10/05/2020, 6 10/12/2020, 4 10/19/2020, 8 10/26/2020, 7 11/02/2020, 9 11/09/2020, 10 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,864 YTD: 27,703	Sep 2020	5,864 27,703
5	-	1	Happily This Christmas (Original) Susan Mallery, Author Hqn, $16.99 (384) 978-1-335-08128-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/12/2020 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 10/12/2020 Average Rank 14.50 [details] Sales history for Happily This Christmas (Original) date, rank 10/12/2020, 5 10/19/2020, 23 10/26/2020, 22 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,636 YTD: 4,636	Sep 2020	4,636 4,636
6	4	8	The Midwife Murders James Patterson, Author, Richard DiLallo, Author Grand Central Publishing, $17.99 (336) 978-1-5387-1887-2 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 08/24/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/24/2020 Average Rank 7.20 [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 10/05/2020, 4 10/12/2020, 6 10/19/2020, 22 10/26/2020, 20 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,455 YTD: 75,771	Aug 2020	4,455 75,771
7	12	20	Rand McNally 2021 Large Scale Road Atlas Rand McNally, Author Rand McNally, $19.95 (264) 978-0-528-02244-9 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 06/22/2020 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 08/31/2020 Average Rank 16.60 [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 10/05/2020, 12 10/12/2020, 7 10/19/2020, 15 10/26/2020, 15 11/02/2020, 17 11/09/2020, 15 11/16/2020, 17 11/23/2020, 22 01/25/2021, 12 02/01/2021, 22 03/01/2021, 25 03/08/2021, 22 03/22/2021, 23 03/29/2021, 23 04/05/2021, 25 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,366 YTD: 76,832	May 2020	4,366 76,832
8	10	3	The Paris Secret Natasha Lester, Author Forever, $16.99 (496) 978-1-5387-1728-8 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 09/28/2020 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 10/12/2020 Average Rank 11.25 [details] Sales history for The Paris Secret date, rank 09/28/2020, 10 10/05/2020, 10 10/12/2020, 8 10/19/2020, 17 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,024 YTD: 13,410	Sep 2020	4,024 13,410
9	14	3	What Happens in Paradise Elin Hilderbrand, Author Back Bay Books, $16.99 (352) 978-0-316-43554-3 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 09/28/2020 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 09/28/2020 Average Rank 16.00 [details] Sales history for What Happens in Paradise date, rank 09/28/2020, 6 10/05/2020, 14 10/12/2020, 9 10/19/2020, 21 10/26/2020, 18 11/02/2020, 22 11/09/2020, 22 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,715 YTD: 12,691	Sep 2020	3,715 12,691
10	17	5	The Testaments Margaret Atwood, Author Anchor Books, $16.95 (448) 978-0-525-56262-7 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 09/14/2020 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 09/28/2020 Average Rank 10.40 [details] Sales history for The Testaments date, rank 09/14/2020, 8 09/21/2020, 10 09/28/2020, 7 10/05/2020, 17 10/12/2020, 10 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,706 YTD: 23,476	Sep 2020	3,706 23,476
11	-	1	The Chain Adrian McKinty, Author Mulholland Books, $16.99 (368) 978-0-316-53123-8 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 10/12/2020 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 10/26/2020 Average Rank 13.80 [details] Sales history for The Chain date, rank 10/12/2020, 11 10/19/2020, 19 10/26/2020, 9 11/02/2020, 11 11/09/2020, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,689 YTD: 4,695	Sep 2020	3,689 4,695
12	-	1	Heart Talk: the Journal: 52 Weeks of Self-Love, Self-Care, and Self-Discovery Cleo Wade, Author Atria Books, $17.99 (224) 978-1-9821-4079-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,657 YTD: 3,657	Sep 2020	3,657 3,657
13	8	3	Murder Thy Neighbor James Patterson, Author Grand Central Publishing, $16.99 (320) 978-1-5387-5242-5 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 09/28/2020 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 10/05/2020 Average Rank 10.67 [details] Sales history for Murder Thy Neighbor date, rank 09/28/2020, 11 10/05/2020, 8 10/12/2020, 13 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,601 YTD: 13,124	Sep 2020	3,601 13,124
14	16	19	This Tender Land William Kent Krueger, Author Atria Books, $17.00 (464) 978-1-4767-4930-3 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 06/08/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 06/08/2020 Average Rank 15.29 [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 10/05/2020, 16 10/12/2020, 14 10/19/2020, 24 10/26/2020, 17 11/02/2020, 19 11/09/2020, 12 11/16/2020, 16 11/23/2020, 21 11/30/2020, 17 12/02/2020, 20 12/07/2020, 20 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 19 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,550 YTD: 79,319	May 2020	3,550 79,319
15	-	1	The Stationery Shop Marjan Kamali, Author Gallery Books, $16.00 (336) 978-1-9821-0749-9 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 10/12/2020 Highest Rank 15 Highest Rank Date 10/12/2020 Average Rank 16.50 [details] Sales history for The Stationery Shop date, rank 10/12/2020, 15 10/19/2020, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Feb 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,544 YTD: 14,839	Feb 2020	3,544 14,839
16	11	3	The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness Morgan Housel, Author Harriman House, $18.99 (256) 978-0-85719-768-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/21/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 09/21/2020 Average Rank 15.17 [details] Sales history for The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness date, rank 09/21/2020, 4 10/05/2020, 11 10/12/2020, 16 10/19/2020, 12 10/26/2020, 23 12/14/2020, 25 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,463 YTD: 16,657	Sep 2020	3,463 16,657
17	9	10	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 26 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 08/24/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/14/2020 Average Rank 12.64 [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 10/05/2020, 9 10/12/2020, 17 11/02/2020, 21 11/09/2020, 24 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,452 YTD: 54,614	Jul 2020	3,452 54,614
18	22	25	Circe Madeline Miller, Author Back Bay Books, $16.99 (416) 978-0-316-55632-3 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 04/27/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 06/08/2020 Average Rank 12.79 [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 10/05/2020, 22 10/12/2020, 18 10/19/2020, 25 10/26/2020, 19 11/02/2020, 18 11/09/2020, 18 11/16/2020, 13 11/23/2020, 15 11/30/2020, 14 12/02/2020, 9 12/07/2020, 9 12/14/2020, 11 12/21/2020, 15 12/28/2020, 10 01/04/2021, 9 01/11/2021, 7 01/18/2021, 11 01/25/2021, 16 02/01/2021, 16 02/08/2021, 15 02/15/2021, 15 02/22/2021, 9 03/01/2021, 9 03/08/2021, 10 03/15/2021, 18 03/22/2021, 13 03/29/2021, 14 04/05/2021, 14 04/12/2021, 14 04/19/2021, 22 04/26/2021, 17 LAST WEEK: 22 WEEKS ON LIST: 25 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,204 YTD: 124,008	Apr 2020	3,204 124,008
19	13	5	Killer Instinct James Patterson, Author, Howard Roughan, With Grand Central Publishing, $16.99 (416) 978-1-5387-3162-8 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 09/14/2020 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 09/21/2020 Average Rank 13.60 [details] Sales history for Killer Instinct date, rank 09/14/2020, 15 09/21/2020, 9 09/28/2020, 12 10/05/2020, 13 10/12/2020, 19 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,200 YTD: 21,220	Sep 2020	3,200 21,220
20	20	20	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 32 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 08/24/2020 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 02/01/2021 Average Rank 19.06 [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 10/05/2020, 20 10/12/2020, 20 11/09/2020, 21 11/16/2020, 23 01/18/2021, 14 01/25/2021, 15 02/01/2021, 11 02/08/2021, 12 02/15/2021, 24 02/22/2021, 19 03/08/2021, 19 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,199 YTD: 54,197	Apr 2020	3,199 54,197
21	23	8	The Truths We Hold: An American Journey Kamala Harris, Author Penguin Books, $18.00 (336) 978-0-525-56073-9 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 08/24/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/23/2020 Average Rank 15.44 [details] Sales history for The Truths We Hold: An American Journey date, rank 08/24/2020, 9 08/31/2020, 33 08/31/2020, 33 09/07/2020, 33 10/05/2020, 23 10/12/2020, 21 10/19/2020, 11 10/26/2020, 21 11/23/2020, 1 11/30/2020, 7 12/02/2020, 10 12/07/2020, 10 12/14/2020, 12 12/21/2020, 12 12/28/2020, 7 01/04/2021, 6 02/01/2021, 9 02/08/2021, 20 LAST WEEK: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,195 YTD: 23,418	Aug 2020	3,195 23,418
22	18	19	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 24 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 06/08/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 06/15/2020 Average Rank 10.00 [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 10/05/2020, 18 10/12/2020, 22 11/16/2020, 24 11/23/2020, 25 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 19 PUB DATE: Jan 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,148 YTD: 149,371	Jan 2020	3,148 149,371
23	19	5	The Brothers of Auschwitz Malka Adler, Author, Noel Canin, Translator One More Chapter, $16.99 (464) 978-0-00-839843-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 09/14/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/12/2021 Average Rank 4.80 [details] Sales history for The Brothers of Auschwitz date, rank 09/14/2020, 2 09/21/2020, 2 09/28/2020, 5 10/05/2020, 19 10/12/2020, 23 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,101 YTD: 32,034	Sep 2020	3,101 32,034
24	26	4	Pop Manga Cute and Creepy Coloring Book Camilla d'Errico, Author Watson-Guptill, $15.99 (80) 978-1-9848-5849-8 Last rank 28 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 09/21/2020 Highest Rank 17 Highest Rank Date 11/09/2020 Average Rank 20.17 [details] Sales history for Pop Manga Cute and Creepy Coloring Book date, rank 09/21/2020, 18 09/28/2020, 18 10/12/2020, 24 11/02/2020, 23 11/09/2020, 17 09/20/2021, 21 LAST WEEK: 26 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,026 YTD: 12,235	Sep 2020	3,026 12,235
25	-	1	Busy Toddler's Guide to Actual Parenting: From Their First "no" to Their First Day of School (and Everything in Between) Susie Allison, Author Innovation Press, $21.99 (224) 978-1-943147-85-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,621 YTD: 3,501	Sep 2020	2,621 3,501

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NPD BookScan, week 40 of 2020 data through 10/3/2020; PW Issue of October 12, 2020