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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date
1	All by Myself, Alone Mary Higgins Clark, Author Pocket Books, $8.99 (416) 978-1-5011-3112-7 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 04/02/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/07/2018 Average Rank 6.27 [details] Sales history for All by Myself, Alone date, rank 04/02/2018, 5 04/09/2018, 5 04/09/2018, 2 04/16/2018, 9 04/16/2018, 2 04/23/2018, 4 04/30/2018, 4 05/07/2018, 11 05/07/2018, 1 05/14/2018, 14 05/21/2018, 12 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Mar 2018 UNITS SOLD: 45,944 YTD:	Mar 2018
2	The Disappeared C. J. Box, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $27.00 (384) 978-0-399-17662-3 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 04/02/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/02/2018 Average Rank 7.80 [details] Sales history for The Disappeared date, rank 04/02/2018, 2 04/09/2018, 5 04/09/2018, 2 04/09/2018, 2 04/16/2018, 3 04/23/2018, 9 04/30/2018, 12 05/07/2018, 16 05/07/2018, 2 05/14/2018, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Mar 2018 UNITS SOLD: 29,941 YTD:	Mar 2018
3	16th Seduction James Patterson, Author, Maxine Paetro, Author Vision, $9.99 (384) 978-1-5387-4441-3 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 04/09/2018 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/07/2018 Average Rank 11.75 [details] Sales history for 16th Seduction date, rank 04/09/2018, 6 04/16/2018, 6 04/23/2018, 7 04/30/2018, 9 05/07/2018, 22 05/07/2018, 3 05/14/2018, 22 05/21/2018, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Mar 2018 UNITS SOLD: 29,320 YTD:	Mar 2018
4	Twisted Prey John Sandford, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $29.00 (416) 978-0-7352-1735-5 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/07/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/07/2018 Average Rank 3.80 [details] Sales history for Twisted Prey date, rank 05/07/2018, 5 05/07/2018, 2 05/07/2018, 4 05/14/2018, 3 05/21/2018, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 2018 UNITS SOLD: 28,460 YTD:	Apr 2018
5	The Good Daughter Karin Slaughter, Author William Morrow & Company, $9.99 (656) 978-0-06-243025-0 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 04/30/2018 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 04/30/2018 Average Rank 9.60 [details] Sales history for The Good Daughter date, rank 04/30/2018, 5 05/07/2018, 9 05/07/2018, 5 05/14/2018, 15 05/21/2018, 14 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 2018 UNITS SOLD: 18,209 YTD:	Apr 2018
6	Cave of Bones Anne Hillerman, Author Harper, $26.99 (320) 978-0-06-239192-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 04/16/2018 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 05/07/2018 Average Rank 16.80 [details] Sales history for Cave of Bones date, rank 04/16/2018, 9 04/23/2018, 20 04/30/2018, 24 05/07/2018, 25 05/07/2018, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 2018 UNITS SOLD: 16,293 YTD:	Apr 2018
7	The Punishment She Deserves: A Lynley Novel Elizabeth George, Author Viking, $28.00 (704) 978-0-525-95434-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 04/02/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/02/2018 Average Rank 10.25 [details] Sales history for The Punishment She Deserves: A Lynley Novel date, rank 04/02/2018, 2 04/02/2018, 3 04/09/2018, 11 04/09/2018, 3 04/16/2018, 13 04/23/2018, 18 04/30/2018, 25 05/07/2018, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Mar 2018 UNITS SOLD: 14,681 YTD:	Mar 2018
8	Instinct (Previously Published as Murder Games) James Patterson, Author, Howard Roughan, Author Grand Central Publishing, $15.99 (368) 978-1-4789-4518-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 03/05/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/02/2018 Average Rank 8.60 [details] Sales history for Instinct (Previously Published as Murder Games) date, rank 03/05/2018, 9 03/12/2018, 9 03/12/2018, 3 03/19/2018, 6 03/26/2018, 11 04/02/2018, 14 04/02/2018, 1 04/09/2018, 24 04/09/2018, 1 05/07/2018, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Feb 2018 UNITS SOLD: 9,118 YTD:	Feb 2018
9	The Bishop's Pawn Steve Berry, Author Minotaur Books, $28.99 (352) 978-1-250-14022-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 04/02/2018 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 04/02/2018 Average Rank 10.33 [details] Sales history for The Bishop's Pawn date, rank 04/02/2018, 5 04/02/2018, 7 04/09/2018, 15 04/09/2018, 7 04/16/2018, 19 05/07/2018, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Mar 2018 UNITS SOLD: 8,426 YTD:	Mar 2018
10	Devil's Waltz Jonathan Kellerman, Author Ballantine Books, $9.99 (511) 978-0-345-54015-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jan 2013 UNITS SOLD: 8,142 YTD:	Jan 2013

For analysis of this week's lists, click here.

To download a printable PDF of our overall top 10 bestsellers, click here.

NPD BookScan, data for the four-week period ended 4/29/18.

NOTE: NPD BookScan flagged Unblinded (#6 in Bio/Autobiography) and Our 50-State Border Crisis (#2 in History) for significant bulk sales during at least one week of the April 2-29 time period.