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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units
1	Leverage in Death: An Eve Dallas Novel (in Death, Book 47) J D Robb, Author St. Martin's Press, $8.99 (416) 978-1-250-16157-4 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 01/14/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/14/2019 Average Rank 4.00 [details] Sales history for Leverage in Death: An Eve Dallas Novel (in Death, Book 47) date, rank 02/11/2019, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Dec 2018 UNITS SOLD: 43,817 YTD:	Dec 2018	43,817
2	Verses for the Dead Douglas Preston, Author, Lincoln Child, Author Grand Central Publishing, $28.00 (352) 978-1-5387-4720-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 01/14/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/14/2019 Average Rank 9.43 [details] Sales history for Verses for the Dead date, rank 02/11/2019, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Dec 2018 UNITS SOLD: 34,131 YTD:	Dec 2018	34,131
3	Target: Alex Cross James Patterson, Author Little Brown and Company, $29.00 (432) 978-0-316-27394-7 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 12/03/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/07/2019 Average Rank 6.88 [details] Sales history for Target: Alex Cross date, rank 12/10/2018, 2 01/07/2019, 1 02/11/2019, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2018 UNITS SOLD: 24,094 YTD:	Nov 2018	24,094
4	The Bishop's Pawn Steve Berry, Author St. Martin's Press, $9.99 (496) 978-1-250-14024-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 01/14/2019 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 02/11/2019 Average Rank 10.00 [details] Sales history for The Bishop's Pawn date, rank 02/11/2019, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Dec 2018 UNITS SOLD: 20,807 YTD:	Dec 2018	20,807
5	Dark Sacred Night Michael Connelly, Author Little Brown and Company, $29.00 (400) 978-0-316-48480-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/12/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/12/2018 Average Rank 10.53 [details] Sales history for Dark Sacred Night date, rank 11/12/2018, 2 12/10/2018, 3 01/07/2019, 3 02/11/2019, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 16,097 YTD:	Oct 2018	16,097
6	Y Is for Yesterday Sue Grafton, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $9.99 (560) 978-0-399-18538-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 12/17/2018 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 12/24/2018 Average Rank 10.11 [details] Sales history for Y Is for Yesterday date, rank 01/07/2019, 5 02/11/2019, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Dec 2018 UNITS SOLD: 15,371 YTD:	Dec 2018	15,371
7	Look Alive Twenty-Five: A Stephanie Plum Novel Janet Evanovich, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $28.00 (320) 978-0-399-17922-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/26/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/10/2018 Average Rank 11.67 [details] Sales history for Look Alive Twenty-Five: A Stephanie Plum Novel date, rank 12/10/2018, 1 01/07/2019, 2 02/11/2019, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2018 UNITS SOLD: 15,347 YTD:	Nov 2018	15,347
8	The Switch Sandra Brown, Author Grand Central Publishing, $8.99 (560) 978-1-5387-1269-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 12/10/2018 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 01/07/2019 Average Rank 13.89 [details] Sales history for The Switch date, rank 01/07/2019, 6 02/11/2019, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2018 UNITS SOLD: 12,767 YTD:	Nov 2018	12,767
9	The Golden Tresses of the Dead: A Flavia de Luce Novel Alan Bradley, Author Delacorte Press, $26.00 (352) 978-0-345-54002-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 02/04/2019 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 02/04/2019 Average Rank 7.50 [details] Sales history for The Golden Tresses of the Dead: A Flavia de Luce Novel date, rank 02/11/2019, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jan 2019 UNITS SOLD: 7,805 YTD:	Jan 2019	7,805
10	Hardcore Twenty-Four: A Stephanie Plum Novel Janet Evanovich, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $9.99 (304) 978-0-399-17921-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 10/15/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/22/2018 Average Rank 8.17 [details] Sales history for Hardcore Twenty-Four: A Stephanie Plum Novel date, rank 11/12/2018, 3 12/10/2018, 6 01/07/2019, 8 02/11/2019, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 7,278 YTD:	Oct 2018	7,278

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

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

Note: NPD BookScan flagged ‘Cali'flour Kitchen’ (#5 food & drink) and ‘Out of the Gobi’ (#5 biography & memoir) for significant bulk sales during at least one week of the Dec. 30, 2018–Jan. 26, 2019 period.