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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units
1	The 19th Christmas James Patterson, Author, Maxine Paetro, Author Little Brown and Company, $29.00 (368) 978-0-316-42027-3 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/21/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/21/2019 Average Rank 4.75 [details] Sales history for The 19th Christmas date, rank 11/11/2019, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2019 UNITS SOLD: 88,010 YTD:	Oct 2019	88,010
2	The Night Fire Michael Connelly, Author Little Brown and Company, $29.00 (400) 978-0-316-48561-6 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 11/04/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/04/2019 Average Rank 3.33 [details] Sales history for The Night Fire date, rank 11/11/2019, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2019 UNITS SOLD: 56,087 YTD:	Oct 2019	56,087
3	Bloody Genius John Sandford, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $29.00 (384) 978-0-525-53661-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/14/2019 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/14/2019 Average Rank 9.43 [details] Sales history for Bloody Genius date, rank 11/11/2019, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2019 UNITS SOLD: 52,163 YTD:	Oct 2019	52,163
4	The 18th Abduction James Patterson, Author, Maxine Paetro, Author Grand Central Publishing, $16.99 (416) 978-1-5387-3159-8 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/14/2019 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/14/2019 Average Rank 4.14 [details] Sales history for The 18th Abduction date, rank 11/11/2019, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2019 UNITS SOLD: 39,048 YTD:	Oct 2019	39,048
5	Holy Ghost John Sandford, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $9.99 (432) 978-0-7352-1734-8 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/07/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/07/2019 Average Rank 7.00 [details] Sales history for Holy Ghost date, rank 10/07/2019, 9 11/11/2019, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 33,077 YTD:	Sep 2019	33,077
6	Target: Alex Cross James Patterson, Author Vision, $9.99 (432) 978-1-5387-1377-8 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/07/2019 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/14/2019 Average Rank 7.00 [details] Sales history for Target: Alex Cross date, rank 11/11/2019, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 29,569 YTD:	Sep 2019	29,569
7	Look Alive Twenty-Five: A Stephanie Plum Novel Janet Evanovich, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $9.99 (336) 978-0-399-17924-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/16/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/16/2019 Average Rank 4.90 [details] Sales history for Look Alive Twenty-Five: A Stephanie Plum Novel date, rank 10/07/2019, 2 11/11/2019, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 22,237 YTD:	Sep 2019	22,237
8	Killer Instinct James Patterson, Author, Howard Roughan, With Little Brown and Company, $28.00 (400) 978-0-316-42029-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/23/2019 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 09/23/2019 Average Rank 9.88 [details] Sales history for Killer Instinct date, rank 10/07/2019, 4 11/11/2019, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 16,863 YTD:	Sep 2019	16,863
9	The Girl Who Lived Twice: A Lisbeth Salander Novel, Continuing Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series David Lagercrantz, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $27.95 (416) 978-0-451-49434-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 09/09/2019 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/09/2019 Average Rank 8.25 [details] Sales history for The Girl Who Lived Twice: A Lisbeth Salander Novel, Continuing Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series date, rank 09/09/2019, 6 10/07/2019, 3 11/11/2019, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2019 UNITS SOLD: 16,861 YTD:	Aug 2019	16,861
10	Agent Running in the Field John Le Carre, Author Viking, $29.00 (272) 978-1-984878-87-8 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/04/2019 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 11/04/2019 Average Rank 13.75 [details] Sales history for Agent Running in the Field date, rank 11/11/2019, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2019 UNITS SOLD: 15,238 YTD:	Oct 2019	15,238

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For the four-week period ended 10/26/19. Note: NPD BookScan flagged It’s How We Play the Game, #8 in Biography & Memoir, for significant bulk sales during at least one week of the Sept. 29–Oct. 26 time period.