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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units
1	Target: Alex Cross James Patterson, Author Little Brown and Company, $29.00 (432) 978-0-316-27394-7 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 12/03/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/07/2019 Average Rank 5.00 [details] Sales history for Target: Alex Cross date, rank 12/10/2018, 2 01/07/2019, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2018 UNITS SOLD: 117,374 YTD:	Nov 2018	117,374
2	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 16 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/26/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/10/2018 Average Rank 9.27 [details] Sales history for Look Alive Twenty-Five: A Stephanie Plum Novel date, rank 12/10/2018, 1 01/07/2019, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2018 UNITS SOLD: 70,511 YTD:	Nov 2018	70,511
3	Dark Sacred Night Michael Connelly, Author Little Brown and Company, $29.00 (400) 978-0-316-48480-0 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/12/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/12/2018 Average Rank 10.27 [details] Sales history for Dark Sacred Night date, rank 11/12/2018, 2 12/10/2018, 3 01/07/2019, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 46,256 YTD:	Oct 2018	46,256
4	Kingdom of the Blind: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel Louise Penny, Author Minotaur Books, $28.99 (384) 978-1-250-06620-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 12/10/2018 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 12/10/2018 Average Rank 12.71 [details] Sales history for Kingdom of the Blind: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel date, rank 12/10/2018, 4 01/07/2019, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2018 UNITS SOLD: 40,116 YTD:	Nov 2018	40,116
5	Y Is for Yesterday Sue Grafton, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $9.99 (560) 978-0-399-18538-0 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 12/17/2018 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 12/24/2018 Average Rank 10.57 [details] Sales history for Y Is for Yesterday date, rank 01/07/2019, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Dec 2018 UNITS SOLD: 28,229 YTD:	Dec 2018	28,229
6	The Switch Sandra Brown, Author Grand Central Publishing, $8.99 (560) 978-1-5387-1269-6 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 12/10/2018 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 01/07/2019 Average Rank 14.62 [details] Sales history for The Switch date, rank 01/07/2019, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2018 UNITS SOLD: 22,527 YTD:	Nov 2018	22,527
7	Hope Never Dies: An Obama/Biden Mystery Andrew Shaffer, Author Quirk Books, $14.99 (304) 978-1-68369-039-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 07/23/2018 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 09/03/2018 Average Rank 13.89 [details] Sales history for Hope Never Dies: An Obama/Biden Mystery date, rank 08/06/2018, 5 09/03/2018, 4 12/10/2018, 10 01/07/2019, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jul 2018 UNITS SOLD: 18,590 YTD:	Jul 2018	18,590
8	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 8.00 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 12,221 YTD:	Oct 2018	12,221
9	Holy Ghost John Sandford, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $29.00 (400) 978-0-7352-1732-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 10/22/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/12/2018 Average Rank 8.30 [details] Sales history for Holy Ghost date, rank 11/12/2018, 1 12/10/2018, 5 01/07/2019, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 12,157 YTD:	Oct 2018	12,157
10	The Colors of All the Cattle: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (19) Alexander McCall Smith, Author Pantheon Books, $25.95 (240) 978-1-5247-4780-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 11/19/2018 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 12/10/2018 Average Rank 10.00 [details] Sales history for The Colors of All the Cattle: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (19) date, rank 12/10/2018, 7 01/07/2019, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2018 UNITS SOLD: 7,822 YTD:	Nov 2018	7,822

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NPD BookScan, data for the five-week period ended 12/01/2018.