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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	1	33	Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $26.00 (384) 978-0-7352-1909-0 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 24 Initial Date 09/03/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/04/2019 Average Rank 4.41 [details] Sales history for Where the Crawdads Sing date, rank 09/03/2018, 24 09/17/2018, 10 10/01/2018, 9 10/08/2018, 9 10/15/2018, 8 10/22/2018, 12 10/29/2018, 13 11/05/2018, 11 11/12/2018, 11 11/19/2018, 15 12/03/2018, 14 12/10/2018, 15 12/17/2018, 14 12/24/2018, 6 12/31/2018, 6 01/07/2019, 5 01/14/2019, 2 01/21/2019, 2 01/28/2019, 2 02/04/2019, 1 02/11/2019, 1 02/18/2019, 2 02/25/2019, 1 03/04/2019, 2 03/11/2019, 1 03/18/2019, 1 03/25/2019, 1 04/01/2019, 1 04/08/2019, 1 04/15/2019, 1 04/22/2019, 1 04/29/2019, 2 05/06/2019, 1 05/13/2019, 2 05/20/2019, 1 05/27/2019, 1 06/03/2019, 1 06/10/2019, 1 06/17/2019, 1 06/24/2019, 1 07/01/2019, 1 07/08/2019, 1 07/15/2019, 1 07/22/2019, 1 07/29/2019, 2 08/05/2019, 2 08/12/2019, 1 08/19/2019, 1 08/26/2019, 1 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 33 PUB DATE: Aug 2018 UNITS SOLD: 47,107 YTD: 367,350	Aug 2018	47,107 367,350
2	-	1	The Cornwalls Are Gone James Patterson, Author, Brendan DuBois, With Little Brown and Company, $28.00 (352) 978-0-316-48555-5 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 04/08/2019 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/08/2019 Average Rank 8.62 [details] Sales history for The Cornwalls Are Gone date, rank 04/08/2019, 2 04/15/2019, 2 04/22/2019, 5 04/29/2019, 7 05/06/2019, 9 05/13/2019, 13 05/20/2019, 22 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Mar 2019 UNITS SOLD: 19,555 YTD: 19,966	Mar 2019	19,555 19,966
3	2	2	Run Away Harlan Coben, Author Grand Central Publishing, $29.00 (384) 978-1-5387-4846-6 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 04/01/2019 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/01/2019 Average Rank 7.25 [details] Sales history for Run Away date, rank 04/01/2019, 2 04/08/2019, 3 04/15/2019, 4 04/22/2019, 8 04/29/2019, 9 05/06/2019, 10 05/13/2019, 16 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Mar 2019 UNITS SOLD: 16,925 YTD: 46,635	Mar 2019	16,925 46,635
4	3	2	Celtic Empire Clive Cussler, Author, Dirk Cussler, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $29.00 (416) 978-0-7352-1899-4 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 04/01/2019 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 04/01/2019 Average Rank 10.91 [details] Sales history for Celtic Empire date, rank 04/01/2019, 3 04/08/2019, 4 04/15/2019, 5 04/22/2019, 6 04/29/2019, 8 05/06/2019, 8 05/13/2019, 12 05/20/2019, 18 06/03/2019, 23 06/10/2019, 25 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Mar 2019 UNITS SOLD: 15,643 YTD: 41,193	Mar 2019	15,643 41,193
5	-	1	Tiamat's Wrath James S a Corey, Author Orbit, $30.00 (608) 978-0-316-33287-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 04/08/2019 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/08/2019 Average Rank 3.33 [details] Sales history for Tiamat's Wrath date, rank 04/08/2019, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Mar 2019 UNITS SOLD: 11,892 YTD: 11,994	Mar 2019	11,892 11,994
6	-	1	The American Agent: A Maisie Dobbs Novel Jacqueline Winspear, Author Harper, $27.99 (416) 978-0-06-243666-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 04/08/2019 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 04/08/2019 Average Rank 12.60 [details] Sales history for The American Agent: A Maisie Dobbs Novel date, rank 04/08/2019, 6 04/15/2019, 18 04/22/2019, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Mar 2019 UNITS SOLD: 10,783 YTD: 11,325	Mar 2019	10,783 11,325
7	-	1	Wild Card Stuart Woods, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $28.00 (320) 978-0-7352-1928-1 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 04/08/2019 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 04/08/2019 Average Rank 13.80 [details] Sales history for Wild Card date, rank 04/08/2019, 7 04/15/2019, 10 04/22/2019, 13 04/29/2019, 18 05/06/2019, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Mar 2019 UNITS SOLD: 10,658 YTD: 10,725	Mar 2019	10,658 10,725
8	4	3	Wolf Pack C J Box, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $27.00 (384) 978-0-525-53819-6 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 03/25/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/08/2019 Average Rank 8.45 [details] Sales history for Wolf Pack date, rank 03/25/2019, 2 04/01/2019, 4 04/08/2019, 8 04/15/2019, 6 04/22/2019, 11 04/29/2019, 16 05/06/2019, 17 05/13/2019, 21 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Mar 2019 UNITS SOLD: 8,842 YTD: 47,652	Mar 2019	8,842 47,652
9	6	6	The Chef James Patterson, Author, Max DiLallo, Author Little Brown and Company, $28.00 (400) 978-0-316-45330-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 03/04/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/04/2019 Average Rank 6.62 [details] Sales history for The Chef date, rank 03/04/2019, 1 03/11/2019, 2 03/18/2019, 4 03/25/2019, 6 04/01/2019, 6 04/08/2019, 9 04/15/2019, 8 04/22/2019, 15 04/29/2019, 21 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Feb 2019 UNITS SOLD: 8,453 YTD: 85,678	Feb 2019	8,453 85,678
10	-	1	The Last Second Catherine Coulter, Author, J. T. Ellison, Author Gallery Books, $27.99 (448) 978-1-5011-3822-5 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 04/08/2019 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 04/08/2019 Average Rank 15.67 [details] Sales history for The Last Second date, rank 04/08/2019, 10 04/15/2019, 16 04/22/2019, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Mar 2019 UNITS SOLD: 8,136 YTD: 8,212	Mar 2019	8,136 8,212
11	8	8	The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides, Author Celadon Books, $26.99 (336) 978-1-250-30169-7 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 02/18/2019 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 02/18/2019 Average Rank 13.89 [details] Sales history for The Silent Patient date, rank 02/18/2019, 4 02/25/2019, 5 03/04/2019, 6 03/11/2019, 5 03/18/2019, 7 03/25/2019, 7 04/01/2019, 8 04/08/2019, 11 04/15/2019, 9 04/22/2019, 10 04/29/2019, 11 05/06/2019, 11 05/13/2019, 9 05/20/2019, 14 05/27/2019, 16 06/03/2019, 13 06/10/2019, 14 06/17/2019, 21 06/24/2019, 20 07/01/2019, 14 07/08/2019, 13 07/15/2019, 17 07/22/2019, 14 07/29/2019, 17 08/05/2019, 12 08/12/2019, 16 08/19/2019, 19 08/26/2019, 21 09/02/2019, 12 09/09/2019, 9 09/16/2019, 17 09/23/2019, 22 09/30/2019, 18 10/07/2019, 15 10/14/2019, 17 10/21/2019, 20 10/28/2019, 21 11/04/2019, 24 11/11/2019, 24 11/18/2019, 25 11/25/2019, 23 12/02/2019, 23 12/09/2019, 21 12/16/2019, 20 12/23/2019, 13 12/30/2019, 11 01/06/2020, 12 01/13/2020, 7 01/20/2020, 7 01/27/2020, 8 02/03/2020, 7 02/10/2020, 7 02/17/2020, 9 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Feb 2019 UNITS SOLD: 7,913 YTD: 63,521	Feb 2019	7,913 63,521
12	5	4	Silent Night Danielle Steel, Author Delacorte Press, $28.99 (288) 978-0-399-17938-9 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 03/18/2019 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 03/18/2019 Average Rank 13.44 [details] Sales history for Silent Night date, rank 03/18/2019, 2 03/25/2019, 3 04/01/2019, 5 04/08/2019, 12 04/15/2019, 13 04/22/2019, 20 04/29/2019, 20 05/06/2019, 22 05/13/2019, 24 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Mar 2019 UNITS SOLD: 6,199 YTD: 47,954	Mar 2019	6,199 47,954
13	7	4	Cemetery Road Greg Iles, Author William Morrow & Company, $28.99 (752) 978-0-06-282461-5 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 03/18/2019 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 03/18/2019 Average Rank 12.25 [details] Sales history for Cemetery Road date, rank 03/18/2019, 3 03/25/2019, 5 04/01/2019, 7 04/08/2019, 13 04/15/2019, 7 04/22/2019, 16 04/29/2019, 22 05/06/2019, 25 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Mar 2019 UNITS SOLD: 5,484 YTD: 40,655	Mar 2019	5,484 40,655
14	9	4	Daisy Jones & the Six Taylor Jenkins Reid, Author Ballantine Books, $27.00 (368) 978-1-5247-9862-8 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 03/18/2019 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 03/18/2019 Average Rank 15.92 [details] Sales history for Daisy Jones & the Six date, rank 03/18/2019, 6 03/25/2019, 9 04/01/2019, 9 04/08/2019, 14 04/15/2019, 11 04/22/2019, 14 04/29/2019, 19 05/06/2019, 18 05/13/2019, 19 05/20/2019, 24 05/27/2019, 24 06/03/2019, 21 06/10/2019, 19 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Mar 2019 UNITS SOLD: 5,463 YTD: 29,036	Mar 2019	5,463 29,036
15	-	1	Berserk Deluxe Volume 1 Kentaro Miura, Author, Kentaro Miura, Illustrator, Jason Deangelis, Author Dark Horse Manga, $49.99 (696) 978-1-5067-1198-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 04/08/2019 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 06/10/2019 Average Rank 8.78 [details] Sales history for Berserk Deluxe Volume 1 date, rank 04/08/2019, 15 05/27/2019, 12 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Mar 2019 UNITS SOLD: 4,900 YTD: 4,980	Mar 2019	4,900 4,980
16	-	1	Dark Tribute Iris Johansen, Author St. Martin's Press, $28.99 (384) 978-1-250-07588-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Mar 2019 UNITS SOLD: 4,481 YTD: 4,579	Mar 2019	4,481 4,579
17	12	23	The Reckoning John Grisham, Author Doubleday Books, $28.95 (368) 978-0-385-54415-3 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/05/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/05/2018 Average Rank 6.68 [details] Sales history for The Reckoning date, rank 11/05/2018, 1 11/12/2018, 1 11/19/2018, 2 12/03/2018, 5 12/10/2018, 1 12/17/2018, 1 12/24/2018, 1 12/31/2018, 1 01/07/2019, 1 01/14/2019, 3 01/21/2019, 4 01/28/2019, 4 02/04/2019, 5 02/11/2019, 3 02/18/2019, 7 02/25/2019, 4 03/04/2019, 7 03/11/2019, 7 03/18/2019, 10 03/25/2019, 12 04/01/2019, 12 04/08/2019, 17 04/15/2019, 17 04/22/2019, 25 04/29/2019, 24 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 23 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 3,896 YTD: 86,872	Oct 2018	3,896 86,872
18	-	1	Blood Oath Linda Fairstein, Author Dutton Books, $28.00 (368) 978-1-5247-4310-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Mar 2019 UNITS SOLD: 3,496 YTD: 3,545	Mar 2019	3,496 3,545
19	10	4	The Malta Exchange Steve Berry, Author Minotaur Books, $28.99 (416) 978-1-250-14026-5 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 03/18/2019 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 04/08/2019 Average Rank 11.83 [details] Sales history for The Malta Exchange date, rank 03/18/2019, 5 03/25/2019, 10 04/01/2019, 10 04/08/2019, 19 04/15/2019, 24 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Mar 2019 UNITS SOLD: 3,462 YTD: 27,476	Mar 2019	3,462 27,476
20	-	1	My Lovely Wife Samantha Downing, Author Berkley Books, $26.00 (384) 978-0-451-49172-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Mar 2019 UNITS SOLD: 2,958 YTD: 2,994	Mar 2019	2,958 2,994
21	24	43	There There Tommy Orange, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $26.95 (304) 978-0-525-52037-5 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 06/18/2018 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 07/16/2018 Average Rank 15.93 [details] Sales history for There There date, rank 06/18/2018, 7 06/25/2018, 9 07/02/2018, 7 07/09/2018, 8 07/16/2018, 6 07/23/2018, 9 07/30/2018, 11 08/06/2018, 11 08/13/2018, 11 08/20/2018, 18 08/27/2018, 21 09/03/2018, 20 09/10/2018, 9 09/17/2018, 15 10/01/2018, 23 12/17/2018, 22 12/24/2018, 19 12/31/2018, 18 01/07/2019, 19 01/14/2019, 19 01/28/2019, 16 02/04/2019, 19 02/11/2019, 17 02/18/2019, 23 02/25/2019, 20 03/04/2019, 24 04/01/2019, 24 04/08/2019, 21 LAST WEEK: 24 WEEKS ON LIST: 43 PUB DATE: Jun 2018 UNITS SOLD: 2,672 YTD: 30,303	Jun 2018	2,672 30,303
22	-	1	The Cliff House (Original) Raeanne Thayne, Author Hqn, $26.99 (384) 978-1-335-00490-1 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 04/08/2019 Highest Rank 22 Highest Rank Date 04/08/2019 Average Rank 23.50 [details] Sales history for The Cliff House (Original) date, rank 04/08/2019, 22 04/15/2019, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Mar 2019 UNITS SOLD: 2,645 YTD: 2,771	Mar 2019	2,645 2,771
23	13	6	The Last Romantics Tara Conklin, Author William Morrow & Company, $26.99 (368) 978-0-06-235820-2 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 03/18/2019 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 03/18/2019 Average Rank 14.00 [details] Sales history for The Last Romantics date, rank 03/18/2019, 8 03/25/2019, 11 04/01/2019, 13 04/08/2019, 23 04/15/2019, 15 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Feb 2019 UNITS SOLD: 2,610 YTD: 37,568	Feb 2019	2,610 37,568
24	14	19	Fire & Blood: 300 Years Before a Game of Thrones (a Targaryen History) George R R Martin, Author, Doug Wheatley, Illustrator Bantam, $35.00 (736) 978-1-5247-9628-0 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 12/03/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/03/2018 Average Rank 9.79 [details] Sales history for Fire & Blood: 300 Years Before a Game of Thrones (a Targaryen History) date, rank 12/03/2018, 1 12/10/2018, 2 12/17/2018, 3 12/24/2018, 2 12/31/2018, 2 01/07/2019, 2 01/14/2019, 4 01/21/2019, 5 01/28/2019, 6 02/04/2019, 7 02/11/2019, 6 02/18/2019, 9 02/25/2019, 7 03/04/2019, 9 03/11/2019, 9 03/18/2019, 14 03/25/2019, 15 04/01/2019, 14 04/08/2019, 24 04/15/2019, 22 04/22/2019, 17 04/29/2019, 12 05/06/2019, 12 05/13/2019, 8 05/20/2019, 12 05/27/2019, 9 06/03/2019, 7 06/10/2019, 8 06/17/2019, 16 06/24/2019, 22 07/01/2019, 25 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 19 PUB DATE: Nov 2018 UNITS SOLD: 2,596 YTD: 64,581	Nov 2018	2,596 64,581
25	21	50	Circe Madeline Miller, Author Lee Boudreaux Books, $27.00 (400) 978-0-316-55634-7 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 04/23/2018 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 04/23/2018 Average Rank 18.63 [details] Sales history for Circe date, rank 04/23/2018, 7 04/30/2018, 11 05/07/2018, 10 05/14/2018, 15 05/21/2018, 17 05/28/2018, 15 06/04/2018, 17 06/11/2018, 18 07/02/2018, 25 07/09/2018, 22 07/16/2018, 19 07/23/2018, 23 07/30/2018, 24 08/06/2018, 20 08/13/2018, 22 08/20/2018, 24 08/27/2018, 25 09/10/2018, 7 09/17/2018, 14 12/24/2018, 21 12/31/2018, 21 01/07/2019, 22 01/14/2019, 17 01/21/2019, 16 01/28/2019, 23 02/11/2019, 11 02/18/2019, 19 02/25/2019, 14 03/04/2019, 16 03/11/2019, 24 03/18/2019, 24 03/25/2019, 22 04/01/2019, 21 04/08/2019, 25 04/15/2019, 21 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 50 PUB DATE: Apr 2018 UNITS SOLD: 2,471 YTD: 35,553	Apr 2018	2,471 35,553

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NPD BookScan, week 13 of 2019, data through 03/30/2019; PW Issue of April 8, 2019