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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2024 YTD
1	1	2	Big Shot (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #16) Jeff Kinney, Author Amulet Books, $14.99 (224) 978-1-4197-4915-5 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/08/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/08/2021 Average Rank 4.40 [details] Sales history for Big Shot (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #16) date, rank 11/08/2021, 1 11/15/2021, 1 11/22/2021, 1 11/29/2021, 2 12/06/2021, 2 12/13/2021, 3 12/20/2021, 4 12/27/2021, 1 01/03/2022, 1 01/10/2022, 8 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 124,011 YTD: 335,365	Oct 2021	124,011 335,365
2	2	2	Half Homemade, Fully Delicious: An in the Kitchen with David Cookbook from Qvc's Resident Foodie David Venable, Author Ballantine Books, $32.00 (288) 978-0-593-35796-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 11/08/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/08/2021 Average Rank 5.31 [details] Sales history for Half Homemade, Fully Delicious: An in the Kitchen with David Cookbook from Qvc's Resident Foodie date, rank 11/08/2021, 2 11/15/2021, 2 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 64,583 YTD: 122,662	Oct 2021	64,583 122,662
3	-	1	The Stranger in the Lifeboat Mitch Albom, Author Harper, $23.99 (224) 978-0-06-288834-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/15/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/15/2021 Average Rank 7.80 [details] Sales history for The Stranger in the Lifeboat date, rank 11/15/2021, 3 11/22/2021, 3 11/29/2021, 9 12/13/2021, 1 01/03/2022, 5 01/10/2022, 1 02/07/2022, 1 03/14/2022, 1 04/11/2022, 1 05/16/2022, 1 06/06/2022, 2 07/18/2022, 1 08/08/2022, 1 09/12/2022, 1 10/10/2022, 1 11/14/2022, 3 12/12/2022, 1 01/09/2023, 1 02/13/2023, 3 03/13/2023, 5 04/10/2023, 6 05/08/2023, 9 05/15/2023, 9 12/11/2023, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2021 UNITS SOLD: 52,176 YTD: 52,176	Nov 2021	52,176 52,176
4	3	3	The Judge's List John Grisham, Author Doubleday Books, $29.95 (368) 978-0-385-54602-7 Last rank 26 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/01/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/01/2021 Average Rank 6.31 [details] Sales history for The Judge's List date, rank 11/01/2021, 1 11/08/2021, 3 11/15/2021, 4 11/22/2021, 5 11/29/2021, 6 12/06/2021, 7 12/13/2021, 9 12/20/2021, 8 12/27/2021, 5 01/03/2022, 4 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 46,146 YTD: 194,332	Oct 2021	46,146 194,332
5	-	1	Lore Olympus: Volume One Rachel Smythe, Author Del Rey Books, $26.99 (368) 978-0-593-16029-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 11/15/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 12/13/2021 Average Rank 15.38 [details] Sales history for Lore Olympus: Volume One date, rank 11/15/2021, 5 12/13/2021, 2 01/10/2022, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2021 UNITS SOLD: 44,713 YTD: 44,713	Nov 2021	44,713 44,713
6	-	1	Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight Janet Evanovich, Author Atria Books, $28.99 (320) 978-1-9821-5487-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 11/15/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/13/2021 Average Rank 11.17 [details] Sales history for Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight date, rank 11/15/2021, 6 12/13/2021, 1 01/10/2022, 2 02/07/2022, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2021 UNITS SOLD: 44,285 YTD: 44,285	Nov 2021	44,285 44,285
7	-	1	Immune: A Journey Into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive Philipp Dettmer, Author Random House, $35.00 (368) 978-0-593-24131-8 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 11/15/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/15/2021 Average Rank 6.33 [details] Sales history for Immune: A Journey Into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive date, rank 11/15/2021, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2021 UNITS SOLD: 38,525 YTD: 38,525	Nov 2021	38,525 38,525
8	-	1	The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present Paul McCartney, Author, Paul Muldoon, Editor Liveright Publishing Corporation, $100.00 (960) 978-1-63149-256-3 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 11/15/2021 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/15/2021 Average Rank 11.40 [details] Sales history for The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present date, rank 11/15/2021, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2021 UNITS SOLD: 36,954 YTD: 36,954	Nov 2021	36,954 36,954
9	5	3	The Pioneer Woman Cooks--Super Easy!: 120 Shortcut Recipes for Dinners, Desserts, and More Ree Drummond, Author William Morrow & Company, $29.99 (384) 978-0-06-296276-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/01/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/01/2021 Average Rank 9.06 [details] Sales history for The Pioneer Woman Cooks--Super Easy!: 120 Shortcut Recipes for Dinners, Desserts, and More date, rank 11/01/2021, 2 11/08/2021, 5 11/15/2021, 9 11/22/2021, 4 11/29/2021, 5 12/06/2021, 10 12/27/2021, 8 01/03/2022, 7 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 36,650 YTD: 168,882	Oct 2021	36,650 168,882
10	-	1	The Bad Guys in They're Bee-Hind You! (The Bad Guys #14) Aaron Blabey, Author Scholastic Paperbacks, $6.99 (192) 978-1-338-32954-4 Last rank 29 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 11/15/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/15/2021 Average Rank 16.45 [details] Sales history for The Bad Guys in They're Bee-Hind You! (The Bad Guys #14) date, rank 11/15/2021, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2021 UNITS SOLD: 30,655 YTD: 30,655	Nov 2021	30,655 30,655

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NPD BookScan, week 45 of 2021 data through 11/06/2021; PW Issue of November 15, 2021