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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2024 YTD
1	1	5	The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness Jonathan Haidt, Author Penguin Press, $30.00 (400) 978-0-593-65503-0 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 04/08/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/08/2024 Average Rank 4.33 [details] Sales history for The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness date, rank 04/08/2024, 1 04/15/2024, 4 04/22/2024, 2 04/29/2024, 1 05/06/2024, 1 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Mar 2024 UNITS SOLD: 15,924 YTD: 101,016	Mar 2024	15,924 101,016
2	-	1	The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security Scott Galloway, Author Portfolio, $32.00 (288) 978-0-593-71402-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 14,971 YTD: 14,971	Apr 2024	14,971 14,971
3	-	1	Love Life: How to Raise Your Standards, Find Your Person, and Live Happily (No Matter What) Matthew Hussey, Author Harper Wave, $28.99 (272) 978-0-06-329438-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 12,767 YTD: 12,767	Apr 2024	12,767 12,767
4	-	1	The Meateater Outdoor Cookbook: Wild Game Recipes for the Grill, Smoker, Campstove, and Campfire Steven Rinella, Author, Krista Ruane, With Random House, $38.00 (496) 978-0-593-44903-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 11,685 YTD: 11,685	Apr 2024	11,685 11,685
5	-	1	The Backyard Bird Chronicles Amy Tan, Author, David Allen Sibley, Foreword by Knopf Publishing Group, $35.00 (320) 978-0-593-53613-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 11,497 YTD: 11,497	Apr 2024	11,497 11,497
6	2	2	An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s Doris Kearns Goodwin, Author Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (496) 978-1-9821-0866-3 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 04/29/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/29/2024 Average Rank 5.00 [details] Sales history for An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s date, rank 04/29/2024, 2 05/06/2024, 6 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 11,228 YTD: 32,764	Apr 2024	11,228 32,764
7	-	1	House Rules: How to Decorate for Every Home, Style, and Budget Myquillyn Smith, Author Fleming H. Revell Company, $29.99 (240) 978-0-8007-4474-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 7,949 YTD: 7,949	Apr 2024	7,949 7,949
8	4	2	Love, Mom: Inspiring Stories Celebrating Motherhood Nicole Saphier, Author Broadside Books, $29.99 (240) 978-0-06-332565-4 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 04/29/2024 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 04/29/2024 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for Love, Mom: Inspiring Stories Celebrating Motherhood date, rank 04/29/2024, 4 05/06/2024, 8 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 7,606 YTD: 24,962	Apr 2024	7,606 24,962
9	-	1	Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent Judi Dench, Author, Brendan O'Hea, Author St. Martin's Press, $32.00 (400) 978-1-250-32577-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,987 YTD: 5,987	Apr 2024	5,987 5,987
10	-	1	By the Time You Read This: The Space Between Cheslie's Smile and Mental Illness--Her Story in Her Own Words April Simpkins, Author, Cheslie Kryst, Author Forefront Books, $26.00 (224) 978-1-63763-300-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,975 YTD: 5,975	Apr 2024	5,975 5,975
11	5	2	Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder Salman Rushdie, Author Random House, $28.00 (224) 978-0-593-73024-9 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 04/29/2024 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 04/29/2024 Average Rank 8.00 [details] Sales history for Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder date, rank 04/29/2024, 5 05/06/2024, 11 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,278 YTD: 12,566	Apr 2024	5,278 12,566
12	7	3	The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook Hampton Sides, Author Doubleday Books, $35.00 (432) 978-0-385-54476-4 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 04/22/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 04/22/2024 Average Rank 7.33 [details] Sales history for The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook date, rank 04/22/2024, 3 04/29/2024, 7 05/06/2024, 12 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,828 YTD: 20,713	Apr 2024	4,828 20,713
13	18	10	Mostly What God Does Savannah Guthrie, Author Thomas Nelson, $29.99 (240) 978-1-4003-4112-2 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/04/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/04/2024 Average Rank 8.25 [details] Sales history for Mostly What God Does date, rank 03/04/2024, 1 03/11/2024, 3 03/18/2024, 5 03/25/2024, 5 04/01/2024, 12 04/08/2024, 13 04/15/2024, 6 04/22/2024, 14 04/29/2024, 18 05/06/2024, 13 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Feb 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,515 YTD: 135,432	Feb 2024	4,515 135,432
14	-	1	Gay Science: The Totally Scientific Examination of LGBTQ+ Culture, Myths, and Trends Rob Anderson, Author DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), $25.00 (224) 978-0-7440-8735-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,459 YTD: 4,459	Apr 2024	4,459 4,459
15	3	2	Seriously, So Good: Simple Recipes for a Balanced Life (a Cookbook) Carissa Stanton, Author S&s/Simon Element, $35.00 (288) 978-1-6680-2072-2 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 04/29/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 04/29/2024 Average Rank 8.67 [details] Sales history for Seriously, So Good: Simple Recipes for a Balanced Life (a Cookbook) date, rank 04/29/2024, 3 05/06/2024, 15 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,329 YTD: 24,649	Apr 2024	4,329 24,649
16	14	5	Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present Fareed Zakaria, Author W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99 (400) 978-0-393-23923-2 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 04/08/2024 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 04/08/2024 Average Rank 9.60 [details] Sales history for Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present date, rank 04/08/2024, 5 04/15/2024, 7 04/22/2024, 6 04/29/2024, 14 05/06/2024, 16 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Mar 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,266 YTD: 32,438	Mar 2024	4,266 32,438
17	31	5	Nuclear War: A Scenario Annie Jacobsen, Author Dutton, $30.00 (336) 978-0-593-47609-3 Last rank 31 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 04/08/2024 Highest Rank 15 Highest Rank Date 04/15/2024 Average Rank 17.67 [details] Sales history for Nuclear War: A Scenario date, rank 04/08/2024, 21 04/15/2024, 15 05/06/2024, 17 LAST WEEK: 31 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Mar 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,147 YTD: 17,757	Mar 2024	4,147 17,757
18	12	15	Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become Like Him. Live as He Did. John Mark Comer, Author Waterbrook Press, $25.00 (304) 978-0-593-19382-2 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 01/29/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 01/29/2024 Average Rank 13.81 [details] Sales history for Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become Like Him. Live as He Did. date, rank 01/29/2024, 2 02/05/2024, 6 02/12/2024, 11 02/19/2024, 11 02/26/2024, 8 03/04/2024, 14 03/11/2024, 18 03/18/2024, 17 03/25/2024, 23 04/01/2024, 16 04/08/2024, 22 04/15/2024, 23 04/22/2024, 13 04/29/2024, 12 05/06/2024, 18 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: Jan 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,090 YTD: 86,655	Jan 2024	4,090 86,655
19	6	3	Somehow: Thoughts on Love Anne Lamott, Author Riverhead Books, $22.00 (192) 978-0-593-71441-6 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/22/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/22/2024 Average Rank 8.67 [details] Sales history for Somehow: Thoughts on Love date, rank 04/22/2024, 1 04/29/2024, 6 05/06/2024, 19 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,764 YTD: 32,483	Apr 2024	3,764 32,483
20	40	26	Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things Adam Grant, Author Viking, $32.00 (304) 978-0-593-65314-2 Last rank 40 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 11/06/2023 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/06/2023 Average Rank 15.52 [details] Sales history for Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things date, rank 11/06/2023, 3 11/13/2023, 9 11/20/2023, 13 11/27/2023, 20 12/04/2023, 21 12/18/2023, 23 12/25/2023, 19 01/01/2024, 15 01/08/2024, 14 01/15/2024, 7 01/22/2024, 10 01/29/2024, 15 02/05/2024, 18 02/12/2024, 14 02/19/2024, 13 02/26/2024, 15 03/04/2024, 19 03/11/2024, 24 03/18/2024, 25 05/06/2024, 20 LAST WEEK: 40 WEEKS ON LIST: 26 PUB DATE: Oct 2023 UNITS SOLD: 3,030 YTD: 60,196	Oct 2023	3,030 60,196
21	17	6	Get It Together: Troubling Tales from the Liberal Fringe Jesse Watters, Author Broadside Books, $30.00 (336) 978-0-06-325203-5 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 04/01/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/01/2024 Average Rank 9.29 [details] Sales history for Get It Together: Troubling Tales from the Liberal Fringe date, rank 04/01/2024, 1 04/08/2024, 4 04/15/2024, 8 04/22/2024, 10 04/29/2024, 17 05/06/2024, 21 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Mar 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,009 YTD: 63,897	Mar 2024	3,009 63,897
22	41	3	Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism Stephen Breyer, Author Simon & Schuster, $32.00 (368) 978-1-6680-2153-8 Last rank 41 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 04/08/2024 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 04/08/2024 Average Rank 14.50 [details] Sales history for Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism date, rank 04/08/2024, 7 05/06/2024, 22 LAST WEEK: 41 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Mar 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,949 YTD: 17,272	Mar 2024	2,949 17,272
23	19	5	Clear Mind, Peaceful Heart: 50 Devotions for Sleeping Well in a World Full of Worry Lysa TerKeurst, Author Thomas Nelson, $24.99 (208) 978-1-4002-4739-4 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 04/08/2024 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 04/08/2024 Average Rank 18.50 [details] Sales history for Clear Mind, Peaceful Heart: 50 Devotions for Sleeping Well in a World Full of Worry date, rank 04/08/2024, 11 04/22/2024, 21 04/29/2024, 19 05/06/2024, 23 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Mar 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,947 YTD: 18,588	Mar 2024	2,947 18,588
24	-	1	The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing Adam Moss, Author Penguin Press, $40.00 (432) 978-0-593-29758-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,827 YTD: 4,163	Apr 2024	2,827 4,163
25	-	1	Poyums (Main) Len Pennie, Author Canongate Books, $22.00 (128) 978-1-80530-138-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,791 YTD: 2,791	Apr 2024	2,791 2,791

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

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

Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Apr. 26, 2024; appearing in the May 6, 2024, print edition of PW

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