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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2024 YTD
1	2	4	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 2 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 04/08/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/08/2024 Average Rank 4.29 [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 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Mar 2024 UNITS SOLD: 28,127 YTD: 85,084	Mar 2024	28,127 85,084
2	-	1	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 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 04/29/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/29/2024 Average Rank 4.50 [details] Sales history for An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s date, rank 04/29/2024, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 21,517 YTD: 21,517	Apr 2024	21,517 21,517
3	-	1	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 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 04/29/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 04/29/2024 Average Rank 5.50 [details] Sales history for Seriously, So Good: Simple Recipes for a Balanced Life (a Cookbook) date, rank 04/29/2024, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 20,320 YTD: 20,320	Apr 2024	20,320 20,320
4	-	1	Love, Mom: Inspiring Stories Celebrating Motherhood Nicole Saphier, Author Broadside Books, $29.99 (240) 978-0-06-332565-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 17,356 YTD: 17,356	Apr 2024	17,356 17,356
5	-	1	Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder Salman Rushdie, Author Random House, $28.00 (224) 978-0-593-73024-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 7,276 YTD: 7,276	Apr 2024	7,276 7,276
6	1	2	Somehow: Thoughts on Love Anne Lamott, Author Riverhead Books, $22.00 (192) 978-0-593-71441-6 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/22/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/22/2024 Average Rank 3.50 [details] Sales history for Somehow: Thoughts on Love date, rank 04/22/2024, 1 04/29/2024, 6 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,753 YTD: 28,719	Apr 2024	6,753 28,719
7	3	2	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 3 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 04/22/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 04/22/2024 Average Rank 5.00 [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 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,242 YTD: 15,882	Apr 2024	6,242 15,882
8	-	1	Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real about the End Alua Arthur, Author Mariner Books, $28.99 (272) 978-0-06-324003-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,199 YTD: 6,199	Apr 2024	6,199 6,199
9	-	1	Financial Literacy for All: Disrupt Poverty, Alleviate Struggle, Grow the Middle Class, and Start Building Wealth John Hope Bryant, Author Wiley, $30.00 (224) 978-1-394-20902-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,089 YTD: 6,089	Apr 2024	6,089 6,089
10	-	1	My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-Wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me Caleb Carr, Author Little Brown and Company, $30.00 (352) 978-0-316-50360-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,653 YTD: 5,653	Apr 2024	5,653 5,653
11	7	3	Indulge: Delicious and Decadent Dishes to Enjoy and Share Valerie Bertinelli, Author Harvest Publications, $35.00 (352) 978-0-06-324472-6 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 04/15/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 04/15/2024 Average Rank 7.50 [details] Sales history for Indulge: Delicious and Decadent Dishes to Enjoy and Share date, rank 04/15/2024, 3 04/22/2024, 7 04/29/2024, 11 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,157 YTD: 29,889	Apr 2024	5,157 29,889
12	13	14	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 13 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 01/29/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 01/29/2024 Average Rank 13.53 [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 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Jan 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,992 YTD: 82,565	Jan 2024	4,992 82,565
13	8	53	The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder David Grann, Author Doubleday Books, $30.00 (352) 978-0-385-53426-0 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/01/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/08/2023 Average Rank 6.94 [details] Sales history for The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder date, rank 05/01/2023, 2 05/08/2023, 1 05/15/2023, 3 05/22/2023, 5 05/29/2023, 3 06/05/2023, 2 06/12/2023, 3 06/19/2023, 3 06/26/2023, 3 07/03/2023, 2 07/10/2023, 5 07/17/2023, 6 07/24/2023, 9 07/31/2023, 9 08/07/2023, 3 08/14/2023, 5 08/21/2023, 6 08/28/2023, 5 09/04/2023, 8 09/11/2023, 6 09/18/2023, 12 09/25/2023, 17 10/02/2023, 23 11/20/2023, 25 11/27/2023, 13 12/04/2023, 5 12/11/2023, 7 12/18/2023, 3 12/25/2023, 3 01/01/2024, 2 01/08/2024, 2 01/15/2024, 4 01/22/2024, 5 01/29/2024, 6 02/05/2024, 7 02/12/2024, 4 02/19/2024, 3 02/26/2024, 4 03/04/2024, 7 03/11/2024, 13 03/18/2024, 8 03/25/2024, 9 04/01/2024, 8 04/08/2024, 10 04/15/2024, 11 04/22/2024, 8 04/29/2024, 13 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 53 PUB DATE: Apr 2023 UNITS SOLD: 4,769 YTD: 114,777	Apr 2023	4,769 114,777
14	6	4	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 6 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 04/08/2024 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 04/08/2024 Average Rank 8.00 [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 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Mar 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,505 YTD: 28,167	Mar 2024	4,505 28,167
15	-	1	Pizza Night: Deliciously Doable Recipes for Pizza and Salad Alexandra Stafford, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $30.00 (256) 978-0-593-57994-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,368 YTD: 4,368	Apr 2024	4,368 4,368
16	-	1	Red Helicopter--A Parable for Our Times: Lead Change with Kindness (Plus a Little Math) James Rhee, Author HarperOne, $29.99 (320) 978-0-06-331714-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,296 YTD: 11,367	Apr 2024	4,296 11,367
17	10	5	Get It Together: Troubling Tales from the Liberal Fringe Jesse Watters, Author Broadside Books, $30.00 (336) 978-0-06-325203-5 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 04/01/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/01/2024 Average Rank 7.33 [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 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Mar 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,692 YTD: 60,886	Mar 2024	3,692 60,886
18	14	9	Mostly What God Does Savannah Guthrie, Author Thomas Nelson, $29.99 (240) 978-1-4003-4112-2 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/04/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/04/2024 Average Rank 7.82 [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 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Feb 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,475 YTD: 130,915	Feb 2024	3,475 130,915
19	21	4	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 21 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 04/08/2024 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 04/08/2024 Average Rank 17.00 [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 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Mar 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,281 YTD: 15,640	Mar 2024	3,281 15,640
20	18	9	Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection Charles Duhigg, Author Random House, $30.00 (320) 978-0-593-24391-6 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 03/04/2024 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 03/04/2024 Average Rank 13.67 [details] Sales history for Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection date, rank 03/04/2024, 5 03/11/2024, 6 03/18/2024, 10 03/25/2024, 11 04/01/2024, 14 04/08/2024, 15 04/15/2024, 24 04/22/2024, 18 04/29/2024, 20 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Feb 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,183 YTD: 58,094	Feb 2024	3,183 58,094
21	17	10	Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do about It Jennie Allen, Author Waterbrook Press, $27.00 (256) 978-0-593-19341-9 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 02/26/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 02/26/2024 Average Rank 14.67 [details] Sales history for Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do about It date, rank 02/26/2024, 3 03/04/2024, 10 03/11/2024, 16 03/18/2024, 21 04/22/2024, 17 04/29/2024, 21 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Feb 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,181 YTD: 43,196	Feb 2024	3,181 43,196
22	12	9	Worthy: How to Believe You Are Enough and Transform Your Life Jamie Kern Lima, Author Hay House, $27.00 (352) 978-1-4019-7760-3 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 03/04/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 03/04/2024 Average Rank 11.55 [details] Sales history for Worthy: How to Believe You Are Enough and Transform Your Life date, rank 03/04/2024, 2 03/11/2024, 2 03/18/2024, 9 03/25/2024, 21 04/01/2024, 18 04/08/2024, 17 04/15/2024, 17 04/22/2024, 12 04/29/2024, 22 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Feb 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,062 YTD: 105,638	Feb 2024	3,062 105,638
23	16	8	Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans Peter Schweizer, Author Harper, $32.00 (320) 978-0-06-306119-4 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 03/11/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/11/2024 Average Rank 9.60 [details] Sales history for Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans date, rank 03/11/2024, 1 03/18/2024, 1 03/25/2024, 3 04/01/2024, 4 04/08/2024, 16 04/15/2024, 21 04/22/2024, 16 04/29/2024, 23 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Feb 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,805 YTD: 105,490	Feb 2024	2,805 105,490
24	11	3	Plantyou: Scrappy Cooking: 140+ Plant-Based Zero-Waste Recipes That Are Good for You, Your Wallet, and the Planet Carleigh Bodrug, Author Hachette Go, $32.00 (384) 978-0-306-83242-0 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 04/15/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/15/2024 Average Rank 11.25 [details] Sales history for Plantyou: Scrappy Cooking: 140+ Plant-Based Zero-Waste Recipes That Are Good for You, Your Wallet, and the Planet date, rank 04/15/2024, 2 04/22/2024, 11 04/29/2024, 24 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,617 YTD: 30,828	Apr 2024	2,617 30,828
25	-	1	New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West David E Sanger, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $32.00 (352) 978-0-593-44359-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,596 YTD: 2,596	Apr 2024	2,596 2,596

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Apr. 19, 2024; appearing in the Apr. 29, 2024, print edition of PW

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