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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2021 YTD
1	1	9	A Promised Land Barack Obama, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $45.00 (768) 978-1-5247-6316-9 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/30/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/30/2020 Average Rank 1.00 [details] Sales history for A Promised Land date, rank 11/30/2020, 1 12/02/2020, 1 12/07/2020, 1 12/14/2020, 1 12/21/2020, 1 12/28/2020, 1 01/04/2021, 1 01/11/2021, 1 01/18/2021, 1 01/25/2021, 1 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 32,485 YTD: 79,339	Nov 2020	32,485 79,339
2	2	2	Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age Sanjay Gupta, Author Simon & Schuster, $28.00 (336) 978-1-5011-6673-0 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 01/18/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 01/18/2021 Average Rank 3.25 [details] Sales history for Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age date, rank 01/18/2021, 2 01/25/2021, 2 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jan 2021 UNITS SOLD: 22,470 YTD: 63,588	Jan 2021	22,470 63,588
3	4	13	Greenlights Matthew McConaughey, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $30.00 (304) 978-0-593-13913-4 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/02/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/02/2020 Average Rank 3.50 [details] Sales history for Greenlights date, rank 11/02/2020, 1 11/09/2020, 1 11/16/2020, 4 11/23/2020, 2 11/30/2020, 4 12/02/2020, 2 12/07/2020, 2 12/14/2020, 2 12/21/2020, 2 12/28/2020, 2 01/04/2021, 2 01/11/2021, 2 01/18/2021, 4 01/25/2021, 3 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 19,997 YTD: 45,857	Oct 2020	19,997 45,857
4	5	45	Untamed Glennon Doyle, Author Dial Press, $28.00 (352) 978-1-9848-0125-8 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/23/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/23/2020 Average Rank 5.38 [details] Sales history for Untamed date, rank 03/23/2020, 1 03/30/2020, 2 04/06/2020, 2 04/13/2020, 2 04/20/2020, 2 04/27/2020, 2 05/04/2020, 2 05/11/2020, 3 05/18/2020, 2 05/25/2020, 1 06/01/2020, 1 06/08/2020, 1 06/15/2020, 1 06/22/2020, 3 06/29/2020, 3 07/06/2020, 5 07/13/2020, 3 07/20/2020, 4 07/27/2020, 5 08/03/2020, 6 08/10/2020, 5 08/17/2020, 7 08/24/2020, 6 08/31/2020, 2 09/07/2020, 4 09/14/2020, 2 09/21/2020, 10 09/28/2020, 13 10/05/2020, 13 10/12/2020, 13 10/19/2020, 16 10/26/2020, 11 11/02/2020, 4 11/09/2020, 4 11/16/2020, 7 11/23/2020, 8 11/30/2020, 13 12/02/2020, 15 12/07/2020, 15 12/14/2020, 8 12/21/2020, 9 12/28/2020, 9 01/04/2021, 5 01/11/2021, 3 01/18/2021, 5 01/25/2021, 4 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 45 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: 16,692 YTD: 42,259	Mar 2020	16,692 42,259
5	7	24	Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Isabel Wilkerson, Author Random House, $32.00 (464) 978-0-593-23025-1 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 08/17/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/17/2020 Average Rank 6.72 [details] Sales history for Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents date, rank 08/17/2020, 3 08/24/2020, 4 08/31/2020, 3 09/07/2020, 3 09/14/2020, 3 09/21/2020, 9 09/28/2020, 8 10/05/2020, 8 10/12/2020, 8 10/19/2020, 11 10/26/2020, 4 11/02/2020, 7 11/09/2020, 6 11/16/2020, 6 11/23/2020, 7 11/30/2020, 10 12/02/2020, 14 12/07/2020, 14 12/14/2020, 10 12/21/2020, 7 12/28/2020, 8 01/04/2021, 7 01/11/2021, 5 01/18/2021, 7 01/25/2021, 5 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 24 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 16,536 YTD: 32,665	Aug 2020	16,536 32,665
6	-	1	A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: What Reading the Nineteenth-Century Russians Can Teach Us about Stories, Truth, and Transformation George Saunders, Author Random House, $28.00 (384) 978-1-9848-5602-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jan 2021 UNITS SOLD: 14,704 YTD: 14,704	Jan 2021	14,704 14,704
7	6	9	Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That's Beautiful Again Lysa TerKeurst, Author Thomas Nelson, $26.99 (256) 978-0-7180-3987-5 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/30/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/14/2020 Average Rank 8.31 [details] Sales history for Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That's Beautiful Again date, rank 11/30/2020, 3 12/02/2020, 10 12/07/2020, 10 12/14/2020, 14 12/21/2020, 12 12/28/2020, 22 01/04/2021, 13 01/11/2021, 4 01/18/2021, 6 01/25/2021, 7 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 12,196 YTD: 29,492	Nov 2020	12,196 29,492
8	8	41	Magnolia Table, Volume 2: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering Joanna Gaines, Author William Morrow & Company, $35.00 (352) 978-0-06-282018-1 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/20/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/20/2020 Average Rank 6.98 [details] Sales history for Magnolia Table, Volume 2: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering date, rank 04/20/2020, 1 04/27/2020, 1 05/04/2020, 1 05/11/2020, 1 05/18/2020, 1 05/25/2020, 2 06/01/2020, 4 06/08/2020, 4 06/15/2020, 2 06/22/2020, 4 06/29/2020, 5 07/06/2020, 6 07/13/2020, 4 07/20/2020, 5 07/27/2020, 7 08/03/2020, 10 08/10/2020, 8 08/17/2020, 9 08/24/2020, 8 08/31/2020, 11 09/07/2020, 9 09/14/2020, 13 09/21/2020, 19 09/28/2020, 25 11/16/2020, 12 11/23/2020, 12 11/30/2020, 25 12/02/2020, 17 12/07/2020, 17 12/14/2020, 12 12/21/2020, 16 12/28/2020, 11 01/04/2021, 6 01/11/2021, 11 01/18/2021, 8 01/25/2021, 8 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 41 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 11,118 YTD: 27,043	Apr 2020	11,118 27,043
9	-	1	Ask Your Developer: How to Harness the Power of Software Developers and Win in the 21st Century Jeff Lawson, Author Harper Business, $32.50 (304) 978-0-06-301829-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jan 2021 UNITS SOLD: 11,100 YTD: 11,100	Jan 2021	11,100 11,100
10	11	19	Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day Jay Shetty, Author Simon & Schuster, $27.00 (352) 978-1-9821-3448-8 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/21/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/21/2020 Average Rank 14.81 [details] Sales history for Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day date, rank 09/21/2020, 2 09/28/2020, 7 10/05/2020, 7 10/12/2020, 12 10/26/2020, 20 11/02/2020, 15 11/09/2020, 22 11/16/2020, 18 11/23/2020, 24 12/02/2020, 24 12/07/2020, 24 01/04/2021, 24 01/11/2021, 13 01/18/2021, 11 01/25/2021, 10 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 19 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 8,807 YTD: 17,433	Sep 2020	8,807 17,433
11	23	2	The Beauty of What Remains: How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest Gift Steve Leder, Author Avery Publishing Group, $26.00 (240) 978-0-593-18755-5 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 23 Initial Date 01/18/2021 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 01/25/2021 Average Rank 17.00 [details] Sales history for The Beauty of What Remains: How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest Gift date, rank 01/18/2021, 23 01/25/2021, 11 LAST WEEK: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jan 2021 UNITS SOLD: 8,632 YTD: 13,692	Jan 2021	8,632 13,692
12	9	3	Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts Jennie Allen, Author Waterbrook Press, $23.99 (256) 978-1-60142-964-3 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 02/10/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/09/2020 Average Rank 11.06 [details] Sales history for Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts date, rank 02/10/2020, 3 02/17/2020, 6 02/24/2020, 4 03/02/2020, 7 03/09/2020, 9 03/16/2020, 11 03/23/2020, 8 03/30/2020, 11 04/06/2020, 7 04/13/2020, 8 04/20/2020, 11 04/27/2020, 17 05/04/2020, 10 05/11/2020, 7 05/18/2020, 15 05/25/2020, 9 06/01/2020, 8 06/08/2020, 10 06/15/2020, 8 06/22/2020, 10 06/29/2020, 14 07/06/2020, 12 07/13/2020, 16 07/20/2020, 13 07/27/2020, 19 08/03/2020, 15 08/10/2020, 15 08/17/2020, 20 08/24/2020, 16 08/31/2020, 19 09/07/2020, 14 09/14/2020, 14 09/21/2020, 23 10/05/2020, 24 11/16/2020, 45 01/11/2021, 23 01/18/2021, 9 01/25/2021, 12 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Jan 2020 UNITS SOLD: 7,127 YTD: 16,563	Jan 2020	7,127 16,563
13	-	1	Digital Business Transformation: How Established Companies Sustain Competitive Advantage from Now to Next Nigel Vaz, Author Wiley, $29.00 (224) 978-1-119-75867-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jan 2021 UNITS SOLD: 6,920 YTD: 6,920	Jan 2021	6,920 6,920
14	-	1	The New Great Depression: Winners and Losers in a Post-Pandemic World James Rickards, Author Portfolio, $29.00 (208) 978-0-593-33027-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jan 2021 UNITS SOLD: 6,553 YTD: 6,553	Jan 2021	6,553 6,553
15	15	31	Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art James Nestor, Author Riverhead Books, $28.00 (304) 978-0-7352-1361-6 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 06/08/2020 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 06/15/2020 Average Rank 17.17 [details] Sales history for Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art date, rank 06/08/2020, 12 06/15/2020, 9 07/06/2020, 13 07/13/2020, 12 07/20/2020, 23 07/27/2020, 13 08/03/2020, 12 08/10/2020, 14 08/17/2020, 23 08/24/2020, 21 08/31/2020, 20 09/07/2020, 16 09/14/2020, 20 09/21/2020, 22 11/16/2020, 31 01/11/2021, 18 01/18/2021, 15 01/25/2021, 15 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 31 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,905 YTD: 12,587	May 2020	5,905 12,587
16	12	15	Modern Comfort Food Ina Garten, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $35.00 (272) 978-0-8041-8706-0 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/19/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/19/2020 Average Rank 4.26 [details] Sales history for Modern Comfort Food date, rank 10/19/2020, 1 10/26/2020, 1 11/02/2020, 3 11/09/2020, 2 11/16/2020, 3 11/23/2020, 4 11/30/2020, 8 12/02/2020, 5 12/07/2020, 5 12/14/2020, 3 12/21/2020, 4 12/28/2020, 4 01/04/2021, 3 01/11/2021, 6 01/18/2021, 12 01/25/2021, 16 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,902 YTD: 14,222	Oct 2020	5,902 14,222
17	-	1	Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History Kurt Andersen, Author Random House, $28.00 (304) 978-1-9848-0134-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 08/24/2020 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 08/24/2020 Average Rank 15.67 [details] Sales history for Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History date, rank 08/24/2020, 10 09/07/2020, 20 01/25/2021, 17 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,727 YTD: 6,016	Aug 2020	5,727 6,016
18	3	2	Know Yourself, Know Your Money: Discover Why You Handle Money the Way You Do, and What to Do about It! Rachel Cruze, Author, Dave Ramsey, Foreword by Ramsey Press, $24.99 (272) 978-1-942121-31-2 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 01/18/2021 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 01/18/2021 Average Rank 8.33 [details] Sales history for Know Yourself, Know Your Money: Discover Why You Handle Money the Way You Do, and What to Do about It! date, rank 01/18/2021, 3 01/25/2021, 18 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jan 2021 UNITS SOLD: 5,262 YTD: 37,084	Jan 2021	5,262 37,084
19	-	1	You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism Amber Ruffin, Author, Lacey Lamar, Author Grand Central Publishing, $28.00 (240) 978-1-5387-1936-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jan 2021 UNITS SOLD: 5,076 YTD: 5,076	Jan 2021	5,076 5,076
20	21	10	Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man Emmanuel Acho, Author Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book, $27.99 (256) 978-1-250-80046-6 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/23/2020 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 11/23/2020 Average Rank 17.88 [details] Sales history for Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man date, rank 11/23/2020, 5 11/30/2020, 16 12/02/2020, 21 12/07/2020, 21 12/14/2020, 23 01/11/2021, 16 01/18/2021, 21 01/25/2021, 20 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,052 YTD: 10,833	Nov 2020	5,052 10,833
21	14	3	Plant Over Processed: 75 Simple & Delicious Plant-Based Recipes for Nourishing Your Body and Eating from the Earth Andrea Hannemann, Author Dey Street Books, $26.99 (256) 978-0-06-298651-1 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 01/11/2021 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 01/11/2021 Average Rank 14.67 [details] Sales history for Plant Over Processed: 75 Simple & Delicious Plant-Based Recipes for Nourishing Your Body and Eating from the Earth date, rank 01/11/2021, 9 01/18/2021, 14 01/25/2021, 21 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Dec 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,838 YTD: 11,773	Dec 2020	4,838 11,773
22	-	1	Move the Needle: Yarns from an Unlikely Entrepreneur Shelley Brander, Author Hay House, $24.99 (280) 978-1-4019-6055-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jan 2021 UNITS SOLD: 4,826 YTD: 4,826	Jan 2021	4,826 4,826
23	19	8	The Greatest Secret Rhonda Byrne, Author HarperOne, $26.99 (276) 978-0-06-307848-2 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 12/02/2020 Highest Rank 12 Highest Rank Date 01/11/2021 Average Rank 19.50 [details] Sales history for The Greatest Secret date, rank 12/02/2020, 22 12/07/2020, 22 01/04/2021, 19 01/11/2021, 12 01/18/2021, 19 01/25/2021, 23 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,744 YTD: 10,910	Nov 2020	4,744 10,910
24	10	9	Tasha's Cauldron of Everything (D&d Rules Expansion) (Dungeons & Dragons) Wizards RPG Team, Author Wizards of the Coast, $49.95 (192) 978-0-7869-6702-5 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 11/30/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/30/2020 Average Rank 10.75 [details] Sales history for Tasha's Cauldron of Everything (D&d Rules Expansion) (Dungeons & Dragons) date, rank 11/30/2020, 2 12/02/2020, 8 12/07/2020, 8 12/14/2020, 22 01/11/2021, 8 01/18/2021, 10 01/25/2021, 24 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,679 YTD: 13,723	Nov 2020	4,679 13,723
25	16	6	The Unofficial Disney Parks Cookbook: From Delicious Dole Whip to Tasty Mickey Pretzels, 100 Magical Disney-Inspired Recipes Ashley Craft, Author Adams Media Corporation, $21.99 (256) 978-1-5072-1451-0 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 11/23/2020 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 01/11/2021 Average Rank 16.00 [details] Sales history for The Unofficial Disney Parks Cookbook: From Delicious Dole Whip to Tasty Mickey Pretzels, 100 Magical Disney-Inspired Recipes date, rank 11/23/2020, 14 12/21/2020, 22 01/04/2021, 22 01/11/2021, 7 01/18/2021, 16 01/25/2021, 25 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,586 YTD: 11,142	Nov 2020	4,586 11,142

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