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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2020 YTD
1	-	1	The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir John Bolton, Author Simon & Schuster, $32.50 (592) 978-1-9821-4803-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 07/06/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/06/2020 Average Rank 1.00 [details] Sales history for The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir date, rank 07/06/2020, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 221,341 YTD: 221,341	Jun 2020	221,341 221,341
2	1	5	How to Be an Antiracist Ibram X Kendi, Author One World, $25.00 (160) 978-0-525-50928-8 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 08/26/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/26/2019 Average Rank 4.88 [details] Sales history for How to Be an Antiracist date, rank 08/26/2019, 1 09/02/2019, 2 09/09/2019, 8 09/16/2019, 10 06/08/2020, 8 06/15/2020, 5 06/22/2020, 2 06/29/2020, 1 07/06/2020, 2 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Aug 2019 UNITS SOLD: 84,142 YTD: 302,356	Aug 2019	84,142 302,356
3	2	3	Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World Chris Wallace, Author, Mitch Weiss, With Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (320) 978-1-9821-4334-3 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 06/22/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/22/2020 Average Rank 3.00 [details] Sales history for Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World date, rank 06/22/2020, 1 06/29/2020, 2 07/06/2020, 3 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 19,607 YTD: 106,604	Jun 2020	19,607 106,604
4	-	1	Dream Big: Know What You Want, Why You Want It, and What You're Going to Do about It Bob Goff, Author Thomas Nelson, $26.99 (256) 978-1-4002-1949-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 19,458 YTD: 19,458	Jun 2020	19,458 19,458
5	3	16	Untamed Glennon Doyle, Author Dial Press, $28.00 (352) 978-1-9848-0125-8 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/23/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/23/2020 Average Rank 3.00 [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 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: 18,911 YTD: 482,648	Mar 2020	18,911 482,648
6	5	12	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 5 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/20/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/20/2020 Average Rank 2.80 [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 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 14,475 YTD: 520,230	Apr 2020	14,475 520,230
7	4	18	The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz Erik Larson, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $30.00 (592) 978-0-385-34871-3 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/09/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/09/2020 Average Rank 4.54 [details] Sales history for The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz date, rank 03/09/2020, 1 03/16/2020, 2 03/23/2020, 5 03/30/2020, 3 04/06/2020, 1 04/13/2020, 1 04/20/2020, 3 04/27/2020, 3 05/04/2020, 4 05/11/2020, 5 05/18/2020, 4 05/25/2020, 4 06/01/2020, 6 06/08/2020, 6 06/15/2020, 6 06/22/2020, 5 06/29/2020, 4 07/06/2020, 7 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: Feb 2020 UNITS SOLD: 12,575 YTD: 338,926	Feb 2020	12,575 338,926
8	9	4	Blitz: Trump Will Smash the Left and Win David Horowitz, Author Humanix Books, $27.99 (272) 978-1-63006-138-8 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 06/22/2020 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 07/06/2020 Average Rank 10.67 [details] Sales history for Blitz: Trump Will Smash the Left and Win date, rank 06/22/2020, 15 06/29/2020, 9 07/06/2020, 8 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 10,228 YTD: 25,041	Jun 2020	10,228 25,041
9	8	4	Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor Layla Saad, Author, Robin Diangelo, Foreword by Sourcebooks, $25.99 (256) 978-1-7282-0980-7 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 02/10/2020 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 02/10/2020 Average Rank 11.60 [details] Sales history for Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor date, rank 02/10/2020, 6 06/08/2020, 19 06/15/2020, 16 06/29/2020, 8 07/06/2020, 9 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Jan 2020 UNITS SOLD: 9,835 YTD: 49,139	Jan 2020	9,835 49,139
10	6	4	The United States of Socialism Dinesh D'Souza, Author All Points Books, $29.99 (288) 978-1-250-16378-3 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 06/15/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 06/15/2020 Average Rank 6.50 [details] Sales history for The United States of Socialism date, rank 06/15/2020, 4 06/22/2020, 6 06/29/2020, 6 07/06/2020, 10 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 7,489 YTD: 42,921	Jun 2020	7,489 42,921
11	10	9	Relationship Goals: How to Win at Dating, Marriage, and Sex Michael Todd, Author Waterbrook Press, $23.00 (208) 978-0-593-19257-3 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/11/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/08/2020 Average Rank 5.21 [details] Sales history for Relationship Goals: How to Win at Dating, Marriage, and Sex date, rank 05/11/2020, 2 05/18/2020, 3 05/25/2020, 3 06/01/2020, 2 06/08/2020, 3 06/15/2020, 3 06/22/2020, 7 06/29/2020, 10 07/06/2020, 11 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 6,718 YTD: 172,955	Apr 2020	6,718 172,955
12	14	22	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 14 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 02/10/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/09/2020 Average Rank 8.50 [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 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 22 PUB DATE: Jan 2020 UNITS SOLD: 6,433 YTD: 154,183	Jan 2020	6,433 154,183
13	-	4	Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art James Nestor, Author Riverhead Books, $28.00 (304) 978-0-7352-1361-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 06/08/2020 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 06/15/2020 Average Rank 11.33 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,868 YTD: 21,498	May 2020	5,868 21,498
14	11	2	The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump Mary Jordan, Author Simon & Schuster, $28.00 (352) 978-1-9821-1340-7 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 06/29/2020 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 06/29/2020 Average Rank 12.50 [details] Sales history for The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump date, rank 06/29/2020, 11 07/06/2020, 14 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,478 YTD: 14,146	Jun 2020	5,478 14,146
15	23	42	Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know Malcolm Gladwell, Author Little Brown and Company, $30.00 (304) 978-0-316-47852-6 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/23/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/23/2019 Average Rank 10.70 [details] Sales history for Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know date, rank 09/23/2019, 1 09/30/2019, 1 10/07/2019, 3 10/14/2019, 4 10/21/2019, 3 10/28/2019, 8 11/04/2019, 12 11/11/2019, 9 11/18/2019, 6 11/25/2019, 10 12/02/2019, 10 12/09/2019, 8 12/16/2019, 10 12/23/2019, 10 12/30/2019, 6 01/06/2020, 6 01/13/2020, 3 01/20/2020, 3 01/27/2020, 5 02/03/2020, 5 02/10/2020, 9 02/17/2020, 8 02/24/2020, 7 03/02/2020, 12 03/09/2020, 15 03/16/2020, 21 03/23/2020, 22 03/30/2020, 16 04/06/2020, 15 04/13/2020, 19 04/20/2020, 23 04/27/2020, 22 05/04/2020, 18 06/08/2020, 23 06/15/2020, 20 06/22/2020, 18 06/29/2020, 23 07/06/2020, 15 LAST WEEK: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 42 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 4,507 YTD: 109,019	Sep 2019	4,507 109,019
16	-	1	The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win Maria Konnikova, Author Penguin Press, $28.00 (368) 978-0-525-52262-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,447 YTD: 4,447	Jun 2020	4,447 4,447
17	27	4	Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot Mikki Kendall, Author Viking, $26.00 (288) 978-0-525-56054-8 LAST WEEK: 27 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Feb 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,416 YTD: 22,161	Feb 2020	4,416 22,161
18	15	10	Medical Medium Cleanse to Heal: Healing Plans for Sufferers of Anxiety, Depression, Acne, Eczema, Lyme, Gut Problems, Brain Fog, Weight Issues, Migrai Anthony William, Author Hay House, $34.99 (560) 978-1-4019-5845-9 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/04/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/11/2020 Average Rank 10.50 [details] Sales history for Medical Medium Cleanse to Heal: Healing Plans for Sufferers of Anxiety, Depression, Acne, Eczema, Lyme, Gut Problems, Brain Fog, Weight Issues, Migrai date, rank 05/04/2020, 5 05/11/2020, 4 05/18/2020, 10 05/25/2020, 15 06/01/2020, 7 06/08/2020, 7 06/15/2020, 13 06/22/2020, 11 06/29/2020, 15 07/06/2020, 18 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,295 YTD: 84,745	Apr 2020	4,295 84,745
19	13	9	Fortitude Dan Crenshaw, Author Twelve, $28.00 (224) 978-1-5387-3330-1 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 04/20/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 06/08/2020 Average Rank 11.40 [details] Sales history for Fortitude date, rank 04/20/2020, 4 05/04/2020, 8 05/18/2020, 12 06/01/2020, 12 06/08/2020, 14 06/15/2020, 18 06/22/2020, 12 06/29/2020, 13 07/06/2020, 19 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,198 YTD: 103,181	Apr 2020	4,198 103,181
20	-	1	The Art of the Last of Us Part 2 Naughty Dog, Author Dark Horse Books, $39.99 (200) 978-1-5067-1376-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,421 YTD: 3,421	Jun 2020	3,421 3,421
21	-	1	Primitive: Tapping the Primal Drive Powering the World's Most Successful People Marco Greenberg, Author Hachette Books, $28.00 (256) 978-0-316-53037-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,169 YTD: 3,817	Apr 2020	3,169 3,817
22	36	2	Personality Isn't Permanent: Break Free from Self-Limiting Beliefs and Rewrite Your Story Benjamin Hardy, Author Portfolio, $27.00 (256) 978-0-593-08331-4 LAST WEEK: 36 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,846 YTD: 5,716	Jun 2020	2,846 5,716
23	17	3	Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America Stacey Abrams, Author Henry Holt & Company, $27.99 (304) 978-1-250-25770-3 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 06/22/2020 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 06/22/2020 Average Rank 16.33 [details] Sales history for Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America date, rank 06/22/2020, 9 06/29/2020, 17 07/06/2020, 23 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,825 YTD: 15,075	Jun 2020	2,825 15,075
24	-	1	I Tried to Change So You Don't Have to: True Life Lessons Loni Love, Author Hachette Go, $28.00 (240) 978-0-306-87372-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,813 YTD: 2,813	Jun 2020	2,813 2,813
25	26	11	The House of Kennedy James Patterson, Author Little Brown and Company, $29.00 (432) 978-0-316-45448-3 Last rank 26 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 04/27/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 04/27/2020 Average Rank 14.36 [details] Sales history for The House of Kennedy date, rank 04/27/2020, 4 05/04/2020, 6 05/11/2020, 11 05/18/2020, 8 05/25/2020, 16 06/01/2020, 16 06/08/2020, 17 06/15/2020, 24 06/22/2020, 22 07/06/2020, 25 LAST WEEK: 26 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,638 YTD: 71,774	Apr 2020	2,638 71,774

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NPD BookScan, week 26 of 2020 data through 6/27/2020; PW Issue of July 6, 2020