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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2020 YTD
1	2	10	Untamed Glennon Doyle, Author Dial Press, $28.00 (352) 978-1-9848-0125-8 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/23/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/23/2020 Average Rank 3.28 [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 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Mar 2020
2	1	6	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 1 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/20/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/20/2020 Average Rank 1.67 [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 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Apr 2020
3	3	3	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 3 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/11/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/11/2020 Average Rank 3.80 [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 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Apr 2020
4	4	12	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 4.38 [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 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Feb 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Feb 2020
5	-	1	This Is Not a Fashion Story: Taking Chances, Breaking Rules, and Being a Boss in the Big City Danielle Bernstein, Author, Emily Siegel, With Vertel Publishing, $25.99 (256) 978-1-64112-017-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	May 2020
6	5	2	Incomparable Brie Bella, Author, Nikki Bella, Author Gallery Books, $26.99 (256) 978-1-5011-9191-6 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/18/2020 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 05/18/2020 Average Rank 5.50 [details] Sales history for Incomparable date, rank 05/18/2020, 5 05/25/2020, 6 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	May 2020
7	6	26	Becoming: A Guided Journal for Discovering Your Voice Michelle Obama, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $19.99 (208) 978-0-593-13912-7 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 12/02/2019 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 12/30/2019 Average Rank 11.05 [details] Sales history for Becoming: A Guided Journal for Discovering Your Voice date, rank 12/02/2019, 5 12/09/2019, 5 12/16/2019, 5 12/23/2019, 5 12/30/2019, 3 01/06/2020, 3 01/13/2020, 4 01/20/2020, 8 01/27/2020, 16 02/03/2020, 15 02/10/2020, 22 02/17/2020, 24 02/24/2020, 10 03/02/2020, 18 03/09/2020, 23 03/30/2020, 22 05/18/2020, 6 05/25/2020, 7 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 26 PUB DATE: Nov 2019 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Nov 2019
8	-	1	You Can Drop It!: How I Dropped 100 Pounds Enjoying Carbs, Cocktails & Chocolate-And You Can Too! Ilana Muhlstein, Author Galvanized Media, $28.00 (320) 978-1-940358-46-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	May 2020
9	15	16	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 15 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 02/10/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/09/2020 Average Rank 8.21 [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 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: Jan 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Jan 2020
10	11	2	What Makes a Marriage Last: 40 Celebrated Couples Share with Us the Secrets to a Happy Life Marlo Thomas, Author, Phil Donahue, Author HarperOne, $29.99 (640) 978-0-06-298258-2 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 05/18/2020 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 05/25/2020 Average Rank 10.50 [details] Sales history for What Makes a Marriage Last: 40 Celebrated Couples Share with Us the Secrets to a Happy Life date, rank 05/18/2020, 11 05/25/2020, 10 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	May 2020
11	-	1	The Rural Diaries: Love, Livestock, and Big Life Lessons Down on Mischief Farm Hilarie Burton, Author HarperOne, $26.99 (272) 978-0-06-286275-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	May 2020
12	19	3	Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Author Amistad Press, $27.99 (304) 978-0-06-295380-3 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 05/11/2020 Highest Rank 12 Highest Rank Date 05/25/2020 Average Rank 16.33 [details] Sales history for Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter date, rank 05/11/2020, 18 05/18/2020, 19 05/25/2020, 12 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Apr 2020
13	9	2	The Lincoln Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill America's 16th President--And Why It Failed Brad Meltzer, Author, Josh Mensch, Author Flatiron Books, $29.99 (464) 978-1-250-31747-6 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 05/18/2020 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 05/18/2020 Average Rank 11.00 [details] Sales history for The Lincoln Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill America's 16th President--And Why It Failed date, rank 05/18/2020, 9 05/25/2020, 13 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	May 2020
14	47	2	Ask for More: 10 Questions to Negotiate Anything Alexandra Carter, Author Simon & Schuster, $26.99 (256) 978-1-9821-3048-0 LAST WEEK: 47 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	May 2020
15	10	4	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 10 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/04/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/11/2020 Average Rank 8.50 [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 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Apr 2020
16	8	5	The House of Kennedy James Patterson, Author Little Brown and Company, $29.00 (432) 978-0-316-45448-3 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 04/27/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 04/27/2020 Average Rank 9.00 [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 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Apr 2020
17	27	5	What It's Like to Be a Bird: What Birds Are Doing, and Why--From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing David Allen Sibley, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $40.00 (288) 978-0-307-95789-4 Last rank 27 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 04/27/2020 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 04/27/2020 Average Rank 18.33 [details] Sales history for What It's Like to Be a Bird: What Birds Are Doing, and Why--From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing date, rank 04/27/2020, 14 05/11/2020, 24 05/25/2020, 17 LAST WEEK: 27 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Apr 2020
18	-	1	Fiber Fueled: The Plant-Based Gut Health Program for Losing Weight, Restoring Your Health, and Optimizing Your Microbiome Will Bulsiewicz, Author Avery Publishing Group, $27.00 (464) 978-0-593-08456-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	May 2020
19	16	6	Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family Robert Kolker, Author Doubleday Books, $29.95 (416) 978-0-385-54376-7 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 04/20/2020 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 04/20/2020 Average Rank 10.00 [details] Sales history for Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family date, rank 04/20/2020, 5 04/27/2020, 7 05/04/2020, 7 05/11/2020, 6 05/18/2020, 16 05/25/2020, 19 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Apr 2020
20	14	4	Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life Jim Kwik, Author Hay House, $26.99 (344) 978-1-4019-5823-7 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 05/04/2020 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 05/11/2020 Average Rank 16.25 [details] Sales history for Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life date, rank 05/04/2020, 21 05/11/2020, 10 05/18/2020, 14 05/25/2020, 20 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Apr 2020
21	-	1	Chasing My Cure: A Doctor's Race to Turn Hope Into Action; A Memoir David Fajgenbaum, Author Ballantine Books, $27.00 (304) 978-1-5247-9961-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Sep 2019
22	-	1	The World: A Brief Introduction Richard Haass, Author Penguin Press, $29.00 (384) 978-0-399-56239-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	May 2020
23	-	1	That Cheese Plate Will Change Your Life: The Cheese by Numbers Guide to Self-Care Marissa Mullen, Author, Sara Gilanchi, Illustrator Dial Press, $25.00 (320) 978-0-593-15759-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	May 2020
24	13	2	In Awe: Rediscover Your Childlike Wonder to Unleash Inspiration, Meaning, and Joy John O'Leary, Author Currency, $27.00 (272) 978-0-593-13544-0 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 05/18/2020 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 05/18/2020 Average Rank 18.50 [details] Sales history for In Awe: Rediscover Your Childlike Wonder to Unleash Inspiration, Meaning, and Joy date, rank 05/18/2020, 13 05/25/2020, 24 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	May 2020
25	7	30	The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The New Frontier: 120 Fantastic Favorites for Everyday Eating Ree Drummond, Author William Morrow & Company, $29.99 (400) 978-0-06-256137-4 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/04/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/04/2019 Average Rank 7.41 [details] Sales history for The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The New Frontier: 120 Fantastic Favorites for Everyday Eating date, rank 11/04/2019, 1 11/11/2019, 1 11/18/2019, 4 11/25/2019, 3 12/02/2019, 4 12/09/2019, 1 12/16/2019, 1 12/23/2019, 1 12/30/2019, 1 01/06/2020, 2 01/13/2020, 8 01/20/2020, 14 01/27/2020, 18 02/03/2020, 17 02/10/2020, 25 02/24/2020, 19 05/11/2020, 23 05/18/2020, 7 05/25/2020, 25 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 30 PUB DATE: Oct 2019 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Oct 2019

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

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

As of 3/28/2020, due to extreme sales volatility caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, we are temporarily omitting unit sales for individual titles from the lists.

NPD BookScan, week 20 of 2020 data through 5/16/2020; PW Issue of May 25, 2020