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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2020 YTD
1	1	3	Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man Mary L Trump, Author Simon & Schuster, $28.00 (240) 978-1-9821-4146-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 07/27/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/27/2020 Average Rank 1.00 [details] Sales history for Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man date, rank 07/27/2020, 1 08/03/2020, 1 08/10/2020, 1 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 154,127 YTD: 897,511	Jul 2020	154,127 897,511
2	4	10	How to Be an Antiracist Ibram X Kendi, Author One World, $25.00 (160) 978-0-525-50928-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 08/26/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/26/2019 Average Rank 4.28 [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 07/13/2020, 2 07/20/2020, 2 07/27/2020, 2 08/03/2020, 4 08/10/2020, 2 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Aug 2019 UNITS SOLD: 21,621 YTD: 483,332	Aug 2019	21,621 483,332
3	-	1	The Plus: Self-Help for People Who Hate Self-Help Greg Gutfeld, Author Threshold Editions, $24.00 (224) 978-1-9821-4991-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 19,068 YTD: 19,068	Jul 2020	19,068 19,068
4	2	2	How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps Ben Shapiro, Author Broadside Books, $28.99 (288) 978-0-06-300187-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 08/03/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/03/2020 Average Rank 2.75 [details] Sales history for How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps date, rank 08/03/2020, 2 08/10/2020, 4 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 18,861 YTD: 73,233	Jul 2020	18,861 73,233
5	6	21	Untamed Glennon Doyle, Author Dial Press, $28.00 (352) 978-1-9848-0125-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/23/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/23/2020 Average Rank 3.51 [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 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 21 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: 17,226 YTD: 572,626	Mar 2020	17,226 572,626
6	3	2	The Answer Is . . .: Reflections on My Life Alex Trebek, Author Simon & Schuster, $25.00 (272) 978-1-9821-5799-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 08/03/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/03/2020 Average Rank 4.25 [details] Sales history for The Answer Is . . .: Reflections on My Life date, rank 08/03/2020, 3 08/10/2020, 6 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 15,557 YTD: 54,273	Jul 2020	15,557 54,273
7	8	5	Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own Eddie S Glaude, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $27.00 (288) 978-0-525-57532-0 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 07/13/2020 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 08/10/2020 Average Rank 9.20 [details] Sales history for Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own date, rank 07/13/2020, 8 07/20/2020, 14 07/27/2020, 9 08/03/2020, 8 08/10/2020, 7 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 15,181 YTD: 50,002	Jun 2020	15,181 50,002
8	10	17	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 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/20/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/20/2020 Average Rank 3.41 [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 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 11,880 YTD: 579,178	Apr 2020	11,880 579,178
9	5	6	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 2.83 [details] Sales history for The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir date, rank 07/06/2020, 1 07/13/2020, 1 07/20/2020, 1 07/27/2020, 3 08/03/2020, 5 08/10/2020, 9 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 9,964 YTD: 629,227	Jun 2020	9,964 629,227
10	9	9	Blitz: Trump Will Smash the Left and Win David Horowitz, Author Humanix Books, $27.99 (272) 978-1-63006-138-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 06/22/2020 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 08/10/2020 Average Rank 10.00 [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 07/13/2020, 17 07/20/2020, 8 07/27/2020, 10 08/03/2020, 9 08/10/2020, 10 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 8,432 YTD: 67,705	Jun 2020	8,432 67,705
11	-	1	The World of Cyberpunk 2077 Marcin Batylda, Author Dark Horse Books, $39.99 (192) 978-1-5067-1358-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 7,301 YTD: 7,301	Jul 2020	7,301 7,301
12	14	14	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 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/11/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/08/2020 Average Rank 6.62 [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 07/13/2020, 9 07/20/2020, 11 07/27/2020, 18 08/03/2020, 14 08/10/2020, 12 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 6,416 YTD: 205,716	Apr 2020	6,416 205,716
13	13	23	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 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/09/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/09/2020 Average Rank 5.49 [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 07/13/2020, 6 07/20/2020, 9 07/27/2020, 12 08/03/2020, 13 08/10/2020, 13 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 23 PUB DATE: Feb 2020 UNITS SOLD: 6,360 YTD: 376,874	Feb 2020	6,360 376,874
14	12	9	Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art James Nestor, Author Riverhead Books, $28.00 (304) 978-0-7352-1361-6 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 06/08/2020 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 06/15/2020 Average Rank 13.50 [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 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: 6,324 YTD: 51,780	May 2020	6,324 51,780
15	15	27	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 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 02/10/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/09/2020 Average Rank 9.18 [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 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 27 PUB DATE: Jan 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,746 YTD: 182,025	Jan 2020	5,746 182,025
16	-	1	Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life Bill Perkins, Author Houghton Mifflin, $27.00 (256) 978-0-358-09976-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,524 YTD: 5,524	Jul 2020	5,524 5,524
17	-	1	Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir Natasha Trethewey, Author Ecco Press, $27.99 (224) 978-0-06-224857-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,602 YTD: 4,602	Jul 2020	4,602 4,602
18	20	15	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 20 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/04/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/11/2020 Average Rank 13.33 [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 07/13/2020, 19 07/20/2020, 21 07/27/2020, 17 08/03/2020, 20 08/10/2020, 18 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,457 YTD: 108,558	Apr 2020	4,457 108,558
19	16	8	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 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 06/22/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/22/2020 Average Rank 7.33 [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 07/13/2020, 5 07/20/2020, 7 07/27/2020, 16 08/03/2020, 16 08/10/2020, 19 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,165 YTD: 142,125	Jun 2020	4,165 142,125
20	22	4	Apocalypse Never: How the Left's New Lies about Climate Change Hurt People and Nature Michael Shellenberger, Author Harper, $28.99 (272) 978-0-06-300169-5 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 07/13/2020 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 07/13/2020 Average Rank 18.33 [details] Sales history for Apocalypse Never: How the Left's New Lies about Climate Change Hurt People and Nature date, rank 07/13/2020, 13 08/03/2020, 22 08/10/2020, 20 LAST WEEK: 22 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,837 YTD: 16,070	Jun 2020	3,837 16,070
21	23	9	The United States of Socialism Dinesh D'Souza, Author All Points Books, $29.99 (288) 978-1-250-16378-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 06/15/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 06/15/2020 Average Rank 11.73 [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 07/13/2020, 10 07/20/2020, 12 07/27/2020, 22 08/03/2020, 23 08/10/2020, 21 LAST WEEK: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,639 YTD: 67,473	Jun 2020	3,639 67,473
22	-	1	You Look So Much Better in Person: True Stories of Absurdity and Success Al Roker, Author Hachette Go, $28.00 (256) 978-0-316-42679-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,225 YTD: 3,225	Jul 2020	3,225 3,225
23	-	1	Meghan and Harry: The Real Story Lady Colin Campbell, Author Pegasus Books, $27.95 (432) 978-1-64313-674-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,763 YTD: 2,763	Jul 2020	2,763 2,763
24	11	2	Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of the Authoritarian State Anne Applebaum, Author Doubleday Books, $25.00 (208) 978-0-385-54580-8 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 08/03/2020 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 08/03/2020 Average Rank 17.50 [details] Sales history for Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of the Authoritarian State date, rank 08/03/2020, 11 08/10/2020, 24 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,757 YTD: 10,254	Jul 2020	2,757 10,254
25	31	9	Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot Mikki Kendall, Author Viking, $26.00 (288) 978-0-525-56054-8 Last rank 31 Initial Rank 17 Initial Date 07/06/2020 Highest Rank 17 Highest Rank Date 07/06/2020 Average Rank 21.33 [details] Sales history for Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot date, rank 07/06/2020, 17 07/13/2020, 22 08/10/2020, 25 LAST WEEK: 31 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Feb 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,743 YTD: 36,562	Feb 2020	2,743 36,562

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NPD BookScan, week 31 of 2020 data through 8/1/2020; PW Issue of August 10, 2020