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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2024 YTD
1	1	3	Cher: The Memoir, Part One Cher, Author Dey Street Books, $36.00 (432) 978-0-06-286310-2 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 12/02/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/09/2024 Average Rank 2.80 [details] Sales history for Cher: The Memoir, Part One date, rank 12/02/2024, 2 12/09/2024, 1 12/16/2024, 1 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 27,475 YTD: 107,033	Nov 2024	27,475 107,033
2	2	2	Under His Wings: How Faith on the Front Lines Has Protected American Troops Emily Compagno, Author Harper Influence, $32.00 (272) 978-0-06-341763-2 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 12/09/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 12/09/2024 Average Rank 2.00 [details] Sales history for Under His Wings: How Faith on the Front Lines Has Protected American Troops date, rank 12/09/2024, 2 12/16/2024, 2 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 27,181 YTD: 53,249	Nov 2024	27,181 53,249
3	7	9	Melania Melania Trump, Author Skyhorse Publishing, $40.00 (256) 978-1-5107-8269-3 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/21/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/21/2024 Average Rank 3.93 [details] Sales history for Melania date, rank 10/21/2024, 1 10/28/2024, 3 11/04/2024, 8 11/11/2024, 1 11/18/2024, 1 11/25/2024, 2 12/02/2024, 5 12/09/2024, 7 12/16/2024, 3 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 25,604 YTD: 305,555	Oct 2024	25,604 305,555
4	3	3	We Who Wrestle with God Jordan B Peterson, Author Portfolio, $35.00 (432) 978-0-593-54253-8 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 12/02/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/02/2024 Average Rank 2.25 [details] Sales history for We Who Wrestle with God date, rank 12/02/2024, 1 12/09/2024, 3 12/16/2024, 4 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 21,837 YTD: 114,139	Nov 2024	21,837 114,139
5	8	13	Guinness World Records 2025 Guinness World Records, Author Guinness World Records, $29.95 (256) 978-1-913484-56-9 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 09/23/2024 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 12/16/2024 Average Rank 14.22 [details] Sales history for Guinness World Records 2025 date, rank 09/23/2024, 19 10/14/2024, 24 11/04/2024, 24 11/11/2024, 17 11/18/2024, 12 11/25/2024, 10 12/02/2024, 9 12/09/2024, 8 12/16/2024, 5 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 21,287 YTD: 103,138	Sep 2024	21,287 103,138
6	-	1	Main Street Millionaire: How to Make Extraordinary Wealth Buying Ordinary Businesses Codie Sanchez, Author Portfolio, $30.00 (272) 978-0-593-71861-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 21,175 YTD: 21,175	Dec 2024	21,175 21,175
7	13	10	Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir Ina Garten, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $34.00 (320) 978-0-593-79989-5 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/14/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/14/2024 Average Rank 7.83 [details] Sales history for Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir date, rank 10/14/2024, 1 10/21/2024, 3 10/28/2024, 6 11/04/2024, 15 11/11/2024, 7 11/18/2024, 8 11/25/2024, 13 12/02/2024, 14 12/09/2024, 13 12/16/2024, 7 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 20,420 YTD: 199,930	Oct 2024	20,420 199,930
8	5	8	Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions Grisham, John, Author, Jim McCloskey, Author Doubleday Books, $30.00 (352) 978-0-385-55044-4 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/28/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/04/2024 Average Rank 4.27 [details] Sales history for Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions date, rank 10/28/2024, 4 11/04/2024, 1 11/11/2024, 2 11/18/2024, 3 11/25/2024, 3 12/02/2024, 7 12/09/2024, 5 12/16/2024, 8 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 19,968 YTD: 173,983	Oct 2024	19,968 173,983
9	4	12	Good Lookin' Cookin': A Year of Meals - A Lifetime of Family, Friends, and Food Dolly Parton, Author, Rachel Parton George, Author Ten Speed Press, $35.00 (272) 978-1-9848-6316-4 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/30/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/30/2024 Average Rank 11.38 [details] Sales history for Good Lookin' Cookin': A Year of Meals - A Lifetime of Family, Friends, and Food date, rank 09/30/2024, 1 10/07/2024, 6 10/14/2024, 10 10/21/2024, 14 10/28/2024, 15 11/04/2024, 20 11/11/2024, 18 11/18/2024, 17 11/25/2024, 15 12/02/2024, 17 12/09/2024, 4 12/16/2024, 9 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 19,943 YTD: 167,118	Sep 2024	19,943 167,118
10	11	6	The Backyard Bird Chronicles Amy Tan, Author, David Allen Sibley, Foreword by Knopf Publishing Group, $35.00 (320) 978-0-593-53613-1 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/06/2024 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 05/06/2024 Average Rank 14.57 [details] Sales history for The Backyard Bird Chronicles date, rank 05/06/2024, 5 05/13/2024, 15 05/20/2024, 19 05/27/2024, 22 06/10/2024, 15 06/17/2024, 22 08/12/2024, 10 08/19/2024, 11 08/26/2024, 19 09/09/2024, 17 11/25/2024, 20 12/02/2024, 8 12/09/2024, 11 12/16/2024, 10 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 18,869 YTD: 132,021	Apr 2024	18,869 132,021
11	12	13	Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden Bill O'Reilly, Author, Martin Dugard, Author St. Martin's Press, $35.00 (368) 978-1-250-34641-4 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 09/23/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/23/2024 Average Rank 8.19 [details] Sales history for Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden date, rank 09/23/2024, 2 09/30/2024, 5 10/07/2024, 4 10/14/2024, 7 10/21/2024, 15 10/28/2024, 13 11/04/2024, 13 11/11/2024, 9 11/18/2024, 5 11/25/2024, 5 12/02/2024, 10 12/09/2024, 12 12/16/2024, 11 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 18,728 YTD: 186,234	Sep 2024	18,728 186,234
12	9	3	Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy: A Cookbook Tieghan Gerard, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $32.99 (288) 978-0-593-23257-6 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 12/02/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 12/02/2024 Average Rank 7.50 [details] Sales history for Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy: A Cookbook date, rank 12/02/2024, 3 12/09/2024, 9 12/16/2024, 12 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 15,858 YTD: 73,565	Nov 2024	15,858 73,565
13	14	30	Good Energy: Fix Your Metabolism to Feel Better Today and Prevent Disease Tomorrow Casey Means, Author, Calley Means, With Avery Publishing Group, $32.00 (400) 978-0-593-71264-1 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/27/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/27/2024 Average Rank 8.21 [details] Sales history for Good Energy: Fix Your Metabolism to Feel Better Today and Prevent Disease Tomorrow date, rank 05/27/2024, 1 06/03/2024, 8 06/10/2024, 3 06/17/2024, 14 06/24/2024, 15 07/08/2024, 17 07/15/2024, 13 07/22/2024, 16 08/05/2024, 19 08/12/2024, 22 08/26/2024, 15 09/02/2024, 1 09/09/2024, 4 09/16/2024, 2 09/23/2024, 1 09/30/2024, 2 10/07/2024, 3 10/14/2024, 6 10/21/2024, 10 10/28/2024, 7 11/04/2024, 11 11/11/2024, 6 11/18/2024, 6 11/25/2024, 6 12/02/2024, 6 12/09/2024, 14 12/16/2024, 13 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 30 PUB DATE: May 2024 UNITS SOLD: 12,763 YTD: 378,225	May 2024	12,763 378,225
14	6	3	The Serviceberry Robin Wall Kimmerer, Author, John Burgoyne, Illustrator Scribner Book Company, $20.00 (96) 978-1-6680-7224-0 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 12/02/2024 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 12/02/2024 Average Rank 8.00 [details] Sales history for The Serviceberry date, rank 12/02/2024, 4 12/09/2024, 6 12/16/2024, 14 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 12,512 YTD: 63,793	Nov 2024	12,512 63,793
15	-	1	Your Mom's Gonna Love Me Matt Rife, Author Gallery Books, $29.99 (272) 978-1-6680-6041-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 12,200 YTD: 12,200	Dec 2024	12,200 12,200
16	17	37	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 17 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 04/08/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/08/2024 Average Rank 5.75 [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 05/06/2024, 1 05/13/2024, 7 05/20/2024, 4 05/27/2024, 5 06/03/2024, 4 06/10/2024, 2 06/17/2024, 3 06/24/2024, 3 07/08/2024, 4 07/15/2024, 1 07/22/2024, 2 07/29/2024, 1 08/05/2024, 1 08/12/2024, 2 08/19/2024, 2 08/26/2024, 7 09/02/2024, 3 09/09/2024, 1 09/16/2024, 5 09/23/2024, 7 09/30/2024, 7 10/07/2024, 9 10/14/2024, 11 10/21/2024, 8 10/28/2024, 9 11/04/2024, 17 11/11/2024, 11 11/18/2024, 4 11/25/2024, 7 12/02/2024, 11 12/09/2024, 17 12/16/2024, 16 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 37 PUB DATE: Mar 2024 UNITS SOLD: 11,987 YTD: 494,961	Mar 2024	11,987 494,961
17	15	10	Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering Malcolm Gladwell, Author Little Brown and Company, $32.00 (368) 978-0-316-57580-5 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/14/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/14/2024 Average Rank 9.91 [details] Sales history for Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering date, rank 10/14/2024, 2 10/21/2024, 6 10/28/2024, 8 11/04/2024, 14 11/11/2024, 3 11/18/2024, 10 11/25/2024, 9 12/02/2024, 19 12/09/2024, 15 12/16/2024, 17 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 11,540 YTD: 139,596	Oct 2024	11,540 139,596
18	18	32	The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War Erik Larson, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $35.00 (592) 978-0-385-34874-4 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/13/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/13/2024 Average Rank 7.74 [details] Sales history for The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War date, rank 05/13/2024, 1 05/20/2024, 1 05/27/2024, 4 06/03/2024, 3 06/10/2024, 1 06/17/2024, 4 06/24/2024, 2 07/08/2024, 5 07/15/2024, 4 07/22/2024, 4 07/29/2024, 2 08/05/2024, 4 08/12/2024, 5 08/19/2024, 9 08/26/2024, 12 09/02/2024, 18 09/09/2024, 13 09/16/2024, 16 09/23/2024, 22 12/09/2024, 18 12/16/2024, 18 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 32 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 11,174 YTD: 321,657	Apr 2024	11,174 321,657
19	10	11	Taylor Swift: The Stories Behind the Songs Annie Zaleski, Author Thunder Bay Press, $29.99 (240) 978-1-6672-0845-9 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 11/18/2024 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 12/09/2024 Average Rank 16.50 [details] Sales history for Taylor Swift: The Stories Behind the Songs date, rank 11/18/2024, 15 11/25/2024, 22 12/09/2024, 10 12/16/2024, 19 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 8,975 YTD: 65,562	Sep 2024	8,975 65,562
20	21	6	Don't Believe Everything You Think (Expanded Edition): Why Your Thinking Is the Beginning & End of Suffering Joseph Nguyen, Author Authors Equity, $22.00 (192) 979-8-89331-015-3 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 11/11/2024 Highest Rank 15 Highest Rank Date 11/11/2024 Average Rank 20.00 [details] Sales history for Don't Believe Everything You Think (Expanded Edition): Why Your Thinking Is the Beginning & End of Suffering date, rank 11/11/2024, 15 12/02/2024, 24 12/09/2024, 21 12/16/2024, 20 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 8,499 YTD: 36,277	Oct 2024	8,499 36,277
21	19	7	Matty Matheson: Soups, Salads, Sandwiches: A Cookbook Matty Matheson, Author Ten Speed Press, $35.00 (368) 978-1-9848-6215-0 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/04/2024 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 11/04/2024 Average Rank 16.20 [details] Sales history for Matty Matheson: Soups, Salads, Sandwiches: A Cookbook date, rank 11/04/2024, 7 11/11/2024, 20 11/18/2024, 14 12/09/2024, 19 12/16/2024, 21 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 7,820 YTD: 52,032	Oct 2024	7,820 52,032
22	20	4	Martha: The Cookbook: 100 Favorite Recipes with Lessons and Stories from My Kitchen Martha Stewart, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $40.00 (304) 978-0-593-13920-2 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/25/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/25/2024 Average Rank 14.20 [details] Sales history for Martha: The Cookbook: 100 Favorite Recipes with Lessons and Stories from My Kitchen date, rank 11/25/2024, 1 12/02/2024, 23 12/09/2024, 20 12/16/2024, 22 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 7,687 YTD: 47,709	Nov 2024	7,687 47,709
23	-	1	Overcoming: A Workbook Michelle Obama, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $19.99 (208) 978-0-593-23749-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 7,670 YTD: 7,670	Dec 2024	7,670 7,670
24	16	9	From Here to the Great Unknown Lisa Marie Presley, Author, Riley Keough, Author Random House, $32.00 (304) 978-0-593-73387-5 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/21/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/21/2024 Average Rank 10.55 [details] Sales history for From Here to the Great Unknown date, rank 10/21/2024, 2 10/28/2024, 2 11/04/2024, 10 11/11/2024, 10 11/18/2024, 11 11/25/2024, 14 12/02/2024, 22 12/09/2024, 16 12/16/2024, 24 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 7,127 YTD: 168,256	Oct 2024	7,127 168,256
25	25	2	The Official Stardew Valley Cookbook Concernedape, Author, Ryan Novak, Author Random House Worlds, $28.00 (176) 978-1-9848-6205-1 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 05/27/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/27/2024 Average Rank 16.55 [details] Sales history for The Official Stardew Valley Cookbook date, rank 05/27/2024, 2 06/03/2024, 9 06/10/2024, 14 06/17/2024, 19 06/24/2024, 24 07/08/2024, 21 07/15/2024, 16 07/22/2024, 21 12/09/2024, 25 12/16/2024, 25 LAST WEEK: 25 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,644 YTD: 99,675	May 2024	6,644 99,675

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Dec. 7, 2024; appearing in the Dec. 15, 2024, print edition of PW