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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2021 YTD
1	1	2	American Marxism Mark R. Levin, Author Threshold Editions, $28.00 (304) 978-1-5011-3597-2 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 07/26/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/26/2021 Average Rank 1.00 [details] Sales history for American Marxism date, rank 07/26/2021, 1 08/02/2021, 1 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 127,860 YTD: 457,040	Jul 2021	127,860 457,040
2	-	1	I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year Penguin Press, $30.00 (592) 978-0-593-29894-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 08/02/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/02/2021 Average Rank 2.00 [details] Sales history for I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year date, rank 08/02/2021, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 90,903 YTD: 90,903	Jul 2021	90,903 90,903
3	3	2	Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency Michael Wolff, Author Henry Holt & Company, $29.99 (336) 978-1-250-83001-2 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 07/26/2021 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 07/26/2021 Average Rank 3.33 [details] Sales history for Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency date, rank 07/26/2021, 3 08/02/2021, 3 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 13,463 YTD: 38,202	Jul 2021	13,463 38,202
4	2	3	How I Saved the World Jesse Watters, Author Broadside Books, $27.99 (320) 978-0-06-304908-6 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 07/19/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/19/2021 Average Rank 2.20 [details] Sales history for How I Saved the World date, rank 07/19/2021, 1 07/26/2021, 2 08/02/2021, 4 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 8,177 YTD: 72,884	Jul 2021	8,177 72,884
5	5	3	This Is Your Mind on Plants Michael Pollan, Author Penguin Press, $28.00 (288) 978-0-593-29690-5 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 07/19/2021 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 07/19/2021 Average Rank 4.33 [details] Sales history for This Is Your Mind on Plants date, rank 07/19/2021, 3 07/26/2021, 5 08/02/2021, 5 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 7,164 YTD: 27,534	Jul 2021	7,164 27,534
6	6	12	Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America Bill O'Reilly, Author, Martin Dugard, Author St. Martin's Press, $30.00 (304) 978-1-250-27365-9 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/17/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/17/2021 Average Rank 2.60 [details] Sales history for Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America date, rank 05/17/2021, 1 05/24/2021, 1 05/31/2021, 3 06/07/2021, 1 06/14/2021, 1 06/21/2021, 1 06/28/2021, 1 07/05/2021, 2 07/12/2021, 1 07/19/2021, 5 07/26/2021, 6 08/02/2021, 6 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 7,045 YTD: 236,871	May 2021	7,045 236,871
7	7	13	What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing Oprah Winfrey, Author, Bruce D Perry, Author Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book, $28.99 (304) 978-1-250-22318-0 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/10/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/10/2021 Average Rank 5.50 [details] Sales history for What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing date, rank 05/10/2021, 1 05/17/2021, 2 05/24/2021, 4 05/31/2021, 7 06/07/2021, 4 06/14/2021, 3 06/21/2021, 4 06/28/2021, 5 07/05/2021, 7 07/12/2021, 8 07/19/2021, 12 07/26/2021, 7 08/02/2021, 7 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Apr 2021 UNITS SOLD: 6,376 YTD: 191,543	Apr 2021	6,376 191,543
8	9	40	Greenlights Matthew McConaughey, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $30.00 (304) 978-0-593-13913-4 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/02/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/02/2020 Average Rank 5.33 [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 02/01/2021, 3 02/08/2021, 4 02/15/2021, 6 02/22/2021, 5 03/01/2021, 10 03/08/2021, 6 03/15/2021, 8 03/22/2021, 8 03/29/2021, 8 04/05/2021, 5 04/12/2021, 11 04/19/2021, 14 04/26/2021, 13 05/03/2021, 10 05/10/2021, 12 05/17/2021, 11 05/24/2021, 9 05/31/2021, 12 06/07/2021, 6 06/14/2021, 5 06/21/2021, 10 06/28/2021, 3 07/05/2021, 4 07/12/2021, 5 07/19/2021, 6 07/26/2021, 9 08/02/2021, 8 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 40 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 6,102 YTD: 337,670	Oct 2020	6,102 337,670
9	12	51	Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Isabel Wilkerson, Author Random House, $32.00 (464) 978-0-593-23025-1 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 08/17/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/17/2020 Average Rank 9.49 [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 02/01/2021, 4 02/08/2021, 6 02/15/2021, 7 02/22/2021, 8 03/01/2021, 9 03/08/2021, 10 03/15/2021, 12 03/22/2021, 10 03/29/2021, 13 04/05/2021, 11 04/12/2021, 13 04/19/2021, 22 04/26/2021, 17 05/03/2021, 15 05/10/2021, 16 05/24/2021, 20 05/31/2021, 23 06/07/2021, 17 06/14/2021, 14 06/21/2021, 16 06/28/2021, 14 07/05/2021, 6 07/12/2021, 10 07/19/2021, 13 07/26/2021, 12 08/02/2021, 9 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 51 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,551 YTD: 244,457	Aug 2020	4,551 244,457
10	4	2	Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost Michael C Bender, Author Twelve, $30.00 (432) 978-1-5387-3480-3 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 07/26/2021 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 07/26/2021 Average Rank 7.00 [details] Sales history for Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost date, rank 07/26/2021, 4 08/02/2021, 10 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 4,491 YTD: 19,511	Jul 2021	4,491 19,511
11	-	1	Christianity and Wokeness: How the Social Justice Movement Is Hijacking the Gospel - And the Way to Stop It Owen Strachan, Author, John MacArthur, Foreword by Salem Books, $19.99 (224) 978-1-68451-243-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 4,316 YTD: 4,316	Jul 2021	4,316 4,316
12	11	13	The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War Malcolm Gladwell, Author Little Brown and Company, $27.00 (256) 978-0-316-29661-8 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/10/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 07/12/2021 Average Rank 7.44 [details] Sales history for The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War date, rank 05/10/2021, 5 05/17/2021, 8 05/24/2021, 10 05/31/2021, 16 06/07/2021, 11 06/14/2021, 9 06/21/2021, 7 06/28/2021, 4 07/05/2021, 3 07/12/2021, 6 07/19/2021, 9 07/26/2021, 11 08/02/2021, 12 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Apr 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,902 YTD: 110,412	Apr 2021	3,902 110,412
13	25	10	The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet John Green, Author Dutton Books, $28.00 (320) 978-0-525-55521-6 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/31/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/31/2021 Average Rank 10.36 [details] Sales history for The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet date, rank 05/31/2021, 1 06/07/2021, 3 06/14/2021, 6 06/21/2021, 12 06/28/2021, 11 07/05/2021, 9 07/12/2021, 12 07/19/2021, 20 07/26/2021, 25 08/02/2021, 13 LAST WEEK: 25 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,575 YTD: 117,891	May 2021	3,575 117,891
14	13	17	The Women of the Bible Speak: The Wisdom of 16 Women and Their Lessons for Today Shannon Bream, Author Broadside Books, $25.99 (256) 978-0-06-304659-7 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 04/12/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/10/2021 Average Rank 6.96 [details] Sales history for The Women of the Bible Speak: The Wisdom of 16 Women and Their Lessons for Today date, rank 04/12/2021, 2 04/19/2021, 2 04/26/2021, 3 05/03/2021, 5 05/10/2021, 6 05/17/2021, 3 05/24/2021, 7 05/31/2021, 14 06/07/2021, 2 06/14/2021, 11 06/21/2021, 3 06/28/2021, 12 07/05/2021, 11 07/12/2021, 11 07/19/2021, 18 07/26/2021, 13 08/02/2021, 14 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: Mar 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,491 YTD: 303,547	Mar 2021	3,491 303,547
15	14	14	Crying in H Mart: A Memoir Michelle Zauner, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $26.95 (256) 978-0-525-65774-3 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 05/03/2021 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 07/12/2021 Average Rank 13.47 [details] Sales history for Crying in H Mart: A Memoir date, rank 05/03/2021, 7 05/10/2021, 13 05/17/2021, 19 05/24/2021, 15 06/14/2021, 25 06/21/2021, 15 06/28/2021, 21 07/05/2021, 10 07/12/2021, 13 07/19/2021, 17 07/26/2021, 14 08/02/2021, 15 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Apr 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,479 YTD: 80,732	Apr 2021	3,479 80,732
16	-	1	Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story Julie K Brown, Author Dey Street Books, $27.99 (352) 978-0-06-300058-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,470 YTD: 3,470	Jul 2021	3,470 3,470
17	15	14	World Travel: An Irreverent Guide Anthony Bourdain, Author, Laurie Woolever, Author Ecco Press, $35.00 (448) 978-0-06-280279-8 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 05/03/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/03/2021 Average Rank 12.21 [details] Sales history for World Travel: An Irreverent Guide date, rank 05/03/2021, 1 05/10/2021, 4 05/17/2021, 9 05/24/2021, 12 05/31/2021, 20 06/07/2021, 18 06/14/2021, 20 06/21/2021, 14 06/28/2021, 10 07/05/2021, 14 07/12/2021, 16 07/26/2021, 15 08/02/2021, 17 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Apr 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,278 YTD: 138,406	Apr 2021	3,278 138,406
18	17	20	How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self Nicole Lepera, Author Harper Wave, $27.99 (288) 978-0-06-301209-7 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/22/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/22/2021 Average Rank 15.62 [details] Sales history for How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self date, rank 03/22/2021, 1 03/29/2021, 10 04/05/2021, 2 04/12/2021, 7 04/19/2021, 17 04/26/2021, 18 05/03/2021, 20 05/10/2021, 22 05/24/2021, 25 06/21/2021, 23 07/05/2021, 24 07/12/2021, 21 07/19/2021, 24 07/26/2021, 17 08/02/2021, 18 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: Mar 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,130 YTD: 166,757	Mar 2021	3,130 166,757
19	23	17	The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country Amanda Gorman, Author, Oprah Winfrey, Foreword by Viking Books, $15.99 (32) 978-0-593-46527-1 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/12/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/12/2021 Average Rank 7.59 [details] Sales history for The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country date, rank 04/12/2021, 1 04/19/2021, 1 04/26/2021, 1 05/03/2021, 2 05/10/2021, 2 05/17/2021, 5 05/24/2021, 5 05/31/2021, 9 06/07/2021, 5 06/14/2021, 8 06/21/2021, 9 06/28/2021, 9 07/05/2021, 12 07/12/2021, 18 07/19/2021, 23 07/26/2021, 23 08/02/2021, 19 LAST WEEK: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: Mar 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,063 YTD: 465,390	Mar 2021	3,063 465,390
20	28	16	Fault Lines: the Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism's Looming Catastrophe Voddie T Baucham, Author Salem Books, $24.99 (256) 978-1-68451-180-8 Last rank 28 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 04/19/2021 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/10/2021 Average Rank 15.45 [details] Sales history for Fault Lines: the Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism's Looming Catastrophe date, rank 04/19/2021, 7 04/26/2021, 14 05/03/2021, 24 05/10/2021, 14 06/07/2021, 21 06/28/2021, 25 07/05/2021, 16 07/12/2021, 23 08/02/2021, 20 LAST WEEK: 28 WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: Apr 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,032 YTD: 87,510	Apr 2021	3,032 87,510
21	20	33	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 20 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 11/23/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/12/2021 Average Rank 15.13 [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 02/01/2021, 21 02/08/2021, 25 02/22/2021, 19 03/01/2021, 21 03/08/2021, 21 06/21/2021, 24 07/05/2021, 18 07/12/2021, 20 07/26/2021, 20 08/02/2021, 21 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 33 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,990 YTD: 120,536	Nov 2020	2,990 120,536
22	24	35	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 24 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/30/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/14/2020 Average Rank 10.86 [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 02/01/2021, 5 02/08/2021, 9 02/15/2021, 13 02/22/2021, 14 03/01/2021, 17 03/08/2021, 16 03/15/2021, 24 03/22/2021, 22 03/29/2021, 25 07/26/2021, 24 08/02/2021, 22 LAST WEEK: 24 WEEKS ON LIST: 35 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,961 YTD: 160,615	Nov 2020	2,961 160,615
23	32	3	First Friends: The Powerful, Unsung (and Unelected) People Who Shaped Our Presidents Gary Ginsberg, Author Twelve, $30.00 (352) 978-1-5387-0292-5 Last rank 32 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 07/19/2021 Highest Rank 16 Highest Rank Date 07/19/2021 Average Rank 19.50 [details] Sales history for First Friends: The Powerful, Unsung (and Unelected) People Who Shaped Our Presidents date, rank 07/19/2021, 16 08/02/2021, 23 LAST WEEK: 32 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 2,796 YTD: 9,445	Jul 2021	2,796 9,445
24	19	3	The Comfort Book Matt Haig, Author Penguin Life, $22.00 (272) 978-0-14-313666-8 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 07/19/2021 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 07/19/2021 Average Rank 16.67 [details] Sales history for The Comfort Book date, rank 07/19/2021, 7 07/26/2021, 19 08/02/2021, 24 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 2,752 YTD: 12,482	Jul 2021	2,752 12,482
25	27	2	Carry on: Reflections for a New Generation John Lewis, Author, Andrew Young, Foreword by Grand Central Publishing, $22.00 (240) 978-1-5387-0712-8 LAST WEEK: 27 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 2,670 YTD: 5,439	Jul 2021	2,670 5,439

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