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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2018 YTD
1	2	27	Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be Rachel Hollis, Author Thomas Nelson, (240p) 978-1-4002-0165-5 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 03/12/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/16/2018 Average Rank 6.03 [details] Sales history for Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be date, rank 03/12/2018, 3 03/26/2018, 21 04/02/2018, 19 04/02/2018, 5 04/09/2018, 18 04/09/2018, 5 04/16/2018, 15 04/23/2018, 5 04/30/2018, 5 05/07/2018, 10 05/07/2018, 2 05/14/2018, 6 05/21/2018, 7 05/28/2018, 8 06/04/2018, 10 06/11/2018, 2 06/11/2018, 10 06/18/2018, 6 06/25/2018, 6 07/02/2018, 7 07/09/2018, 10 07/09/2018, 2 07/16/2018, 9 07/16/2018, 2 07/16/2018, 1 07/23/2018, 2 07/23/2018, 1 07/30/2018, 5 07/30/2018, 2 08/06/2018, 3 08/06/2018, 3 08/06/2018, 1 08/13/2018, 2 08/13/2018, 2 08/20/2018, 1 08/20/2018, 1 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 27 PUB DATE: Feb 2018 UNITS SOLD: 46,889 YTD: 334,409	Feb 2018	46,889 334,409
2	1	3	The Russia Hoax: The Illicit Scheme to Clear Hillary Clinton and Frame Donald Trump Gregg Jarrett, Author Broadside Books, $28.99 (352) 978-0-06-287274-6 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 08/06/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/06/2018 Average Rank 2.00 [details] Sales history for The Russia Hoax: The Illicit Scheme to Clear Hillary Clinton and Frame Donald Trump date, rank 08/06/2018, 1 08/06/2018, 1 08/06/2018, 1 08/13/2018, 1 08/13/2018, 1 08/20/2018, 7 08/20/2018, 2 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Jul 2018 UNITS SOLD: 15,924 YTD: 120,486	Jul 2018	15,924 120,486
3	3	4	Liars, Leakers, and Liberals: The Case Against the Anti-Trump Conspiracy Jeanine Pirro, Author Center Street, $27.00 (288) 978-1-5460-8342-9 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 07/30/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/30/2018 Average Rank 2.89 [details] Sales history for Liars, Leakers, and Liberals: The Case Against the Anti-Trump Conspiracy date, rank 07/30/2018, 2 07/30/2018, 1 08/06/2018, 2 08/06/2018, 2 08/06/2018, 2 08/13/2018, 3 08/13/2018, 3 08/20/2018, 8 08/20/2018, 3 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Jul 2018 UNITS SOLD: 15,318 YTD: 110,104	Jul 2018	15,318 110,104
4	4	16	Magnolia Table: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering Joanna Gaines, Author, Marah Stets, Author William Morrow & Company, $29.99 (336) 978-0-06-282015-0 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 05/07/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/07/2018 Average Rank 3.08 [details] Sales history for Magnolia Table: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering date, rank 05/07/2018, 1 05/07/2018, 1 05/07/2018, 1 05/14/2018, 2 05/14/2018, 1 05/21/2018, 1 05/21/2018, 1 05/28/2018, 1 05/28/2018, 1 06/04/2018, 3 06/04/2018, 1 06/11/2018, 1 06/11/2018, 4 06/11/2018, 2 06/18/2018, 4 06/18/2018, 2 06/25/2018, 4 06/25/2018, 1 07/02/2018, 6 07/02/2018, 2 07/09/2018, 6 07/09/2018, 1 07/16/2018, 7 07/16/2018, 1 07/16/2018, 1 07/23/2018, 5 07/23/2018, 2 07/30/2018, 8 07/30/2018, 3 08/06/2018, 7 08/06/2018, 4 08/06/2018, 1 08/13/2018, 8 08/13/2018, 4 08/20/2018, 9 08/20/2018, 4 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: Apr 2018 UNITS SOLD: 15,169 YTD: 782,329	Apr 2018	15,169 782,329
5	-	1	Unshakable Hope: Building Our Lives on the Promises of God Max Lucado, Author Thomas Nelson, $22.99 (240) 978-0-7180-9614-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2018 UNITS SOLD: 12,865 YTD: 13,557	Aug 2018	12,865 13,557
6	7	2	Death of a Nation: Plantation Politics and the Making of the Democratic Party Dinesh D’Souza All Points, (336p) 978-1-250-16377-6 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 08/13/2018 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 08/20/2018 Average Rank 6.50 [details] Sales history for Death of a Nation: Plantation Politics and the Making of the Democratic Party date, rank 08/13/2018, 7 08/20/2018, 6 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2018 UNITS SOLD: 11,693 YTD: 21,842	Jul 2018	11,693 21,842
7	-	1	Everything Trump Touches Dies: A Republican Strategist Gets Real about the Worst President Ever Rick Wilson, Author Free Press, $27.00 (320) 978-1-982103-12-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2018 UNITS SOLD: 10,086 YTD: 10,256	Aug 2018	10,086 10,256
8	8	29	12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos Jordan B Peterson, Author Random House Canada, $25.95 (448) 978-0-345-81602-3 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 02/05/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/19/2018 Average Rank 4.47 [details] Sales history for 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos date, rank 02/05/2018, 2 02/05/2018, 2 02/12/2018, 4 02/12/2018, 3 02/19/2018, 2 02/19/2018, 1 02/26/2018, 5 02/26/2018, 2 03/05/2018, 1 03/05/2018, 8 03/12/2018, 3 03/19/2018, 2 03/26/2018, 3 04/02/2018, 10 04/02/2018, 3 04/09/2018, 3 04/09/2018, 1 04/16/2018, 6 04/16/2018, 1 04/23/2018, 4 04/30/2018, 3 05/07/2018, 9 05/07/2018, 4 05/14/2018, 4 05/21/2018, 5 05/28/2018, 7 06/04/2018, 7 06/11/2018, 8 06/18/2018, 7 06/25/2018, 5 07/02/2018, 8 07/09/2018, 5 07/16/2018, 4 07/23/2018, 3 07/30/2018, 4 08/06/2018, 5 08/13/2018, 8 08/20/2018, 8 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 29 PUB DATE: Jan 2018 UNITS SOLD: 9,846 YTD: 505,467	Jan 2018	9,846 505,467
9	9	25	Educated: A Memoir Tara Westover, Author Random House, $28.00 (352) 978-0-399-59050-4 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 03/05/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/02/2018 Average Rank 8.91 [details] Sales history for Educated: A Memoir date, rank 03/05/2018, 4 03/12/2018, 6 03/12/2018, 6 03/19/2018, 7 03/26/2018, 7 04/02/2018, 10 04/02/2018, 2 04/09/2018, 13 04/09/2018, 2 04/16/2018, 20 04/23/2018, 13 04/30/2018, 14 05/07/2018, 13 05/07/2018, 2 05/14/2018, 8 05/21/2018, 9 05/28/2018, 11 06/04/2018, 12 06/11/2018, 4 06/11/2018, 14 06/18/2018, 16 06/25/2018, 18 07/02/2018, 15 07/09/2018, 9 07/16/2018, 6 07/16/2018, 5 07/23/2018, 7 07/30/2018, 6 08/06/2018, 6 08/06/2018, 2 08/13/2018, 9 08/20/2018, 9 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 25 PUB DATE: Feb 2018 UNITS SOLD: 8,333 YTD: 182,435	Feb 2018	8,333 182,435
10	6	2	The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Author, Jon Meacham, Foreword by Spiegel & Grau, $22.00 (144) 978-1-984801-88-3 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 08/13/2018 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 08/13/2018 Average Rank 8.00 [details] Sales history for The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library date, rank 08/13/2018, 6 08/20/2018, 10 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2018 UNITS SOLD: 7,018 YTD: 20,013	Jul 2018	7,018 20,013
11	5	2	The Gutfeld Monologues: Classic Rants from the Five Greg Gutfeld, Author Threshold Editions, $27.00 (304) 978-1-5011-9072-8 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 08/13/2018 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 08/13/2018 Average Rank 8.00 [details] Sales history for The Gutfeld Monologues: Classic Rants from the Five date, rank 08/13/2018, 5 08/20/2018, 11 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2018 UNITS SOLD: 6,600 YTD: 20,534	Jul 2018	6,600 20,534
12	-	1	Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America Beth Macy, Author Little Brown and Company, $28.00 (384) 978-0-316-55124-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2018 UNITS SOLD: 6,140 YTD: 6,235	Aug 2018	6,140 6,235
13	10	5	Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man Lynn Vincent, Author, Sara Vladic, Author Simon & Schuster, $28.00 (320) 978-1-5011-3594-1 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 07/23/2018 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 08/06/2018 Average Rank 9.67 [details] Sales history for Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man date, rank 07/23/2018, 9 07/30/2018, 9 08/06/2018, 9 08/06/2018, 8 08/13/2018, 10 08/20/2018, 13 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Jul 2018 UNITS SOLD: 6,103 YTD: 33,788	Jul 2018	6,103 33,788
14	11	11	Calypso David Sedaris, Author Little Brown and Company, $28.00 (288) 978-0-316-39238-9 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 06/11/2018 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 06/11/2018 Average Rank 6.57 [details] Sales history for Calypso date, rank 06/11/2018, 6 06/11/2018, 3 06/18/2018, 9 06/18/2018, 3 06/25/2018, 9 06/25/2018, 3 07/02/2018, 6 07/09/2018, 4 07/16/2018, 3 07/23/2018, 6 07/30/2018, 7 08/06/2018, 8 08/13/2018, 11 08/20/2018, 14 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: May 2018 UNITS SOLD: 4,774 YTD: 128,112	May 2018	4,774 128,112
15	16	32	Unfuk Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life Gary John Bishop, Author HarperOne, $19.99 (224) 978-0-06-280383-2 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 20 Initial Date 07/16/2018 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 08/06/2018 Average Rank 17.00 [details] Sales history for Unfuk Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life date, rank 07/16/2018, 20 07/23/2018, 16 07/30/2018, 21 08/06/2018, 14 08/13/2018, 16 08/20/2018, 15 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 32 PUB DATE: Aug 2017 UNITS SOLD: 4,291 YTD: 98,943	Aug 2017	4,291 98,943
16	17	26	100 Days to Brave: Devotions for Unlocking Your Most Courageous Self Annie F Downs, Author Zondervan, $16.99 (240) 978-0-310-08962-9 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 02/05/2018 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 07/16/2018 Average Rank 14.92 [details] Sales history for 100 Days to Brave: Devotions for Unlocking Your Most Courageous Self date, rank 02/05/2018, 9 03/12/2018, 8 06/04/2018, 23 06/11/2018, 7 06/11/2018, 17 07/09/2018, 25 07/16/2018, 5 07/23/2018, 20 07/30/2018, 19 08/06/2018, 23 08/06/2018, 5 08/13/2018, 17 08/20/2018, 16 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 26 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 4,221 YTD: 92,804	Oct 2017	4,221 92,804
17	12	14	The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels Jon Meacham, Author Random House, $30.00 (416) 978-0-399-58981-2 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/21/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/11/2018 Average Rank 5.90 [details] Sales history for The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels date, rank 05/21/2018, 2 05/21/2018, 2 05/28/2018, 5 05/28/2018, 2 06/04/2018, 5 06/04/2018, 3 06/11/2018, 1 06/11/2018, 5 06/18/2018, 4 06/25/2018, 4 07/02/2018, 11 07/09/2018, 6 07/16/2018, 5 07/16/2018, 2 07/23/2018, 8 07/30/2018, 8 08/06/2018, 12 08/06/2018, 4 08/13/2018, 12 08/20/2018, 17 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: May 2018 UNITS SOLD: 4,137 YTD: 185,602	May 2018	4,137 185,602
18	13	16	The Plant Paradox Cookbook Steven R Gundry, Author Harper Wave, $29.99 (256) 978-0-06-284337-1 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 04/23/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/23/2018 Average Rank 8.42 [details] Sales history for The Plant Paradox Cookbook date, rank 04/23/2018, 2 04/23/2018, 2 04/30/2018, 9 06/25/2018, 10 07/02/2018, 12 07/09/2018, 8 07/16/2018, 7 07/23/2018, 4 07/30/2018, 5 08/06/2018, 11 08/13/2018, 13 08/20/2018, 18 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: Apr 2018 UNITS SOLD: 4,115 YTD: 115,059	Apr 2018	4,115 115,059
19	-	1	Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History Keith O'Brien, Author Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28.00 (368) 978-1-328-87664-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2018 UNITS SOLD: 3,918 YTD: 4,390	Aug 2018	3,918 4,390
20	18	13	How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us about Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence Michael Pollan, Author Penguin Press, $28.00 (480) 978-1-59420-422-7 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 05/28/2018 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/28/2018 Average Rank 10.00 [details] Sales history for How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us about Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence date, rank 05/28/2018, 6 05/28/2018, 3 06/04/2018, 10 06/04/2018, 4 06/11/2018, 7 06/18/2018, 5 06/25/2018, 12 07/02/2018, 13 07/09/2018, 7 07/16/2018, 8 07/23/2018, 12 07/30/2018, 12 08/06/2018, 13 08/13/2018, 18 08/20/2018, 20 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: May 2018 UNITS SOLD: 3,666 YTD: 115,439	May 2018	3,666 115,439
21	-	1	Outside the Wire: An Education in Everyday Courage Jason Kander, Author Twelve, $28.00 (256) 978-1-5387-4759-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2018 UNITS SOLD: 3,632 YTD: 3,766	Aug 2018	3,632 3,766
22	31	7	The Plot to Destroy Democracy: How Putin and His Spies Are Undermining America and Dismantling the West Malcolm Nance, Author, Rob Reiner, Foreword by Hachette Books, $28.00 (352) 978-0-316-48481-7 Last rank 31 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 07/09/2018 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 08/06/2018 Average Rank 15.43 [details] Sales history for The Plot to Destroy Democracy: How Putin and His Spies Are Undermining America and Dismantling the West date, rank 07/09/2018, 12 07/16/2018, 12 07/23/2018, 14 07/30/2018, 15 08/06/2018, 24 08/06/2018, 9 08/20/2018, 22 LAST WEEK: 31 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Jun 2018 UNITS SOLD: 3,624 YTD: 27,752	Jun 2018	3,624 27,752
23	19	36	Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy Seals Lead and Win Jocko Willink, Author, Leif Babin, Author St. Martin's Press, $27.99 (352) 978-1-250-18386-6 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 23 Initial Date 12/04/2017 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 07/30/2018 Average Rank 20.65 [details] Sales history for Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy Seals Lead and Win date, rank 12/04/2017, 23 01/22/2018, 20 02/05/2018, 22 02/12/2018, 18 02/19/2018, 21 02/26/2018, 24 03/05/2018, 18 03/12/2018, 25 04/02/2018, 23 04/30/2018, 24 05/28/2018, 19 07/16/2018, 21 07/23/2018, 17 07/30/2018, 13 08/06/2018, 21 08/13/2018, 19 08/20/2018, 23 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 36 PUB DATE: Nov 2017 UNITS SOLD: 3,572 YTD: 116,004	Nov 2017	3,572 116,004
24	33	19	Factfulness Hans Rosling, Author, Anna Rosling Ronnlund, Author, Ola Rosling, Author Flatiron Books, $27.99 (320) 978-1-250-10781-7 Last rank 33 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 04/16/2018 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 04/16/2018 Average Rank 16.12 [details] Sales history for Factfulness date, rank 04/16/2018, 3 04/23/2018, 16 06/04/2018, 14 06/11/2018, 19 06/18/2018, 13 06/25/2018, 15 08/06/2018, 25 08/20/2018, 24 LAST WEEK: 33 WEEKS ON LIST: 19 PUB DATE: Apr 2018 UNITS SOLD: 3,340 YTD: 77,464	Apr 2018	3,340 77,464
25	20	12	Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup John Carreyrou, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $27.95 (352) 978-1-5247-3165-6 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 06/04/2018 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 06/04/2018 Average Rank 17.58 [details] Sales history for Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup date, rank 06/04/2018, 13 06/11/2018, 16 06/18/2018, 25 06/25/2018, 21 07/02/2018, 17 07/09/2018, 15 07/16/2018, 15 07/23/2018, 13 07/30/2018, 14 08/06/2018, 17 08/13/2018, 20 08/20/2018, 25 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: May 2018 UNITS SOLD: 3,175 YTD: 54,715	May 2018	3,175 54,715

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NPD BookScan, week 33 of 2018, data through 08/10/2018; PW Issue of August 20, 2018