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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2020 YTD
1	1	2	Open Book Jessica Simpson, Author Dey Street Books, $27.99 (304) 978-0-06-289996-5 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 02/17/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/17/2020 Average Rank 1.50 [details] Sales history for Open Book date, rank 02/17/2020, 1 02/24/2020, 1 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 23,457 YTD: 82,893	2000	23,457 82,893
2	2	4	A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America Philip Rucker, Author, Carol Leonnig, Author Penguin Press, $30.00 (480) 978-1-984877-49-9 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 02/03/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/03/2020 Average Rank 2.38 [details] Sales history for A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America date, rank 02/03/2020, 1 02/10/2020, 1 02/17/2020, 2 02/24/2020, 2 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 14,102 YTD: 142,646	2000	14,102 142,646
3	3	4	Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America's Progressive Elite Peter Schweizer, Author Harper, $29.99 (368) 978-0-06-289790-9 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 02/03/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 02/03/2020 Average Rank 2.43 [details] Sales history for Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America's Progressive Elite date, rank 02/03/2020, 2 02/10/2020, 2 02/17/2020, 3 02/24/2020, 3 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 10,656 YTD: 110,321	2000	10,656 110,321
4	6	3	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 6 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 02/10/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 02/10/2020 Average Rank 5.00 [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 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 9,297 YTD: 35,275	2000	9,297 35,275
5	-	1	Built, Not Born: A Self-Made Billionaire's No-Nonsense Guide for Entrepreneurs Tom Golisano, Author, Mike Wicks, With HarperCollins Leadership, $24.99 (224) 978-1-4002-1755-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 8,823 YTD: 8,823	2000	8,823 8,823
6	-	1	Floret Farm's a Year in Flowers: Designing Gorgeous Arrangements for Every Season (Flower Arranging Book, Bouquet and Floral Design Book) Erin Benzakein, Author, Chris Benzakein, Photographer, Julie Chai, With, Jill Jorgensen, With Chronicle Books, $29.95 (304) 978-1-4521-7289-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 7,377 YTD: 7,377	2000	7,377 7,377
7	8	23	Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know Malcolm Gladwell, Author Little Brown and Company, $30.00 (304) 978-0-316-47852-6 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/23/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/23/2019 Average Rank 6.36 [details] Sales history for Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know date, rank 09/23/2019, 1 09/30/2019, 1 10/07/2019, 3 10/14/2019, 4 10/21/2019, 3 10/28/2019, 8 11/04/2019, 12 11/11/2019, 9 11/18/2019, 6 11/25/2019, 10 12/02/2019, 10 12/09/2019, 8 12/16/2019, 10 12/23/2019, 10 12/30/2019, 6 01/06/2020, 6 01/13/2020, 3 01/20/2020, 3 01/27/2020, 5 02/03/2020, 5 02/10/2020, 9 02/17/2020, 8 02/24/2020, 7 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 23 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 5,350 YTD: 44,086	2000	5,350 44,086
8	7	2	Dangerous Prayers: Because Following Jesus Was Never Meant to Be Safe Craig Groeschel, Author Zondervan, $22.99 (192) 978-0-310-34312-7 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 02/17/2020 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 02/17/2020 Average Rank 7.50 [details] Sales history for Dangerous Prayers: Because Following Jesus Was Never Meant to Be Safe date, rank 02/17/2020, 7 02/24/2020, 8 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 5,347 YTD: 12,927	2000	5,347 12,927
9	4	3	Why We're Polarized Ezra Klein, Author Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $28.00 (336) 978-1-4767-0032-8 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 02/10/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 02/17/2020 Average Rank 6.67 [details] Sales history for Why We're Polarized date, rank 02/10/2020, 7 02/17/2020, 4 02/24/2020, 9 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 5,019 YTD: 19,738	2000	5,019 19,738
10	20	13	Becoming: A Guided Journal for Discovering Your Voice Michelle Obama, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $19.99 (208) 978-0-593-13912-7 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 12/02/2019 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 12/30/2019 Average Rank 9.57 [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 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 4,781 YTD: 27,246	2000	4,781 27,246
11	-	1	Get Your Life Back: Everyday Practices for a World Gone Mad John Eldredge, Author Thomas Nelson, $24.99 (256) 978-1-4002-0866-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 4,558 YTD: 4,558	2000	4,558 4,558
12	11	5	Leadership Strategy and Tactics: Field Manual Jocko Willink, Author St. Martin's Press, $28.99 (320) 978-1-250-22684-6 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 01/27/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/27/2020 Average Rank 6.14 [details] Sales history for Leadership Strategy and Tactics: Field Manual date, rank 01/27/2020, 1 02/03/2020, 3 02/10/2020, 5 02/17/2020, 11 02/24/2020, 12 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 4,484 YTD: 71,230	2000	4,484 71,230
13	23	3	The Walk: Five Essential Practices of the Christian Life Adam Hamilton, Author Abingdon Press, $19.99 (176) 978-1-5018-9118-2 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 02/17/2020 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 02/24/2020 Average Rank 17.50 [details] Sales history for The Walk: Five Essential Practices of the Christian Life date, rank 02/17/2020, 22 02/24/2020, 13 LAST WEEK: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 3,977 YTD: 14,892	2000	3,977 14,892
14	-	1	Hold On, But Don't Hold Still: Hope and Humor from My Seriously Flawed Life Kristina Kuzmic, Author Viking, $26.00 (272) 978-0-525-56184-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 3,922 YTD: 3,922	2000	3,922 3,922
15	14	2	Brother & Sister: A Memoir Diane Keaton, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $25.95 (176) 978-0-451-49450-4 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 02/17/2020 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 02/17/2020 Average Rank 14.50 [details] Sales history for Brother & Sister: A Memoir date, rank 02/17/2020, 14 02/24/2020, 15 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 3,884 YTD: 8,065	2000	3,884 8,065
16	17	11	Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed Lori Gottlieb, Author Houghton Mifflin, $28.00 (464) 978-1-328-66205-7 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 04/15/2019 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 04/15/2019 Average Rank 17.81 [details] Sales history for Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed date, rank 04/15/2019, 9 04/22/2019, 12 04/29/2019, 14 05/06/2019, 14 05/13/2019, 15 07/08/2019, 25 07/15/2019, 25 07/29/2019, 21 08/05/2019, 25 08/12/2019, 21 08/19/2019, 23 08/26/2019, 25 09/02/2019, 14 09/09/2019, 12 01/13/2020, 21 01/20/2020, 19 01/27/2020, 15 02/03/2020, 18 02/10/2020, 14 02/17/2020, 16 02/24/2020, 16 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 3,673 YTD: 25,577	2000	3,673 25,577
17	19	7	The Defined Dish Wholesome Weeknights: Whole30 Endorsed, 100 Real Food Recipes That Work for Everyday Life Alex Snodgrass, Author, Melissa Hartwig, Foreword by Houghton Mifflin, $30.00 (304) 978-0-358-00441-7 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 01/13/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/13/2020 Average Rank 7.40 [details] Sales history for The Defined Dish Wholesome Weeknights: Whole30 Endorsed, 100 Real Food Recipes That Work for Everyday Life date, rank 01/13/2020, 1 01/20/2020, 2 01/27/2020, 6 02/03/2020, 7 02/10/2020, 10 02/17/2020, 18 02/24/2020, 17 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 3,572 YTD: 39,641	2000	3,572 39,641
18	37	19	The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company Robert Iger, Author Random House, $28.00 (272) 978-0-399-59209-6 Last rank 37 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/07/2019 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 10/07/2019 Average Rank 17.83 [details] Sales history for The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company date, rank 10/07/2019, 8 10/14/2019, 15 10/21/2019, 22 01/13/2020, 23 01/20/2020, 21 02/24/2020, 18 LAST WEEK: 37 WEEKS ON LIST: 19 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 3,432 YTD: 18,327	2000	3,432 18,327
19	30	17	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 30 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/04/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/04/2019 Average Rank 6.27 [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 LAST WEEK: 30 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 3,218 YTD: 23,767	2000	3,218 23,767
20	26	11	The Blue Zones Kitchen: 100 Recipes to Live to 100 Dan Buettner, Author National Geographic Society, $30.00 (304) 978-1-4262-2013-5 Last rank 26 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 12/16/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/06/2020 Average Rank 6.75 [details] Sales history for The Blue Zones Kitchen: 100 Recipes to Live to 100 date, rank 12/16/2019, 2 12/30/2019, 15 01/06/2020, 1 01/13/2020, 2 01/20/2020, 4 01/27/2020, 3 02/03/2020, 13 02/10/2020, 15 02/24/2020, 20 LAST WEEK: 26 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 3,205 YTD: 35,948	2000	3,205 35,948
21	18	5	Brain Wash: Detox Your Mind for Clearer Thinking, Deeper Relationships, and Lasting Happiness David Perlmutter, Author, Austin Perlmutter, Author, Kristin Loberg, With Little, Brown Spark, $28.00 (304) 978-0-316-45332-5 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 01/27/2020 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 01/27/2020 Average Rank 16.60 [details] Sales history for Brain Wash: Detox Your Mind for Clearer Thinking, Deeper Relationships, and Lasting Happiness date, rank 01/27/2020, 7 02/03/2020, 16 02/10/2020, 20 02/17/2020, 19 02/24/2020, 21 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 3,107 YTD: 21,235	2000	3,107 21,235
22	28	15	Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers: The Texas Victory That Changed American History Brian Kilmeade, Author Sentinel, $28.00 (288) 978-0-525-54053-3 Last rank 28 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/18/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/13/2020 Average Rank 8.31 [details] Sales history for Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers: The Texas Victory That Changed American History date, rank 11/18/2019, 2 11/25/2019, 4 12/02/2019, 8 12/09/2019, 9 12/16/2019, 6 12/23/2019, 6 12/30/2019, 5 01/06/2020, 7 01/13/2020, 14 01/27/2020, 25 02/24/2020, 22 LAST WEEK: 28 WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 3,026 YTD: 19,894	2000	3,026 19,894
23	22	7	Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything Bj Fogg, Author, Doug Abrams, Author Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28.00 (288) 978-0-358-00332-8 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 01/13/2020 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 01/13/2020 Average Rank 13.71 [details] Sales history for Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything date, rank 01/13/2020, 6 01/20/2020, 6 01/27/2020, 13 02/03/2020, 10 02/10/2020, 17 02/17/2020, 21 02/24/2020, 23 LAST WEEK: 22 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 3,011 YTD: 27,834	2000	3,011 27,834
24	5	2	Chasing Vines: Finding Your Way to an Immensely Fruitful Life Beth Moore, Author Tyndale Momentum, $26.99 (320) 978-1-4964-4082-2 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 02/17/2020 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 02/17/2020 Average Rank 14.50 [details] Sales history for Chasing Vines: Finding Your Way to an Immensely Fruitful Life date, rank 02/17/2020, 5 02/24/2020, 24 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 2,936 YTD: 11,101	2000	2,936 11,101
25	-	1	Acres of Diamonds: Discovering God's Best Right Where You Are Jentezen Franklin, Author Chosen Books, $22.99 (224) 978-0-8007-9867-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 2,854 YTD: 2,854	2000	2,854 2,854

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NPD BookScan, week 7 of 2020 data through 2/15/2020; PW Issue of February 24, 2020