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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2021 YTD
1	1	3	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 08/09/2021, 1 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 92,429 YTD: 549,469	Jul 2021	92,429 549,469
2	-	1	The Authoritarian Moment: How the Left Weaponized America's Institutions Against Dissent Ben Shapiro, Author Broadside Books, $28.99 (288) 978-0-06-300182-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 08/09/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/09/2021 Average Rank 2.00 [details] Sales history for The Authoritarian Moment: How the Left Weaponized America's Institutions Against Dissent date, rank 08/09/2021, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 37,267 YTD: 37,267	Jul 2021	37,267 37,267
3	2	2	I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year Carol Leonnig, Author, Philip Rucker, Author Penguin Press, $30.00 (592) 978-0-593-29894-7 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 08/02/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/02/2021 Average Rank 2.50 [details] Sales history for I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year date, rank 08/02/2021, 2 08/09/2021, 3 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 33,903 YTD: 124,806	Jul 2021	33,903 124,806
4	4	4	How I Saved the World Jesse Watters, Author Broadside Books, $27.99 (320) 978-0-06-304908-6 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 07/19/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/19/2021 Average Rank 2.50 [details] Sales history for How I Saved the World date, rank 07/19/2021, 1 07/26/2021, 2 08/02/2021, 4 08/09/2021, 4 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 14,288 YTD: 87,172	Jul 2021	14,288 87,172
5	-	1	Nadiya Bakes: Over 100 Must-Try Recipes for Breads, Cakes, Biscuits, Pies, and More: A Baking Book Nadiya Hussain, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $29.99 (256) 978-0-593-23373-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 7,000 YTD: 7,000	Jul 2021	7,000 7,000
6	10	3	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 10 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 07/26/2021 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 07/26/2021 Average Rank 6.67 [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 08/09/2021, 6 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 6,717 YTD: 26,228	Jul 2021	6,717 26,228
7	3	3	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 4.25 [details] Sales history for Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency date, rank 07/26/2021, 3 08/02/2021, 3 08/09/2021, 7 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 6,530 YTD: 44,732	Jul 2021	6,530 44,732
8	7	14	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 5.65 [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 08/09/2021, 8 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Apr 2021 UNITS SOLD: 6,336 YTD: 197,878	Apr 2021	6,336 197,878
9	6	13	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 2.90 [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 08/09/2021, 9 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 6,188 YTD: 243,058	May 2021	6,188 243,058
10	8	41	Greenlights Matthew McConaughey, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $30.00 (304) 978-0-593-13913-4 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/02/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/02/2020 Average Rank 5.40 [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 08/09/2021, 10 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 41 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,865 YTD: 343,536	Oct 2020	5,865 343,536
11	5	4	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 6.00 [details] Sales history for This Is Your Mind on Plants date, rank 07/19/2021, 3 07/26/2021, 5 08/02/2021, 5 08/09/2021, 11 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 4,645 YTD: 32,179	Jul 2021	4,645 32,179
12	-	1	Rainbow in the Dark: The Autobiography Ronnie James Dio, Author, Mick Wall, With, Wendy Dio, With Permuted Press, $28.00 (264) 978-1-64293-974-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 4,013 YTD: 4,013	Jul 2021	4,013 4,013
13	-	3	Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know Adam Grant, Author Viking, $28.00 (320) 978-1-9848-7810-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 02/22/2021 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 02/22/2021 Average Rank 14.22 [details] Sales history for Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know date, rank 02/22/2021, 3 03/01/2021, 14 03/08/2021, 4 03/15/2021, 7 03/22/2021, 15 03/29/2021, 20 04/05/2021, 12 04/12/2021, 15 04/19/2021, 23 04/26/2021, 16 05/10/2021, 15 05/24/2021, 16 06/14/2021, 17 06/21/2021, 20 07/19/2021, 22 07/26/2021, 16 08/09/2021, 13 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Feb 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,967 YTD: 225,815	Feb 2021	3,967 225,815
14	9	52	Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Isabel Wilkerson, Author Random House, $32.00 (464) 978-0-593-23025-1 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 08/17/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/17/2020 Average Rank 9.57 [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 08/09/2021, 14 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 52 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,732 YTD: 248,189	Aug 2020	3,732 248,189
15	18	21	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 18 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/22/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/22/2021 Average Rank 15.59 [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 08/09/2021, 15 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 21 PUB DATE: Mar 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,612 YTD: 170,369	Mar 2021	3,612 170,369
16	15	15	Crying in H Mart: A Memoir Michelle Zauner, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $26.95 (256) 978-0-525-65774-3 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 05/03/2021 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 07/12/2021 Average Rank 13.62 [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 08/09/2021, 16 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: Apr 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,514 YTD: 84,246	Apr 2021	3,514 84,246
17	12	14	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 12 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/10/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 07/12/2021 Average Rank 8.00 [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 08/09/2021, 17 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Apr 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,455 YTD: 113,868	Apr 2021	3,455 113,868
18	22	36	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 22 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/30/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/14/2020 Average Rank 11.10 [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 08/09/2021, 18 LAST WEEK: 22 WEEKS ON LIST: 36 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,087 YTD: 163,702	Nov 2020	3,087 163,702
19	19	18	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 19 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/12/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/12/2021 Average Rank 8.09 [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 08/09/2021, 19 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: Mar 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,068 YTD: 468,458	Mar 2021	3,068 468,458
20	20	17	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 20 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 04/19/2021 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/10/2021 Average Rank 15.83 [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 08/09/2021, 20 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: Apr 2021 UNITS SOLD: 2,983 YTD: 90,492	Apr 2021	2,983 90,492
21	14	18	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 14 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 04/12/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/10/2021 Average Rank 7.52 [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 08/09/2021, 21 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: Mar 2021 UNITS SOLD: 2,960 YTD: 306,507	Mar 2021	2,960 306,507
22	21	34	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 21 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 11/23/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/12/2021 Average Rank 15.42 [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 08/09/2021, 22 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 34 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,825 YTD: 123,361	Nov 2020	2,825 123,361
23	13	11	The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet John Green, Author Dutton Books, $28.00 (320) 978-0-525-55521-6 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/31/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/31/2021 Average Rank 11.42 [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 08/09/2021, 23 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 2,789 YTD: 120,680	May 2021	2,789 120,680
24	-	1	You Deserve Better: What Life Has Taught Me about Love, Relationships, and Becoming Your Best Self Tyler Cameron, Author Plume Books, $26.00 (288) 978-0-593-18356-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 2,750 YTD: 2,750	Jul 2021	2,750 2,750
25	17	15	World Travel: An Irreverent Guide Anthony Bourdain, Author, Laurie Woolever, Author Ecco Press, $35.00 (448) 978-0-06-280279-8 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 05/03/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/03/2021 Average Rank 13.07 [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 08/09/2021, 25 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: Apr 2021 UNITS SOLD: 2,684 YTD: 141,090	Apr 2021	2,684 141,090

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