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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2024 YTD
1	1	3	The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Dinnertime: Comfort Classics, Freezer Food, 16-Minute Meals, and Other Delicious Ways to Solve Supper! Ree Drummond, Author William Morrow & Company, $29.99 (400) 978-0-06-222524-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/02/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/02/2015 Average Rank 6.10 [details] Sales history for The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Dinnertime: Comfort Classics, Freezer Food, 16-Minute Meals, and Other Delicious Ways to Solve Supper! date, rank 11/02/2015, 1 11/09/2015, 1 11/16/2015, 1 11/23/2015, 2 11/30/2015, 1 12/07/2015, 3 12/14/2015, 2 12/21/2015, 2 12/28/2015, 2 01/04/2016, 2 01/11/2016, 1 01/18/2016, 6 01/25/2016, 11 02/01/2016, 14 02/08/2016, 14 02/15/2016, 17 02/22/2016, 12 02/29/2016, 19 03/07/2016, 23 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 42,878 YTD: 226,515	Oct 2015	42,878 226,515
2	2	7	Killing Reagan: The Violent Assault That Changed a Presidency Bill O'Reilly, Author, Martin Dugard, Author Henry Holt & Company, $30.00 (320) 978-1-62779-241-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/05/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/05/2015 Average Rank 5.85 [details] Sales history for Killing Reagan: The Violent Assault That Changed a Presidency date, rank 10/05/2015, 1 10/12/2015, 1 10/19/2015, 1 10/26/2015, 1 11/02/2015, 2 11/09/2015, 2 11/16/2015, 2 11/23/2015, 3 11/30/2015, 2 12/07/2015, 1 12/14/2015, 3 12/21/2015, 1 12/28/2015, 1 01/04/2016, 1 01/11/2016, 4 01/18/2016, 7 01/25/2016, 7 02/01/2016, 11 02/08/2016, 8 02/15/2016, 9 02/22/2016, 6 02/29/2016, 12 03/07/2016, 13 03/14/2016, 21 03/21/2016, 12 03/28/2016, 14 04/04/2016, 14 04/11/2016, 20 06/20/2016, 25 06/27/2016, 9 07/04/2016, 18 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Sep 2015 UNITS SOLD: 38,768 YTD: 466,404	Sep 2015	38,768 466,404
3	-	1	Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology Leah Remini, Author, Rebecca Paley, Author Ballantine Books, $27.00 (256) 978-1-101-88696-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 11/16/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/14/2015 Average Rank 9.50 [details] Sales history for Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology date, rank 11/16/2015, 3 11/23/2015, 6 11/30/2015, 6 12/07/2015, 10 12/14/2015, 12 12/21/2015, 18 12/28/2015, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2015 UNITS SOLD: 37,817 YTD: 37,864	Nov 2015	37,817 37,864
4	-	1	Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History Brian Kilmeade, Author, Don Yaeger, Author Sentinel, $27.95 (256) 978-1-59184-806-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 11/16/2015 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 12/14/2015 Average Rank 7.04 [details] Sales history for Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History date, rank 11/16/2015, 4 11/23/2015, 4 11/30/2015, 3 12/07/2015, 5 12/14/2015, 5 12/21/2015, 4 12/28/2015, 4 01/04/2016, 4 01/11/2016, 3 01/18/2016, 8 01/25/2016, 9 02/01/2016, 12 02/08/2016, 11 02/15/2016, 11 02/22/2016, 10 02/29/2016, 15 03/07/2016, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2015 UNITS SOLD: 35,051 YTD: 35,361	Nov 2015	35,051 35,361
5	-	1	Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again Donald J. Trump, Author Threshold Editions, $25.00 (208) 978-1-5011-3796-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/16/2015 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 12/14/2015 Average Rank 11.60 [details] Sales history for Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again date, rank 11/16/2015, 5 11/23/2015, 8 11/30/2015, 8 12/07/2015, 8 12/14/2015, 7 12/21/2015, 7 12/28/2015, 10 01/04/2016, 10 01/11/2016, 9 01/18/2016, 17 01/25/2016, 20 02/01/2016, 18 02/08/2016, 20 02/15/2016, 22 02/22/2016, 18 02/29/2016, 24 03/07/2016, 17 03/14/2016, 22 05/23/2016, 11 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2015 UNITS SOLD: 27,686 YTD: 27,860	Nov 2015	27,686 27,860
6	5	5	A More Perfect Union: What We the People Can Do to Reclaim Our Constitutional Liberties Ben Carson, Author, Candy Carson, Author Sentinel, $26.95 (256) 978-1-59184-804-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/19/2015 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/19/2015 Average Rank 6.25 [details] Sales history for A More Perfect Union: What We the People Can Do to Reclaim Our Constitutional Liberties date, rank 10/19/2015, 2 10/26/2015, 3 11/02/2015, 3 11/09/2015, 5 11/16/2015, 6 11/23/2015, 10 11/30/2015, 22 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 27,251 YTD: 153,027	Oct 2015	27,251 153,027
7	12	10	Guinness World Records (2016) Guinness World Records, Author Guinness World Records, $28.95 (256) 978-1-910561-02-7 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 09/14/2015 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 12/21/2015 Average Rank 12.04 [details] Sales history for Guinness World Records (2016) date, rank 09/14/2015, 11 09/21/2015, 7 09/28/2015, 10 10/05/2015, 12 10/12/2015, 11 10/19/2015, 22 10/26/2015, 22 11/02/2015, 21 11/09/2015, 12 11/16/2015, 7 11/23/2015, 7 11/30/2015, 4 12/07/2015, 4 12/14/2015, 4 12/21/2015, 3 12/28/2015, 3 01/04/2016, 3 01/11/2016, 12 01/18/2016, 24 01/25/2016, 24 02/01/2016, 22 02/08/2016, 24 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Sep 2015 UNITS SOLD: 15,757 YTD: 78,440	Sep 2015	15,757 78,440
8	9	3	Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy Seals Lead and Win Jocko Willink, Author, Leif Babin, Author St. Martin's Press, $26.99 (320) 978-1-250-06705-0 Last rank 30 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 11/02/2015 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 11/02/2015 Average Rank 19.31 [details] Sales history for Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy Seals Lead and Win date, rank 11/02/2015, 8 11/09/2015, 9 11/16/2015, 8 11/23/2015, 21 11/30/2015, 20 12/07/2015, 20 12/14/2015, 24 02/01/2016, 23 02/08/2016, 25 02/29/2016, 21 06/13/2016, 24 08/01/2016, 25 09/05/2016, 23 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 15,641 YTD: 42,607	Oct 2015	15,641 42,607
9	6	2	The Witches: Salem, 1692 Stacy Schiff, Author Little Brown and Company, $32.00 (512) 978-0-316-20060-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 11/09/2015 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 01/11/2016 Average Rank 10.79 [details] Sales history for The Witches: Salem, 1692 date, rank 11/09/2015, 6 11/16/2015, 9 11/23/2015, 9 11/30/2015, 10 12/07/2015, 14 12/14/2015, 15 12/21/2015, 15 12/28/2015, 15 01/04/2016, 17 01/11/2016, 16 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 14,034 YTD: 31,426	Oct 2015	14,034 31,426
10	3	2	Government Zero: No Borders, No Language, No Culture Michael Savage, Author Center Street, $27.00 (368) 978-1-4555-3611-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 11/09/2015 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/09/2015 Average Rank 9.62 [details] Sales history for Government Zero: No Borders, No Language, No Culture date, rank 11/09/2015, 3 11/16/2015, 10 11/23/2015, 20 11/30/2015, 17 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 12,142 YTD: 37,759	Oct 2015	12,142 37,759
11	8	3	Binge Tyler Oakley, Author Gallery Books, $24.00 (320) 978-1-5011-1769-5 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/02/2015 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 11/02/2015 Average Rank 13.58 [details] Sales history for Binge date, rank 11/02/2015, 4 11/09/2015, 8 11/16/2015, 11 11/23/2015, 15 11/30/2015, 16 12/07/2015, 12 12/14/2015, 18 12/21/2015, 21 12/28/2015, 22 01/04/2016, 19 01/11/2016, 10 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 10,734 YTD: 62,756	Oct 2015	10,734 62,756
12	10	5	The Power of I Am: Two Words That Will Change Your Life Today Joel Osteen, Author Faithwords, $26.00 (300) 978-0-89296-996-8 Last rank 48 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/19/2015 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 10/19/2015 Average Rank 12.86 [details] Sales history for The Power of I Am: Two Words That Will Change Your Life Today date, rank 10/19/2015, 5 10/26/2015, 5 11/02/2015, 6 11/09/2015, 10 11/16/2015, 12 11/23/2015, 13 11/30/2015, 14 12/07/2015, 17 12/14/2015, 14 12/21/2015, 19 12/28/2015, 12 01/04/2016, 8 01/11/2016, 13 01/18/2016, 25 02/15/2016, 20 02/22/2016, 23 04/11/2016, 14 07/11/2016, 19 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 9,985 YTD: 69,122	Oct 2015	9,985 69,122
13	16	2	Lights Out: A Cyberattack, a Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath Ted Koppel, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $26.00 (272) 978-0-553-41996-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 11/09/2015 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 12/14/2015 Average Rank 15.71 [details] Sales history for Lights Out: A Cyberattack, a Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath date, rank 11/09/2015, 16 11/16/2015, 13 11/23/2015, 22 11/30/2015, 18 12/07/2015, 25 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 9,769 YTD: 18,259	Oct 2015	9,769 18,259
14	-	1	Happy Cooking: Giada's Recipes and Tips for Making Every Meal Count...Without Stressing You Out Giada de Laurentiis, Author Pam Krauss Books, $35.00 (320) 978-0-8041-8792-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 11/16/2015 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 12/14/2015 Average Rank 8.67 [details] Sales history for Happy Cooking: Giada's Recipes and Tips for Making Every Meal Count...Without Stressing You Out date, rank 11/16/2015, 14 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2015 UNITS SOLD: 9,420 YTD: 9,500	Nov 2015	9,420 9,500
15	-	1	The Nerdy Nummies Cookbook: Sweet Treats for the Geek in All of Us Rosanna Pansino, Author Atria Books, $29.99 (256) 978-1-5011-0401-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 11/16/2015 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 12/14/2015 Average Rank 12.14 [details] Sales history for The Nerdy Nummies Cookbook: Sweet Treats for the Geek in All of Us date, rank 11/16/2015, 15 11/30/2015, 23 12/07/2015, 22 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2015 UNITS SOLD: 8,963 YTD: 10,147	Nov 2015	8,963 10,147
16	23	7	Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear Elizabeth Gilbert, Author Riverhead Books, $24.95 (288) 978-1-59463-471-0 Last rank 26 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/05/2015 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/05/2015 Average Rank 13.67 [details] Sales history for Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear date, rank 10/05/2015, 3 10/12/2015, 3 10/19/2015, 10 10/26/2015, 10 11/02/2015, 7 11/09/2015, 23 11/16/2015, 16 01/11/2016, 21 01/18/2016, 20 01/25/2016, 21 02/15/2016, 25 LAST WEEK: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Sep 2015 UNITS SOLD: 8,422 YTD: 89,869	Sep 2015	8,422 89,869
17	14	2	Wildflower Drew Barrymore, Author Dutton Books, $28.00 (320) 978-1-101-98379-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 11/09/2015 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 12/14/2015 Average Rank 16.00 [details] Sales history for Wildflower date, rank 11/09/2015, 14 11/16/2015, 17 11/23/2015, 19 11/30/2015, 25 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 8,399 YTD: 17,449	Oct 2015	8,399 17,449
18	-	1	Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide Wizards RPG Team, Author Wizards of the Coast, $39.95 978-0-7869-6580-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2015 UNITS SOLD: 7,871 YTD: 7,930	Nov 2015	7,871 7,930
19	-	1	The Time of Our Lives: Collected Writings Peggy Noonan, Author Twelve, $30.00 (496) 978-1-4555-6311-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 11/16/2015 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 12/14/2015 Average Rank 13.50 [details] Sales history for The Time of Our Lives: Collected Writings date, rank 11/16/2015, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2015 UNITS SOLD: 7,249 YTD: 7,262	Nov 2015	7,249 7,262
20	22	2	How to Be Right: The Art of Being Persuasively Correct Greg Gutfeld, Author Crown Forum, $25.00 (208) 978-1-101-90362-9 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 11/09/2015 Highest Rank 20 Highest Rank Date 11/16/2015 Average Rank 21.00 [details] Sales history for How to Be Right: The Art of Being Persuasively Correct date, rank 11/09/2015, 22 11/16/2015, 20 LAST WEEK: 22 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 6,981 YTD: 14,115	Oct 2015	6,981 14,115
21	-	1	Strong Looks Better Naked Khloe Kardashian, Author Regan Arts, $26.99 (256) 978-1-942872-48-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 11/16/2015 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 12/14/2015 Average Rank 14.00 [details] Sales history for Strong Looks Better Naked date, rank 11/16/2015, 21 11/23/2015, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2015 UNITS SOLD: 6,949 YTD: 7,183	Nov 2015	6,949 7,183
22	46	7	Ripley's Believe It or Not! Eye-Popping Oddities Geoff Tibballs, Author, Various, Author, Ripley's Believe It or Not!, Compiled by Ripley Publishing, $28.95 (256) 978-1-60991-136-2 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 11/16/2015 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 12/07/2015 Average Rank 12.50 [details] Sales history for Ripley's Believe It or Not! Eye-Popping Oddities date, rank 11/16/2015, 22 11/23/2015, 18 11/30/2015, 11 12/07/2015, 9 12/14/2015, 9 12/21/2015, 10 12/28/2015, 9 01/04/2016, 12 LAST WEEK: 46 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Sep 2015 UNITS SOLD: 6,671 YTD: 24,940	Sep 2015	6,671 24,940
23	13	2	Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Irin Carmon, Author, Shana Knizhnik, Author Dey Street Books, $19.99 (240) 978-0-06-241583-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 11/09/2015 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 12/14/2015 Average Rank 16.38 [details] Sales history for Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg date, rank 11/09/2015, 13 11/16/2015, 23 11/30/2015, 19 12/21/2015, 17 12/28/2015, 19 01/04/2016, 22 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 5,788 YTD: 15,675	Oct 2015	5,788 15,675
24	18	2	My Life on the Road Gloria Steinem, Author Random House, $28.00 (304) 978-0-679-45620-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 11/09/2015 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 12/14/2015 Average Rank 16.75 [details] Sales history for My Life on the Road date, rank 11/09/2015, 18 11/16/2015, 24 11/23/2015, 17 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 5,735 YTD: 15,678	Oct 2015	5,735 15,678
25	20	17	Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates, Author Spiegel & Grau, $24.00 (176) 978-0-8129-9354-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 07/27/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/10/2015 Average Rank 8.20 [details] Sales history for Between the World and Me date, rank 07/27/2015, 2 08/03/2015, 3 08/10/2015, 2 08/17/2015, 3 08/24/2015, 3 08/31/2015, 4 09/07/2015, 4 09/14/2015, 5 09/21/2015, 5 09/28/2015, 5 10/05/2015, 9 10/12/2015, 9 10/19/2015, 16 10/26/2015, 14 11/02/2015, 16 11/09/2015, 20 11/16/2015, 25 11/30/2015, 13 12/07/2015, 11 12/14/2015, 10 12/21/2015, 8 12/28/2015, 7 01/04/2016, 7 01/11/2016, 2 01/18/2016, 3 01/25/2016, 6 02/01/2016, 6 02/08/2016, 5 02/15/2016, 5 02/22/2016, 7 02/29/2016, 7 03/07/2016, 9 03/14/2016, 8 03/21/2016, 6 03/28/2016, 9 04/04/2016, 13 04/11/2016, 13 04/18/2016, 18 04/25/2016, 18 05/02/2016, 14 05/09/2016, 14 05/16/2016, 24 05/23/2016, 15 05/30/2016, 16 06/06/2016, 13 06/13/2016, 13 06/20/2016, 11 06/27/2016, 14 07/04/2016, 5 07/11/2016, 9 07/18/2016, 7 07/25/2016, 5 08/01/2016, 9 08/08/2016, 7 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: Jul 2015 UNITS SOLD: 5,674 YTD: 202,537	Jul 2015	5,674 202,537

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Nielsen BookScan, week 45 of 2015, data through 11/8/2015; PW Issue of Nov. 16, 2015

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