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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	1	4	Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Patriots David Fisher, Author Henry Holt & Company, $35.00 (464) 978-1-62779-789-4 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 06/06/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/06/2016 Average Rank 5.17 [details] Sales history for Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Patriots date, rank 06/06/2016, 1 06/13/2016, 1 06/20/2016, 1 06/27/2016, 1 07/04/2016, 1 07/11/2016, 2 07/18/2016, 2 07/25/2016, 2 08/01/2016, 6 08/08/2016, 5 08/15/2016, 7 08/22/2016, 9 08/29/2016, 11 09/05/2016, 16 09/12/2016, 25 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: May 2016 UNITS SOLD: 45,258 YTD: 125,874	May 2016	45,258 125,874
2	2	10	Hamilton Lin-Manuel Miranda, Author, Jeffrey Seller, Author, Jeremy McCarter, Author Grand Central Publishing, $40.00 (224) 978-1-4555-3974-1 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 04/25/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/25/2016 Average Rank 9.67 [details] Sales history for Hamilton date, rank 04/25/2016, 1 05/02/2016, 9 05/16/2016, 3 05/23/2016, 1 05/30/2016, 3 06/06/2016, 4 06/13/2016, 2 06/20/2016, 2 06/27/2016, 2 07/04/2016, 2 07/11/2016, 4 07/18/2016, 4 07/25/2016, 4 08/01/2016, 5 08/08/2016, 4 08/15/2016, 5 08/22/2016, 8 08/29/2016, 10 09/05/2016, 10 09/12/2016, 8 09/19/2016, 8 09/26/2016, 17 10/03/2016, 18 10/10/2016, 19 10/31/2016, 23 11/07/2016, 18 11/14/2016, 16 11/21/2016, 11 11/28/2016, 15 12/05/2016, 13 12/12/2016, 13 12/19/2016, 15 12/26/2016, 13 01/02/2017, 11 01/09/2017, 19 02/20/2017, 24 02/27/2017, 24 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Apr 2016 UNITS SOLD: 15,919 YTD: 134,469	Apr 2016	15,919 134,469
3	4	23	When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi, Author, Abraham Verghese, Foreword by Random House, $25.00 (256) 978-0-8129-8840-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 01/25/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/01/2016 Average Rank 6.02 [details] Sales history for When Breath Becomes Air date, rank 01/25/2016, 4 02/01/2016, 1 02/08/2016, 1 02/15/2016, 1 02/22/2016, 1 02/29/2016, 1 03/07/2016, 3 03/14/2016, 3 03/21/2016, 1 03/28/2016, 1 04/04/2016, 2 04/11/2016, 2 04/18/2016, 7 04/25/2016, 4 05/02/2016, 4 05/09/2016, 2 05/16/2016, 7 05/23/2016, 5 05/30/2016, 5 06/06/2016, 6 06/13/2016, 4 06/20/2016, 4 06/27/2016, 3 07/04/2016, 4 07/11/2016, 5 07/18/2016, 5 07/25/2016, 7 08/01/2016, 7 08/08/2016, 6 08/15/2016, 10 08/22/2016, 6 08/29/2016, 9 09/05/2016, 9 09/12/2016, 3 09/19/2016, 7 09/26/2016, 13 10/03/2016, 13 10/10/2016, 23 01/02/2017, 18 01/09/2017, 16 01/16/2017, 14 01/23/2017, 18 01/30/2017, 19 02/06/2017, 16 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 23 PUB DATE: Jan 2016 UNITS SOLD: 8,183 YTD: 306,100	Jan 2016	8,183 306,100
4	3	7	Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance Angela Duckworth, Author Scribner Book Company, $28.00 (352) 978-1-5011-1110-5 Last rank 32 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/16/2016 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/16/2016 Average Rank 9.43 [details] Sales history for Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance date, rank 05/16/2016, 2 05/23/2016, 4 05/30/2016, 4 06/06/2016, 2 06/13/2016, 3 06/20/2016, 3 06/27/2016, 4 07/04/2016, 3 07/11/2016, 6 07/18/2016, 6 07/25/2016, 8 08/01/2016, 11 08/08/2016, 9 08/15/2016, 12 08/22/2016, 10 08/29/2016, 13 09/05/2016, 14 09/12/2016, 15 09/19/2016, 22 09/26/2016, 23 10/10/2016, 24 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: May 2016 UNITS SOLD: 7,854 YTD: 70,016	May 2016	7,854 70,016
5	13	7	Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford Clint Hill, Author, Lisa McCubbin, Author Gallery Books, $28.00 (464) 978-1-4767-9413-6 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 17 Initial Date 05/16/2016 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 06/27/2016 Average Rank 13.08 [details] Sales history for Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford date, rank 05/16/2016, 17 05/23/2016, 9 05/30/2016, 12 06/06/2016, 11 06/13/2016, 15 06/20/2016, 13 06/27/2016, 5 07/04/2016, 17 07/11/2016, 20 07/18/2016, 24 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: May 2016 UNITS SOLD: 7,529 YTD: 39,241	May 2016	7,529 39,241
6	-	1	Every Little Step: My Story Bobby Brown, Author, Nick Chiles, Author Dey Street Books, $26.99 (336) 978-0-06-244256-7 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 06/27/2016 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 06/27/2016 Average Rank 14.67 [details] Sales history for Every Little Step: My Story date, rank 06/27/2016, 6 07/04/2016, 13 07/11/2016, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2016 UNITS SOLD: 7,176 YTD: 7,298	Jun 2016	7,176 7,298
7	8	6	Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution Nathaniel Philbrick, Author Viking, $30.00 (448) 978-0-525-42678-3 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 05/23/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/13/2016 Average Rank 9.45 [details] Sales history for Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution date, rank 05/23/2016, 3 05/30/2016, 7 06/06/2016, 8 06/13/2016, 8 06/20/2016, 8 06/27/2016, 7 07/04/2016, 15 07/11/2016, 21 07/18/2016, 23 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: May 2016 UNITS SOLD: 7,126 YTD: 43,911	May 2016	7,126 43,911
8	-	1	Ego Is the Enemy Ryan Holiday, Author Portfolio, $25.00 (256) 978-1-59184-781-6 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 06/27/2016 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 06/27/2016 Average Rank 14.00 [details] Sales history for Ego Is the Enemy date, rank 06/27/2016, 8 07/04/2016, 20 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2016 UNITS SOLD: 6,869 YTD: 6,894	Jun 2016	6,869 6,894
9	25	38	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: 25 WEEKS ON LIST: 38 PUB DATE: Sep 2015 UNITS SOLD: 6,538 YTD: 112,444	Sep 2015	6,538 112,444
10	7	5	The Gene: An Intimate History Siddhartha Mukherjee, Author Scribner Book Company, $30.00 (592) 978-1-4767-3350-0 Last rank 28 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/30/2016 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/30/2016 Average Rank 10.11 [details] Sales history for The Gene: An Intimate History date, rank 05/30/2016, 2 06/06/2016, 3 06/13/2016, 5 06/20/2016, 7 06/27/2016, 10 07/04/2016, 10 07/11/2016, 14 07/18/2016, 17 08/01/2016, 23 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: May 2016 UNITS SOLD: 6,019 YTD: 40,942	May 2016	6,019 40,942
11	12	7	Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike Phil Knight, Author, Philip H Knight, Author Scribner Book Company, $29.00 (400) 978-1-5011-3591-0 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/09/2016 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/09/2016 Average Rank 12.29 [details] Sales history for Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike date, rank 05/16/2016, 9 05/23/2016, 7 05/30/2016, 8 06/06/2016, 9 06/13/2016, 10 06/20/2016, 12 06/27/2016, 11 07/04/2016, 11 07/11/2016, 13 07/18/2016, 15 07/25/2016, 14 08/01/2016, 16 08/08/2016, 15 08/15/2016, 14 08/22/2016, 17 08/29/2016, 19 09/05/2016, 20 09/12/2016, 24 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Apr 2016 UNITS SOLD: 5,549 YTD: 67,713	Apr 2016	5,549 67,713
12	10	4	Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging Sebastian Junger, Author Twelve, $22.00 (160) 978-1-4555-6638-9 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 06/06/2016 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 06/06/2016 Average Rank 13.50 [details] Sales history for Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging date, rank 06/06/2016, 5 06/13/2016, 6 06/20/2016, 10 06/27/2016, 12 07/04/2016, 9 07/11/2016, 7 07/18/2016, 11 07/25/2016, 20 08/01/2016, 20 08/08/2016, 18 08/22/2016, 20 08/29/2016, 24 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: May 2016 UNITS SOLD: 5,358 YTD: 24,935	May 2016	5,358 24,935
13	-	1	Tears to Triumph: The Spiritual Journey from Suffering to Enlightenment Marianne Williamson, Author HarperOne, $25.99 (240) 978-0-06-220544-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2016 UNITS SOLD: 5,154 YTD: 5,168	Jun 2016	5,154 5,168
14	11	49	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: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 49 PUB DATE: Jul 2015 UNITS SOLD: 4,963 YTD: 150,530	Jul 2015	4,963 150,530
15	18	7	Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor Clinton Romesha, Author Dutton Books, $28.00 (400) 978-0-525-95505-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/16/2016 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 06/13/2016 Average Rank 13.10 [details] Sales history for Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor date, rank 05/16/2016, 8 05/23/2016, 8 05/30/2016, 15 06/06/2016, 15 06/13/2016, 19 06/20/2016, 18 06/27/2016, 15 07/04/2016, 23 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: May 2016 UNITS SOLD: 4,882 YTD: 35,238	May 2016	4,882 35,238
16	6	2	Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War Mary Roach, Author W. W. Norton & Company, $26.95 (256) 978-0-393-24544-8 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 06/20/2016 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 06/20/2016 Average Rank 14.00 [details] Sales history for Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War date, rank 06/20/2016, 6 06/27/2016, 16 07/04/2016, 12 07/11/2016, 15 07/18/2016, 21 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jun 2016 UNITS SOLD: 4,759 YTD: 11,574	Jun 2016	4,759 11,574
17	-	1	Scaling Lean: Mastering the Key Metrics for Startup Growth Ash Maurya, Author Portfolio, $30.00 (304) 978-1-101-98052-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2016 UNITS SOLD: 4,442 YTD: 4,444	Jun 2016	4,442 4,444
18	5	2	But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking about the Present as If It Were the Past Charles Klosterman, Author, Chuck Klosterman, Author Blue Rider Press, $26.00 (288) 978-0-399-18412-3 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 06/20/2016 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 06/20/2016 Average Rank 16.11 [details] Sales history for But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking about the Present as If It Were the Past date, rank 06/20/2016, 5 06/27/2016, 18 07/04/2016, 16 07/11/2016, 17 07/18/2016, 10 07/25/2016, 19 08/01/2016, 19 08/08/2016, 16 08/15/2016, 25 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jun 2016 UNITS SOLD: 4,376 YTD: 11,110	Jun 2016	4,376 11,110
19	9	17	Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat Chrissy Teigen, Author, Adeena Sussman, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $29.99 (240) 978-1-101-90391-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 03/07/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/07/2016 Average Rank 9.38 [details] Sales history for Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat date, rank 03/07/2016, 1 03/14/2016, 1 03/21/2016, 3 03/28/2016, 3 04/04/2016, 4 04/11/2016, 4 04/18/2016, 8 04/25/2016, 7 05/02/2016, 6 05/09/2016, 5 05/16/2016, 10 05/23/2016, 14 05/30/2016, 14 06/06/2016, 17 06/13/2016, 7 06/20/2016, 9 06/27/2016, 19 07/04/2016, 14 07/11/2016, 18 07/18/2016, 12 07/25/2016, 12 08/01/2016, 15 08/08/2016, 13 08/15/2016, 21 08/22/2016, 22 08/29/2016, 21 09/05/2016, 25 12/26/2016, 24 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: Feb 2016 UNITS SOLD: 4,269 YTD: 156,891	Feb 2016	4,269 156,891
20	-	1	Outlander Kitchen: The Official Outlander Companion Cookbook Theresa Carle-Sanders, Author Delacorte Press, $35.00 (352) 978-1-101-96757-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2016 UNITS SOLD: 3,912 YTD: 3,939	Jun 2016	3,912 3,939
21	14	4	Eat Fat, Get Thin: Why the Fat We Eat Is the Key to Sustained Weight Loss and Vibrant Health Mark Hyman, Author Little Brown and Company, $28.00 (400) 978-0-316-33883-7 Last rank 29 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 03/07/2016 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 03/07/2016 Average Rank 11.57 [details] Sales history for Eat Fat, Get Thin: Why the Fat We Eat Is the Key to Sustained Weight Loss and Vibrant Health date, rank 03/07/2016, 2 03/14/2016, 5 03/21/2016, 2 03/28/2016, 2 04/04/2016, 3 04/11/2016, 8 04/18/2016, 16 04/25/2016, 17 05/02/2016, 22 06/20/2016, 14 06/27/2016, 21 07/04/2016, 19 09/12/2016, 23 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Feb 2016 UNITS SOLD: 3,854 YTD: 100,203	Feb 2016	3,854 100,203
22	15	11	The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss Anderson Cooper, Author, Gloria Vanderbilt, Author Harper, $27.99 (304) 978-0-06-245494-2 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 04/18/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/18/2016 Average Rank 8.04 [details] Sales history for The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss date, rank 04/18/2016, 1 04/25/2016, 2 05/02/2016, 1 05/09/2016, 1 05/16/2016, 1 05/23/2016, 2 05/30/2016, 6 06/06/2016, 10 06/13/2016, 14 06/20/2016, 15 06/27/2016, 22 07/04/2016, 7 07/11/2016, 12 07/18/2016, 16 07/25/2016, 21 08/01/2016, 22 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Apr 2016 UNITS SOLD: 3,389 YTD: 148,390	Apr 2016	3,389 148,390
23	30	4	Meathead: The Science of Great Barbecue and Grilling Meathead Goldwyn, Author Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $35.00 (400) 978-0-544-01846-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 17 Initial Date 05/23/2016 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 07/11/2016 Average Rank 12.50 [details] Sales history for Meathead: The Science of Great Barbecue and Grilling date, rank 05/23/2016, 17 06/27/2016, 23 LAST WEEK: 30 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: May 2016 UNITS SOLD: 3,197 YTD: 15,369	May 2016	3,197 15,369
24	-	1	If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty Eric Metaxas, Author Viking, $26.00 (288) 978-1-101-97998-3 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 24 Initial Date 06/27/2016 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 07/11/2016 Average Rank 17.67 [details] Sales history for If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty date, rank 06/27/2016, 24 07/11/2016, 11 07/18/2016, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2016 UNITS SOLD: 3,082 YTD: 3,140	Jun 2016	3,082 3,140
25	27	11	The Bob's Burgers Burger Book: Real Recipes for Joke Burgers Loren Bouchard, Author, The Writers of Bob's Burgers, Author, Cole Bowden, Author, Cole Bowden, Contribution by Universe, $19.95 (128) 978-0-7893-3114-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 04/04/2016 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 04/04/2016 Average Rank 14.75 [details] Sales history for The Bob's Burgers Burger Book: Real Recipes for Joke Burgers date, rank 04/04/2016, 5 04/18/2016, 25 04/25/2016, 25 05/02/2016, 13 05/30/2016, 24 06/13/2016, 23 06/27/2016, 25 LAST WEEK: 27 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Mar 2016 UNITS SOLD: 2,991 YTD: 39,259	Mar 2016	2,991 39,259

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Nielsen BookScan, week 25 of 2016, data through 6/19/2016; PW Issue of June. 27, 2016