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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2024 YTD
1	-	1	Love Warrior: A Memoir Glennon Doyle Melton, Author Flatiron Books, $25.99 (272) 978-1-250-07572-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/19/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/19/2016 Average Rank 2.33 [details] Sales history for Love Warrior: A Memoir date, rank 09/19/2016, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2016 UNITS SOLD: 29,261 YTD: 31,744	Sep 2016	29,261 31,744
2	-	1	Love Warrior (Oprah's Book Club): A Memoir Glennon Doyle Melton, Author Flatiron Books, $25.99 (272) 978-1-250-12854-6 Last rank 39 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 09/19/2016 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/19/2016 Average Rank 9.18 [details] Sales history for Love Warrior (Oprah's Book Club): A Memoir date, rank 09/19/2016, 2 09/26/2016, 3 10/03/2016, 3 10/10/2016, 8 10/17/2016, 16 10/24/2016, 16 10/31/2016, 14 11/21/2016, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2016 UNITS SOLD: 22,161 YTD: 22,170	Sep 2016	22,161 22,170
3	1	4	The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo Amy Schumer, Author Gallery Books, $28.00 (320) 978-1-5011-3988-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 08/29/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/29/2016 Average Rank 7.55 [details] Sales history for The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo date, rank 08/29/2016, 1 09/05/2016, 1 09/12/2016, 1 09/19/2016, 3 09/26/2016, 4 10/03/2016, 2 10/10/2016, 7 10/17/2016, 13 10/24/2016, 13 10/31/2016, 17 12/05/2016, 17 12/26/2016, 22 01/02/2017, 20 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Aug 2016 UNITS SOLD: 19,855 YTD: 114,639	Aug 2016	19,855 114,639
4	4	2	Clean House: Exposing Our Government's Secrets and Lies Tom Fitton, Author Threshold Editions, $27.00 (304) 978-1-5011-3704-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/12/2016 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/10/2016 Average Rank 8.00 [details] Sales history for Clean House: Exposing Our Government's Secrets and Lies date, rank 09/12/2016, 4 09/19/2016, 4 09/26/2016, 5 10/10/2016, 25 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2016 UNITS SOLD: 13,570 YTD: 20,946	Aug 2016	13,570 20,946
5	2	7	Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis J D Vance, Author Harper, $27.99 (272) 978-0-06-230054-6 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 08/08/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/06/2017 Average Rank 6.29 [details] Sales history for Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis date, rank 08/08/2016, 12 08/15/2016, 9 08/22/2016, 4 08/29/2016, 2 09/05/2016, 2 09/12/2016, 2 09/19/2016, 5 09/26/2016, 7 10/03/2016, 7 10/10/2016, 6 10/17/2016, 9 10/24/2016, 9 10/31/2016, 8 11/07/2016, 12 11/14/2016, 9 11/21/2016, 5 11/28/2016, 6 12/05/2016, 9 12/12/2016, 11 12/19/2016, 10 12/26/2016, 9 01/02/2017, 6 01/09/2017, 3 01/16/2017, 3 01/23/2017, 4 01/30/2017, 2 02/06/2017, 1 02/13/2017, 1 02/20/2017, 1 02/27/2017, 2 03/06/2017, 2 03/13/2017, 3 03/20/2017, 4 03/27/2017, 4 04/03/2017, 2 04/10/2017, 4 04/17/2017, 4 04/24/2017, 3 05/01/2017, 10 05/08/2017, 11 05/15/2017, 11 05/22/2017, 10 05/29/2017, 8 06/05/2017, 7 06/12/2017, 6 06/19/2017, 8 06/26/2017, 8 07/03/2017, 4 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Jun 2016 UNITS SOLD: 13,320 YTD: 91,377	Jun 2016	13,320 91,377
6	5	5	Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living Shauna Niequist, Author Zondervan, $22.99 (240) 978-0-310-34299-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 08/22/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/22/2016 Average Rank 7.70 [details] Sales history for Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living date, rank 08/22/2016, 1 08/29/2016, 3 09/05/2016, 5 09/12/2016, 5 09/19/2016, 6 09/26/2016, 12 10/03/2016, 17 10/10/2016, 22 09/04/2017, 10 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Aug 2016 UNITS SOLD: 6,737 YTD: 52,914	Aug 2016	6,737 52,914
7	3	35	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: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 35 PUB DATE: Jan 2016 UNITS SOLD: 6,205 YTD: 395,076	Jan 2016	6,205 395,076
8	8	22	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: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 22 PUB DATE: Apr 2016 UNITS SOLD: 5,515 YTD: 235,897	Apr 2016	5,515 235,897
9	12	2	Guinness World Records 2017 Guinness World Records, Author, Buzz Aldrin, Contribution by, Chris Hadfield, Introduction by Guinness World Records, $28.95 (256) 978-1-910561-33-1 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 09/12/2016 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 12/19/2016 Average Rank 12.28 [details] Sales history for Guinness World Records 2017 date, rank 09/12/2016, 12 09/19/2016, 9 09/26/2016, 14 10/03/2016, 16 10/10/2016, 17 10/17/2016, 20 10/24/2016, 23 10/31/2016, 16 11/07/2016, 14 11/14/2016, 7 11/21/2016, 7 11/28/2016, 10 12/05/2016, 7 12/12/2016, 7 12/19/2016, 6 12/26/2016, 6 01/02/2017, 8 01/09/2017, 22 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2016 UNITS SOLD: 5,271 YTD: 10,341	Aug 2016	5,271 10,341
10	-	1	Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race Margot Lee Shetterly, Author William Morrow & Company, $27.99 (368) 978-0-06-236359-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 09/19/2016 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 02/13/2017 Average Rank 12.60 [details] Sales history for Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race date, rank 09/19/2016, 10 01/23/2017, 20 01/30/2017, 16 02/06/2017, 14 02/13/2017, 13 02/20/2017, 13 02/27/2017, 13 03/06/2017, 17 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2016 UNITS SOLD: 5,013 YTD: 5,130	Sep 2016	5,013 5,130
11	-	1	Chase the Lion: If Your Dream Doesn't Scare You, It's Too Small Mark Batterson, Author Multnomah Books, $19.99 (224) 978-1-60142-885-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 09/19/2016 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 10/10/2016 Average Rank 8.50 [details] Sales history for Chase the Lion: If Your Dream Doesn't Scare You, It's Too Small date, rank 09/19/2016, 11 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2016 UNITS SOLD: 4,704 YTD: 4,757	Sep 2016	4,704 4,757
12	7	8	Hillary's America Dinesh D'Souza, Author Regnery Publishing, $29.99 (256) 978-1-62157-347-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 08/01/2016 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/01/2016 Average Rank 6.06 [details] Sales history for Hillary's America date, rank 08/01/2016, 2 08/08/2016, 2 08/15/2016, 2 08/22/2016, 2 08/29/2016, 5 09/05/2016, 4 09/12/2016, 7 09/19/2016, 12 09/26/2016, 19 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Jul 2016 UNITS SOLD: 4,646 YTD: 100,958	Jul 2016	4,646 100,958
13	9	11	Armageddon: How Trump Can Beat Hillary Dick Morris, Author, Eileen McGann, Author Humanix Books, $24.99 (224) 978-1-63006-058-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 07/11/2016 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/08/2016 Average Rank 10.39 [details] Sales history for Armageddon: How Trump Can Beat Hillary date, rank 07/11/2016, 22 07/18/2016, 22 07/25/2016, 16 08/01/2016, 4 08/08/2016, 3 08/15/2016, 4 08/22/2016, 7 08/29/2016, 6 09/05/2016, 6 09/12/2016, 9 09/19/2016, 13 09/26/2016, 18 10/03/2016, 15 10/10/2016, 21 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Jun 2016 UNITS SOLD: 4,609 YTD: 74,018	Jun 2016	4,609 74,018
14	10	3	The Perfect Horse: The Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis Elizabeth Letts, Author Ballantine Books, $28.00 (400) 978-0-345-54480-3 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 09/05/2016 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 09/05/2016 Average Rank 13.00 [details] Sales history for The Perfect Horse: The Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis date, rank 09/05/2016, 8 09/12/2016, 10 09/19/2016, 14 09/26/2016, 20 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 2016 UNITS SOLD: 4,532 YTD: 17,292	Aug 2016	4,532 17,292
15	-	1	The Conservative Case for Trump Phyllis Schlafly, Author, Ed Martin, Author, Brett M Decker, Author Regnery Publishing, $18.99 (272) 978-1-62157-628-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2016 UNITS SOLD: 4,296 YTD: 4,316	Aug 2016	4,296 4,316
16	-	1	Forks Over Knives Family: Every Parent S Guide to Raising Healthy, Happy Kids on a Whole-Food, Plant-Based Diet Alona Pulde, Author, Matthew Lederman, Author Touchstone Books, $25.99 (336) 978-1-4767-5332-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2016 UNITS SOLD: 4,255 YTD: 4,356	Sep 2016	4,255 4,356
17	13	11	Crisis of Character: A White House Secret Service Officer Discloses His Firsthand Experience with Hillary, Bill, and How They Operate Gary J Byrne, Author Center Street, $27.00 (304) 978-1-4555-6887-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 07/11/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/11/2016 Average Rank 5.71 [details] Sales history for Crisis of Character: A White House Secret Service Officer Discloses His Firsthand Experience with Hillary, Bill, and How They Operate date, rank 07/11/2016, 1 07/18/2016, 1 07/25/2016, 1 08/01/2016, 1 08/08/2016, 1 08/15/2016, 3 08/22/2016, 5 08/29/2016, 8 09/05/2016, 11 09/12/2016, 13 09/19/2016, 17 09/26/2016, 24 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Jun 2016 UNITS SOLD: 4,247 YTD: 217,363	Jun 2016	4,247 217,363
18	6	3	In Trump We Trust: E Pluribus Awesome! Ann Coulter, Author Sentinel, $23.00 (224) 978-0-7352-1446-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/05/2016 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/05/2016 Average Rank 8.50 [details] Sales history for In Trump We Trust: E Pluribus Awesome! date, rank 09/05/2016, 3 09/12/2016, 6 09/19/2016, 18 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 2016 UNITS SOLD: 4,202 YTD: 20,081	Aug 2016	4,202 20,081
19	-	1	The Red Bandanna Tom Rinaldi, Author Penguin Press, $25.00 (224) 978-1-59420-677-1 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 09/19/2016 Highest Rank 15 Highest Rank Date 09/26/2016 Average Rank 17.00 [details] Sales history for The Red Bandanna date, rank 09/19/2016, 19 09/26/2016, 15 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2016 UNITS SOLD: 4,134 YTD: 4,177	Sep 2016	4,134 4,177
20	-	1	The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life John Le Carre, Author Viking, $30.00 (320) 978-0-7352-2077-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2016 UNITS SOLD: 4,076 YTD: 4,274	Sep 2016	4,076 4,274
21	-	1	Storm King's Thunder Wizards RPG Team, Author Wizards of the Coast, $49.95 978-0-7869-6600-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2016 UNITS SOLD: 3,857 YTD: 3,945	Sep 2016	3,857 3,945
22	15	19	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: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 19 PUB DATE: May 2016 UNITS SOLD: 3,808 YTD: 133,684	May 2016	3,808 133,684
23	-	1	Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland Dave Barry, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $27.00 (240) 978-1-101-98260-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2016 UNITS SOLD: 3,702 YTD: 4,052	Sep 2016	3,702 4,052
24	16	7	Calming Therapy: An Anti-Stress Coloring Book Hannah Davies, Author, Richard Merritt, Author, Cindy Wilde, Author Running Press Book Publishers, $15.00 (128) 978-0-7624-5960-5 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 09/12/2016 Highest Rank 16 Highest Rank Date 09/12/2016 Average Rank 20.33 [details] Sales history for Calming Therapy: An Anti-Stress Coloring Book date, rank 09/12/2016, 16 09/19/2016, 24 09/26/2016, 21 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Oct 2015 UNITS SOLD: 3,679 YTD: 30,341	Oct 2015	3,679 30,341
25	-	1	Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade Robert B. Cialdini, Author Simon & Schuster, $28.00 (432) 978-1-5011-0979-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2016 UNITS SOLD: 3,597 YTD: 3,681	Sep 2016	3,597 3,681

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Nielsen BookScan, week 37 of 2016, data through 9/11/2016; PW Issue of Sept. 19, 2016

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