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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	1	3	Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence Bill O'Reilly, Author, Martin Dugard, Author Henry Holt & Company, $30.00 (352) 978-1-62779-064-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/02/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/09/2017 Average Rank 6.67 [details] Sales history for Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence date, rank 10/02/2017, 2 10/09/2017, 1 10/16/2017, 1 10/23/2017, 1 10/30/2017, 5 11/06/2017, 7 11/13/2017, 6 11/20/2017, 11 11/27/2017, 8 12/04/2017, 9 12/11/2017, 6 12/18/2017, 10 12/25/2017, 8 01/01/2018, 5 01/08/2018, 8 01/15/2018, 24 01/29/2018, 21 02/05/2018, 20 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2017 UNITS SOLD: 45,196 YTD: 181,349	Sep 2017	45,196 181,349
2	2	4	What Happened Hillary Rodham Clinton, Author Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (512) 978-1-5011-7556-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/25/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/25/2017 Average Rank 8.71 [details] Sales history for What Happened date, rank 09/25/2017, 1 10/02/2017, 1 10/09/2017, 2 10/16/2017, 2 10/23/2017, 4 10/30/2017, 7 11/06/2017, 10 11/13/2017, 11 11/20/2017, 18 11/27/2017, 15 12/04/2017, 22 12/11/2017, 18 12/18/2017, 19 12/25/2017, 18 01/01/2018, 14 01/08/2018, 20 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2017 UNITS SOLD: 29,277 YTD: 341,259	Sep 2017	29,277 341,259
3	-	1	We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy Ta-Nehisi Coates, Author One World, $28.00 (400) 978-0-399-59056-6 Last rank 35 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/16/2017 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/16/2017 Average Rank 14.62 [details] Sales history for We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy date, rank 10/16/2017, 3 10/23/2017, 5 10/30/2017, 15 11/13/2017, 23 11/20/2017, 17 11/27/2017, 24 01/01/2018, 22 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 28,873 YTD: 28,988	Oct 2017	28,873 28,988
4	-	1	A Life Beyond Amazing: 9 Decisions That Will Transform Your Life Today David Jeremiah, Author Thomas Nelson, $24.99 (256) 978-0-7180-7990-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 10/16/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/06/2017 Average Rank 6.50 [details] Sales history for A Life Beyond Amazing: 9 Decisions That Will Transform Your Life Today date, rank 10/16/2017, 4 10/23/2017, 8 10/30/2017, 12 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 15,273 YTD: 15,492	Oct 2017	15,273 15,492
5	3	4	Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone Brene Brown, Author Random House, $28.00 (208) 978-0-8129-9584-8 Last rank 28 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/25/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/25/2017 Average Rank 11.38 [details] Sales history for Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone date, rank 09/25/2017, 2 10/02/2017, 4 10/09/2017, 3 10/16/2017, 5 10/23/2017, 7 10/30/2017, 18 11/06/2017, 18 01/15/2018, 25 01/22/2018, 10 01/29/2018, 13 02/05/2018, 14 02/12/2018, 24 02/26/2018, 21 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2017 UNITS SOLD: 12,856 YTD: 100,257	Sep 2017	12,856 100,257
6	12	3	Principles: Life and Work Ray Dalio, Author Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (592) 978-1-5011-2402-0 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/02/2017 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 10/02/2017 Average Rank 17.14 [details] Sales history for Principles: Life and Work date, rank 10/02/2017, 6 10/09/2017, 12 10/16/2017, 6 10/23/2017, 12 10/30/2017, 22 11/06/2017, 17 11/27/2017, 22 12/04/2017, 25 12/11/2017, 15 12/18/2017, 21 12/25/2017, 19 01/01/2018, 20 01/08/2018, 14 01/15/2018, 9 01/22/2018, 12 01/29/2018, 12 02/05/2018, 9 02/12/2018, 16 02/19/2018, 16 02/26/2018, 20 03/05/2018, 14 03/12/2018, 19 03/19/2018, 19 03/26/2018, 23 05/28/2018, 25 06/11/2018, 24 07/09/2018, 24 07/23/2018, 19 07/30/2018, 25 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2017 UNITS SOLD: 11,419 YTD: 43,133	Sep 2017	11,419 43,133
7	6	3	The Paradigm: The Ancient Blueprint That Holds the Mystery of Our Times Jonathan Cahn, Author Frontline, $21.99 (272) 978-1-62999-476-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 10/02/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/09/2017 Average Rank 8.42 [details] Sales history for The Paradigm: The Ancient Blueprint That Holds the Mystery of Our Times date, rank 10/02/2017, 5 10/09/2017, 6 10/16/2017, 7 10/23/2017, 14 10/30/2017, 23 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2017 UNITS SOLD: 10,238 YTD: 50,779	Sep 2017	10,238 50,779
8	-	1	Daring to Hope: Finding God's Goodness in the Broken and the Beautiful Katie Davis Majors, Author Multnomah Books, $25.99 (240) 978-0-7352-9051-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 10,102 YTD: 10,149	Oct 2017	10,102 10,149
9	-	1	The Keto Reset Diet: Reboot Your Metabolism in 21 Days and Burn Fat Forever Mark Sisson, Author, Brad Kearns, Author Harmony, $27.99 (352) 978-1-5247-6223-0 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 10/16/2017 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 10/16/2017 Average Rank 14.00 [details] Sales history for The Keto Reset Diet: Reboot Your Metabolism in 21 Days and Burn Fat Forever date, rank 10/16/2017, 9 10/23/2017, 9 10/30/2017, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 9,964 YTD: 9,983	Oct 2017	9,964 9,983
10	-	1	The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact Chip Heath, Author, Dan Heath, Author Simon & Schuster, $29.00 (320) 978-1-5011-4776-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 9,924 YTD: 10,058	Oct 2017	9,924 10,058
11	-	1	Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World Eric Metaxas, Author Viking, $30.00 (496) 978-1-101-98001-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 10/16/2017 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 11/06/2017 Average Rank 11.25 [details] Sales history for Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World date, rank 10/16/2017, 11 10/23/2017, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 9,678 YTD: 10,344	Oct 2017	9,678 10,344
12	11	23	Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Neil Degrasse Tyson, Author W. W. Norton & Company, $18.95 (224) 978-0-393-60939-4 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/15/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/15/2017 Average Rank 8.77 [details] Sales history for Astrophysics for People in a Hurry date, rank 05/15/2017, 1 05/22/2017, 2 05/29/2017, 2 06/05/2017, 1 06/12/2017, 2 06/19/2017, 3 06/26/2017, 3 07/03/2017, 1 07/10/2017, 3 07/17/2017, 3 07/24/2017, 2 07/31/2017, 4 08/07/2017, 2 08/14/2017, 5 08/21/2017, 4 08/28/2017, 3 09/04/2017, 3 09/11/2017, 1 09/18/2017, 2 09/25/2017, 9 10/02/2017, 11 10/09/2017, 11 10/16/2017, 12 10/23/2017, 13 10/30/2017, 20 11/06/2017, 25 11/20/2017, 25 11/27/2017, 20 12/04/2017, 18 12/11/2017, 12 12/18/2017, 13 12/25/2017, 10 01/01/2018, 8 01/08/2018, 7 01/15/2018, 7 01/22/2018, 4 01/29/2018, 4 02/05/2018, 6 02/12/2018, 9 02/19/2018, 11 02/26/2018, 5 03/05/2018, 6 03/12/2018, 11 03/19/2018, 10 03/26/2018, 11 04/02/2018, 12 04/09/2018, 16 04/16/2018, 21 04/23/2018, 14 04/30/2018, 15 05/07/2018, 17 05/14/2018, 17 05/21/2018, 25 05/28/2018, 17 06/04/2018, 18 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 23 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 9,611 YTD: 407,604	May 2017	9,611 407,604
13	10	4	Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World Max Lucado, Author Thomas Nelson, $22.99 (240) 978-0-7180-9612-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/25/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/09/2017 Average Rank 11.24 [details] Sales history for Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World date, rank 09/25/2017, 4 10/02/2017, 10 10/09/2017, 10 10/16/2017, 13 10/23/2017, 10 10/30/2017, 13 11/06/2017, 15 11/13/2017, 10 11/20/2017, 16 11/27/2017, 21 12/04/2017, 16 01/08/2018, 24 01/15/2018, 21 01/22/2018, 13 01/29/2018, 10 02/05/2018, 8 02/12/2018, 15 02/19/2018, 15 02/26/2018, 13 03/05/2018, 11 03/12/2018, 18 03/19/2018, 20 03/26/2018, 24 05/28/2018, 24 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2017 UNITS SOLD: 8,887 YTD: 50,526	Sep 2017	8,887 50,526
14	5	2	Food Can Fix It: The Superfood Switch to Fight Fat, Defy Aging, and Eat Your Way Healthy Mehmet Oz, Author Scribner Book Company, $29.99 (368) 978-1-5011-5815-5 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/09/2017 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 10/09/2017 Average Rank 14.40 [details] Sales history for Food Can Fix It: The Superfood Switch to Fight Fat, Defy Aging, and Eat Your Way Healthy date, rank 10/09/2017, 5 10/16/2017, 14 10/23/2017, 24 10/30/2017, 9 11/06/2017, 20 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2017 UNITS SOLD: 8,194 YTD: 23,642	Sep 2017	8,194 23,642
15	4	3	The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance Tom Brady, Author Simon & Schuster, $29.99 (320) 978-1-5011-8073-6 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 10/02/2017 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/02/2017 Average Rank 16.50 [details] Sales history for The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance date, rank 10/02/2017, 3 10/09/2017, 4 10/16/2017, 15 10/23/2017, 25 12/11/2017, 25 12/18/2017, 25 01/01/2018, 19 02/12/2018, 22 02/19/2018, 24 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2017 UNITS SOLD: 7,801 YTD: 69,216	Sep 2017	7,801 69,216
16	-	1	Sweet: Desserts from London's Ottolenghi Yotam Ottolenghi, Author, Helen Goh, Author Ten Speed Press, $35.00 (368) 978-1-60774-914-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 10/16/2017 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 11/06/2017 Average Rank 10.50 [details] Sales history for Sweet: Desserts from London's Ottolenghi date, rank 10/16/2017, 16 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 7,298 YTD: 7,356	Oct 2017	7,298 7,356
17	7	4	Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History Katy Tur, Author Dey Street Books, $26.99 (304) 978-0-06-268492-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 09/25/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/09/2017 Average Rank 9.12 [details] Sales history for Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History date, rank 09/25/2017, 3 10/02/2017, 8 10/09/2017, 7 10/16/2017, 17 10/23/2017, 21 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2017 UNITS SOLD: 7,169 YTD: 55,870	Sep 2017	7,169 55,870
18	-	1	The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President Bandy X Lee, Author, Robert Jay Lifton, Contribution by, Gail Sheehy, Contribution by, William J Doherty, Contribution by, Noam Chomsky, Contribution by, Judith Lewis Herman, Contribution by, Philip Zimbardo, Contribution by, Rosemary Sword, Contribution by, Craig Malkin, Contribution by, Tony Schwartz, Contribution by, Lance Dodes, Contribution by, John D Gartner, Contribution by, Michael J Tansey, Contribution by, David M Reiss, Contribution by, James A Herb, Contribution by, Leonard L Glass, Contribution by, Henry J Friedman, Contribution by, James Gilligan, Contribution by, Diane Jhueck, Contribution by, Howard H Covitz, Contribution by, Betty P Teng, Contribution by, Jennifer Contarino Panning, Contribution by, Harper West, Contribution by, Luba Kessler, Contribution by, Steve Wruble, Contribution by, Thomas Singer, Contribution by, Elizabeth Mika, Contribution by, Edwin B Fisher, Contribution by, Nanette Gartrell, Contribution by, Dee Mosbacher, Contribution by St. Martin's Press, $27.99 (384) 978-1-250-17945-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 10/16/2017 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/06/2017 Average Rank 15.75 [details] Sales history for The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President date, rank 10/16/2017, 18 10/30/2017, 21 11/06/2017, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 6,830 YTD: 7,003	Oct 2017	6,830 7,003
19	25	2	The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote Sharyl Attkisson, Author Harper, $27.99 (288) 978-0-06-246816-1 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 07/10/2017 Highest Rank 18 Highest Rank Date 07/10/2017 Average Rank 18.50 [details] Sales history for The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote date, rank 07/10/2017, 18 10/16/2017, 19 LAST WEEK: 25 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jun 2017 UNITS SOLD: 6,574 YTD: 25,122	Jun 2017	6,574 25,122
20	-	1	Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions Russell Brand, Author Henry Holt & Company, $27.00 (288) 978-1-250-14192-7 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 20 Initial Date 10/16/2017 Highest Rank 18 Highest Rank Date 10/23/2017 Average Rank 19.00 [details] Sales history for Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions date, rank 10/16/2017, 20 10/23/2017, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 5,681 YTD: 5,701	Oct 2017	5,681 5,701
21	-	1	Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived Antonin Scalia, Author, Christopher J Scalia, Editor, Edward Whelan, Editor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Foreword by Crown Forum, $30.00 (432) 978-0-525-57332-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 10/16/2017 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 11/06/2017 Average Rank 14.50 [details] Sales history for Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived date, rank 10/16/2017, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 5,361 YTD: 5,396	Oct 2017	5,361 5,396
22	14	27	Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...and Maybe the World William H McRaven, Author Grand Central Publishing, $18.00 (144) 978-1-4555-7024-9 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 04/17/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/01/2017 Average Rank 10.50 [details] Sales history for Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...and Maybe the World date, rank 04/17/2017, 9 04/24/2017, 8 05/01/2017, 1 05/08/2017, 2 05/15/2017, 4 05/22/2017, 3 05/29/2017, 4 06/05/2017, 2 06/12/2017, 4 06/19/2017, 4 06/26/2017, 4 07/03/2017, 5 07/10/2017, 8 07/17/2017, 8 07/24/2017, 7 07/31/2017, 7 08/07/2017, 6 08/14/2017, 8 08/21/2017, 7 08/28/2017, 4 09/04/2017, 1 09/11/2017, 3 09/18/2017, 4 09/25/2017, 10 10/02/2017, 13 10/09/2017, 14 10/16/2017, 22 10/30/2017, 19 11/13/2017, 21 11/27/2017, 17 12/04/2017, 21 12/11/2017, 17 12/18/2017, 18 12/25/2017, 17 01/01/2018, 16 01/08/2018, 17 01/15/2018, 16 01/22/2018, 11 01/29/2018, 8 02/05/2018, 10 02/12/2018, 14 02/19/2018, 13 02/26/2018, 11 03/05/2018, 16 03/12/2018, 14 03/19/2018, 14 03/26/2018, 16 04/02/2018, 18 04/09/2018, 21 04/30/2018, 20 05/07/2018, 19 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 27 PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 5,320 YTD: 342,241	Apr 2017	5,320 342,241
23	-	1	From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death Caitlin Doughty, Author, Landis Blair, Not Available W. W. Norton & Company, $24.95 (272) 978-0-393-24989-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 5,114 YTD: 5,405	Oct 2017	5,114 5,405
24	15	7	The End of Alzheimer's: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline Dale Bredesen, Author Avery Publishing Group, $27.00 (320) 978-0-7352-1620-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 09/04/2017 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/18/2017 Average Rank 12.44 [details] Sales history for The End of Alzheimer's: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline date, rank 09/04/2017, 6 09/11/2017, 6 09/18/2017, 3 09/25/2017, 11 10/02/2017, 15 10/09/2017, 15 10/16/2017, 24 10/30/2017, 11 01/08/2018, 21 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Aug 2017 UNITS SOLD: 5,039 YTD: 46,626	Aug 2017	5,039 46,626
25	21	3	High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way Brendon Burchard, Author Hay House, $26.99 (175) 978-1-4019-5285-3 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 10/02/2017 Highest Rank 12 Highest Rank Date 10/02/2017 Average Rank 19.33 [details] Sales history for High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way date, rank 10/02/2017, 12 10/09/2017, 21 10/16/2017, 25 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2017 UNITS SOLD: 4,630 YTD: 17,635	Sep 2017	4,630 17,635

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NBD BookScan, week 38 of 2017, data through 9/17/2017; PW Issue of Sept. 25, 2017