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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	-	1	Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class Is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution Tucker Carlson, Author Free Press, $28.00 (256) 978-1-5011-8366-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/15/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/15/2018 Average Rank 8.24 [details] Sales history for Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class Is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution date, rank 10/15/2018, 1 10/22/2018, 2 10/29/2018, 1 11/05/2018, 5 11/12/2018, 7 11/19/2018, 7 11/26/2018, 10 12/03/2018, 14 12/10/2018, 19 12/17/2018, 18 12/24/2018, 20 12/31/2018, 18 01/07/2019, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 82,220 YTD: 82,309	Oct 2018	82,220 82,309
2	1	4	Fear: Trump in the White House Bob Woodward, Author Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (448) 978-1-5011-7551-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/24/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/24/2018 Average Rank 8.29 [details] Sales history for Fear: Trump in the White House date, rank 09/24/2018, 1 10/01/2018, 1 10/08/2018, 1 10/15/2018, 2 10/22/2018, 7 10/29/2018, 8 11/05/2018, 12 11/12/2018, 12 11/19/2018, 13 11/26/2018, 14 12/03/2018, 19 12/10/2018, 23 12/31/2018, 23 01/07/2019, 21 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2018 UNITS SOLD: 42,319 YTD: 802,819	Sep 2018	42,319 802,819
3	2	35	Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be Rachel Hollis, Author Thomas Nelson, (240p) 978-1-4002-0165-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 03/12/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/16/2018 Average Rank 4.24 [details] Sales history for Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be date, rank 03/26/2018, 21 04/02/2018, 19 04/09/2018, 18 04/16/2018, 15 04/23/2018, 5 04/30/2018, 5 05/07/2018, 10 05/14/2018, 6 05/21/2018, 7 05/28/2018, 8 06/04/2018, 10 06/11/2018, 10 06/18/2018, 6 06/25/2018, 6 07/02/2018, 7 07/09/2018, 2 07/16/2018, 2 07/23/2018, 1 07/30/2018, 2 08/06/2018, 3 08/13/2018, 2 08/20/2018, 1 08/27/2018, 1 09/03/2018, 1 09/10/2018, 1 09/17/2018, 1 09/24/2018, 2 10/01/2018, 4 10/08/2018, 2 10/15/2018, 3 10/22/2018, 4 10/29/2018, 3 11/05/2018, 2 11/12/2018, 2 11/19/2018, 3 11/26/2018, 5 12/03/2018, 3 12/10/2018, 4 12/17/2018, 4 12/24/2018, 4 12/31/2018, 3 01/07/2019, 2 01/14/2019, 2 01/21/2019, 3 01/28/2019, 2 02/04/2019, 2 02/11/2019, 3 02/18/2019, 2 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 35 PUB DATE: Feb 2018 UNITS SOLD: 39,875 YTD: 747,214	Feb 2018	39,875 747,214
4	3	3	Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits Reese Witherspoon, Author Touchstone Books, $32.00 (288) 978-1-5011-6627-3 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/01/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/01/2018 Average Rank 10.59 [details] Sales history for Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits date, rank 10/01/2018, 2 10/08/2018, 3 10/15/2018, 4 10/22/2018, 9 10/29/2018, 18 11/05/2018, 19 11/12/2018, 15 11/19/2018, 15 11/26/2018, 21 12/03/2018, 10 12/10/2018, 16 12/17/2018, 16 12/24/2018, 12 12/31/2018, 14 01/07/2019, 15 01/14/2019, 19 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2018 UNITS SOLD: 25,491 YTD: 117,435	Sep 2018	25,491 117,435
5	-	1	The Fifth Risk Michael Lewis, Author W. W. Norton & Company, $26.95 (256) 978-1-324-00264-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/15/2018 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 10/15/2018 Average Rank 13.18 [details] Sales history for The Fifth Risk date, rank 10/15/2018, 5 10/22/2018, 8 10/29/2018, 15 11/05/2018, 24 11/12/2018, 24 12/24/2018, 21 05/27/2019, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 23,766 YTD: 24,046	Oct 2018	23,766 24,046
6	4	3	Cravings: Hungry for More Chrissy Teigen, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $29.99 (256) 978-1-5247-5972-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 10/01/2018 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/01/2018 Average Rank 11.58 [details] Sales history for Cravings: Hungry for More date, rank 10/01/2018, 3 10/08/2018, 4 10/15/2018, 6 10/22/2018, 11 10/29/2018, 22 11/05/2018, 22 11/12/2018, 21 11/19/2018, 23 12/03/2018, 16 12/10/2018, 12 12/17/2018, 14 12/24/2018, 14 12/31/2018, 12 01/07/2019, 8 01/14/2019, 21 02/25/2019, 23 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2018 UNITS SOLD: 20,114 YTD: 102,530	Sep 2018	20,114 102,530
7	-	1	The Happy Cookbook: A Celebration of the Food That Makes America Smile Steve Doocy, Author, Kathy Doocy, Author William Morrow & Company, $29.99 (272) 978-0-06-283894-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 10/15/2018 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/12/2018 Average Rank 11.62 [details] Sales history for The Happy Cookbook: A Celebration of the Food That Makes America Smile date, rank 10/15/2018, 7 10/22/2018, 15 10/29/2018, 7 11/05/2018, 13 11/26/2018, 19 12/03/2018, 12 12/10/2018, 9 12/17/2018, 17 12/24/2018, 17 12/31/2018, 20 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 18,337 YTD: 18,375	Oct 2018	18,337 18,375
8	5	3	In Pieces Sally Field, Author Grand Central Publishing, $29.00 (368) 978-1-5387-6302-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/01/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/12/2018 Average Rank 8.70 [details] Sales history for In Pieces date, rank 10/01/2018, 5 10/08/2018, 5 10/15/2018, 8 10/22/2018, 12 10/29/2018, 23 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2018 UNITS SOLD: 15,962 YTD: 79,454	Sep 2018	15,962 79,454
9	7	2	Together: Our Community Cookbook The Hubb Community Kitchen, Author, Hrh the Duchess of Sussex, Foreword by Clarkson Potter Publishers, $16.99 (128) 978-1-9848-2408-0 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 10/08/2018 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 10/08/2018 Average Rank 8.00 [details] Sales history for Together: Our Community Cookbook date, rank 10/08/2018, 7 10/15/2018, 9 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2018 UNITS SOLD: 11,300 YTD: 26,661	Sep 2018	11,300 26,661
10	11	24	Magnolia Table: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering Joanna Gaines, Author, Marah Stets, Author William Morrow & Company, $29.99 (336) 978-0-06-282015-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 05/07/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/07/2018 Average Rank 6.09 [details] Sales history for Magnolia Table: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering date, rank 05/07/2018, 1 05/14/2018, 1 05/21/2018, 1 05/28/2018, 1 06/04/2018, 1 06/11/2018, 2 06/18/2018, 2 06/25/2018, 1 07/02/2018, 2 07/09/2018, 1 07/16/2018, 1 07/23/2018, 2 07/30/2018, 3 08/06/2018, 4 08/13/2018, 4 08/20/2018, 4 08/27/2018, 5 09/03/2018, 5 09/10/2018, 4 09/17/2018, 4 09/24/2018, 4 10/01/2018, 10 10/08/2018, 11 10/15/2018, 10 10/22/2018, 20 10/29/2018, 21 11/05/2018, 16 11/12/2018, 10 11/19/2018, 6 11/26/2018, 9 12/03/2018, 4 12/10/2018, 5 12/17/2018, 6 12/24/2018, 6 12/31/2018, 5 01/07/2019, 6 01/14/2019, 8 01/21/2019, 14 01/28/2019, 15 02/04/2019, 15 02/11/2019, 18 02/18/2019, 21 02/25/2019, 10 03/04/2019, 13 03/11/2019, 11 03/18/2019, 20 03/25/2019, 17 04/08/2019, 17 04/15/2019, 20 05/06/2019, 25 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 24 PUB DATE: Apr 2018 UNITS SOLD: 10,621 YTD: 989,617	Apr 2018	10,621 989,617
11	-	1	Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger Rebecca Traister Simon & Schuster, (352p) 978-1-5011-8179-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 9,897 YTD: 9,998	Oct 2018	9,897 9,998
12	-	1	Jesus Is Risen: Paul and the Early Church David Limbaugh, Author Regnery Publishing, $28.99 (320) 978-1-62157-704-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 10/15/2018 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 11/12/2018 Average Rank 13.00 [details] Sales history for Jesus Is Risen: Paul and the Early Church date, rank 10/15/2018, 12 10/22/2018, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 9,218 YTD: 9,240	Oct 2018	9,218 9,240
13	20	12	Liars, Leakers, and Liberals: The Case Against the Anti-Trump Conspiracy Jeanine Pirro, Author Center Street, $27.00 (288) 978-1-5460-8342-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 07/30/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/30/2018 Average Rank 7.15 [details] Sales history for Liars, Leakers, and Liberals: The Case Against the Anti-Trump Conspiracy date, rank 07/30/2018, 1 08/06/2018, 2 08/13/2018, 3 08/20/2018, 3 08/27/2018, 6 09/03/2018, 7 09/10/2018, 6 09/17/2018, 12 09/24/2018, 11 10/01/2018, 15 10/08/2018, 20 10/15/2018, 13 10/22/2018, 19 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Jul 2018 UNITS SOLD: 9,187 YTD: 182,034	Jul 2018	9,187 182,034
14	-	1	Full Disclosure Stormy Daniels, Author, Michael Avenatti, Foreword by St. Martin's Press, $27.99 (288) 978-1-250-20556-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 8,911 YTD: 9,039	Oct 2018	8,911 9,039
15	10	3	Leadership in Turbulent Times Doris Kearns Goodwin, Author Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (352) 978-1-4767-9592-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/01/2018 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/12/2018 Average Rank 14.00 [details] Sales history for Leadership in Turbulent Times date, rank 10/01/2018, 6 10/08/2018, 10 10/15/2018, 15 10/22/2018, 18 10/29/2018, 24 11/12/2018, 22 11/19/2018, 14 11/26/2018, 25 12/10/2018, 25 12/17/2018, 21 12/24/2018, 13 12/31/2018, 16 01/07/2019, 18 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2018 UNITS SOLD: 8,647 YTD: 50,174	Sep 2018	8,647 50,174
16	-	1	To Shake the Sleeping Self: A 14,000-Mile Bike Trip, and One Man#s Quest to Live a Life with No Regrets Jedidiah Jenkins, Author Convergent Books, $26.00 (336) 978-1-5247-6138-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 8,614 YTD: 8,627	Oct 2018	8,614 8,627
17	-	1	Lessons: My Path to a Meaningful Life Gisele Bundchen, Author Avery Publishing Group, $27.00 (256) 978-0-525-53864-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 8,342 YTD: 8,352	Oct 2018	8,342 8,352
18	15	33	Educated: A Memoir Tara Westover, Author Random House, $28.00 (352) 978-0-399-59050-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 03/05/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/03/2018 Average Rank 7.50 [details] Sales history for Educated: A Memoir date, rank 03/05/2018, 4 03/12/2018, 6 03/19/2018, 7 03/26/2018, 7 04/02/2018, 10 04/09/2018, 13 04/16/2018, 20 04/23/2018, 13 04/30/2018, 14 05/07/2018, 13 05/14/2018, 8 05/21/2018, 9 05/28/2018, 11 06/04/2018, 12 06/11/2018, 14 06/18/2018, 16 06/25/2018, 18 07/02/2018, 15 07/09/2018, 9 07/16/2018, 6 07/23/2018, 7 07/30/2018, 6 08/06/2018, 6 08/13/2018, 9 08/20/2018, 9 08/27/2018, 8 09/03/2018, 6 09/10/2018, 5 09/17/2018, 6 09/24/2018, 6 10/01/2018, 11 10/08/2018, 15 10/15/2018, 18 10/22/2018, 24 11/12/2018, 19 11/19/2018, 17 11/26/2018, 16 12/03/2018, 21 12/10/2018, 18 12/17/2018, 9 12/24/2018, 7 12/31/2018, 7 01/07/2019, 5 01/14/2019, 3 01/21/2019, 5 01/28/2019, 4 02/04/2019, 4 02/11/2019, 4 02/18/2019, 3 02/25/2019, 3 03/04/2019, 3 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 33 PUB DATE: Feb 2018 UNITS SOLD: 7,993 YTD: 228,270	Feb 2018	7,993 228,270
19	-	1	It Is Finished: Your New Life Starts Now Joel Osteen, Author Faithwords, $24.00 (208) 978-1-5460-2596-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 10/15/2018 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/12/2018 Average Rank 11.75 [details] Sales history for It Is Finished: Your New Life Starts Now date, rank 10/15/2018, 19 11/05/2018, 15 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 7,837 YTD: 7,916	Oct 2018	7,837 7,916
20	16	37	12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos Jordan B Peterson, Author Random House Canada, $25.95 (448) 978-0-345-81602-3 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 02/05/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/19/2018 Average Rank 6.95 [details] Sales history for 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos date, rank 02/05/2018, 2 02/12/2018, 3 02/19/2018, 1 02/26/2018, 2 03/05/2018, 1 03/12/2018, 3 03/19/2018, 2 03/26/2018, 3 04/02/2018, 3 04/09/2018, 1 04/16/2018, 1 04/23/2018, 4 04/30/2018, 3 05/07/2018, 4 05/14/2018, 4 05/21/2018, 5 05/28/2018, 7 06/04/2018, 7 06/11/2018, 8 06/18/2018, 7 06/25/2018, 5 07/02/2018, 8 07/09/2018, 5 07/16/2018, 4 07/23/2018, 3 07/30/2018, 4 08/06/2018, 5 08/13/2018, 8 08/20/2018, 8 08/27/2018, 7 09/03/2018, 3 09/10/2018, 8 09/17/2018, 7 09/24/2018, 9 10/01/2018, 13 10/08/2018, 16 10/15/2018, 20 11/19/2018, 19 12/17/2018, 22 12/24/2018, 19 12/31/2018, 19 01/07/2019, 11 01/14/2019, 6 01/21/2019, 12 01/28/2019, 12 02/04/2019, 9 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 37 PUB DATE: Jan 2018 UNITS SOLD: 6,950 YTD: 587,777	Jan 2018	6,950 587,777
21	-	1	The Apprentice: Trump, Russia and the Subversion of American Democracy Greg Miller, Author Custom House, $29.99 (448) 978-0-06-280370-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 6,906 YTD: 6,923	Oct 2018	6,906 6,923
22	12	3	The Deep State: How an Army of Bureaucrats Protected Barack Obama and Is Working to Destroy Donald Trump Jason Chaffetz, Author Broadside Books, $28.99 (256) 978-0-06-285156-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 10/01/2018 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 10/01/2018 Average Rank 12.50 [details] Sales history for The Deep State: How an Army of Bureaucrats Protected Barack Obama and Is Working to Destroy Donald Trump date, rank 10/01/2018, 7 10/08/2018, 12 10/15/2018, 22 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2018 UNITS SOLD: 6,881 YTD: 31,527	Sep 2018	6,881 31,527
23	9	2	This Is the Day: Reclaim Your Dream. Ignite Your Passion. Live Your Purpose. Tim Tebow, Author, A J Gregory, With Waterbrook Press, $25.00 (224) 978-0-525-65030-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 10/08/2018 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 11/12/2018 Average Rank 9.80 [details] Sales history for This Is the Day: Reclaim Your Dream. Ignite Your Passion. Live Your Purpose. date, rank 10/08/2018, 9 10/15/2018, 23 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2018 UNITS SOLD: 6,761 YTD: 20,653	Sep 2018	6,761 20,653
24	13	3	These Truths: A History of the United States Jill Lepore, Author W. W. Norton & Company, $39.95 (960) 978-0-393-63524-9 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/01/2018 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 10/01/2018 Average Rank 15.00 [details] Sales history for These Truths: A History of the United States date, rank 10/01/2018, 8 10/08/2018, 13 10/15/2018, 24 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2018 UNITS SOLD: 6,313 YTD: 27,583	Sep 2018	6,313 27,583
25	14	2	AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order Kai-Fu Lee, Author Houghton Mifflin, $28.00 (256) 978-1-328-54639-5 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 10/08/2018 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 10/08/2018 Average Rank 19.50 [details] Sales history for AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order date, rank 10/08/2018, 14 10/15/2018, 25 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2018 UNITS SOLD: 6,183 YTD: 14,775	Sep 2018	6,183 14,775

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NPD BookScan, week 40 of 2018, data through 10/7/2018; PW Issue of October 15, 2018