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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2024 YTD
1	1	2	Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know Malcolm Gladwell, Author Little Brown and Company, $30.00 (304) 978-0-316-47852-6 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/23/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/23/2019 Average Rank 11.02 [details] Sales history for Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know date, rank 09/23/2019, 1 09/30/2019, 1 10/07/2019, 3 10/14/2019, 4 10/21/2019, 3 10/28/2019, 8 11/04/2019, 12 11/11/2019, 9 11/18/2019, 6 11/25/2019, 10 12/02/2019, 10 12/09/2019, 8 12/16/2019, 10 12/23/2019, 10 12/30/2019, 6 01/06/2020, 6 01/13/2020, 3 01/20/2020, 3 01/27/2020, 5 02/03/2020, 5 02/10/2020, 9 02/17/2020, 8 02/24/2020, 7 03/02/2020, 12 03/09/2020, 15 03/16/2020, 21 03/23/2020, 22 03/30/2020, 16 04/06/2020, 15 04/13/2020, 19 04/20/2020, 23 04/27/2020, 22 05/04/2020, 18 06/08/2020, 23 06/15/2020, 20 06/22/2020, 18 06/29/2020, 23 07/06/2020, 15 07/13/2020, 25 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 44,464 YTD: 110,914	Sep 2019	44,464 110,914
2	-	1	Shut Up and Listen!: Hard Business Truths That Will Help You Succeed Tilman Fertitta, Author HarperCollins Leadership, $24.99 (192) 978-1-4002-1373-3 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 09/30/2019 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/30/2019 Average Rank 8.60 [details] Sales history for Shut Up and Listen!: Hard Business Truths That Will Help You Succeed date, rank 09/30/2019, 2 10/07/2019, 11 10/14/2019, 13 10/21/2019, 11 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 35,282 YTD: 35,282	Sep 2019	35,282 35,282
3	-	1	Permanent Record Edward Snowden, Author Metropolitan Books, $30.00 (352) 978-1-250-23723-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 09/30/2019 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/30/2019 Average Rank 10.75 [details] Sales history for Permanent Record date, rank 09/30/2019, 3 10/07/2019, 9 10/14/2019, 19 11/04/2019, 20 11/11/2019, 17 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 23,767 YTD: 23,767	Sep 2019	23,767 23,767
4	2	3	Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead Jim Mattis, Author, Bing West, Author Random House, $28.00 (320) 978-0-8129-9683-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/16/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/16/2019 Average Rank 6.55 [details] Sales history for Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead date, rank 09/16/2019, 1 09/23/2019, 2 09/30/2019, 4 10/07/2019, 12 10/14/2019, 17 10/21/2019, 12 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 16,673 YTD: 91,089	Sep 2019	16,673 91,089
5	-	1	Dungeons & Dragons Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus Hardcover Book (D&d Adventure) Wizards RPG Team, Author Wizards of the Coast, $49.95 978-0-7869-6676-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 12,731 YTD: 12,734	Sep 2019	12,731 12,734
6	6	4	Radicals, Resistance, and Revenge: The Left's Plot to Remake America Jeanine Pirro, Author Center Street, $28.00 (320) 978-1-5460-8518-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/09/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/09/2019 Average Rank 7.20 [details] Sales history for Radicals, Resistance, and Revenge: The Left's Plot to Remake America date, rank 09/09/2019, 1 09/16/2019, 3 09/23/2019, 6 09/30/2019, 6 10/07/2019, 18 10/14/2019, 23 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Aug 2019 UNITS SOLD: 8,466 YTD: 61,114	Aug 2019	8,466 61,114
7	-	1	How Happiness Happens: Finding Lasting Joy in a World of Comparison, Disappointment, and Unmet Expectations Max Lucado, Author Thomas Nelson, $24.99 (208) 978-0-7180-9613-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 09/30/2019 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 09/30/2019 Average Rank 8.00 [details] Sales history for How Happiness Happens: Finding Lasting Joy in a World of Comparison, Disappointment, and Unmet Expectations date, rank 09/30/2019, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 8,041 YTD: 8,046	Sep 2019	8,041 8,046
8	-	1	Glute Lab: The Art and Science of Strength and Physique Training Bret Contreras, Author, Glen Cordoza, Author Victory Belt Publishing, $59.95 (608) 978-1-62860-346-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 8,032 YTD: 8,033	Sep 2019	8,032 8,033
9	9	2	She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement Jodi Kantor, Author, Megan Twohey, Author Penguin Press, $28.00 (320) 978-0-525-56034-0 Last rank 40 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 09/23/2019 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 09/23/2019 Average Rank 10.75 [details] Sales history for She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement date, rank 09/23/2019, 9 09/30/2019, 9 10/21/2019, 16 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 7,454 YTD: 17,493	Sep 2019	7,454 17,493
10	33	5	Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency Andrew C. McCarthy, Author Encounter Books, $35.99 (456) 978-1-64177-025-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 08/26/2019 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 08/26/2019 Average Rank 12.17 [details] Sales history for Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency date, rank 08/26/2019, 5 09/02/2019, 17 09/09/2019, 24 09/30/2019, 10 LAST WEEK: 33 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Aug 2019 UNITS SOLD: 7,338 YTD: 22,404	Aug 2019	7,338 22,404
11	-	1	To Love and Let Go: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Gratitude Rachel Brathen, Author Gallery Books, $26.00 (224) 978-1-5011-6399-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 7,222 YTD: 7,223	Sep 2019	7,222 7,223
12	12	45	It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered Lysa TerKeurst, Author Thomas Nelson, $22.99 (256) 978-0-7180-3985-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/26/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/07/2019 Average Rank 8.92 [details] Sales history for It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered date, rank 11/26/2018, 3 12/03/2018, 6 12/10/2018, 15 12/17/2018, 15 12/24/2018, 16 12/31/2018, 17 01/07/2019, 12 01/14/2019, 4 01/21/2019, 4 01/28/2019, 3 02/04/2019, 3 02/11/2019, 6 02/18/2019, 5 02/25/2019, 5 03/04/2019, 9 03/11/2019, 4 03/18/2019, 7 03/25/2019, 4 04/01/2019, 11 04/08/2019, 9 04/15/2019, 12 04/22/2019, 14 04/29/2019, 21 05/06/2019, 19 05/13/2019, 10 05/20/2019, 19 05/27/2019, 20 06/03/2019, 24 06/10/2019, 20 06/17/2019, 17 06/24/2019, 21 07/01/2019, 15 07/08/2019, 17 07/15/2019, 15 07/22/2019, 11 07/29/2019, 11 08/05/2019, 12 08/12/2019, 8 08/19/2019, 7 08/26/2019, 4 09/02/2019, 4 09/09/2019, 3 09/16/2019, 7 09/23/2019, 12 09/30/2019, 12 10/07/2019, 24 10/14/2019, 22 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 45 PUB DATE: Nov 2018 UNITS SOLD: 7,151 YTD: 311,090	Nov 2018	7,151 311,090
13	3	2	Everything Is Figureoutable Marie Forleo, Author Portfolio, $25.00 (256) 978-0-525-53499-0 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 09/23/2019 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/23/2019 Average Rank 10.75 [details] Sales history for Everything Is Figureoutable date, rank 09/23/2019, 3 09/30/2019, 13 10/07/2019, 20 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 6,989 YTD: 28,062	Sep 2019	6,989 28,062
14	8	2	The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 Garrett M Graff, Author Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (416) 978-1-5011-8220-4 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 09/23/2019 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/07/2019 Average Rank 12.80 [details] Sales history for The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 date, rank 09/23/2019, 8 09/30/2019, 14 10/07/2019, 15 10/14/2019, 24 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 6,783 YTD: 17,568	Sep 2019	6,783 17,568
15	5	2	The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir Samantha Power, Author Dey Street Books, $29.99 (400) 978-0-06-282069-3 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 09/23/2019 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 09/23/2019 Average Rank 13.40 [details] Sales history for The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir date, rank 09/23/2019, 5 09/30/2019, 15 10/07/2019, 19 10/14/2019, 21 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 6,442 YTD: 22,036	Sep 2019	6,442 22,036
16	-	1	Something Needs to Change: A Call to Make Your Life Count in a World of Urgent Need David Platt, Author Multnomah Books, $22.00 (224) 978-0-7352-9141-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 09/30/2019 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 10/07/2019 Average Rank 12.50 [details] Sales history for Something Needs to Change: A Call to Make Your Life Count in a World of Urgent Need date, rank 09/30/2019, 16 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 6,376 YTD: 6,378	Sep 2019	6,376 6,378
17	19	48	Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. Brene Brown, Author Random House, $28.00 (320) 978-0-399-59252-2 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/22/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/22/2018 Average Rank 12.82 [details] Sales history for Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. date, rank 10/22/2018, 1 10/29/2018, 6 11/05/2018, 6 11/12/2018, 8 11/19/2018, 8 11/26/2018, 13 12/10/2018, 20 12/17/2018, 19 12/24/2018, 23 12/31/2018, 24 01/07/2019, 23 01/14/2019, 15 01/21/2019, 16 01/28/2019, 14 02/04/2019, 11 02/11/2019, 17 02/25/2019, 14 03/18/2019, 24 03/25/2019, 20 04/29/2019, 24 05/06/2019, 18 05/13/2019, 9 05/20/2019, 16 05/27/2019, 13 06/03/2019, 14 06/10/2019, 15 06/17/2019, 14 06/24/2019, 19 07/01/2019, 12 07/08/2019, 11 07/15/2019, 8 07/22/2019, 9 07/29/2019, 9 08/05/2019, 7 08/12/2019, 6 08/19/2019, 3 08/26/2019, 3 09/02/2019, 5 09/09/2019, 6 09/16/2019, 14 09/23/2019, 19 09/30/2019, 17 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 48 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 5,989 YTD: 211,956	Oct 2018	5,989 211,956
18	23	3	Bitcoin Billionaires Ben Mezrich, Author Flatiron Books, $27.99 (384) 978-1-250-21774-5 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 23 Initial Date 09/23/2019 Highest Rank 18 Highest Rank Date 09/30/2019 Average Rank 20.50 [details] Sales history for Bitcoin Billionaires date, rank 09/23/2019, 23 09/30/2019, 18 LAST WEEK: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: May 2019 UNITS SOLD: 5,932 YTD: 26,413	May 2019	5,932 26,413
19	18	45	Becoming Michelle Obama, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $32.50 (400) 978-1-5247-6313-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/26/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/26/2018 Average Rank 4.17 [details] Sales history for Becoming date, rank 11/26/2018, 1 12/03/2018, 1 12/10/2018, 1 12/17/2018, 1 12/24/2018, 1 12/31/2018, 1 01/07/2019, 1 01/14/2019, 1 01/21/2019, 1 01/28/2019, 1 02/04/2019, 1 02/11/2019, 1 02/18/2019, 1 02/25/2019, 1 03/04/2019, 2 03/11/2019, 1 03/18/2019, 2 03/25/2019, 2 04/01/2019, 4 04/08/2019, 1 04/15/2019, 1 04/22/2019, 2 04/29/2019, 3 05/06/2019, 1 05/13/2019, 1 05/20/2019, 2 05/27/2019, 2 06/03/2019, 7 06/10/2019, 6 06/17/2019, 7 06/24/2019, 6 07/01/2019, 4 07/08/2019, 4 07/15/2019, 4 07/22/2019, 5 07/29/2019, 5 08/05/2019, 4 08/12/2019, 2 08/19/2019, 2 08/26/2019, 2 09/02/2019, 3 09/09/2019, 2 09/16/2019, 5 09/23/2019, 18 09/30/2019, 19 10/07/2019, 25 10/14/2019, 25 10/21/2019, 24 11/25/2019, 23 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 45 PUB DATE: Nov 2018 UNITS SOLD: 5,912 YTD: 997,153	Nov 2018	5,912 997,153
20	-	1	Eye Contact: The Power of One on One Brian Grazer, Author Simon & Schuster, $18.00 (176) 978-1-5011-4772-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 5,792 YTD: 5,792	Sep 2019	5,792 5,792
21	-	1	Paula Deen's Southern Baking: 125 Favorite Recipes from My Savannah Kitchen Paula Deen, Editor 83 Press, $29.95 (256) 978-1-940772-69-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 5,605 YTD: 5,605	Sep 2019	5,605 5,605
22	4	2	Antoni in the Kitchen Antoni Porowski, Author, Mindy Fox, Author Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $30.00 (272) 978-1-328-63134-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 09/23/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/07/2019 Average Rank 9.25 [details] Sales history for Antoni in the Kitchen date, rank 09/23/2019, 4 09/30/2019, 22 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 5,584 YTD: 23,990	Sep 2019	5,584 23,990
23	13	3	How to: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems Randall Munroe, Author Riverhead Books, $28.00 (320) 978-0-525-53709-0 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 09/16/2019 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/16/2019 Average Rank 14.43 [details] Sales history for How to: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems date, rank 09/16/2019, 2 09/23/2019, 13 09/30/2019, 23 12/23/2019, 21 12/30/2019, 18 01/06/2020, 20 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 5,201 YTD: 42,805	Sep 2019	5,201 42,805
24	17	2	Open Borders, Inc.: Who's Funding the Plot to Unmake America Michelle Malkin, Author Regnery Publishing, $28.99 (256) 978-1-62157-971-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 17 Initial Date 09/23/2019 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 10/07/2019 Average Rank 16.67 [details] Sales history for Open Borders, Inc.: Who's Funding the Plot to Unmake America date, rank 09/23/2019, 17 09/30/2019, 24 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 5,078 YTD: 12,188	Sep 2019	5,078 12,188
25	-	1	We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast Jonathan Safran Foer, Author Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $24.00 (288) 978-0-374-28000-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 5,077 YTD: 5,077	Sep 2019	5,077 5,077

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NPD BookScan, week 39 of 2019, data through 09/21/2019; PW Issue of September 30, 2019

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