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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	-	1	Inside Out: A Memoir Demi Moore, Author Harper, $27.99 (272) 978-0-06-204953-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 10/07/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/07/2019 Average Rank 6.57 [details] Sales history for Inside Out: A Memoir date, rank 10/07/2019, 1 10/14/2019, 6 10/21/2019, 10 10/28/2019, 20 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 39,909 YTD: 39,911	Sep 2019	39,909 39,911
2	-	1	The United States of Trump: How the President Really Sees America Bill O'Reilly, Author Henry Holt & Company, $28.00 (320) 978-1-250-23722-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/07/2019 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/07/2019 Average Rank 10.55 [details] Sales history for The United States of Trump: How the President Really Sees America date, rank 10/07/2019, 2 10/14/2019, 3 10/21/2019, 6 10/28/2019, 13 11/04/2019, 16 11/11/2019, 13 11/18/2019, 17 11/25/2019, 17 12/02/2019, 18 12/09/2019, 18 12/16/2019, 14 12/23/2019, 15 12/30/2019, 17 01/06/2020, 14 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 36,111 YTD: 36,159	Sep 2019	36,111 36,159
3	1	3	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: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 35,639 YTD: 146,552	Sep 2019	35,639 146,552
4	-	1	Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love Jonathan Van Ness, Author HarperOne, $27.99 (304) 978-0-06-290637-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 10/07/2019 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 10/07/2019 Average Rank 9.50 [details] Sales history for Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love date, rank 10/07/2019, 4 10/14/2019, 8 10/21/2019, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 29,521 YTD: 29,528	Sep 2019	29,521 29,528
5	-	1	Know My Name: A Memoir Chanel Miller, Author Viking, $28.00 (368) 978-0-7352-2370-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/07/2019 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 10/07/2019 Average Rank 15.80 [details] Sales history for Know My Name: A Memoir date, rank 10/07/2019, 5 10/14/2019, 20 10/21/2019, 25 03/02/2020, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 21,444 YTD: 21,444	Sep 2019	21,444 21,444
6	-	1	Exonerated: The Failed Takedown of President Donald Trump by the Swamp Dan Bongino, Author Post Hill Press, $28.00 (224) 978-1-64293-341-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/07/2019 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 10/07/2019 Average Rank 9.50 [details] Sales history for Exonerated: The Failed Takedown of President Donald Trump by the Swamp date, rank 10/07/2019, 6 10/14/2019, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 21,280 YTD: 21,309	Sep 2019	21,280 21,309
7	-	1	Super Attractor: Methods for Manifesting a Life Beyond Your Wildest Dreams Gabrielle Bernstein, Author Hay House, $25.99 (248) 978-1-4019-5716-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 16,113 YTD: 16,116	Sep 2019	16,113 16,116
8	-	1	The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company Robert Iger, Author Random House, $28.00 (272) 978-0-399-59209-6 Last rank 40 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/07/2019 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 10/07/2019 Average Rank 18.36 [details] Sales history for The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company date, rank 10/07/2019, 8 10/14/2019, 15 10/21/2019, 22 01/13/2020, 23 01/20/2020, 21 02/24/2020, 18 03/09/2020, 21 06/01/2020, 10 06/08/2020, 15 06/15/2020, 25 07/13/2020, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 15,356 YTD: 15,356	Sep 2019	15,356 15,356
9	3	2	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: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 14,542 YTD: 38,309	Sep 2019	14,542 38,309
10	-	1	Stories That Stick: How Storytelling Can Captivate Customers, Influence Audiences, and Transform Your Business Kindra Hall, Author HarperCollins Leadership, $27.99 (240) 978-1-4002-1193-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 13,645 YTD: 13,646	Sep 2019	13,645 13,646
11	2	2	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: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 11,138 YTD: 46,420	Sep 2019	11,138 46,420
12	4	4	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: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 10,789 YTD: 101,878	Sep 2019	10,789 101,878
13	-	1	Creative Calling: Establish a Daily Practice, Infuse Your World with Meaning, and Find Success in Work, Hobby, and Life Chase Jarvis, Author HarperBusiness, $28.99 (288) 978-0-06-287996-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 9,906 YTD: 9,906	Sep 2019	9,906 9,906
14	-	1	Year of the Monkey Patti Smith, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $24.95 (176) 978-0-525-65768-2 Last rank 30 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 10/07/2019 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 10/21/2019 Average Rank 11.50 [details] Sales history for Year of the Monkey date, rank 10/07/2019, 14 10/21/2019, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 7,871 YTD: 7,871	Sep 2019	7,871 7,871
15	14	3	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: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 7,612 YTD: 25,179	Sep 2019	7,612 25,179
16	-	1	Cozy White Cottage: 100 Ways to Love the Feeling of Being Home Liz Marie Galvan, Author Thomas Nelson, $26.99 (240) 978-1-4003-1532-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 7,598 YTD: 7,600	Sep 2019	7,598 7,600
17	-	1	Idiot: Essays Laura Clery, Author Gallery Books, $24.00 (256) 978-1-9821-0194-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 7,350 YTD: 7,350	Sep 2019	7,350 7,350
18	6	5	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: 5 PUB DATE: Aug 2019 UNITS SOLD: 7,097 YTD: 68,211	Aug 2019	7,097 68,211
19	15	3	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: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 7,068 YTD: 29,104	Sep 2019	7,068 29,104
20	13	3	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: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 6,477 YTD: 34,539	Sep 2019	6,477 34,539
21	-	1	Bobby at Home: Fearless Flavors from My Kitchen Bobby Flay, Author, Stephanie Banyas, Author, Sally Jackson, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $32.50 (256) 978-0-385-34591-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 6,203 YTD: 6,203	Sep 2019	6,203 6,203
22	-	1	High School Sara Quin, Author, Tegan Quin, Author MCD, $27.00 (352) 978-0-374-16994-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 6,016 YTD: 6,024	Sep 2019	6,016 6,024
23	-	1	Renia's Diary: A Holocaust Journal Renia Spiegel, Author St. Martin's Press, $27.99 (288) 978-1-250-24402-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 5,905 YTD: 5,906	Sep 2019	5,905 5,906
24	12	46	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: 46 PUB DATE: Nov 2018 UNITS SOLD: 5,793 YTD: 316,884	Nov 2018	5,793 316,884
25	19	46	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: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 46 PUB DATE: Nov 2018 UNITS SOLD: 5,725 YTD: 1,002,878	Nov 2018	5,725 1,002,878

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NPD BookScan, week 40 of 2019, data through 9/28/2019; PW Issue of October 7, 2019