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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2023 YTD
1	1	3	Live Free or Die: America (and the World) on the Brink Sean Hannity, Author Threshold Editions, $30.00 (352) 978-1-982149-97-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 08/17/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/17/2020 Average Rank 6.42 [details] Sales history for Live Free or Die: America (and the World) on the Brink date, rank 08/17/2020, 1 08/24/2020, 1 08/31/2020, 1 09/07/2020, 2 09/14/2020, 4 09/21/2020, 5 09/28/2020, 11 10/05/2020, 6 10/12/2020, 17 11/16/2020, 41 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 56,804 YTD: 349,010	Aug 2020	56,804 349,010
2	6	24	Untamed Glennon Doyle, Author Dial Press, $28.00 (352) 978-1-984801-25-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/23/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/23/2020 Average Rank 5.83 [details] Sales history for Untamed date, rank 03/23/2020, 1 03/30/2020, 2 04/06/2020, 2 04/13/2020, 2 04/20/2020, 2 04/27/2020, 2 05/04/2020, 2 05/11/2020, 3 05/18/2020, 2 05/25/2020, 1 06/01/2020, 1 06/08/2020, 1 06/15/2020, 1 06/22/2020, 3 06/29/2020, 3 07/06/2020, 5 07/13/2020, 3 07/20/2020, 4 07/27/2020, 5 08/03/2020, 6 08/10/2020, 5 08/17/2020, 7 08/24/2020, 6 08/31/2020, 2 09/07/2020, 4 09/14/2020, 2 09/21/2020, 10 09/28/2020, 13 10/05/2020, 13 10/12/2020, 13 10/19/2020, 16 10/26/2020, 11 11/02/2020, 4 11/09/2020, 4 11/16/2020, 7 11/23/2020, 8 11/30/2020, 13 12/02/2020, 15 12/07/2020, 15 12/14/2020, 8 12/21/2020, 9 12/28/2020, 9 01/04/2021, 5 01/11/2021, 3 01/18/2021, 5 01/25/2021, 4 02/01/2021, 6 02/08/2021, 8 02/15/2021, 9 02/22/2021, 9 03/01/2021, 11 03/08/2021, 13 03/15/2021, 11 03/22/2021, 13 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 24 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: 54,861 YTD: 661,784	Mar 2020	54,861 661,784
3	4	3	Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Isabel Wilkerson, Author Random House, $32.00 (464) 978-0-593-23025-1 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 08/17/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/17/2020 Average Rank 9.65 [details] Sales history for Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents date, rank 08/17/2020, 3 08/24/2020, 4 08/31/2020, 3 09/07/2020, 3 09/14/2020, 3 09/21/2020, 9 09/28/2020, 8 10/05/2020, 8 10/12/2020, 8 10/19/2020, 11 10/26/2020, 4 11/02/2020, 7 11/09/2020, 6 11/16/2020, 6 11/23/2020, 7 11/30/2020, 10 12/02/2020, 14 12/07/2020, 14 12/14/2020, 10 12/21/2020, 7 12/28/2020, 8 01/04/2021, 7 01/11/2021, 5 01/18/2021, 7 01/25/2021, 5 02/01/2021, 4 02/08/2021, 6 02/15/2021, 7 02/22/2021, 8 03/01/2021, 9 03/08/2021, 10 03/15/2021, 12 03/22/2021, 10 03/29/2021, 13 04/05/2021, 11 04/12/2021, 13 04/19/2021, 22 04/26/2021, 17 05/03/2021, 15 05/10/2021, 16 05/24/2021, 20 05/31/2021, 23 06/07/2021, 17 06/14/2021, 14 06/21/2021, 16 06/28/2021, 14 07/05/2021, 6 07/12/2021, 10 07/19/2021, 13 07/26/2021, 12 08/02/2021, 9 08/09/2021, 14 08/16/2021, 14 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 44,409 YTD: 160,671	Aug 2020	44,409 160,671
4	2	6	Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man Mary L Trump, Author Simon & Schuster, $28.00 (240) 978-1-982141-46-2 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 07/27/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/27/2020 Average Rank 6.46 [details] Sales history for Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man date, rank 07/27/2020, 1 08/03/2020, 1 08/10/2020, 1 08/17/2020, 2 08/24/2020, 2 08/31/2020, 4 09/07/2020, 5 09/14/2020, 6 09/21/2020, 11 09/28/2020, 17 10/05/2020, 20 11/16/2020, 25 11/23/2020, 22 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 30,448 YTD: 1,077,066	Jul 2020	30,448 1,077,066
5	-	1	Live in Love: Growing Together Through Life's Changes Lauren Akins, Author, Mark Dagostino, Author Ballantine Books, $28.00 (240) 978-0-593-12904-3 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 08/31/2020 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 08/31/2020 Average Rank 10.40 [details] Sales history for Live in Love: Growing Together Through Life's Changes date, rank 08/31/2020, 5 09/07/2020, 11 09/14/2020, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 24,786 YTD: 24,786	Aug 2020	24,786 24,786
6	-	1	Lose Weight Like Crazy Even If You Have a Crazy Life!: Life Lessons and a Breakthrough 30-Day Nutrition and Fitness Solution! Autumn Calabrese, Author Galvanized Media, $28.00 (304) 978-1-940358-51-2 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 08/31/2020 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 08/31/2020 Average Rank 10.50 [details] Sales history for Lose Weight Like Crazy Even If You Have a Crazy Life!: Life Lessons and a Breakthrough 30-Day Nutrition and Fitness Solution! date, rank 08/31/2020, 6 09/07/2020, 15 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 18,377 YTD: 18,377	Aug 2020	18,377 18,377
7	11	12	Blitz: Trump Will Smash the Left and Win David Horowitz, Author Humanix Books, $27.99 (272) 978-1-63006-138-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 06/22/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/07/2020 Average Rank 11.30 [details] Sales history for Blitz: Trump Will Smash the Left and Win date, rank 06/22/2020, 15 06/29/2020, 9 07/06/2020, 8 07/13/2020, 17 07/20/2020, 8 07/27/2020, 10 08/03/2020, 9 08/10/2020, 10 08/17/2020, 18 08/24/2020, 11 08/31/2020, 7 09/07/2020, 8 09/14/2020, 16 09/21/2020, 13 09/28/2020, 21 10/05/2020, 23 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 12,960 YTD: 94,031	Jun 2020	12,960 94,031
8	-	1	Return from Siberia John Shallman, Author Skyhorse Publishing, $24.99 (256) 978-1-5107-6337-1 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 08/31/2020 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 08/31/2020 Average Rank 27.00 [details] Sales history for Return from Siberia date, rank 08/31/2020, 8 09/07/2020, 46 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 12,675 YTD: 12,675	Aug 2020	12,675 12,675
9	-	1	Doesn't Hurt to Ask: Using the Power of Questions to Communicate, Connect, and Persuade Trey Gowdy, Author Crown Forum, $28.00 (288) 978-0-593-13891-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 08/31/2020 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 10/05/2020 Average Rank 17.00 [details] Sales history for Doesn't Hurt to Ask: Using the Power of Questions to Communicate, Connect, and Persuade date, rank 08/31/2020, 9 09/07/2020, 38 09/28/2020, 15 10/05/2020, 16 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 11,478 YTD: 11,478	Aug 2020	11,478 11,478
10	9	5	The Answer Is . . .: Reflections on My Life Alex Trebek, Author Simon & Schuster, $25.00 (272) 978-1-982157-99-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 08/03/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/03/2020 Average Rank 12.30 [details] Sales history for The Answer Is . . .: Reflections on My Life date, rank 08/03/2020, 3 08/10/2020, 6 08/17/2020, 11 08/24/2020, 9 08/31/2020, 10 09/07/2020, 10 09/14/2020, 23 11/23/2020, 13 11/30/2020, 11 12/02/2020, 20 12/07/2020, 20 12/14/2020, 21 12/21/2020, 18 12/28/2020, 18 01/04/2021, 17 01/11/2021, 14 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 9,081 YTD: 80,962	Jul 2020	9,081 80,962
11	8	20	Magnolia Table, Volume 2: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering Joanna Gaines, Author William Morrow & Company, $35.00 (352) 978-0-06-282018-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/20/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/20/2020 Average Rank 7.18 [details] Sales history for Magnolia Table, Volume 2: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering date, rank 04/20/2020, 1 04/27/2020, 1 05/04/2020, 1 05/11/2020, 1 05/18/2020, 1 05/25/2020, 2 06/01/2020, 4 06/08/2020, 4 06/15/2020, 2 06/22/2020, 4 06/29/2020, 5 07/06/2020, 6 07/13/2020, 4 07/20/2020, 5 07/27/2020, 7 08/03/2020, 10 08/10/2020, 8 08/17/2020, 9 08/24/2020, 8 08/31/2020, 11 09/07/2020, 9 09/14/2020, 13 09/21/2020, 19 09/28/2020, 25 11/16/2020, 12 11/23/2020, 12 11/30/2020, 25 12/02/2020, 17 12/07/2020, 17 12/14/2020, 12 12/21/2020, 16 12/28/2020, 11 01/04/2021, 6 01/11/2021, 11 01/18/2021, 8 01/25/2021, 8 02/01/2021, 9 02/08/2021, 13 02/15/2021, 14 02/22/2021, 11 03/01/2021, 15 03/08/2021, 15 03/15/2021, 23 03/22/2021, 25 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 7,879 YTD: 605,845	Apr 2020	7,879 605,845
12	3	2	Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family Omid Scobie, Author, Carolyn Durand, Author Dey Street Books, $27.99 (368) 978-0-06-304610-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 08/24/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/24/2020 Average Rank 9.20 [details] Sales history for Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family date, rank 08/24/2020, 3 08/31/2020, 12 09/07/2020, 23 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 7,855 YTD: 46,093	Aug 2020	7,855 46,093
13	-	1	Do What You Want: The Story of Bad Religion Bad Religion, Author, Jim Ruland, With Hachette Books, $28.00 (336) 978-0-306-92222-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 7,579 YTD: 7,579	Aug 2020	7,579 7,579
14	-	1	The End of Alzheimer's Program: The First Protocol to Enhance Cognition and Reverse Decline at Any Age Dale Bredesen, Author, David Perlmutter, Foreword by Avery Publishing Group, $28.00 (352) 978-0-525-53849-3 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 08/31/2020 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 08/31/2020 Average Rank 19.50 [details] Sales history for The End of Alzheimer's Program: The First Protocol to Enhance Cognition and Reverse Decline at Any Age date, rank 08/31/2020, 14 09/07/2020, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 6,881 YTD: 6,881	Aug 2020	6,881 6,881
15	-	1	Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy Patrick Bet-David, Author, Greg Dinkin, With Gallery Books, $28.00 (320) 978-1-982154-80-6 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 08/31/2020 Highest Rank 15 Highest Rank Date 08/31/2020 Average Rank 30.00 [details] Sales history for Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy date, rank 08/31/2020, 15 09/07/2020, 45 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 6,871 YTD: 6,871	Aug 2020	6,871 6,871
16	27	3	It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump Stuart Stevens, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $26.95 (256) 978-0-525-65845-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 08/17/2020 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 09/07/2020 Average Rank 15.75 [details] Sales history for It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump date, rank 08/17/2020, 12 08/31/2020, 16 09/07/2020, 29 LAST WEEK: 27 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 6,374 YTD: 19,671	Aug 2020	6,374 19,671
17	-	1	Uprising: Who the Hell Said You Can't Ditch and Switch? -- The Awakening of Diamond and Silk Diamond & Silk, Author Regnery Publishing, $28.99 (256) 978-1-68451-007-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,310 YTD: 5,310	Aug 2020	5,310 5,310
18	-	1	Awaking Wonder: Opening Your Child's Heart to the Beauty of Learning Sally Clarkson, Author Bethany House Publishers, $24.99 (224) 978-0-7642-3588-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,276 YTD: 5,276	Aug 2020	5,276 5,276
19	16	30	Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts Jennie Allen, Author Waterbrook Press, $23.99 (256) 978-1-60142-964-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 02/10/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/09/2020 Average Rank 9.63 [details] Sales history for Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts date, rank 02/10/2020, 3 02/17/2020, 6 02/24/2020, 4 03/02/2020, 7 03/09/2020, 9 03/16/2020, 11 03/23/2020, 8 03/30/2020, 11 04/06/2020, 7 04/13/2020, 8 04/20/2020, 11 04/27/2020, 17 05/04/2020, 10 05/11/2020, 7 05/18/2020, 15 05/25/2020, 9 06/01/2020, 8 06/08/2020, 10 06/15/2020, 8 06/22/2020, 10 06/29/2020, 14 07/06/2020, 12 07/13/2020, 16 07/20/2020, 13 07/27/2020, 19 08/03/2020, 15 08/10/2020, 15 08/17/2020, 20 08/24/2020, 16 08/31/2020, 19 09/07/2020, 14 09/14/2020, 14 09/21/2020, 23 10/05/2020, 24 11/16/2020, 45 01/11/2021, 23 01/18/2021, 9 01/25/2021, 12 02/01/2021, 14 02/08/2021, 22 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 30 PUB DATE: Jan 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,212 YTD: 198,168	Jan 2020	5,212 198,168
20	21	12	Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art James Nestor, Author Riverhead Books, $28.00 (304) 978-0-7352-1361-6 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 06/08/2020 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 06/15/2020 Average Rank 17.62 [details] Sales history for Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art date, rank 06/08/2020, 12 06/15/2020, 9 07/06/2020, 13 07/13/2020, 12 07/20/2020, 23 07/27/2020, 13 08/03/2020, 12 08/10/2020, 14 08/17/2020, 23 08/24/2020, 21 08/31/2020, 20 09/07/2020, 16 09/14/2020, 20 09/21/2020, 22 11/16/2020, 31 01/11/2021, 18 01/18/2021, 15 01/25/2021, 15 02/01/2021, 15 02/08/2021, 21 02/15/2021, 21 02/22/2021, 18 03/01/2021, 20 03/08/2021, 19 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,144 YTD: 67,016	May 2020	5,144 67,016
21	15	26	The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz Erik Larson, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $30.00 (592) 978-0-385-34871-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/09/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/09/2020 Average Rank 7.90 [details] Sales history for The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz date, rank 03/09/2020, 1 03/16/2020, 2 03/23/2020, 5 03/30/2020, 3 04/06/2020, 1 04/13/2020, 1 04/20/2020, 3 04/27/2020, 3 05/04/2020, 4 05/11/2020, 5 05/18/2020, 4 05/25/2020, 4 06/01/2020, 6 06/08/2020, 6 06/15/2020, 6 06/22/2020, 5 06/29/2020, 4 07/06/2020, 7 07/13/2020, 6 07/20/2020, 9 07/27/2020, 12 08/03/2020, 13 08/10/2020, 13 08/17/2020, 19 08/24/2020, 15 08/31/2020, 21 09/07/2020, 18 09/14/2020, 22 12/14/2020, 20 12/21/2020, 14 12/28/2020, 14 01/04/2021, 18 01/18/2021, 20 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 26 PUB DATE: Feb 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,005 YTD: 393,602	Feb 2020	5,005 393,602
22	20	4	Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life Bill Perkins, Author Houghton Mifflin, $27.00 (256) 978-0-358-09976-5 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 08/10/2020 Highest Rank 16 Highest Rank Date 08/10/2020 Average Rank 20.60 [details] Sales history for Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life date, rank 08/10/2020, 16 08/17/2020, 24 08/24/2020, 20 08/31/2020, 22 09/07/2020, 21 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,559 YTD: 20,008	Jul 2020	4,559 20,008
23	-	1	The Ideal Planner Emma Chamberlain, Author Gallery Books, $29.99 (240) 978-1-982141-91-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 23 Initial Date 08/31/2020 Highest Rank 12 Highest Rank Date 09/07/2020 Average Rank 17.25 [details] Sales history for The Ideal Planner date, rank 08/31/2020, 23 09/07/2020, 12 09/14/2020, 19 09/21/2020, 15 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,548 YTD: 4,548	Aug 2020	4,548 4,548
24	-	1	Life Is the Story You Tell Yourself: Mastering Transitions in a Nonlinear Age Bruce Feiler, Author Penguin Press, $28.00 (352) 978-1-59420-682-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 24 Initial Date 07/27/2020 Highest Rank 24 Highest Rank Date 07/27/2020 Average Rank 24.00 [details] Sales history for Life Is the Story You Tell Yourself: Mastering Transitions in a Nonlinear Age date, rank 07/27/2020, 24 08/31/2020, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,529 YTD: 14,329	Jul 2020	4,529 14,329
25	14	5	How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps Ben Shapiro, Author Broadside Books, $28.99 (288) 978-0-06-300187-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 08/03/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/03/2020 Average Rank 12.30 [details] Sales history for How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps date, rank 08/03/2020, 2 08/10/2020, 4 08/17/2020, 8 08/24/2020, 14 08/31/2020, 25 09/07/2020, 28 11/16/2020, 32 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,381 YTD: 95,565	Jul 2020	4,381 95,565

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