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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	3	4	Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America Bill O'Reilly, Author, Martin Dugard, Author St. Martin's Press, $30.00 (304) 978-1-250-27365-9 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/17/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/17/2021 Average Rank 4.75 [details] Sales history for Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America date, rank 05/17/2021, 1 05/24/2021, 1 05/31/2021, 3 06/07/2021, 1 06/14/2021, 1 06/21/2021, 1 06/28/2021, 1 07/05/2021, 2 07/12/2021, 1 07/19/2021, 5 07/26/2021, 6 08/02/2021, 6 08/09/2021, 9 08/16/2021, 10 08/23/2021, 10 08/30/2021, 10 09/06/2021, 16 09/13/2021, 16 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 20,578 YTD: 127,803	May 2021	20,578 127,803
2	14	9	The Women of the Bible Speak: The Wisdom of 16 Women and Their Lessons for Today Shannon Bream, Author Broadside Books, $25.99 (256) 978-0-06-304659-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 04/12/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/10/2021 Average Rank 8.12 [details] Sales history for The Women of the Bible Speak: The Wisdom of 16 Women and Their Lessons for Today date, rank 04/12/2021, 2 04/19/2021, 2 04/26/2021, 3 05/03/2021, 5 05/10/2021, 6 05/17/2021, 3 05/24/2021, 7 05/31/2021, 14 06/07/2021, 2 06/14/2021, 11 06/21/2021, 3 06/28/2021, 12 07/05/2021, 11 07/12/2021, 11 07/19/2021, 18 07/26/2021, 13 08/02/2021, 14 08/09/2021, 21 08/23/2021, 23 01/03/2022, 25 03/14/2022, 25 04/11/2022, 7 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Mar 2021 UNITS SOLD: 15,802 YTD: 257,169	Mar 2021	15,802 257,169
3	1	2	The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet John Green, Author Dutton Books, $28.00 (320) 978-0-525-55521-6 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/31/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/31/2021 Average Rank 11.42 [details] Sales history for The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet date, rank 05/31/2021, 1 06/07/2021, 3 06/14/2021, 6 06/21/2021, 12 06/28/2021, 11 07/05/2021, 9 07/12/2021, 12 07/19/2021, 20 07/26/2021, 25 08/02/2021, 13 08/09/2021, 23 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 15,650 YTD: 73,079	May 2021	15,650 73,079
4	7	5	What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing Oprah Winfrey, Author, Bruce D Perry, Author Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book, $28.99 (304) 978-1-250-22318-0 Last rank 35 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/10/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/10/2021 Average Rank 9.62 [details] Sales history for What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing date, rank 05/10/2021, 1 05/17/2021, 2 05/24/2021, 4 05/31/2021, 7 06/07/2021, 4 06/14/2021, 3 06/21/2021, 4 06/28/2021, 5 07/05/2021, 7 07/12/2021, 8 07/19/2021, 12 07/26/2021, 7 08/02/2021, 7 08/09/2021, 8 08/16/2021, 12 08/23/2021, 11 08/30/2021, 6 09/06/2021, 7 09/13/2021, 9 09/20/2021, 10 09/27/2021, 16 10/04/2021, 25 10/11/2021, 16 01/17/2022, 25 01/24/2022, 23 03/07/2022, 23 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Apr 2021 UNITS SOLD: 14,595 YTD: 130,212	Apr 2021	14,595 130,212
5	9	9	The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country Amanda Gorman, Author, Oprah Winfrey, Foreword by Viking Books, $15.99 (32) 978-0-593-46527-1 Last rank 36 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/12/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/12/2021 Average Rank 8.67 [details] Sales history for The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country date, rank 04/12/2021, 1 04/19/2021, 1 04/26/2021, 1 05/03/2021, 2 05/10/2021, 2 05/17/2021, 5 05/24/2021, 5 05/31/2021, 9 06/07/2021, 5 06/14/2021, 8 06/21/2021, 9 06/28/2021, 9 07/05/2021, 12 07/12/2021, 18 07/19/2021, 23 07/26/2021, 23 08/02/2021, 19 08/09/2021, 19 10/04/2021, 22 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Mar 2021 UNITS SOLD: 12,166 YTD: 422,059	Mar 2021	12,166 422,059
6	12	32	Greenlights Matthew McConaughey, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $30.00 (304) 978-0-593-13913-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/02/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/02/2020 Average Rank 6.50 [details] Sales history for Greenlights date, rank 11/02/2020, 1 11/09/2020, 1 11/16/2020, 4 11/23/2020, 2 11/30/2020, 4 12/02/2020, 2 12/07/2020, 2 12/14/2020, 2 12/21/2020, 2 12/28/2020, 2 01/04/2021, 2 01/11/2021, 2 01/18/2021, 4 01/25/2021, 3 02/01/2021, 3 02/08/2021, 4 02/15/2021, 6 02/22/2021, 5 03/01/2021, 10 03/08/2021, 6 03/15/2021, 8 03/22/2021, 8 03/29/2021, 8 04/05/2021, 5 04/12/2021, 11 04/19/2021, 14 04/26/2021, 13 05/03/2021, 10 05/10/2021, 12 05/17/2021, 11 05/24/2021, 9 05/31/2021, 12 06/07/2021, 6 06/14/2021, 5 06/21/2021, 10 06/28/2021, 3 07/05/2021, 4 07/12/2021, 5 07/19/2021, 6 07/26/2021, 9 08/02/2021, 8 08/09/2021, 10 08/16/2021, 11 08/23/2021, 13 08/30/2021, 8 09/06/2021, 10 09/13/2021, 8 09/20/2021, 17 09/27/2021, 23 10/04/2021, 19 10/11/2021, 25 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 32 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 10,025 YTD: 274,248	Oct 2020	10,025 274,248
7	-	1	A Course Called America: Fifty States, Five Thousand Fairways, and the Search for the Great American Golf Course Tom Coyne, Author Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $28.99 (416) 978-1-9821-2805-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 9,319 YTD: 9,319	May 2021	9,319 9,319
8	6	2	Breaking the News: Exposing the Establishment Media's Hidden Deals and Secret Corruption Alex Marlow, Author Threshold Editions, $28.00 (368) 978-1-9821-6074-6 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 05/31/2021 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 05/31/2021 Average Rank 10.60 [details] Sales history for Breaking the News: Exposing the Establishment Media's Hidden Deals and Secret Corruption date, rank 05/31/2021, 6 06/07/2021, 8 06/14/2021, 23 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 9,227 YTD: 27,914	May 2021	9,227 27,914
9	5	2	Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service Carol Leonnig, Author Random House, $28.00 (544) 978-0-399-58901-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 05/31/2021 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 06/07/2021 Average Rank 9.43 [details] Sales history for Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service date, rank 05/31/2021, 5 06/07/2021, 9 06/14/2021, 10 06/21/2021, 25 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 8,918 YTD: 32,330	May 2021	8,918 32,330
10	15	4	The Premonition: A Pandemic Story Michael Lewis, Author W. W. Norton & Company, $30.00 (320) 978-0-393-88155-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 05/17/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 06/07/2021 Average Rank 10.59 [details] Sales history for The Premonition: A Pandemic Story date, rank 05/17/2021, 4 05/24/2021, 8 05/31/2021, 15 06/07/2021, 10 06/14/2021, 7 06/21/2021, 13 06/28/2021, 8 07/05/2021, 17 07/12/2021, 19 08/16/2021, 9 08/23/2021, 17 08/30/2021, 22 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 8,385 YTD: 63,654	May 2021	8,385 63,654
11	16	5	The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War Malcolm Gladwell, Author Little Brown and Company, $27.00 (256) 978-0-316-29661-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/10/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 07/12/2021 Average Rank 9.87 [details] Sales history for The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War date, rank 05/10/2021, 5 05/17/2021, 8 05/24/2021, 10 05/31/2021, 16 06/07/2021, 11 06/14/2021, 9 06/21/2021, 7 06/28/2021, 4 07/05/2021, 3 07/12/2021, 6 07/19/2021, 9 07/26/2021, 11 08/02/2021, 12 08/09/2021, 17 08/16/2021, 22 08/23/2021, 15 08/30/2021, 15 09/06/2021, 25 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Apr 2021 UNITS SOLD: 8,207 YTD: 54,117	Apr 2021	8,207 54,117
12	10	3	Yearbook Seth Rogen, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $28.00 (272) 978-1-9848-2540-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/24/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/07/2021 Average Rank 8.29 [details] Sales history for Yearbook date, rank 05/24/2021, 2 05/31/2021, 10 06/07/2021, 12 06/14/2021, 21 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 7,224 YTD: 51,770	May 2021	7,224 51,770
13	-	1	The Housewives: The Real Story Behind the Real Housewives Brian Moylan, Author Flatiron Books, $27.99 (304) 978-1-250-80760-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 6,654 YTD: 6,654	May 2021	6,654 6,654
14	8	2	Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment Daniel Kahneman, Author, Olivier Sibony, Author, Cass R Sunstein, Author Little, Brown Spark, $30.00 (384) 978-0-316-45140-6 Last rank 32 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/31/2021 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 05/31/2021 Average Rank 15.75 [details] Sales history for Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment date, rank 05/31/2021, 8 06/07/2021, 14 06/14/2021, 16 07/05/2021, 25 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 6,461 YTD: 20,646	May 2021	6,461 20,646
15	22	3	You're Invited: the Art and Science of Cultivating Influence Jon Levy, Author Harper Business, $29.99 (256) 978-0-06-303097-8 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 05/24/2021 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 05/24/2021 Average Rank 16.00 [details] Sales history for You're Invited: the Art and Science of Cultivating Influence date, rank 05/24/2021, 11 05/31/2021, 22 06/07/2021, 15 LAST WEEK: 22 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 5,993 YTD: 20,826	May 2021	5,993 20,826
16	4	2	Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft (Dungeons & Dragons) Wizards RPG Team, Author Wizards of the Coast, $49.95 (256) 978-0-7869-6725-4 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 05/31/2021 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/31/2021 Average Rank 8.67 [details] Sales history for Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft (Dungeons & Dragons) date, rank 05/31/2021, 4 06/07/2021, 16 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 5,955 YTD: 31,579	May 2021	5,955 31,579
17	23	43	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: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 43 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,811 YTD: 200,591	Aug 2020	5,811 200,591
18	20	6	World Travel: An Irreverent Guide Anthony Bourdain, Author, Laurie Woolever, Author Ecco Press, $35.00 (448) 978-0-06-280279-8 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 05/03/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/03/2021 Average Rank 13.07 [details] Sales history for World Travel: An Irreverent Guide date, rank 05/03/2021, 1 05/10/2021, 4 05/17/2021, 9 05/24/2021, 12 05/31/2021, 20 06/07/2021, 18 06/14/2021, 20 06/21/2021, 14 06/28/2021, 10 07/05/2021, 14 07/12/2021, 16 07/26/2021, 15 08/02/2021, 17 08/09/2021, 25 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Apr 2021 UNITS SOLD: 5,631 YTD: 100,346	Apr 2021	5,631 100,346
19	-	1	Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell Jason L Riley, Author Basic Books, $28.00 (272) 978-1-5416-1968-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 5,406 YTD: 5,406	May 2021	5,406 5,406
20	-	1	Bamboozled by Jesus: How God Tricked Me Into the Life of My Dreams Yvonne Orji, Based on a Book by Worthy Books, $26.00 (256) 978-1-5460-1267-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 5,346 YTD: 5,346	May 2021	5,346 5,346
21	27	8	Fault Lines: the Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism's Looming Catastrophe Voddie T Baucham, Author Salem Books, $24.99 (256) 978-1-68451-180-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 04/19/2021 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/10/2021 Average Rank 15.00 [details] Sales history for Fault Lines: the Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism's Looming Catastrophe date, rank 04/19/2021, 7 04/26/2021, 14 05/03/2021, 24 05/10/2021, 14 06/07/2021, 21 06/28/2021, 25 07/05/2021, 16 07/12/2021, 23 08/02/2021, 20 08/09/2021, 20 LAST WEEK: 27 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Apr 2021 UNITS SOLD: 5,145 YTD: 58,484	Apr 2021	5,145 58,484
22	11	2	A Radical Awakening: Turn Pain into Power, Embrace Your Truth, Live Free Shefali Tsabary, Author HarperOne, $27.99 (304) 978-0-06-298589-7 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 05/31/2021 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 05/31/2021 Average Rank 16.50 [details] Sales history for A Radical Awakening: Turn Pain into Power, Embrace Your Truth, Live Free date, rank 05/31/2021, 11 06/07/2021, 22 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 5,107 YTD: 17,437	May 2021	5,107 17,437
23	17	3	Billie Eilish Billie Eilish, Author Grand Central Publishing, $35.00 (336) 978-1-5387-2047-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 05/24/2021 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/24/2021 Average Rank 10.40 [details] Sales history for Billie Eilish date, rank 05/24/2021, 3 05/31/2021, 17 06/07/2021, 23 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 5,078 YTD: 39,518	May 2021	5,078 39,518
24	-	1	Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else Jordan Ellenberg, Author Penguin Press, $28.00 (480) 978-1-9848-7905-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 5,057 YTD: 5,057	May 2021	5,057 5,057
25	-	2	The Promise of Bitcoin: The Future of Money and How It Can Work for You Bobby Lee, Author McGraw-Hill Education, $30.00 (304) 978-1-260-46867-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 5,045 YTD: 14,651	May 2021	5,045 14,651

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NPD BookScan, week 22 of 2021 data through 5/29/2021; PW Issue of June 7, 22021