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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	-	1	I'm Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy, Author Simon & Schuster, $27.99 (320) 978-1-9821-8582-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 08/22/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/22/2022 Average Rank 5.74 [details] Sales history for I'm Glad My Mom Died date, rank 08/22/2022, 1 08/29/2022, 2 09/05/2022, 2 09/12/2022, 1 09/19/2022, 1 09/26/2022, 1 10/03/2022, 1 10/10/2022, 2 10/17/2022, 3 10/24/2022, 2 10/31/2022, 2 11/07/2022, 2 11/14/2022, 7 11/21/2022, 6 11/28/2022, 8 12/05/2022, 5 12/12/2022, 6 12/19/2022, 5 12/26/2022, 5 01/02/2023, 4 01/09/2023, 2 01/16/2023, 2 01/23/2023, 5 01/30/2023, 6 02/06/2023, 6 02/13/2023, 6 02/20/2023, 13 02/27/2023, 8 03/06/2023, 9 03/13/2023, 7 03/20/2023, 6 03/27/2023, 7 04/03/2023, 8 04/10/2023, 10 04/17/2023, 7 04/24/2023, 5 05/01/2023, 10 05/08/2023, 15 05/15/2023, 17 05/22/2023, 11 05/29/2023, 10 06/05/2023, 7 06/12/2023, 6 06/19/2023, 9 06/26/2023, 9 07/03/2023, 7 07/10/2023, 6 07/17/2023, 8 07/24/2023, 10 07/31/2023, 12 08/07/2023, 8 08/14/2023, 6 08/21/2023, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 41,687 YTD: 41,687	Aug 2022	41,687 41,687
2	1	2	Unlock Your Potential: The Ultimate Guide for Creating Your Dream Life in the Modern World Jeff Lerner, Author Matt Holt, $28.00 (256) 978-1-63774-174-0 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 08/15/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/15/2022 Average Rank 4.67 [details] Sales history for Unlock Your Potential: The Ultimate Guide for Creating Your Dream Life in the Modern World date, rank 08/15/2022, 1 08/22/2022, 2 08/29/2022, 11 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 6,027 YTD: 13,523	Aug 2022	6,027 13,523
3	-	1	Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe David Maraniss, Author Simon & Schuster, $29.99 (608) 978-1-4767-4841-2 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 08/22/2022 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/22/2022 Average Rank 11.50 [details] Sales history for Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe date, rank 08/22/2022, 3 08/29/2022, 10 09/05/2022, 13 09/12/2022, 14 09/19/2022, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 5,568 YTD: 5,568	Aug 2022	5,568 5,568
4	-	1	The Uncanny X-Men Trading Cards: The Complete Series Bob Budiansky, Introduction by, Edward Piskor, Foreword by, Jim Lee, Illustrator, Paul Mounts, Illustrator Abrams Comicarts, $24.99 (272) 978-1-4197-5724-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 5,476 YTD: 5,476	Aug 2022	5,476 5,476
5	3	37	Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience Brené Brown, Author Random House, $30.00 (320) 978-0-399-59255-3 Last rank 27 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 12/13/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/13/2021 Average Rank 5.52 [details] Sales history for Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience date, rank 12/13/2021, 1 12/20/2021, 2 12/27/2021, 1 01/03/2022, 1 01/10/2022, 2 01/17/2022, 1 01/24/2022, 4 01/31/2022, 2 02/07/2022, 2 02/14/2022, 2 02/21/2022, 4 02/28/2022, 4 03/07/2022, 5 03/14/2022, 5 03/21/2022, 5 03/28/2022, 7 04/04/2022, 4 04/11/2022, 3 04/18/2022, 3 04/25/2022, 5 05/02/2022, 3 05/09/2022, 8 05/16/2022, 8 05/23/2022, 5 05/30/2022, 9 06/06/2022, 3 06/13/2022, 6 06/20/2022, 8 06/27/2022, 11 07/04/2022, 12 07/11/2022, 11 07/18/2022, 6 07/25/2022, 7 08/01/2022, 6 08/08/2022, 3 08/15/2022, 3 08/22/2022, 5 08/29/2022, 9 09/05/2022, 11 09/12/2022, 9 09/19/2022, 13 10/03/2022, 24 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 37 PUB DATE: Nov 2021 UNITS SOLD: 5,434 YTD: 367,612	Nov 2021	5,434 367,612
6	-	1	Swerve or Die: Life at My Speed in the First Family of NASCAR Racing Kyle Petty, Author, Ellis Henican, Author St. Martin's Press, $29.99 (288) 978-1-250-27781-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 4,576 YTD: 4,576	Aug 2022	4,576 4,576
7	-	1	Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure Rinker Buck, Author Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $32.50 (320) 978-1-5011-0637-8 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 08/22/2022 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 09/12/2022 Average Rank 13.83 [details] Sales history for Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure date, rank 08/22/2022, 7 08/29/2022, 13 09/05/2022, 16 09/12/2022, 19 09/19/2022, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 3,845 YTD: 3,845	Aug 2022	3,845 3,845
8	-	1	The Destructionists: The Twenty-Five Year Crack-Up of the Republican Party Dana Milbank, Author Doubleday Books, $30.00 (368) 978-0-385-54813-7 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 08/22/2022 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 08/22/2022 Average Rank 13.50 [details] Sales history for The Destructionists: The Twenty-Five Year Crack-Up of the Republican Party date, rank 08/22/2022, 8 08/29/2022, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 3,634 YTD: 3,634	Aug 2022	3,634 3,634
9	13	5	The Return: Trump's Big 2024 Comeback Dick Morris, Author Humanix Books, $27.99 (256) 978-1-63006-207-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 07/25/2022 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/12/2022 Average Rank 10.73 [details] Sales history for The Return: Trump's Big 2024 Comeback date, rank 07/25/2022, 18 08/01/2022, 22 08/08/2022, 9 08/15/2022, 13 08/22/2022, 9 09/12/2022, 13 09/19/2022, 7 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Jul 2022 UNITS SOLD: 3,443 YTD: 15,502	Jul 2022	3,443 15,502
10	5	9	The Battle for the American Mind Pete Hegseth, Author Broadside Books, $28.99 (288) 978-0-06-321504-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 06/27/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/27/2022 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for The Battle for the American Mind date, rank 06/27/2022, 1 07/04/2022, 1 07/11/2022, 1 07/18/2022, 1 07/25/2022, 4 08/01/2022, 3 08/08/2022, 1 08/15/2022, 5 08/22/2022, 10 08/29/2022, 12 09/05/2022, 15 09/12/2022, 24 09/19/2022, 14 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Jun 2022 UNITS SOLD: 3,442 YTD: 143,977	Jun 2022	3,442 143,977
11	4	20	Half Baked Harvest Every Day: Recipes for Balanced, Flexible, Feel-Good Meals Tieghan Gerard, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $29.99 (288) 978-0-593-23255-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/11/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/11/2022 Average Rank 9.96 [details] Sales history for Half Baked Harvest Every Day: Recipes for Balanced, Flexible, Feel-Good Meals date, rank 04/11/2022, 1 04/18/2022, 2 04/25/2022, 2 05/02/2022, 4 05/09/2022, 11 05/16/2022, 9 05/23/2022, 8 05/30/2022, 13 06/06/2022, 7 06/13/2022, 9 06/20/2022, 17 06/27/2022, 18 07/04/2022, 18 07/11/2022, 18 07/18/2022, 10 07/25/2022, 12 08/01/2022, 19 08/08/2022, 15 08/15/2022, 4 08/22/2022, 11 08/29/2022, 15 09/05/2022, 21 09/19/2022, 17 12/05/2022, 19 12/12/2022, 16 12/19/2022, 14 12/26/2022, 11 01/02/2023, 13 01/09/2023, 18 01/16/2023, 20 03/27/2023, 11 04/03/2023, 23 04/10/2023, 22 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: Mar 2022 UNITS SOLD: 3,020 YTD: 227,246	Mar 2022	3,020 227,246
12	9	15	Killing the Killers: The Secret War Against Terrorists Bill O'Reilly, Author, Martin Dugard, Author St. Martin's Press, $30.00 (304) 978-1-250-27925-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 05/16/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/23/2022 Average Rank 6.13 [details] Sales history for Killing the Killers: The Secret War Against Terrorists date, rank 05/16/2022, 3 05/23/2022, 1 05/30/2022, 4 06/06/2022, 1 06/13/2022, 3 06/20/2022, 4 06/27/2022, 6 07/04/2022, 5 07/11/2022, 7 07/18/2022, 4 07/25/2022, 5 08/01/2022, 8 08/08/2022, 4 08/15/2022, 9 08/22/2022, 12 08/29/2022, 20 09/05/2022, 25 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: May 2022 UNITS SOLD: 2,912 YTD: 180,139	May 2022	2,912 180,139
13	20	5	Defeating Big Government Socialism: Saving America's Future Newt Gingrich, Author Center Street, $29.00 (288) 978-1-5460-0319-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 07/25/2022 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 08/08/2022 Average Rank 11.00 [details] Sales history for Defeating Big Government Socialism: Saving America's Future date, rank 07/25/2022, 8 08/01/2022, 15 08/08/2022, 7 08/15/2022, 20 08/22/2022, 13 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Jul 2022 UNITS SOLD: 2,897 YTD: 17,478	Jul 2022	2,897 17,478
14	8	16	Finding Me: A Memoir Viola Davis, Author HarperOne, $28.99 (288) 978-0-06-303732-8 Last rank 38 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 05/09/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/09/2022 Average Rank 8.39 [details] Sales history for Finding Me: A Memoir date, rank 05/09/2022, 1 05/16/2022, 1 05/23/2022, 2 05/30/2022, 6 06/06/2022, 2 06/13/2022, 4 06/20/2022, 9 06/27/2022, 13 07/04/2022, 14 07/11/2022, 10 07/18/2022, 5 07/25/2022, 9 08/01/2022, 13 08/08/2022, 6 08/15/2022, 8 08/22/2022, 14 08/29/2022, 17 09/05/2022, 20 09/12/2022, 17 09/19/2022, 18 01/02/2023, 25 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: Apr 2022 UNITS SOLD: 2,861 YTD: 210,527	Apr 2022	2,861 210,527
15	-	1	Shy: The Memoirs of Mary Rodgers Guettel Mary Rodgers Guettel, Author, Jesse Green, Author Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00 (320) 978-0-374-29862-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 2,815 YTD: 2,815	Aug 2022	2,815 2,815
16	14	45	Jesus Listens: Daily Devotional Prayers of Peace, Joy, and Hope Sarah Young, Author Thomas Nelson, $19.99 (400) 978-1-4002-1558-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/18/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/08/2021 Average Rank 12.46 [details] Sales history for Jesus Listens: Daily Devotional Prayers of Peace, Joy, and Hope date, rank 10/18/2021, 8 10/25/2021, 19 11/01/2021, 13 11/08/2021, 15 11/15/2021, 6 11/22/2021, 7 11/29/2021, 11 12/06/2021, 11 12/13/2021, 10 12/20/2021, 7 12/27/2021, 7 01/03/2022, 7 01/10/2022, 8 01/17/2022, 5 01/24/2022, 10 01/31/2022, 12 02/07/2022, 11 02/14/2022, 16 02/21/2022, 17 02/28/2022, 15 03/07/2022, 12 03/14/2022, 19 03/21/2022, 20 03/28/2022, 21 04/04/2022, 16 04/11/2022, 24 04/25/2022, 17 05/02/2022, 22 05/16/2022, 20 05/30/2022, 25 06/06/2022, 25 07/11/2022, 23 07/18/2022, 15 07/25/2022, 22 08/01/2022, 23 08/08/2022, 11 08/15/2022, 14 08/22/2022, 16 08/29/2022, 16 09/05/2022, 17 09/12/2022, 21 09/19/2022, 22 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 45 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 2,721 YTD: 132,378	Oct 2021	2,721 132,378
17	-	1	Always Faithful: A Story of the War in Afghanistan, the Fall of Kabul, and the Unshakable Bond Between a Marine and an Interpreter Thomas Schueman, Author, Zainullah Zaki, Author William Morrow & Company, $29.99 (304) 978-0-06-326061-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 2,433 YTD: 2,433	Aug 2022	2,433 2,433
18	12	10	The Power of One More Ed Mylett, Author Wiley, $25.00 (256) 978-1-119-81536-5 Last rank 28 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 06/13/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/13/2022 Average Rank 7.92 [details] Sales history for The Power of One More date, rank 06/13/2022, 1 06/20/2022, 2 06/27/2022, 5 07/04/2022, 3 07/11/2022, 9 07/18/2022, 2 07/25/2022, 2 08/01/2022, 1 08/15/2022, 12 08/22/2022, 18 08/29/2022, 24 09/12/2022, 20 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Jun 2022 UNITS SOLD: 2,416 YTD: 148,891	Jun 2022	2,416 148,891
19	-	1	The Leadership Secrets of Nick Saban: How Alabama's Coach Became the Greatest Ever John Talty, Author Matt Holt, $25.00 (256) 978-1-63774-083-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 2,275 YTD: 2,275	Aug 2022	2,275 2,275
20	17	25	Find Your People: Building Deep Community in a Lonely World Jennie Allen, Author Waterbrook Press, $25.00 (256) 978-0-593-19338-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/07/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/07/2022 Average Rank 14.82 [details] Sales history for Find Your People: Building Deep Community in a Lonely World date, rank 03/07/2022, 1 03/14/2022, 12 03/21/2022, 8 03/28/2022, 12 04/04/2022, 13 04/11/2022, 18 04/18/2022, 24 04/25/2022, 23 05/02/2022, 23 06/13/2022, 23 06/20/2022, 24 07/18/2022, 24 07/25/2022, 23 08/08/2022, 19 08/15/2022, 17 08/22/2022, 20 08/29/2022, 22 09/05/2022, 23 09/12/2022, 23 09/19/2022, 24 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 25 PUB DATE: Feb 2022 UNITS SOLD: 2,269 YTD: 107,864	Feb 2022	2,269 107,864
21	15	13	Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse (Dungeons & Dragons Book) Wizards RPG Team, Author Wizards of the Coast, $49.95 (288) 978-0-7869-6787-2 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/30/2022 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/30/2022 Average Rank 16.29 [details] Sales history for Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse (Dungeons & Dragons Book) date, rank 05/30/2022, 2 06/06/2022, 5 06/13/2022, 10 06/20/2022, 20 06/27/2022, 21 07/11/2022, 25 07/18/2022, 19 07/25/2022, 19 08/01/2022, 24 08/08/2022, 17 08/15/2022, 15 08/22/2022, 21 08/29/2022, 23 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: May 2022 UNITS SOLD: 2,236 YTD: 63,383	May 2022	2,236 63,383
22	-	1	Heal Your Way Forward: The Co-Conspirator's Guide to an Antiracist Future Myisha T Hill, Author Row House Publishing, $23.99 (240) 978-1-955905-02-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 2,074 YTD: 2,074	Aug 2022	2,074 2,074
23	-	1	Resilient Hope: 100 Devotions for Building Endurance in an Unpredictable World Christine Caine, Author Thomas Nelson, $19.99 (224) 978-0-310-45796-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 2,059 YTD: 2,059	Aug 2022	2,059 2,059
24	16	11	Happy-Go-Lucky David Sedaris, Author Little Brown and Company, $28.00 (304) 978-0-316-39245-7 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 06/13/2022 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 06/13/2022 Average Rank 13.18 [details] Sales history for Happy-Go-Lucky date, rank 06/13/2022, 2 06/20/2022, 6 06/27/2022, 9 07/04/2022, 8 07/11/2022, 12 07/18/2022, 12 07/25/2022, 16 08/01/2022, 20 08/08/2022, 20 08/15/2022, 16 08/22/2022, 24 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: May 2022 UNITS SOLD: 2,049 YTD: 68,530	May 2022	2,049 68,530
25	6	2	Lead Like It Matters: 7 Leadership Principles for a Church That Lasts Craig Groeschel, Author Zondervan, $28.99 (272) 978-0-310-36283-8 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 08/15/2022 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 08/15/2022 Average Rank 15.50 [details] Sales history for Lead Like It Matters: 7 Leadership Principles for a Church That Lasts date, rank 08/15/2022, 6 08/22/2022, 25 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 1,988 YTD: 5,841	Aug 2022	1,988 5,841

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Source: NPD BookScan, for the week ended Aug. 13, 2022; appearing in the Aug. 22, 2022, print edition of PW.