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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	1	4	The Woman in Me Britney Spears, Author Gallery Books, $32.99 (288) 978-1-6680-0904-8 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/06/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/06/2023 Average Rank 5.83 [details] Sales history for The Woman in Me date, rank 11/06/2023, 1 11/13/2023, 1 11/20/2023, 1 11/27/2023, 1 12/04/2023, 1 12/11/2023, 1 12/18/2023, 2 12/25/2023, 2 01/01/2024, 3 01/08/2024, 5 01/15/2024, 5 01/22/2024, 9 01/29/2024, 14 02/05/2024, 17 02/12/2024, 17 02/19/2024, 14 02/26/2024, 13 03/04/2024, 21 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 2023 UNITS SOLD: 45,253 YTD: 678,469	Oct 2023	45,253 678,469
2	2	2	My Name Is Barbra Barbra Streisand, Author Viking, $45.00 (1040) 978-0-525-42952-4 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/20/2023 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/20/2023 Average Rank 5.00 [details] Sales history for My Name Is Barbra date, rank 11/20/2023, 2 11/27/2023, 2 12/04/2023, 3 12/11/2023, 4 12/18/2023, 4 12/25/2023, 5 01/01/2024, 7 01/08/2024, 13 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Nov 2023 UNITS SOLD: 32,120 YTD: 87,445	Nov 2023	32,120 87,445
3	-	1	My Effin' Life Geddy Lee, Author Harper, $40.00 (512) 978-0-06-315941-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 11/27/2023 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/27/2023 Average Rank 12.29 [details] Sales history for My Effin' Life date, rank 11/27/2023, 3 12/11/2023, 18 12/18/2023, 15 12/25/2023, 17 01/01/2024, 22 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2023 UNITS SOLD: 26,147 YTD: 26,147	Nov 2023	26,147 26,147
4	3	7	The Great Disappearance: 31 Ways to Be Rapture Ready David Jeremiah, Author Thomas Nelson, $29.99 (320) 978-0-7852-5224-5 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/16/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/13/2023 Average Rank 9.06 [details] Sales history for The Great Disappearance: 31 Ways to Be Rapture Ready date, rank 10/16/2023, 6 10/23/2023, 12 10/30/2023, 9 11/06/2023, 9 11/13/2023, 6 11/20/2023, 3 11/27/2023, 4 12/04/2023, 4 12/11/2023, 8 12/18/2023, 8 12/25/2023, 10 01/01/2024, 20 01/08/2024, 21 01/15/2024, 19 01/22/2024, 21 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Oct 2023 UNITS SOLD: 19,290 YTD: 116,823	Oct 2023	19,290 116,823
5	-	1	Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party Jonathan Karl, Author Dutton, $32.00 (336) 978-0-593-47398-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/27/2023 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 11/27/2023 Average Rank 5.50 [details] Sales history for Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party date, rank 11/27/2023, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2023 UNITS SOLD: 18,403 YTD: 18,403	Nov 2023	18,403 18,403
6	-	1	Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential Brian Johnson, Author, Phil Stutz, Foreword by Heroic Blackstone, $29.99 (1060) 979-8-212-41407-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2023 UNITS SOLD: 16,800 YTD: 16,800	Nov 2023	16,800 16,800
7	-	1	Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor Mark Harmon, Author, Leon Carroll, With Harper Select, $29.99 (272) 978-1-4003-3701-9 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/27/2023 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 12/11/2023 Average Rank 12.70 [details] Sales history for Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor date, rank 11/27/2023, 7 12/04/2023, 12 12/11/2023, 9 12/18/2023, 19 12/25/2023, 14 01/01/2024, 16 01/08/2024, 22 01/15/2024, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2023 UNITS SOLD: 16,408 YTD: 16,408	Nov 2023	16,408 16,408
8	4	5	Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism Rachel Maddow, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $32.00 (416) 978-0-593-44451-1 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/30/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/30/2023 Average Rank 7.47 [details] Sales history for Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism date, rank 10/30/2023, 1 11/06/2023, 7 11/13/2023, 8 11/20/2023, 4 11/27/2023, 8 12/04/2023, 7 12/11/2023, 3 12/18/2023, 14 12/25/2023, 15 01/01/2024, 12 01/08/2024, 9 01/15/2024, 14 01/22/2024, 20 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Oct 2023 UNITS SOLD: 15,880 YTD: 110,114	Oct 2023	15,880 110,114
9	11	2	Pretty Boys Are Poisonous: Poems Megan Fox, Author Gallery Books, $26.00 (176) 978-1-6680-5041-5 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 11/20/2023 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 11/27/2023 Average Rank 10.00 [details] Sales history for Pretty Boys Are Poisonous: Poems date, rank 11/20/2023, 11 11/27/2023, 9 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Nov 2023 UNITS SOLD: 13,057 YTD: 22,293	Nov 2023	13,057 22,293
10	6	4	The Pioneer Woman Cooks–Dinner's Ready Ree Drummond, Author William Morrow & Company, $32.50 (400) 978-0-06-296284-3 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 11/06/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/13/2023 Average Rank 7.33 [details] Sales history for The Pioneer Woman Cooks–Dinner's Ready date, rank 11/06/2023, 2 11/13/2023, 4 11/20/2023, 6 11/27/2023, 10 12/04/2023, 2 12/11/2023, 5 12/18/2023, 7 12/25/2023, 8 01/01/2024, 5 01/08/2024, 8 01/15/2024, 18 01/22/2024, 14 01/29/2024, 23 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 2023 UNITS SOLD: 12,431 YTD: 88,195	Oct 2023	12,431 88,195
11	-	1	Limitless Expanded Edition: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life Jim Kwik, Author Hay House, $28.99 (448) 978-1-4019-6871-7 Last rank 45 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 11/27/2023 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 11/27/2023 Average Rank 18.00 [details] Sales history for Limitless Expanded Edition: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life date, rank 11/27/2023, 11 01/22/2024, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2023 UNITS SOLD: 11,136 YTD: 11,136	Nov 2023	11,136 11,136
12	12	10	Guinness World Records 2024 Guinness World Records, Author Guinness World Records, $29.95 (256) 978-1-913484-37-8 Last rank 26 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 09/25/2023 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 12/25/2023 Average Rank 15.94 [details] Sales history for Guinness World Records 2024 date, rank 09/25/2023, 18 10/02/2023, 25 10/09/2023, 25 10/23/2023, 23 10/30/2023, 24 11/13/2023, 18 11/20/2023, 12 11/27/2023, 12 12/04/2023, 6 12/11/2023, 6 12/18/2023, 5 12/25/2023, 4 01/01/2024, 4 01/08/2024, 16 01/15/2024, 25 01/29/2024, 24 02/26/2024, 24 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 10,649 YTD: 61,466	Sep 2023	10,649 61,466
13	25	31	The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder David Grann, Author Doubleday Books, $30.00 (352) 978-0-385-53426-0 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/01/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/08/2023 Average Rank 6.94 [details] Sales history for The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder date, rank 05/01/2023, 2 05/08/2023, 1 05/15/2023, 3 05/22/2023, 5 05/29/2023, 3 06/05/2023, 2 06/12/2023, 3 06/19/2023, 3 06/26/2023, 3 07/03/2023, 2 07/10/2023, 5 07/17/2023, 6 07/24/2023, 9 07/31/2023, 9 08/07/2023, 3 08/14/2023, 5 08/21/2023, 6 08/28/2023, 5 09/04/2023, 8 09/11/2023, 6 09/18/2023, 12 09/25/2023, 17 10/02/2023, 23 11/20/2023, 25 11/27/2023, 13 12/04/2023, 5 12/11/2023, 7 12/18/2023, 3 12/25/2023, 3 01/01/2024, 2 01/08/2024, 2 01/15/2024, 4 01/22/2024, 5 01/29/2024, 6 02/05/2024, 7 02/12/2024, 4 02/19/2024, 3 02/26/2024, 4 03/04/2024, 7 03/11/2024, 13 03/18/2024, 8 03/25/2024, 9 04/01/2024, 8 04/08/2024, 10 04/15/2024, 11 04/22/2024, 8 04/29/2024, 13 LAST WEEK: 25 WEEKS ON LIST: 31 PUB DATE: Apr 2023 UNITS SOLD: 10,470 YTD: 299,919	Apr 2023	10,470 299,919
14	15	2	Teddy and Booker T.: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial Equality Brian Kilmeade, Author Sentinel, $29.00 (288) 978-0-593-54382-5 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 11/20/2023 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 12/11/2023 Average Rank 15.25 [details] Sales history for Teddy and Booker T.: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial Equality date, rank 11/20/2023, 15 11/27/2023, 14 12/04/2023, 16 12/25/2023, 22 01/01/2024, 23 01/08/2024, 25 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Nov 2023 UNITS SOLD: 10,115 YTD: 18,129	Nov 2023	10,115 18,129
15	14	4	How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen David Brooks, Author Random House, $30.00 (352) 978-0-593-23006-0 Last rank 40 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 11/06/2023 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 11/06/2023 Average Rank 14.70 [details] Sales history for How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen date, rank 11/06/2023, 4 11/13/2023, 7 11/20/2023, 14 11/27/2023, 15 12/04/2023, 14 12/11/2023, 13 12/18/2023, 16 12/25/2023, 16 01/01/2024, 14 01/08/2024, 12 01/15/2024, 10 01/22/2024, 4 01/29/2024, 9 02/05/2024, 4 02/12/2024, 10 02/19/2024, 8 02/26/2024, 9 03/04/2024, 15 03/11/2024, 21 03/18/2024, 23 04/01/2024, 23 04/08/2024, 24 06/10/2024, 23 07/29/2024, 22 08/05/2024, 24 08/19/2024, 20 09/09/2024, 23 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 2023 UNITS SOLD: 9,532 YTD: 53,836	Oct 2023	9,532 53,836
16	5	3	Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond Henry Winkler, Author Celadon Books, $30.00 (320) 978-1-250-88809-9 Last rank 26 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/13/2023 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 11/13/2023 Average Rank 12.50 [details] Sales history for Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond date, rank 11/13/2023, 5 11/20/2023, 5 11/27/2023, 16 12/04/2023, 18 01/01/2024, 24 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2023 UNITS SOLD: 9,030 YTD: 42,513	Oct 2023	9,030 42,513
17	9	9	Elon Musk Walter Isaacson, Author Simon & Schuster, $35.00 (688) 978-1-9821-8128-4 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/25/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/25/2023 Average Rank 9.57 [details] Sales history for Elon Musk date, rank 09/25/2023, 1 10/02/2023, 2 10/09/2023, 4 10/16/2023, 7 10/23/2023, 5 11/06/2023, 12 11/13/2023, 12 11/20/2023, 9 11/27/2023, 17 12/04/2023, 9 12/11/2023, 10 12/18/2023, 12 12/25/2023, 11 01/01/2024, 9 01/08/2024, 11 01/15/2024, 13 01/22/2024, 13 01/29/2024, 17 02/05/2024, 21 02/12/2024, 24 02/19/2024, 24 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 8,943 YTD: 247,861	Sep 2023	8,943 247,861
18	8	6	Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life Arnold Schwarzenegger, Author Penguin Press, $28.00 (288) 978-0-593-65595-5 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/23/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/23/2023 Average Rank 11.12 [details] Sales history for Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life date, rank 10/23/2023, 1 10/30/2023, 7 11/06/2023, 10 11/13/2023, 10 11/20/2023, 8 11/27/2023, 18 12/04/2023, 8 12/11/2023, 17 12/25/2023, 21 01/01/2024, 21 01/08/2024, 17 01/15/2024, 21 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Oct 2023 UNITS SOLD: 8,836 YTD: 95,199	Oct 2023	8,836 95,199
19	7	2	Unwoke: How to Defeat Cultural Marxism in America Ted Cruz, Author Regnery Publishing, $32.99 (368) 978-1-68451-362-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/20/2023 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 12/11/2023 Average Rank 12.50 [details] Sales history for Unwoke: How to Defeat Cultural Marxism in America date, rank 11/20/2023, 7 11/27/2023, 19 02/26/2024, 19 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Nov 2023 UNITS SOLD: 8,532 YTD: 22,083	Nov 2023	8,532 22,083
20	13	4	Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things Adam Grant, Author Viking, $32.00 (304) 978-0-593-65314-2 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 11/06/2023 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/06/2023 Average Rank 15.96 [details] Sales history for Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things date, rank 11/06/2023, 3 11/13/2023, 9 11/20/2023, 13 11/27/2023, 20 12/04/2023, 21 12/18/2023, 23 12/25/2023, 19 01/01/2024, 15 01/08/2024, 14 01/15/2024, 7 01/22/2024, 10 01/29/2024, 15 02/05/2024, 18 02/12/2024, 14 02/19/2024, 13 02/26/2024, 15 03/04/2024, 19 03/11/2024, 24 03/18/2024, 25 05/06/2024, 20 07/29/2024, 21 08/05/2024, 20 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 2023 UNITS SOLD: 7,970 YTD: 61,562	Oct 2023	7,970 61,562
21	21	44	The Creative ACT: A Way of Being Rick Rubin, Author Penguin Press, $30.00 (432) 978-0-593-65288-6 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 01/30/2023 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 01/30/2023 Average Rank 8.48 [details] Sales history for The Creative ACT: A Way of Being date, rank 01/30/2023, 2 02/06/2023, 4 02/13/2023, 8 02/20/2023, 11 02/27/2023, 3 03/06/2023, 5 03/13/2023, 5 03/20/2023, 4 03/27/2023, 6 04/03/2023, 6 04/10/2023, 9 04/17/2023, 10 04/24/2023, 9 05/01/2023, 7 05/08/2023, 11 05/15/2023, 12 05/22/2023, 9 05/29/2023, 8 06/05/2023, 4 06/12/2023, 2 06/19/2023, 8 06/26/2023, 8 07/03/2023, 6 07/10/2023, 3 07/17/2023, 5 07/24/2023, 8 07/31/2023, 6 08/07/2023, 5 08/14/2023, 4 08/21/2023, 5 08/28/2023, 4 09/04/2023, 6 09/11/2023, 4 09/18/2023, 7 09/25/2023, 13 10/02/2023, 13 10/09/2023, 13 10/16/2023, 19 10/23/2023, 18 10/30/2023, 17 11/06/2023, 22 11/13/2023, 20 11/20/2023, 21 11/27/2023, 21 12/04/2023, 10 12/11/2023, 12 12/18/2023, 11 12/25/2023, 7 01/01/2024, 8 01/08/2024, 6 01/15/2024, 2 01/22/2024, 2 01/29/2024, 5 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 44 PUB DATE: Jan 2023 UNITS SOLD: 7,567 YTD: 413,111	Jan 2023	7,567 413,111
22	24	34	Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity Peter Attia, Author, Bill Gifford, With Harmony, $30.00 (400) 978-0-593-23659-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/10/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/10/2023 Average Rank 8.21 [details] Sales history for Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity date, rank 04/10/2023, 1 04/17/2023, 1 04/24/2023, 1 05/01/2023, 5 05/08/2023, 4 05/15/2023, 8 05/22/2023, 7 05/29/2023, 5 06/05/2023, 3 06/12/2023, 5 06/19/2023, 4 06/26/2023, 4 07/03/2023, 1 07/10/2023, 2 07/17/2023, 4 07/24/2023, 5 07/31/2023, 3 08/07/2023, 4 08/14/2023, 3 08/21/2023, 2 08/28/2023, 1 09/04/2023, 3 09/11/2023, 1 09/18/2023, 5 09/25/2023, 9 10/02/2023, 11 10/09/2023, 14 10/16/2023, 17 10/23/2023, 16 10/30/2023, 13 11/06/2023, 19 11/13/2023, 19 11/20/2023, 24 11/27/2023, 22 12/04/2023, 22 12/11/2023, 14 12/18/2023, 17 12/25/2023, 12 01/01/2024, 11 01/08/2024, 10 01/15/2024, 8 01/22/2024, 3 01/29/2024, 7 02/05/2024, 10 02/12/2024, 9 02/19/2024, 5 02/26/2024, 5 03/04/2024, 8 03/11/2024, 12 03/18/2024, 11 03/25/2024, 4 04/01/2024, 11 04/08/2024, 14 LAST WEEK: 24 WEEKS ON LIST: 34 PUB DATE: Mar 2023 UNITS SOLD: 7,435 YTD: 401,914	Mar 2023	7,435 401,914
23	22	5	Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones Dolly Parton, Author, Holly George-Warren, With, Rebecca Seaver, With Ten Speed Press, $50.00 (336) 978-1-9848-6212-9 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/30/2023 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 10/30/2023 Average Rank 14.69 [details] Sales history for Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones date, rank 10/30/2023, 6 11/13/2023, 24 11/20/2023, 22 11/27/2023, 23 12/04/2023, 15 12/11/2023, 11 12/18/2023, 18 12/25/2023, 13 01/01/2024, 13 01/08/2024, 23 LAST WEEK: 22 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Oct 2023 UNITS SOLD: 7,248 YTD: 40,494	Oct 2023	7,248 40,494
24	16	8	Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts Bill O'Reilly, Author, Martin Dugard, Author St. Martin's Press, $32.00 (304) 978-1-250-28332-0 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 10/09/2023 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/09/2023 Average Rank 10.95 [details] Sales history for Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts date, rank 10/09/2023, 2 10/16/2023, 5 10/23/2023, 4 10/30/2023, 8 11/06/2023, 11 11/13/2023, 11 11/20/2023, 16 11/27/2023, 24 12/04/2023, 13 12/11/2023, 19 12/18/2023, 22 12/25/2023, 18 01/01/2024, 17 01/08/2024, 24 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 6,848 YTD: 128,095	Sep 2023	6,848 128,095
25	-	1	Blood on Their Hands: Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty Mandy Matney, Author William Morrow & Company, $28.99 (272) 978-0-06-326921-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2023 UNITS SOLD: 6,418 YTD: 6,418	Nov 2023	6,418 6,418

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Nov. 18, 2023; appearing in the Nov. 27, 2023, print edition of PW