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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	15	15	Good Energy: Fix Your Metabolism to Feel Better Today and Prevent Disease Tomorrow Casey Means, Author, Calley Means, With Avery Publishing Group, $32.00 (400) 978-0-593-71264-1 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/27/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/27/2024 Average Rank 9.96 [details] Sales history for Good Energy: Fix Your Metabolism to Feel Better Today and Prevent Disease Tomorrow date, rank 05/27/2024, 1 06/03/2024, 8 06/10/2024, 3 06/17/2024, 14 06/24/2024, 15 07/08/2024, 17 07/15/2024, 13 07/22/2024, 16 08/05/2024, 19 08/12/2024, 22 08/26/2024, 15 09/02/2024, 1 09/09/2024, 4 09/16/2024, 2 09/23/2024, 1 09/30/2024, 2 10/07/2024, 3 10/14/2024, 6 10/21/2024, 10 10/28/2024, 7 11/04/2024, 11 11/11/2024, 6 11/18/2024, 6 11/25/2024, 6 12/02/2024, 6 12/09/2024, 14 12/16/2024, 13 12/23/2024, 15 12/30/2024, 10 01/06/2025, 13 01/13/2025, 4 01/20/2025, 6 01/27/2025, 9 02/03/2025, 5 02/10/2025, 6 02/17/2025, 10 02/24/2025, 5 03/03/2025, 10 03/10/2025, 9 03/17/2025, 20 03/24/2025, 14 03/31/2025, 22 04/07/2025, 17 04/14/2025, 23 05/05/2025, 19 05/12/2025, 25 05/19/2025, 15 05/26/2025, 10 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: May 2024 UNITS SOLD: 20,539 YTD: 117,868	May 2024	20,539 117,868
2	-	1	Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs Luis Elizondo, Author William Morrow & Company, $29.99 (304) 978-0-06-323556-4 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 09/02/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/02/2024 Average Rank 7.33 [details] Sales history for Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs date, rank 09/02/2024, 2 09/09/2024, 7 09/16/2024, 13 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2024 UNITS SOLD: 17,966 YTD: 17,966	Aug 2024	17,966 17,966
3	7	22	The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness Jonathan Haidt, Author Penguin Press, $30.00 (400) 978-0-593-65503-0 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 04/08/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/08/2024 Average Rank 5.96 [details] Sales history for The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness date, rank 04/08/2024, 1 04/15/2024, 4 04/22/2024, 2 04/29/2024, 1 05/06/2024, 1 05/13/2024, 7 05/20/2024, 4 05/27/2024, 5 06/03/2024, 4 06/10/2024, 2 06/17/2024, 3 06/24/2024, 3 07/08/2024, 4 07/15/2024, 1 07/22/2024, 2 07/29/2024, 1 08/05/2024, 1 08/12/2024, 2 08/19/2024, 2 08/26/2024, 7 09/02/2024, 3 09/09/2024, 1 09/16/2024, 5 09/23/2024, 7 09/30/2024, 7 10/07/2024, 9 10/14/2024, 11 10/21/2024, 8 10/28/2024, 9 11/04/2024, 17 11/11/2024, 11 11/18/2024, 4 11/25/2024, 7 12/02/2024, 11 12/09/2024, 17 12/16/2024, 16 12/23/2024, 10 12/30/2024, 11 01/06/2025, 12 01/13/2025, 3 01/20/2025, 4 01/27/2025, 5 02/03/2025, 3 02/10/2025, 3 02/17/2025, 5 02/24/2025, 2 03/03/2025, 6 03/10/2025, 6 03/17/2025, 9 03/24/2025, 6 03/31/2025, 12 04/07/2025, 7 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 22 PUB DATE: Mar 2024 UNITS SOLD: 11,922 YTD: 322,752	Mar 2024	11,922 322,752
4	8	2	What's Next: A Backstage Pass to the West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service Melissa Fitzgerald, Author, Mary McCormack, Author Dutton, $29.00 (400) 978-0-593-18454-7 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 08/26/2024 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 09/02/2024 Average Rank 8.25 [details] Sales history for What's Next: A Backstage Pass to the West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service date, rank 08/26/2024, 8 09/02/2024, 4 09/09/2024, 6 09/16/2024, 15 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2024 UNITS SOLD: 11,758 YTD: 21,711	Aug 2024	11,758 21,711
5	3	2	What Happens Next: A Traveler's Guide Through the End of This Age Max Lucado, Author Thomas Nelson, $29.99 (256) 978-1-4002-6000-3 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 08/26/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/26/2024 Average Rank 13.11 [details] Sales history for What Happens Next: A Traveler's Guide Through the End of This Age date, rank 08/26/2024, 3 09/02/2024, 5 09/09/2024, 5 09/16/2024, 10 09/23/2024, 17 09/30/2024, 23 10/07/2024, 19 10/14/2024, 21 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2024 UNITS SOLD: 10,093 YTD: 28,138	Aug 2024	10,093 28,138
6	-	1	Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers Ian O'Connor, Author Mariner Books, $29.99 (384) 978-0-06-329786-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2024 UNITS SOLD: 7,829 YTD: 7,829	Aug 2024	7,829 7,829
7	-	1	Preppy Kitchen Super Easy: 100 Simple and Versatile Recipes John Kanell, Author S&s/Simon Element, $35.00 (336) 978-1-6680-2682-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,638 YTD: 6,638	Aug 2024	6,638 6,638
8	5	3	The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Author Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (352) 978-1-6680-4804-7 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 08/19/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/19/2024 Average Rank 11.75 [details] Sales history for The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House date, rank 08/19/2024, 1 08/26/2024, 5 09/02/2024, 8 09/09/2024, 10 09/16/2024, 14 09/23/2024, 21 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,302 YTD: 39,688	Aug 2024	6,302 39,688
9	1	2	Shameless: Republicans' Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy Brian Tyler Cohen, Author Harper, $29.99 (192) 978-0-06-339288-5 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 08/26/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/26/2024 Average Rank 9.75 [details] Sales history for Shameless: Republicans' Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy date, rank 08/26/2024, 1 09/02/2024, 9 09/09/2024, 24 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,181 YTD: 39,159	Aug 2024	6,181 39,159
10	2	2	What to Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking Caroline Chambers, Author, Eva Kolenko, Photographer Union Square & Co., $35.00 (272) 978-1-4549-5271-8 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 08/26/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/26/2024 Average Rank 14.62 [details] Sales history for What to Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking date, rank 08/26/2024, 2 09/02/2024, 10 09/09/2024, 8 09/16/2024, 23 12/23/2024, 24 12/30/2024, 16 01/06/2025, 25 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,067 YTD: 27,545	Aug 2024	6,067 27,545
11	28	4	Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda Megan Basham, Author Broadside Books, $32.99 (352) 978-0-06-341344-3 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 08/12/2024 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 08/12/2024 Average Rank 8.50 [details] Sales history for Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda date, rank 08/12/2024, 4 08/19/2024, 5 09/02/2024, 11 09/09/2024, 14 LAST WEEK: 28 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Jul 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,844 YTD: 23,479	Jul 2024	5,844 23,479
12	13	32	Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become Like Him. Live as He Did. John Mark Comer, Author Waterbrook Press, $25.00 (304) 978-0-593-19382-2 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 01/29/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 01/29/2024 Average Rank 14.18 [details] Sales history for Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become Like Him. Live as He Did. date, rank 01/29/2024, 2 02/05/2024, 6 02/12/2024, 11 02/19/2024, 11 02/26/2024, 8 03/04/2024, 14 03/11/2024, 18 03/18/2024, 17 03/25/2024, 23 04/01/2024, 16 04/08/2024, 22 04/15/2024, 23 04/22/2024, 13 04/29/2024, 12 05/06/2024, 18 05/13/2024, 14 05/20/2024, 22 05/27/2024, 18 06/03/2024, 21 06/10/2024, 18 06/17/2024, 13 06/24/2024, 16 07/08/2024, 15 07/15/2024, 12 07/22/2024, 13 07/29/2024, 12 08/05/2024, 8 08/12/2024, 9 08/19/2024, 7 08/26/2024, 13 09/02/2024, 12 09/09/2024, 11 09/16/2024, 9 09/23/2024, 15 09/30/2024, 19 10/07/2024, 22 01/13/2025, 21 01/20/2025, 11 01/27/2025, 15 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 32 PUB DATE: Jan 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,648 YTD: 170,134	Jan 2024	5,648 170,134
13	-	1	Don't Wait Till You're Dead: Spirits' Advice from the Afterlife Matt Fraser, Author Gallery Books, $28.99 (256) 978-1-6680-2689-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,642 YTD: 5,642	Aug 2024	5,642 5,642
14	-	1	The Power of Your Dreams: A Guide to Hearing and Understanding How God Speaks While You Sleep Stephanie Ike Okafor, Author, Touré Roberts, Foreword by Waterbrook Press, $26.00 (224) 978-0-593-44561-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,472 YTD: 5,472	Aug 2024	5,472 5,472
15	9	2	On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything Nate Silver, Author Penguin Press, $35.00 (576) 978-1-59420-412-8 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 08/26/2024 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 08/26/2024 Average Rank 13.33 [details] Sales history for On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything date, rank 08/26/2024, 9 09/02/2024, 15 09/09/2024, 16 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,155 YTD: 15,165	Aug 2024	5,155 15,165
16	-	1	The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty Valerie Bauerlein, Author Ballantine Books, $32.00 (480) 978-0-593-50058-3 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 09/02/2024 Highest Rank 15 Highest Rank Date 09/09/2024 Average Rank 15.50 [details] Sales history for The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty date, rank 09/02/2024, 16 09/09/2024, 15 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,998 YTD: 4,998	Aug 2024	4,998 4,998
17	14	17	The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and the Facts Mary Claire Haver, Author Rodale Books, $28.00 (288) 978-0-593-79625-2 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/13/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/13/2024 Average Rank 13.56 [details] Sales history for The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and the Facts date, rank 05/13/2024, 2 05/20/2024, 6 05/27/2024, 6 06/03/2024, 6 06/10/2024, 16 06/17/2024, 12 06/24/2024, 14 07/08/2024, 14 07/15/2024, 8 07/22/2024, 10 07/29/2024, 11 08/05/2024, 7 08/12/2024, 8 08/19/2024, 10 08/26/2024, 14 09/02/2024, 17 09/09/2024, 12 09/16/2024, 11 09/23/2024, 20 09/30/2024, 24 10/07/2024, 23 10/14/2024, 23 11/18/2024, 24 02/03/2025, 25 02/10/2025, 20 02/24/2025, 22 03/10/2025, 17 03/24/2025, 20 03/31/2025, 18 04/07/2025, 14 04/14/2025, 4 04/21/2025, 9 04/28/2025, 6 05/05/2025, 12 05/12/2025, 19 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,505 YTD: 145,145	Apr 2024	4,505 145,145
18	12	17	The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War Erik Larson, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $35.00 (592) 978-0-385-34874-4 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/13/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/13/2024 Average Rank 8.73 [details] Sales history for The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War date, rank 05/13/2024, 1 05/20/2024, 1 05/27/2024, 4 06/03/2024, 3 06/10/2024, 1 06/17/2024, 4 06/24/2024, 2 07/08/2024, 5 07/15/2024, 4 07/22/2024, 4 07/29/2024, 2 08/05/2024, 4 08/12/2024, 5 08/19/2024, 9 08/26/2024, 12 09/02/2024, 18 09/09/2024, 13 09/16/2024, 16 09/23/2024, 22 12/09/2024, 18 12/16/2024, 18 12/23/2024, 18 12/30/2024, 12 01/06/2025, 19 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,425 YTD: 257,716	Apr 2024	4,425 257,716
19	-	1	Thruhikers: A Guide to Life on the Trail Renee Miller, Author, Tim Beissinger, Author DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), $26.00 (272) 978-0-7440-9488-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,600 YTD: 3,600	Aug 2024	3,600 3,600
20	-	1	Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier Arthur C Brooks, Author, Oprah Winfrey, Author Portfolio, $30.00 (272) 978-0-593-54540-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 09/25/2023 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/25/2023 Average Rank 14.00 [details] Sales history for Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier date, rank 09/25/2023, 2 10/02/2023, 4 10/09/2023, 10 10/16/2023, 11 10/23/2023, 17 10/30/2023, 21 12/11/2023, 22 12/18/2023, 21 12/25/2023, 20 01/01/2024, 19 01/08/2024, 15 01/15/2024, 9 01/22/2024, 6 01/29/2024, 20 02/05/2024, 23 07/29/2024, 18 09/02/2024, 20 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 2,834 YTD: 74,519	Sep 2023	2,834 74,519
21	-	1	Obitchuary: The Big Hot Book of Death Spencer Henry, Author, Madison Reyes, Author Plume Books, $28.00 (224) 978-0-593-47528-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,831 YTD: 2,831	Aug 2024	2,831 2,831
22	16	2	Ministry of Truth Not Avail, $32.50 (256p) 978-0-06-339367-7 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 08/26/2024 Highest Rank 16 Highest Rank Date 08/26/2024 Average Rank 19.00 [details] Sales history for Ministry of Truth date, rank 08/26/2024, 16 09/02/2024, 22 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,779 YTD: 7,126	Aug 2024	2,779 7,126
23	23	14	The Art of Home: A Designer Guide to Creating an Elevated Yet Approachable Home Shea McGee, Author Harper Horizon, $39.99 (408) 978-0-7852-3683-2 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/25/2023 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 07/29/2024 Average Rank 16.75 [details] Sales history for The Art of Home: A Designer Guide to Creating an Elevated Yet Approachable Home date, rank 09/25/2023, 4 10/02/2023, 10 10/09/2023, 16 10/16/2023, 25 12/11/2023, 24 01/29/2024, 22 02/05/2024, 16 02/12/2024, 16 02/19/2024, 18 07/15/2024, 21 07/22/2024, 19 07/29/2024, 3 08/05/2024, 6 08/12/2024, 17 08/19/2024, 19 08/26/2024, 23 09/02/2024, 23 09/09/2024, 20 09/16/2024, 24 LAST WEEK: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 2,543 YTD: 83,063	Sep 2023	2,543 83,063
24	11	3	Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law Neil Gorsuch, Author, Janie Nitze, Author Harper, $32.00 (304) 978-0-06-323847-3 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 08/19/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/19/2024 Average Rank 12.67 [details] Sales history for Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law date, rank 08/19/2024, 3 08/26/2024, 11 09/02/2024, 24 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,390 YTD: 17,917	Aug 2024	2,390 17,917
25	6	2	Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir Anna Marie Tendler, Author Simon & Schuster, $29.99 (304) 978-1-6680-3234-3 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 08/26/2024 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 08/26/2024 Average Rank 15.50 [details] Sales history for Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir date, rank 08/26/2024, 6 09/02/2024, 25 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,325 YTD: 14,978	Aug 2024	2,325 14,978

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Aug. 24, 2024; appearing in the Sep. 2, 2024, print edition of PW