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1	-	1	Good Lookin' Cookin': A Year of Meals - A Lifetime of Family, Friends, and Food Dolly Parton, Author, Rachel Parton George, Author Ten Speed Press, $35.00 (272) 978-1-9848-6316-4 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/30/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/30/2024 Average Rank 11.82 [details] Sales history for Good Lookin' Cookin': A Year of Meals - A Lifetime of Family, Friends, and Food date, rank 09/30/2024, 1 10/07/2024, 6 10/14/2024, 10 10/21/2024, 14 10/28/2024, 15 11/04/2024, 20 11/11/2024, 18 11/18/2024, 17 11/25/2024, 15 12/02/2024, 17 12/09/2024, 4 12/16/2024, 9 12/23/2024, 7 12/30/2024, 8 01/06/2025, 16 01/13/2025, 22 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 51,534 YTD: 51,534	Sep 2024	51,534 51,534
2	1	19	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: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 19 PUB DATE: May 2024 UNITS SOLD: 30,287 YTD: 228,933	May 2024	30,287 228,933
3	-	1	Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty Hillary Rodham Clinton, Author Simon & Schuster, $29.99 (336) 978-1-6680-1723-4 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/30/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/30/2024 Average Rank 13.00 [details] Sales history for Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty date, rank 09/30/2024, 3 10/07/2024, 7 10/14/2024, 18 10/21/2024, 25 10/28/2024, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 27,164 YTD: 27,164	Sep 2024	27,164 27,164
4	-	1	Does This Taste Funny?: Recipes Our Family Loves Stephen Colbert, Author, Evie McGee Colbert, Author Celadon Books, $35.00 (336) 978-1-250-85999-0 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/30/2024 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 09/30/2024 Average Rank 15.62 [details] Sales history for Does This Taste Funny?: Recipes Our Family Loves date, rank 09/30/2024, 4 10/07/2024, 16 10/14/2024, 12 10/28/2024, 23 12/23/2024, 22 12/30/2024, 18 01/06/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 21,691 YTD: 21,691	Sep 2024	21,691 21,691
5	2	2	Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden Bill O'Reilly, Author, Martin Dugard, Author St. Martin's Press, $35.00 (368) 978-1-250-34641-4 Last rank 28 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 09/23/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/23/2024 Average Rank 10.41 [details] Sales history for Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden date, rank 09/23/2024, 2 09/30/2024, 5 10/07/2024, 4 10/14/2024, 7 10/21/2024, 15 10/28/2024, 13 11/04/2024, 13 11/11/2024, 9 11/18/2024, 5 11/25/2024, 5 12/02/2024, 10 12/09/2024, 12 12/16/2024, 11 12/23/2024, 8 12/30/2024, 13 01/06/2025, 14 01/13/2025, 18 01/20/2025, 21 02/24/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 19,944 YTD: 51,137	Sep 2024	19,944 51,137
6	-	1	The Third Gilmore Girl Kelly Bishop, Author Gallery Books, $28.99 (288) 978-1-6680-2377-8 Last rank 26 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 09/30/2024 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 09/30/2024 Average Rank 14.40 [details] Sales history for The Third Gilmore Girl date, rank 09/30/2024, 6 10/07/2024, 12 10/14/2024, 22 12/23/2024, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 19,151 YTD: 19,151	Sep 2024	19,151 19,151
7	7	26	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: 26 PUB DATE: Mar 2024 UNITS SOLD: 13,826 YTD: 371,368	Mar 2024	13,826 371,368
8	-	1	On Freedom Timothy Snyder, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $32.00 (304) 978-0-593-72872-7 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 09/30/2024 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 09/30/2024 Average Rank 16.50 [details] Sales history for On Freedom date, rank 09/30/2024, 8 10/07/2024, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 12,674 YTD: 12,674	Sep 2024	12,674 12,674
9	-	1	The Ambitious Kitchen Cookbook: 125 Ridiculously Good for You, Sometimes Indulgent, and Absolutely Never Boring Recipes for Every Meal of the Day Monique Volz, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $35.00 (288) 978-0-593-58165-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 11,658 YTD: 11,658	Sep 2024	11,658 11,658
10	3	2	Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI Yuval Noah Harari, Author Random House, $35.00 (512) 978-0-593-73422-3 Last rank 30 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/23/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/23/2024 Average Rank 13.43 [details] Sales history for Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI date, rank 09/23/2024, 3 09/30/2024, 10 10/07/2024, 14 10/14/2024, 14 10/21/2024, 22 01/06/2025, 22 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 10,383 YTD: 27,902	Sep 2024	10,383 27,902
11	5	3	The Dragon's Prophecy: Israel, the Dark Resurrection, and the End of Days Jonathan Cahn, Author Frontline, $28.99 (304) 978-1-63641-399-0 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/16/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/16/2024 Average Rank 13.45 [details] Sales history for The Dragon's Prophecy: Israel, the Dark Resurrection, and the End of Days date, rank 09/16/2024, 1 09/23/2024, 5 09/30/2024, 11 10/07/2024, 13 10/14/2024, 9 10/21/2024, 20 10/28/2024, 19 11/04/2024, 23 11/11/2024, 24 11/18/2024, 22 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 10,193 YTD: 88,556	Sep 2024	10,193 88,556
12	-	1	Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success Russ Buettner, Author, Susanne Craig, Author Penguin Press, $35.00 (480) 978-0-593-29864-0 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 09/30/2024 Highest Rank 12 Highest Rank Date 09/30/2024 Average Rank 16.50 [details] Sales history for Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success date, rank 09/30/2024, 12 10/07/2024, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 9,903 YTD: 9,903	Sep 2024	9,903 9,903
13	-	1	Want: Women's Fantasies in the Twenty-First Century Gillian Anderson, Author Abrams Press, $28.00 (336) 978-1-4197-7729-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 8,790 YTD: 8,790	Sep 2024	8,790 8,790
14	-	1	Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health Marty Makary, Author Bloomsbury Publishing, $28.99 (288) 978-1-63973-531-0 Last rank 36 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 09/30/2024 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 09/30/2024 Average Rank 16.00 [details] Sales history for Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health date, rank 09/30/2024, 14 10/28/2024, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 7,443 YTD: 7,443	Sep 2024	7,443 7,443
15	14	2	Who Could Ever Love You: A Family Memoir Mary L Trump, Author St. Martin's Press, $29.00 (288) 978-1-250-27847-0 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 09/23/2024 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 09/23/2024 Average Rank 14.50 [details] Sales history for Who Could Ever Love You: A Family Memoir date, rank 09/23/2024, 14 09/30/2024, 15 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,891 YTD: 14,502	Sep 2024	6,891 14,502
16	-	1	Over the Influence: A Memoir Joanna Jojo Levesque, Author Hachette Books, $30.00 (352) 978-0-306-83314-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,883 YTD: 6,883	Sep 2024	6,883 6,883
17	12	2	The Journey of Leadership: How Ceos Learn to Lead from the Inside Out Dana Maor, Author, Hans-Werner Kaas, Author, Kurt Strovink, Author, Ramesh Srinivasan, Author Portfolio, $32.00 (288) 978-0-593-71421-8 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 09/23/2024 Highest Rank 12 Highest Rank Date 09/23/2024 Average Rank 15.67 [details] Sales history for The Journey of Leadership: How Ceos Learn to Lead from the Inside Out date, rank 09/23/2024, 12 09/30/2024, 17 10/07/2024, 18 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,218 YTD: 14,645	Sep 2024	6,218 14,645
18	4	2	The Highest Calling: Conversations on the American Presidency David M Rubenstein, Author Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (400) 978-1-6680-6762-8 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/23/2024 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 09/23/2024 Average Rank 11.00 [details] Sales history for The Highest Calling: Conversations on the American Presidency date, rank 09/23/2024, 4 09/30/2024, 18 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,184 YTD: 20,258	Sep 2024	6,184 20,258
19	15	36	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: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 36 PUB DATE: Jan 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,711 YTD: 194,399	Jan 2024	5,711 194,399
20	-	1	A Return to Common Sense: How to Fix America Before We Really Blow It Leigh McGowan, Author Atria/One Signal Publishers, $27.99 (176) 978-1-6680-6643-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,687 YTD: 4,687	Sep 2024	4,687 4,687
21	-	1	Connie: A Memoir Connie Chung, Author Grand Central Publishing, $32.50 (416) 978-1-5387-6698-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,637 YTD: 4,637	Sep 2024	4,637 4,637
22	-	1	The 5% Rule of Leadership: Using Lean Decision-Making to Drive Trust, Ownership, and Team Productivity Anil K Singhal, Author Wiley, $28.00 (256) 978-1-394-28513-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,487 YTD: 4,487	Sep 2024	4,487 4,487
23	17	6	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: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Aug 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,342 YTD: 50,627	Aug 2024	4,342 50,627
24	20	21	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: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 21 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,233 YTD: 163,661	Apr 2024	4,233 163,661
25	-	1	Why We Love Football: A History in 100 Moments Joe Posnanski, Author Dutton, $30.00 (384) 978-0-593-47552-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,091 YTD: 4,091	Sep 2024	4,091 4,091

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Sep. 21, 2024; appearing in the Sep. 30, 2024, print edition of PW