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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2018 YTD
1	1	3	Magnolia Table: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering Joanna Gaines, Author, Marah Stets, Author William Morrow & Company, $29.99 (336) 978-0-06-282015-0 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 05/07/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/07/2018 Average Rank 1.14 [details] Sales history for Magnolia Table: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering date, rank 05/07/2018, 1 05/07/2018, 1 05/07/2018, 1 05/14/2018, 2 05/14/2018, 1 05/21/2018, 1 05/21/2018, 1 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2018 UNITS SOLD: 171,044 YTD: 432,572	Apr 2018	171,044 432,572
2	-	1	The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels Jon Meacham, Author Random House, $30.00 (416) 978-0-399-58981-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/21/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/21/2018 Average Rank 2.00 [details] Sales history for The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels date, rank 05/21/2018, 2 05/21/2018, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2018 UNITS SOLD: 38,883 YTD: 39,607	May 2018	38,883 39,607
3	2	4	A Higher Loyalty James Comey, Author Flatiron Books, $32.99 (304) 978-1-250-19245-5 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/30/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/30/2018 Average Rank 2.78 [details] Sales history for A Higher Loyalty date, rank 04/30/2018, 1 04/30/2018, 1 05/07/2018, 3 05/07/2018, 2 05/07/2018, 1 05/14/2018, 6 05/14/2018, 2 05/21/2018, 6 05/21/2018, 3 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Apr 2018 UNITS SOLD: 28,165 YTD: 513,831	Apr 2018	28,165 513,831
4	-	1	Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" Zora Neale Hurston, Author Amistad Press, $25.99 (208) 978-0-06-274820-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 05/21/2018 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/21/2018 Average Rank 5.50 [details] Sales history for Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" date, rank 05/21/2018, 7 05/21/2018, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2018 UNITS SOLD: 22,735 YTD: 23,273	May 2018	22,735 23,273
5	4	16	12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos Jordan B Peterson, Author Random House Canada, $25.95 (448) 978-0-345-81602-3 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 02/05/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/19/2018 Average Rank 3.64 [details] Sales history for 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos date, rank 02/05/2018, 2 02/05/2018, 2 02/12/2018, 4 02/12/2018, 3 02/19/2018, 2 02/19/2018, 1 02/26/2018, 5 02/26/2018, 2 03/05/2018, 1 03/05/2018, 8 03/12/2018, 3 03/19/2018, 2 03/26/2018, 3 04/02/2018, 10 04/02/2018, 3 04/09/2018, 3 04/09/2018, 1 04/16/2018, 6 04/16/2018, 1 04/23/2018, 4 04/30/2018, 3 05/07/2018, 9 05/07/2018, 4 05/14/2018, 4 05/21/2018, 5 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: Jan 2018 UNITS SOLD: 16,541 YTD: 359,173	Jan 2018	16,541 359,173
6	3	11	I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer Michelle McNamara, Author, Gillian Flynn, Introduction by Harper, $27.99 (352) 978-0-06-231978-4 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 03/12/2018 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/07/2018 Average Rank 10.09 [details] Sales history for I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer date, rank 03/12/2018, 5 03/19/2018, 8 03/26/2018, 10 04/02/2018, 16 04/16/2018, 23 04/23/2018, 12 04/30/2018, 18 05/07/2018, 7 05/07/2018, 3 05/14/2018, 3 05/21/2018, 6 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Feb 2018 UNITS SOLD: 14,640 YTD: 105,961	Feb 2018	14,640 105,961
7	6	14	Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be Rachel Hollis, Author Thomas Nelson, (240p) 978-1-4002-0165-5 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 03/12/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/07/2018 Average Rank 9.31 [details] Sales history for Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be date, rank 03/12/2018, 3 03/26/2018, 21 04/02/2018, 19 04/02/2018, 5 04/09/2018, 18 04/09/2018, 5 04/16/2018, 15 04/23/2018, 5 04/30/2018, 5 05/07/2018, 10 05/07/2018, 2 05/14/2018, 6 05/21/2018, 7 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Feb 2018 UNITS SOLD: 9,910 YTD: 87,376	Feb 2018	9,910 87,376
8	10	11	I've Been Thinking . . .: Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life Maria Shriver, Author Pamela Dorman Books, $20.00 (240) 978-0-525-52260-7 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 03/12/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/19/2018 Average Rank 5.81 [details] Sales history for I've Been Thinking . . .: Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life date, rank 03/12/2018, 2 03/12/2018, 6 03/19/2018, 9 03/19/2018, 1 03/26/2018, 4 04/02/2018, 6 04/02/2018, 1 04/09/2018, 8 04/09/2018, 1 04/16/2018, 6 04/23/2018, 8 04/30/2018, 6 05/07/2018, 12 05/07/2018, 5 05/14/2018, 10 05/21/2018, 8 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Feb 2018 UNITS SOLD: 8,642 YTD: 129,997	Feb 2018	8,642 129,997
9	8	12	Educated: A Memoir Tara Westover, Author Random House, $28.00 (352) 978-0-399-59050-4 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 03/05/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/02/2018 Average Rank 8.50 [details] Sales history for Educated: A Memoir date, rank 03/05/2018, 4 03/12/2018, 6 03/12/2018, 6 03/19/2018, 7 03/26/2018, 7 04/02/2018, 10 04/02/2018, 2 04/09/2018, 13 04/09/2018, 2 04/16/2018, 20 04/23/2018, 13 04/30/2018, 14 05/07/2018, 13 05/07/2018, 2 05/14/2018, 8 05/21/2018, 9 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Feb 2018 UNITS SOLD: 7,687 YTD: 91,004	Feb 2018	7,687 91,004
10	5	3	War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence Ronan Farrow, Author W. W. Norton & Company, $27.95 (432) 978-0-393-65210-9 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/07/2018 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 05/07/2018 Average Rank 6.75 [details] Sales history for War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence date, rank 05/07/2018, 5 05/07/2018, 7 05/14/2018, 5 05/21/2018, 10 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2018 UNITS SOLD: 7,471 YTD: 31,233	Apr 2018	7,471 31,233
11	9	3	The Light Within Me Ainsley Earhardt, Author Harper, $27.99 (304) 978-0-06-269747-9 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 05/07/2018 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 05/07/2018 Average Rank 9.25 [details] Sales history for The Light Within Me date, rank 05/07/2018, 7 05/07/2018, 10 05/14/2018, 9 05/21/2018, 11 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2018 UNITS SOLD: 7,448 YTD: 26,478	Apr 2018	7,448 26,478
12	7	5	Fascism Madeleine Albright, Author Harper, $26.99 (288) 978-0-06-280218-7 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/23/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/23/2018 Average Rank 4.38 [details] Sales history for Fascism date, rank 04/23/2018, 1 04/23/2018, 1 04/30/2018, 5 04/30/2018, 2 05/07/2018, 6 05/07/2018, 1 05/14/2018, 7 05/21/2018, 12 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Apr 2018 UNITS SOLD: 7,154 YTD: 77,452	Apr 2018	7,154 77,452
13	-	1	The Autoimmune Solution Cookbook: Over 150 Delicious Recipes to Prevent and Reverse the Full Spectrum of Inflammatory Symptoms and Diseases Amy Myers, Author HarperOne, $29.99 (336) 978-0-06-285354-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2018 UNITS SOLD: 7,097 YTD: 7,157	May 2018	7,097 7,157
14	-	1	Note to Self: Inspiring Words from Inspiring People Gayle King, Author, Paige Kendig, Not Available Simon & Schuster, $20.00 (176) 978-1-982102-08-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2018 UNITS SOLD: 6,565 YTD: 6,737	May 2018	6,565 6,737
15	14	7	Embraced: 100 Devotions to Know God Is Holding You Close Lysa TerKeurst, Author Thomas Nelson, $19.99 (256) 978-1-4003-1029-6 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 04/02/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/09/2018 Average Rank 13.30 [details] Sales history for Embraced: 100 Devotions to Know God Is Holding You Close date, rank 04/02/2018, 7 04/09/2018, 2 04/09/2018, 7 04/16/2018, 25 04/23/2018, 18 04/30/2018, 13 05/07/2018, 25 05/07/2018, 7 05/14/2018, 14 05/21/2018, 15 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Mar 2018 UNITS SOLD: 5,914 YTD: 47,916	Mar 2018	5,914 47,916
16	12	2	Through My Father's Eyes Franklin Graham, Author, Donna Lee Toney, With Thomas Nelson, $26.99 (336) 978-0-7852-2713-7 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 05/14/2018 Highest Rank 12 Highest Rank Date 05/14/2018 Average Rank 14.00 [details] Sales history for Through My Father's Eyes date, rank 05/14/2018, 12 05/21/2018, 16 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2018 UNITS SOLD: 5,844 YTD: 12,615	May 2018	5,844 12,615
17	16	14	Obama: An Intimate Portrait Pete Souza, Author, Barack Obama, Foreword by Little Brown and Company, $50.00 (352) 978-0-316-51258-9 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 11/20/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/20/2017 Average Rank 9.50 [details] Sales history for Obama: An Intimate Portrait date, rank 11/20/2017, 3 11/20/2017, 1 11/27/2017, 10 11/27/2017, 2 12/04/2017, 4 12/11/2017, 4 12/18/2017, 9 12/25/2017, 10 12/25/2017, 5 01/01/2018, 7 01/08/2018, 3 02/19/2018, 8 02/19/2018, 3 02/26/2018, 8 03/05/2018, 3 03/12/2018, 9 03/19/2018, 13 03/26/2018, 12 04/02/2018, 15 04/09/2018, 24 04/30/2018, 22 05/07/2018, 20 05/14/2018, 16 05/21/2018, 17 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Nov 2017 UNITS SOLD: 5,657 YTD: 101,897	Nov 2017	5,657 101,897
18	15	2	The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in an Age of Lies Michael V Hayden, Author Penguin Press, $28.00 (304) 978-0-525-55858-3 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 05/14/2018 Highest Rank 15 Highest Rank Date 05/14/2018 Average Rank 16.50 [details] Sales history for The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in an Age of Lies date, rank 05/14/2018, 15 05/21/2018, 18 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2018 UNITS SOLD: 5,191 YTD: 10,003	May 2018	5,191 10,003
19	-	1	Born to Build Jim Clifton, Author, Sangeeta Badal, Author Gallup Press, $29.99 (256) 978-1-59562-127-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2018 UNITS SOLD: 5,101 YTD: 5,191	May 2018	5,101 5,191
20	13	5	The Clean 20: 20 Foods, 20 Days, Total Transformation Ian K Smith, Author St. Martin's Press, $25.99 (288) 978-1-250-18207-4 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 04/23/2018 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 04/23/2018 Average Rank 8.67 [details] Sales history for The Clean 20: 20 Foods, 20 Days, Total Transformation date, rank 04/23/2018, 4 04/23/2018, 3 04/30/2018, 4 05/07/2018, 8 05/14/2018, 13 05/21/2018, 20 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Apr 2018 UNITS SOLD: 4,419 YTD: 50,020	Apr 2018	4,419 50,020
21	-	1	Our Towns: A Journey Into the Heart of America James Fallows, Author, Deborah Fallows, Author Pantheon Books, $27.95 (320) 978-1-101-87184-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2018 UNITS SOLD: 4,377 YTD: 4,467	May 2018	4,377 4,467
22	-	1	The Order of Time Carlo Rovelli, Author, Erica Segre, Not Available, Simon Carnell, Not Available Riverhead Books, $20.00 (256) 978-0-7352-1610-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2018 UNITS SOLD: 4,327 YTD: 4,401	May 2018	4,327 4,401
23	-	1	The World of All Souls: The Complete Guide to a Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, and the Book of Life Deborah E Harkness, Author, Claire Baldwin, Not Available, Lisa Halttunen, Not Available, Jill Hough, Not Available, Colleen Madden, Not Available Viking, $40.00 (496) 978-0-7352-2074-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2018 UNITS SOLD: 4,297 YTD: 4,383	May 2018	4,297 4,383
24	-	1	The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Come and Get It!: Simple, Scrumptious Recipes for Crazy Busy Lives Ree Drummond, Author William Morrow & Company, $29.99 (400) 978-0-06-222526-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 11/06/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/06/2017 Average Rank 5.50 [details] Sales history for The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Come and Get It!: Simple, Scrumptious Recipes for Crazy Busy Lives date, rank 11/06/2017, 2 11/06/2017, 1 11/06/2017, 1 11/13/2017, 2 11/13/2017, 1 11/20/2017, 6 11/20/2017, 3 11/27/2017, 3 12/04/2017, 2 12/11/2017, 6 12/11/2017, 1 12/11/2017, 1 12/18/2017, 5 12/18/2017, 1 12/25/2017, 6 12/25/2017, 1 01/01/2018, 6 01/01/2018, 1 01/08/2018, 5 01/08/2018, 1 01/15/2018, 11 01/22/2018, 14 01/29/2018, 14 02/05/2018, 12 02/05/2018, 3 03/12/2018, 8 04/02/2018, 7 04/09/2018, 7 05/07/2018, 10 05/21/2018, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 4,265 YTD: 62,821	Oct 2017	4,265 62,821
25	17	54	Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Neil Degrasse Tyson, Author W. W. Norton & Company, $18.95 (224) 978-0-393-60939-4 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/15/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/15/2017 Average Rank 8.48 [details] Sales history for Astrophysics for People in a Hurry date, rank 05/15/2017, 2 05/15/2017, 1 05/22/2017, 6 05/22/2017, 2 05/29/2017, 6 05/29/2017, 2 06/05/2017, 2 06/05/2017, 1 06/12/2017, 5 06/12/2017, 2 06/19/2017, 5 06/19/2017, 3 06/26/2017, 4 06/26/2017, 3 07/03/2017, 5 07/03/2017, 1 07/10/2017, 3 07/17/2017, 3 07/24/2017, 2 07/31/2017, 4 08/07/2017, 2 08/14/2017, 5 08/21/2017, 4 08/28/2017, 3 09/04/2017, 3 09/11/2017, 1 09/11/2017, 9 09/18/2017, 2 09/25/2017, 9 10/02/2017, 11 10/09/2017, 11 10/16/2017, 12 10/23/2017, 13 10/30/2017, 20 11/06/2017, 25 11/20/2017, 25 11/27/2017, 20 12/04/2017, 18 12/11/2017, 12 12/18/2017, 13 12/25/2017, 10 01/01/2018, 8 01/08/2018, 7 01/15/2018, 7 01/22/2018, 4 01/29/2018, 4 02/05/2018, 6 02/12/2018, 9 02/19/2018, 11 02/26/2018, 5 03/05/2018, 6 03/12/2018, 11 03/19/2018, 10 03/26/2018, 11 04/02/2018, 12 04/09/2018, 16 04/16/2018, 21 04/23/2018, 14 04/30/2018, 15 05/07/2018, 17 05/14/2018, 17 05/21/2018, 25 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 54 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 4,253 YTD: 132,396	May 2017	4,253 132,396

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NPD BookScan, week 20 of 2018, data through 05/11/2018; PW Issue of May 21, 2018