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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2020 YTD
1	1	12	Untamed Glennon Doyle, Author Dial Press, $28.00 (352) 978-1-9848-0125-8 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/23/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/23/2020 Average Rank 3.00 [details] Sales history for Untamed date, rank 03/23/2020, 1 03/30/2020, 2 04/06/2020, 2 04/13/2020, 2 04/20/2020, 2 04/27/2020, 2 05/04/2020, 2 05/11/2020, 3 05/18/2020, 2 05/25/2020, 1 06/01/2020, 1 06/08/2020, 1 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: 38,088 YTD: 390,236	Mar 2020	38,088 390,236
2	3	2	Plague of Corruption: Restoring Faith in the Promise of Science Judy Mikovits, Author, Kent Heckenlively, Author, Robert Jr F Kennedy, Foreword by Skyhorse Publishing, $26.99 (272) 978-1-5107-5224-5 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 06/01/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 06/08/2020 Average Rank 5.00 [details] Sales history for Plague of Corruption: Restoring Faith in the Promise of Science date, rank 06/01/2020, 3 06/08/2020, 2 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 27,888 YTD: 53,832	Apr 2020	27,888 53,832
3	2	5	Relationship Goals: How to Win at Dating, Marriage, and Sex Michael Todd, Author Waterbrook Press, $23.00 (208) 978-0-593-19257-3 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/11/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/11/2020 Average Rank 4.56 [details] Sales history for Relationship Goals: How to Win at Dating, Marriage, and Sex date, rank 05/11/2020, 2 05/18/2020, 3 05/25/2020, 3 06/01/2020, 2 06/08/2020, 3 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 18,851 YTD: 134,232	Apr 2020	18,851 134,232
4	4	8	Magnolia Table, Volume 2: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering Joanna Gaines, Author William Morrow & Company, $35.00 (352) 978-0-06-282018-1 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/20/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/20/2020 Average Rank 2.53 [details] Sales history for Magnolia Table, Volume 2: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering date, rank 04/20/2020, 1 04/27/2020, 1 05/04/2020, 1 05/11/2020, 1 05/18/2020, 1 05/25/2020, 2 06/01/2020, 4 06/08/2020, 4 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 15,751 YTD: 461,810	Apr 2020	15,751 461,810
5	5	2	American Crusade: Our Fight to Stay Free Pete Hegseth, Author Center Street, $28.00 (352) 978-1-5460-9874-4 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 06/01/2020 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 06/01/2020 Average Rank 5.00 [details] Sales history for American Crusade: Our Fight to Stay Free date, rank 06/01/2020, 5 06/08/2020, 5 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: 15,010 YTD: 30,169	May 2020	15,010 30,169
6	6	14	The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz Erik Larson, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $30.00 (592) 978-0-385-34871-3 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/09/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/09/2020 Average Rank 4.52 [details] Sales history for The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz date, rank 03/09/2020, 1 03/16/2020, 2 03/23/2020, 5 03/30/2020, 3 04/06/2020, 1 04/13/2020, 1 04/20/2020, 3 04/27/2020, 3 05/04/2020, 4 05/11/2020, 5 05/18/2020, 4 05/25/2020, 4 06/01/2020, 6 06/08/2020, 6 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Feb 2020 UNITS SOLD: 12,191 YTD: 280,008	Feb 2020	12,191 280,008
7	7	6	Medical Medium Cleanse to Heal: Healing Plans for Sufferers of Anxiety, Depression, Acne, Eczema, Lyme, Gut Problems, Brain Fog, Weight Issues, Migrai Anthony William, Author Hay House, $34.99 (560) 978-1-4019-5845-9 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/04/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/11/2020 Average Rank 8.00 [details] Sales history for Medical Medium Cleanse to Heal: Healing Plans for Sufferers of Anxiety, Depression, Acne, Eczema, Lyme, Gut Problems, Brain Fog, Weight Issues, Migrai date, rank 05/04/2020, 5 05/11/2020, 4 05/18/2020, 10 05/25/2020, 15 06/01/2020, 7 06/08/2020, 7 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 9,566 YTD: 62,248	Apr 2020	9,566 62,248
8	-	1	How to Be an Antiracist Ibram X Kendi, Author One World, $25.00 (160) 978-0-525-50928-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 08/26/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/26/2019 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for How to Be an Antiracist date, rank 08/26/2019, 1 09/02/2019, 2 09/09/2019, 8 09/16/2019, 10 06/08/2020, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2019 UNITS SOLD: 8,901 YTD: 40,158	Aug 2019	8,901 40,158
9	-	1	Hollywood Park: A Memoir Mikel Jollett, Author Celadon Books, $27.99 (384) 978-1-250-62156-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: 8,818 YTD: 8,818	May 2020	8,818 8,818
10	8	18	Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts Jennie Allen, Author Waterbrook Press, $23.99 (256) 978-1-60142-964-3 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 02/10/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/09/2020 Average Rank 8.29 [details] Sales history for Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts date, rank 02/10/2020, 3 02/17/2020, 6 02/24/2020, 4 03/02/2020, 7 03/09/2020, 9 03/16/2020, 11 03/23/2020, 8 03/30/2020, 11 04/06/2020, 7 04/13/2020, 8 04/20/2020, 11 04/27/2020, 17 05/04/2020, 10 05/11/2020, 7 05/18/2020, 15 05/25/2020, 9 06/01/2020, 8 06/08/2020, 10 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: Jan 2020 UNITS SOLD: 6,443 YTD: 127,677	Jan 2020	6,443 127,677
11	18	6	Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life Jim Kwik, Author Hay House, $26.99 (344) 978-1-4019-5823-7 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 05/04/2020 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 05/11/2020 Average Rank 15.67 [details] Sales history for Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life date, rank 05/04/2020, 21 05/11/2020, 10 05/18/2020, 14 05/25/2020, 20 06/01/2020, 18 06/08/2020, 11 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 6,016 YTD: 33,340	Apr 2020	6,016 33,340
12	-	1	Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art James Nestor, Author Riverhead Books, $28.00 (304) 978-0-7352-1361-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,491 YTD: 5,491	May 2020	5,491 5,491
13	-	1	The Fatburn Fix: Boost Energy, End Hunger, and Lose Weight by Using Body Fat for Fuel Catherine Shanahan, Author Flatiron Books, $28.99 (320) 978-1-250-11449-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,923 YTD: 6,503	Mar 2020	4,923 6,503
14	12	5	Safety Off: Life Lessons for an Unpredictable and Unsafe World Dan Crenshaw, Author Twelve, $28.00 (224) 978-1-5387-3330-1 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 04/20/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 04/20/2020 Average Rank 10.00 [details] Sales history for Safety Off: Life Lessons for an Unpredictable and Unsafe World date, rank 04/20/2020, 4 05/04/2020, 8 05/18/2020, 12 06/01/2020, 12 06/08/2020, 14 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,350 YTD: 82,531	Apr 2020	4,350 82,531
15	10	2	The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company Robert Iger, Author Random House, $28.00 (272) 978-0-399-59209-6 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/07/2019 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 10/07/2019 Average Rank 17.00 [details] Sales history for The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company date, rank 10/07/2019, 8 10/14/2019, 15 10/21/2019, 22 01/13/2020, 23 01/20/2020, 21 02/24/2020, 18 03/09/2020, 21 06/01/2020, 10 06/08/2020, 15 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 4,324 YTD: 49,062	Sep 2019	4,324 49,062
16	23	5	Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Author Amistad Press, $27.99 (304) 978-0-06-295380-3 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 05/11/2020 Highest Rank 12 Highest Rank Date 05/25/2020 Average Rank 17.60 [details] Sales history for Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter date, rank 05/11/2020, 18 05/18/2020, 19 05/25/2020, 12 06/01/2020, 23 06/08/2020, 16 LAST WEEK: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,050 YTD: 24,450	Apr 2020	4,050 24,450
17	16	7	The House of Kennedy James Patterson, Author Little Brown and Company, $29.00 (432) 978-0-316-45448-3 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 04/27/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 04/27/2020 Average Rank 10.88 [details] Sales history for The House of Kennedy date, rank 04/27/2020, 4 05/04/2020, 6 05/11/2020, 11 05/18/2020, 8 05/25/2020, 16 06/01/2020, 16 06/08/2020, 17 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,873 YTD: 58,542	Apr 2020	3,873 58,542
18	13	28	Becoming: A Guided Journal for Discovering Your Voice Michelle Obama, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $19.99 (208) 978-0-593-13912-7 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 12/02/2019 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 12/30/2019 Average Rank 11.48 [details] Sales history for Becoming: A Guided Journal for Discovering Your Voice date, rank 12/02/2019, 5 12/09/2019, 5 12/16/2019, 5 12/23/2019, 5 12/30/2019, 3 01/06/2020, 3 01/13/2020, 4 01/20/2020, 8 01/27/2020, 16 02/03/2020, 15 02/10/2020, 22 02/17/2020, 24 02/24/2020, 10 03/02/2020, 18 03/09/2020, 23 03/30/2020, 22 05/18/2020, 6 05/25/2020, 7 06/01/2020, 13 06/08/2020, 18 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 28 PUB DATE: Nov 2019 UNITS SOLD: 3,707 YTD: 82,806	Nov 2019	3,707 82,806
19	-	1	Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor Layla Saad, Author, Robin Diangelo, Foreword by Sourcebooks, $25.99 (256) 978-1-7282-0980-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 02/10/2020 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 02/10/2020 Average Rank 12.50 [details] Sales history for Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor date, rank 02/10/2020, 6 06/08/2020, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jan 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,539 YTD: 22,004	Jan 2020	3,539 22,004
20	9	8	Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family Robert Kolker, Author Doubleday Books, $29.95 (416) 978-0-385-54376-7 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 04/20/2020 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 04/20/2020 Average Rank 11.12 [details] Sales history for Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family date, rank 04/20/2020, 5 04/27/2020, 7 05/04/2020, 7 05/11/2020, 6 05/18/2020, 16 05/25/2020, 19 06/01/2020, 9 06/08/2020, 20 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,438 YTD: 61,419	Apr 2020	3,438 61,419
21	21	7	What It's Like to Be a Bird: What Birds Are Doing, and Why--From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing David Allen Sibley, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $40.00 (288) 978-0-307-95789-4 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 04/27/2020 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 04/27/2020 Average Rank 19.40 [details] Sales history for What It's Like to Be a Bird: What Birds Are Doing, and Why--From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing date, rank 04/27/2020, 14 05/11/2020, 24 05/25/2020, 17 06/01/2020, 21 06/08/2020, 21 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,277 YTD: 27,123	Apr 2020	3,277 27,123
22	22	4	The Lincoln Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill America's 16th President--And Why It Failed Brad Meltzer, Author, Josh Mensch, Author Flatiron Books, $29.99 (464) 978-1-250-31747-6 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 05/18/2020 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 05/18/2020 Average Rank 16.50 [details] Sales history for The Lincoln Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill America's 16th President--And Why It Failed date, rank 05/18/2020, 9 05/25/2020, 13 06/01/2020, 22 06/08/2020, 22 LAST WEEK: 22 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,963 YTD: 20,970	May 2020	2,963 20,970
23	27	38	Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know Malcolm Gladwell, Author Little Brown and Company, $30.00 (304) 978-0-316-47852-6 Last rank 27 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/23/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/23/2019 Average Rank 9.85 [details] Sales history for Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know date, rank 09/23/2019, 1 09/30/2019, 1 10/07/2019, 3 10/14/2019, 4 10/21/2019, 3 10/28/2019, 8 11/04/2019, 12 11/11/2019, 9 11/18/2019, 6 11/25/2019, 10 12/02/2019, 10 12/09/2019, 8 12/16/2019, 10 12/23/2019, 10 12/30/2019, 6 01/06/2020, 6 01/13/2020, 3 01/20/2020, 3 01/27/2020, 5 02/03/2020, 5 02/10/2020, 9 02/17/2020, 8 02/24/2020, 7 03/02/2020, 12 03/09/2020, 15 03/16/2020, 21 03/23/2020, 22 03/30/2020, 16 04/06/2020, 15 04/13/2020, 19 04/20/2020, 23 04/27/2020, 22 05/04/2020, 18 06/08/2020, 23 LAST WEEK: 27 WEEKS ON LIST: 38 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 2,933 YTD: 92,344	Sep 2019	2,933 92,344
24	19	3	You Can Drop It!: How I Dropped 100 Pounds Enjoying Carbs, Cocktails & Chocolate-And You Can Too! Ilana Muhlstein, Author Galvanized Media, $28.00 (320) 978-1-940358-46-8 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/25/2020 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 05/25/2020 Average Rank 17.00 [details] Sales history for You Can Drop It!: How I Dropped 100 Pounds Enjoying Carbs, Cocktails & Chocolate-And You Can Too! date, rank 05/25/2020, 8 06/01/2020, 19 06/08/2020, 24 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,626 YTD: 14,217	May 2020	2,626 14,217
25	14	3	The Rural Diaries: Love, Livestock, and Big Life Lessons Down on Mischief Farm Hilarie Burton, Author HarperOne, $26.99 (272) 978-0-06-286275-4 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 05/25/2020 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 05/25/2020 Average Rank 16.67 [details] Sales history for The Rural Diaries: Love, Livestock, and Big Life Lessons Down on Mischief Farm date, rank 05/25/2020, 11 06/01/2020, 14 06/08/2020, 25 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,563 YTD: 26,455	May 2020	2,563 26,455

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As of 3/28/2020, due to extreme sales volatility caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, we are temporarily omitting unit sales for individual titles from the lists.

NPD BookScan, week 22 of 2020 data through 5/30/2020; PW Issue of June 8, 2020