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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2022 YTD
1	-	1	The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times Michelle Obama, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $32.50 (336) 978-0-593-23746-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/28/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/28/2022 Average Rank 1.00 [details] Sales history for The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times date, rank 11/28/2022, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 144,177 YTD: 144,177	Nov 2022	144,177 144,177
2	-	1	Faith Still Moves Mountains: Miraculous Stories of the Healing Power of Prayer Harris Faulkner, Author Broadside Books, $28.99 (288) 978-0-06-322593-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 11/28/2022 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/28/2022 Average Rank 3.00 [details] Sales history for Faith Still Moves Mountains: Miraculous Stories of the Healing Power of Prayer date, rank 11/28/2022, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 59,610 YTD: 59,610	Nov 2022	59,610 59,610
3	-	1	So Help Me God Mike Pence, Author Simon & Schuster, $35.00 (560) 978-1-982190-33-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 11/28/2022 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/28/2022 Average Rank 4.50 [details] Sales history for So Help Me God date, rank 11/28/2022, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 37,546 YTD: 37,546	Nov 2022	37,546 37,546
4	2	4	Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook Ina Garten, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $35.00 (256) 978-1-984822-78-9 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/07/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/07/2022 Average Rank 4.11 [details] Sales history for Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook date, rank 11/07/2022, 1 11/14/2022, 3 11/21/2022, 2 11/28/2022, 4 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 30,490 YTD: 216,518	Oct 2022	30,490 216,518
5	1	3	Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir Matthew Perry, Author Flatiron Books, $29.99 (256) 978-1-250-86644-8 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 11/14/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/14/2022 Average Rank 3.20 [details] Sales history for Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir date, rank 11/14/2022, 1 11/21/2022, 1 11/28/2022, 5 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 26,467 YTD: 157,180	Nov 2022	26,467 157,180
6	-	1	Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for Your Forever Files: A Cookbook Deb Perelman, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $35.00 (336) 978-0-593-31878-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 24,185 YTD: 24,185	Nov 2022	24,185 24,185
7	4	3	Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story Bono, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $34.00 (576) 978-0-525-52104-4 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/14/2022 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/14/2022 Average Rank 4.50 [details] Sales history for Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story date, rank 11/14/2022, 2 11/21/2022, 4 11/28/2022, 7 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 19,952 YTD: 94,277	Nov 2022	19,952 94,277
8	6	15	I'm Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy, Author Simon & Schuster, $27.99 (320) 978-1-982185-82-4 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 08/22/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/22/2022 Average Rank 4.07 [details] Sales history for I'm Glad My Mom Died date, rank 08/22/2022, 1 08/29/2022, 2 09/05/2022, 2 09/12/2022, 1 09/19/2022, 1 09/26/2022, 1 10/03/2022, 1 10/10/2022, 2 10/17/2022, 3 10/24/2022, 2 10/31/2022, 2 11/07/2022, 2 11/14/2022, 7 11/21/2022, 6 11/28/2022, 8 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 16,029 YTD: 401,314	Aug 2022	16,029 401,314
9	5	2	The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters Joanna Gaines, Author Harper Select, $31.99 (256) 978-1-4003-3387-5 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/21/2022 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 11/21/2022 Average Rank 7.00 [details] Sales history for The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters date, rank 11/21/2022, 5 11/28/2022, 9 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 14,608 YTD: 38,662	Nov 2022	14,608 38,662
10	10	10	Guinness World Records 2023 Guinness World Records, Author Guinness World Records, $29.95 (256) 978-1-913484-20-0 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 09/26/2022 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 11/07/2022 Average Rank 14.60 [details] Sales history for Guinness World Records 2023 date, rank 09/26/2022, 22 10/03/2022, 19 10/10/2022, 20 10/17/2022, 14 10/24/2022, 18 10/31/2022, 13 11/07/2022, 10 11/14/2022, 10 11/21/2022, 10 11/28/2022, 10 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Sep 2022 UNITS SOLD: 14,228 YTD: 81,177	Sep 2022	14,228 81,177
11	-	1	Number One Is Walking: My Life in the Movies and Other Diversions Steve Martin, Author, Harry Bliss, Illustrator Celadon Books, $30.00 (256) 978-1-250-81529-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 13,601 YTD: 13,601	Nov 2022	13,601 13,601
12	-	1	A Book of Days Patti Smith, Author Random House, $28.99 (400) 978-0-593-44854-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 10,389 YTD: 10,389	Nov 2022	10,389 10,389
13	3	2	Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are Lysa TerKeurst, Author Thomas Nelson, $28.99 (256) 978-1-4002-1176-0 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 11/21/2022 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/21/2022 Average Rank 8.67 [details] Sales history for Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are date, rank 11/21/2022, 3 11/28/2022, 13 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 10,300 YTD: 40,331	Nov 2022	10,300 40,331
14	7	3	Radio's Greatest of All Time Rush Limbaugh, Author, Kathryn Adams Limbaugh, With, David Limbaugh, With Threshold Editions, $35.00 (512) 978-1-66800-184-4 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 11/14/2022 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/14/2022 Average Rank 6.75 [details] Sales history for Radio's Greatest of All Time date, rank 11/14/2022, 4 11/21/2022, 7 11/28/2022, 14 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 10,241 YTD: 114,617	Oct 2022	10,241 114,617
15	11	5	And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle Jon Meacham, Author Random House, $40.00 (720) 978-0-553-39396-5 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 10/31/2022 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/31/2022 Average Rank 8.00 [details] Sales history for And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle date, rank 10/31/2022, 3 11/07/2022, 4 11/14/2022, 8 11/21/2022, 11 11/28/2022, 15 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 9,914 YTD: 73,196	Oct 2022	9,914 73,196
16	-	1	The Queen: Her Life Andrew Morton, Author Grand Central Publishing, $30.00 (448) 978-1-5387-0043-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 9,654 YTD: 9,654	Nov 2022	9,654 9,654
17	15	4	The Revolutionary Samuel Adams Stacy Schiff, Author Little Brown and Company, $35.00 (464) 978-0-316-44111-7 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 11/07/2022 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 11/14/2022 Average Rank 15.50 [details] Sales history for The Revolutionary Samuel Adams date, rank 11/07/2022, 16 11/14/2022, 14 11/21/2022, 15 11/28/2022, 17 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 8,074 YTD: 29,124	Oct 2022	8,074 29,124
18	20	3	Cinema Speculation Quentin Tarantino, Author Harper, $35.00 (400) 978-0-06-311258-2 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/14/2022 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 11/14/2022 Average Rank 14.67 [details] Sales history for Cinema Speculation date, rank 11/14/2022, 6 11/21/2022, 20 11/28/2022, 18 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 7,263 YTD: 32,621	Nov 2022	7,263 32,621
19	-	1	Swagger: Super Bowls, Brass Balls, and Footballs--A Memoir Jimmy Johnson, Author, Dave Hyde, Author Scribner Book Company, $28.00 (288) 978-1-66800-862-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 6,900 YTD: 6,900	Nov 2022	6,900 6,900
20	14	3	The Philosophy of Modern Song Bob Dylan, Author Simon & Schuster, $35.00 (352) 978-1-4516-4870-6 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/14/2022 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 11/14/2022 Average Rank 13.00 [details] Sales history for The Philosophy of Modern Song date, rank 11/14/2022, 5 11/21/2022, 14 11/28/2022, 20 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 6,555 YTD: 35,009	Nov 2022	6,555 35,009
21	16	8	Healing Through Words Rupi Kaur, Author Andrews McMeel Publishing, $24.99 (320) 978-1-5248-7326-4 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/10/2022 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 10/10/2022 Average Rank 15.75 [details] Sales history for Healing Through Words date, rank 10/10/2022, 6 10/17/2022, 13 10/24/2022, 19 10/31/2022, 16 11/07/2022, 18 11/14/2022, 17 11/21/2022, 16 11/28/2022, 21 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Sep 2022 UNITS SOLD: 6,025 YTD: 57,606	Sep 2022	6,025 57,606
22	18	8	Killing the Legends: The Lethal Danger of Celebrity Bill O'Reilly, Author St. Martin's Press, $30.00 (304) 978-1-250-28330-6 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/10/2022 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/14/2022 Average Rank 9.09 [details] Sales history for Killing the Legends: The Lethal Danger of Celebrity date, rank 10/10/2022, 3 10/17/2022, 4 10/24/2022, 5 10/31/2022, 9 11/07/2022, 7 11/14/2022, 15 11/21/2022, 18 11/28/2022, 22 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Sep 2022 UNITS SOLD: 5,889 YTD: 96,568	Sep 2022	5,889 96,568
23	-	1	Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don't Want to Forget to Remember Lauren Graham, Author Ballantine Books, $28.00 (240) 978-0-593-35542-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 5,792 YTD: 5,792	Nov 2022	5,792 5,792
24	-	1	Musical Tables: Poems Billy Collins, Author Random House, $27.00 (176) 978-0-399-58978-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 5,580 YTD: 5,580	Nov 2022	5,580 5,580
25	30	4	The Song of the Cell: The Transformation of Medicine and the New Human Siddhartha Mukherjee, Author Scribner Book Company, $32.50 (576) 978-1-982117-35-1 Last rank 30 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 11/07/2022 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 11/07/2022 Average Rank 19.00 [details] Sales history for The Song of the Cell: The Transformation of Medicine and the New Human date, rank 11/07/2022, 14 11/14/2022, 18 11/28/2022, 25 LAST WEEK: 30 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 5,505 YTD: 22,029	Oct 2022	5,505 22,029

For analysis of this week's lists, click here.

To download a printable PDF of our overall top 10 bestsellers, click here.

Source: NPD BookScan, for the week ended Nov. 19, 2022; appearing in the Nov. 28, 2022, print edition of PW.

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