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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	2	7	Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot Bill O'Reilly, Author, Meg O'Reilly, Author, Martin Dugard, Author Henry Holt & Company, $28.00 (336) 978-0-8050-9666-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/15/2012 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/15/2012 Average Rank 6.80 [details] Sales history for Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot date, rank 10/15/2012, 1 10/22/2012, 1 10/29/2012, 1 11/05/2012, 1 11/12/2012, 2 11/19/2012, 2 11/26/2012, 1 12/03/2012, 1 12/10/2012, 1 12/17/2012, 1 12/24/2012, 1 12/31/2012, 1 01/07/2013, 1 01/14/2013, 2 01/21/2013, 2 01/28/2013, 2 02/04/2013, 4 02/11/2013, 5 02/18/2013, 3 02/25/2013, 2 03/04/2013, 4 03/11/2013, 3 03/18/2013, 5 03/25/2013, 4 04/01/2013, 6 04/08/2013, 7 04/15/2013, 18 04/22/2013, 16 04/29/2013, 19 06/10/2013, 19 06/17/2013, 17 06/24/2013, 7 07/01/2013, 16 07/08/2013, 15 07/15/2013, 18 07/22/2013, 14 07/29/2013, 13 08/05/2013, 13 08/12/2013, 16 08/19/2013, 24 08/26/2013, 25 09/09/2013, 25 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Oct 2012 UNITS SOLD: 40,995 YTD: 449,485	Oct 2012	40,995 449,485
2	1	3	Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes You Can Trust Ina Garten, Author Clarkson N Potter Publishers, $35.00 (272) 978-0-307-46487-3 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/12/2012 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/12/2012 Average Rank 8.97 [details] Sales history for Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes You Can Trust date, rank 11/12/2012, 1 11/19/2012, 1 11/26/2012, 2 12/03/2012, 2 12/10/2012, 2 12/17/2012, 2 12/24/2012, 2 12/31/2012, 4 01/07/2013, 4 01/14/2013, 3 01/21/2013, 6 01/28/2013, 9 02/04/2013, 11 02/11/2013, 12 02/18/2013, 11 02/25/2013, 14 03/04/2013, 15 03/11/2013, 16 03/18/2013, 21 03/25/2013, 21 04/01/2013, 21 04/08/2013, 18 04/22/2013, 23 04/29/2013, 22 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2012 UNITS SOLD: 36,107 YTD: 143,705	Oct 2012	36,107 143,705
3	-	1	Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power Jon Meacham, Author Random House, $35.00 (800) 978-1-4000-6766-4 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 11/26/2012 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 12/31/2012 Average Rank 8.33 [details] Sales history for Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power date, rank 11/26/2012, 3 12/03/2012, 4 12/10/2012, 3 12/17/2012, 3 12/24/2012, 3 12/31/2012, 2 01/07/2013, 2 01/14/2013, 5 01/21/2013, 11 01/28/2013, 12 02/04/2013, 10 02/11/2013, 16 02/18/2013, 18 02/25/2013, 16 03/04/2013, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2012 UNITS SOLD: 28,823 YTD: 29,138	Nov 2012	28,823 29,138
4	5	10	Guinness World Records (2013) Guinness World Records, Manufactured by Guinness World Records, $28.95 (287) 978-1-904994-87-9 Last rank 29 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/24/2012 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/05/2012 Average Rank 6.90 [details] Sales history for Guinness World Records (2013) date, rank 09/24/2012, 4 10/01/2012, 4 10/08/2012, 5 10/15/2012, 9 10/22/2012, 6 10/29/2012, 5 11/05/2012, 3 11/12/2012, 5 11/19/2012, 5 11/26/2012, 4 12/03/2012, 5 12/10/2012, 4 12/17/2012, 4 12/24/2012, 4 12/31/2012, 3 01/07/2013, 5 01/14/2013, 12 01/21/2013, 19 02/04/2013, 24 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Sep 2012 UNITS SOLD: 20,107 YTD: 123,861	Sep 2012	20,107 123,861
5	3	11	No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden Mark Owen, Author, Kevin Maurer, With Dutton Books, $26.95 (336) 978-0-525-95372-2 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/17/2012 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/17/2012 Average Rank 5.92 [details] Sales history for No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden date, rank 09/17/2012, 1 09/24/2012, 1 10/01/2012, 1 10/08/2012, 1 10/15/2012, 2 10/22/2012, 2 10/29/2012, 2 11/05/2012, 2 11/12/2012, 4 11/19/2012, 3 11/26/2012, 5 12/03/2012, 6 12/10/2012, 5 12/17/2012, 5 12/24/2012, 6 12/31/2012, 5 01/07/2013, 3 01/14/2013, 7 01/21/2013, 7 01/28/2013, 6 02/04/2013, 7 02/11/2013, 13 02/18/2013, 10 02/25/2013, 9 03/04/2013, 13 03/11/2013, 4 03/18/2013, 10 03/25/2013, 16 04/01/2013, 15 04/08/2013, 15 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Sep 2012 UNITS SOLD: 17,472 YTD: 722,085	Sep 2012	17,472 722,085
6	-	1	How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed Ray Kurzweil, Author Viking Books, $27.95 (352) 978-0-670-02529-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2012 UNITS SOLD: 13,472 YTD: 13,563	Nov 2012	13,472 13,563
7	-	1	My Year in Meals Rachael Ray, Author Atria Books, $29.99 (384) 978-1-4516-5972-6 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/26/2012 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 11/26/2012 Average Rank 19.20 [details] Sales history for My Year in Meals date, rank 11/26/2012, 7 12/03/2012, 17 12/10/2012, 23 12/17/2012, 25 12/24/2012, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2012 UNITS SOLD: 11,083 YTD: 11,141	Nov 2012	11,083 11,141
8	-	1	Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers Anne Lamott, Author Riverhead Books, $17.95 (112) 978-1-59463-129-0 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 11/26/2012 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 12/17/2012 Average Rank 13.15 [details] Sales history for Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers date, rank 11/26/2012, 8 12/03/2012, 8 12/10/2012, 13 12/17/2012, 7 12/24/2012, 7 12/31/2012, 7 01/07/2013, 9 01/14/2013, 15 01/21/2013, 16 01/28/2013, 21 02/04/2013, 19 02/11/2013, 20 02/18/2013, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2012 UNITS SOLD: 10,745 YTD: 10,880	Nov 2012	10,745 10,880
9	4	9	I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak Over Your Life Joel Osteen, Author Faithwords, $21.99 (192) 978-1-4555-1678-0 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/01/2012 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/01/2012 Average Rank 11.91 [details] Sales history for I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak Over Your Life date, rank 10/01/2012, 2 10/08/2012, 3 10/15/2012, 7 10/22/2012, 7 10/29/2012, 8 11/05/2012, 9 11/12/2012, 8 11/19/2012, 4 11/26/2012, 9 12/03/2012, 9 12/10/2012, 9 12/17/2012, 8 12/24/2012, 10 12/31/2012, 9 01/07/2013, 8 01/14/2013, 4 01/21/2013, 9 01/28/2013, 5 02/04/2013, 6 02/11/2013, 10 02/18/2013, 6 02/25/2013, 10 03/04/2013, 8 03/11/2013, 6 03/18/2013, 6 03/25/2013, 6 04/01/2013, 9 04/08/2013, 9 04/15/2013, 17 04/22/2013, 9 04/29/2013, 13 05/06/2013, 20 05/13/2013, 19 05/20/2013, 19 05/27/2013, 19 06/03/2013, 22 06/10/2013, 22 06/17/2013, 23 06/24/2013, 23 07/01/2013, 23 07/08/2013, 23 07/15/2013, 21 07/22/2013, 24 07/29/2013, 11 08/05/2013, 17 08/12/2013, 19 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Sep 2012 UNITS SOLD: 10,217 YTD: 105,545	Sep 2012	10,217 105,545
10	7	8	The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-But Some Don't Nate Silver, Author Penguin Press, $27.95 (534) 978-1-59420-411-1 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 17 Initial Date 10/08/2012 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 11/19/2012 Average Rank 14.07 [details] Sales history for The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-But Some Don't date, rank 10/08/2012, 17 10/22/2012, 17 10/29/2012, 21 11/05/2012, 18 11/12/2012, 23 11/19/2012, 7 11/26/2012, 10 12/03/2012, 7 12/10/2012, 11 12/17/2012, 15 12/24/2012, 9 12/31/2012, 8 01/07/2013, 10 01/14/2013, 24 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Sep 2012 UNITS SOLD: 9,866 YTD: 39,327	Sep 2012	9,866 39,327
11	6	3	The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook Deb Perelman, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $35.00 (336) 978-0-307-59565-2 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 11/12/2012 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/12/2012 Average Rank 10.90 [details] Sales history for The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook date, rank 11/12/2012, 3 11/19/2012, 6 11/26/2012, 11 12/03/2012, 16 12/10/2012, 9 12/17/2012, 10 12/24/2012, 11 12/31/2012, 11 01/07/2013, 12 01/14/2013, 20 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2012 UNITS SOLD: 7,813 YTD: 38,039	Oct 2012	7,813 38,039
12	8	4	The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965 William Manchester, Author, Paul Reid, Author Little Brown and Company, $40.00 (1232) 978-0-316-54770-3 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 11/05/2012 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 11/19/2012 Average Rank 14.78 [details] Sales history for The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965 date, rank 11/05/2012, 19 11/19/2012, 8 11/26/2012, 12 12/03/2012, 12 12/10/2012, 12 12/17/2012, 14 12/24/2012, 18 12/31/2012, 18 01/07/2013, 20 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Nov 2012 UNITS SOLD: 7,780 YTD: 21,844	Nov 2012	7,780 21,844
13	-	1	The Joy of Hate: How to Triumph Over Whiners in the Age of Phony Outrage Greg Gutfeld, Author Crown Forum, $26.00 (226) 978-0-307-98696-2 Last rank 38 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 11/26/2012 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 11/26/2012 Average Rank 19.33 [details] Sales history for The Joy of Hate: How to Triumph Over Whiners in the Age of Phony Outrage date, rank 11/26/2012, 13 12/10/2012, 22 12/24/2012, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2012 UNITS SOLD: 7,716 YTD: 7,740	Nov 2012	7,716 7,740
14	15	4	Ripley's Believe It or Not! Download the Weird Geoff Tibballs, Text by (Art/Photo Books) Ripley Publishing, $28.95 (254) 978-1-60991-032-7 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 11/12/2012 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 12/31/2012 Average Rank 14.67 [details] Sales history for Ripley's Believe It or Not! Download the Weird date, rank 11/12/2012, 16 11/19/2012, 15 11/26/2012, 14 12/03/2012, 15 12/10/2012, 17 12/17/2012, 16 12/24/2012, 13 12/31/2012, 10 01/07/2013, 16 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2012 UNITS SOLD: 6,393 YTD: 25,878	Sep 2012	6,393 25,878
15	13	7	America Again: Re-Becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't: Now in 3-D High-Def Depthiness! [With 3-D Glasses] Stephen Colbert, Author, Richard Dahm, Author, Paul Dinello, Author, Barry Julien, Author, Tom Purcell, Author, Michael Brumm, Author Grand Central Publishing, $28.99 (240) 978-0-446-58397-8 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 10/15/2012 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/29/2012 Average Rank 8.29 [details] Sales history for America Again: Re-Becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't: Now in 3-D High-Def Depthiness! [With 3-D Glasses] date, rank 10/15/2012, 4 10/22/2012, 4 10/29/2012, 3 11/05/2012, 7 11/12/2012, 13 11/19/2012, 13 11/26/2012, 15 12/03/2012, 10 12/10/2012, 8 12/17/2012, 6 12/24/2012, 5 12/31/2012, 6 01/07/2013, 6 01/14/2013, 16 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Oct 2012 UNITS SOLD: 6,265 YTD: 68,143	Oct 2012	6,265 68,143
16	-	1	Dear Chandler, Dear Scarlett: A Grandfather's Thoughts on Faith, Family, and the Things That Matter Most Mike Huckabee, Author Sentinel, $24.95 (240) 978-1-59523-093-5 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 11/26/2012 Highest Rank 16 Highest Rank Date 11/26/2012 Average Rank 17.00 [details] Sales history for Dear Chandler, Dear Scarlett: A Grandfather's Thoughts on Faith, Family, and the Things That Matter Most date, rank 11/26/2012, 16 12/03/2012, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2012 UNITS SOLD: 6,136 YTD: 6,181	Nov 2012	6,136 6,181
17	11	3	Bruce Peter A Carlin, Author Touchstone Books, $28.00 (512) 978-1-4391-9182-8 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 11/12/2012 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 11/12/2012 Average Rank 14.11 [details] Sales history for Bruce date, rank 11/12/2012, 11 11/19/2012, 11 11/26/2012, 17 12/03/2012, 13 12/10/2012, 19 12/17/2012, 11 12/24/2012, 15 12/31/2012, 15 01/07/2013, 15 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2012 UNITS SOLD: 5,899 YTD: 18,876	Oct 2012	5,899 18,876
18	-	1	Mastery Robert Greene, Author Viking Books, $28.95 (320) 978-0-670-02496-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2012 UNITS SOLD: 5,746 YTD: 5,791	Nov 2012	5,746 5,791
19	-	1	Far from the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity Andrew Solomon, Author Scribner Book Company, $37.50 (976) 978-0-7432-3671-3 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 11/26/2012 Highest Rank 19 Highest Rank Date 11/26/2012 Average Rank 23.00 [details] Sales history for Far from the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity date, rank 11/26/2012, 19 12/03/2012, 24 12/10/2012, 25 12/17/2012, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2012 UNITS SOLD: 5,546 YTD: 5,936	Nov 2012	5,546 5,936
20	-	1	Fifty Shades of Chicken: A Parody in a Cookbook F L Fowler, Author Clarkson N Potter Publishers, $19.99 (160) 978-0-385-34522-4 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 20 Initial Date 11/26/2012 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 12/24/2012 Average Rank 15.33 [details] Sales history for Fifty Shades of Chicken: A Parody in a Cookbook date, rank 11/26/2012, 20 12/03/2012, 20 12/17/2012, 20 12/24/2012, 8 12/31/2012, 13 01/07/2013, 11 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2012 UNITS SOLD: 5,473 YTD: 5,547	Nov 2012	5,473 5,547
21	-	1	The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor Jake Tapper, Author Little Brown and Company, $29.99 (688) 978-0-316-18539-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2012 UNITS SOLD: 5,290 YTD: 6,286	Nov 2012	5,290 6,286
22	12	8	Waging Heavy Peace Neil Young, Author Blue Rider Press, $30.00 (512) 978-0-399-15946-6 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/08/2012 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/08/2012 Average Rank 12.57 [details] Sales history for Waging Heavy Peace date, rank 10/08/2012, 2 10/15/2012, 8 10/22/2012, 8 10/29/2012, 10 11/05/2012, 11 11/12/2012, 14 11/19/2012, 12 11/26/2012, 22 12/03/2012, 19 12/10/2012, 16 12/17/2012, 13 12/24/2012, 12 12/31/2012, 12 01/07/2013, 17 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Sep 2012 UNITS SOLD: 4,841 YTD: 64,162	Sep 2012	4,841 64,162
23	-	1	Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Musings from the Road Willie Nelson, Author, Kinky Friedman, Author William Morrow & Company, $22.99 (192) 978-0-06-219364-3 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 23 Initial Date 11/26/2012 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 12/17/2012 Average Rank 15.00 [details] Sales history for Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Musings from the Road date, rank 11/26/2012, 23 12/03/2012, 11 12/10/2012, 18 12/17/2012, 9 12/24/2012, 14 12/31/2012, 16 01/07/2013, 14 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2012 UNITS SOLD: 4,562 YTD: 4,800	Nov 2012	4,562 4,800
24	21	5	Jesus Today: Experience Hope Through His Presence Sarah Young, Author Thomas Nelson Publishers, $15.99 (363) 978-1-4003-2009-7 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 20 Initial Date 11/12/2012 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 09/09/2013 Average Rank 19.41 [details] Sales history for Jesus Today: Experience Hope Through His Presence date, rank 11/12/2012, 20 11/19/2012, 21 11/26/2012, 24 12/17/2012, 21 01/14/2013, 17 01/21/2013, 22 01/28/2013, 24 02/04/2013, 15 02/11/2013, 18 02/18/2013, 19 02/25/2013, 23 03/04/2013, 18 03/11/2013, 20 03/18/2013, 19 03/25/2013, 24 04/01/2013, 20 04/08/2013, 20 04/29/2013, 23 07/08/2013, 21 07/15/2013, 23 07/22/2013, 20 07/29/2013, 15 08/05/2013, 16 08/12/2013, 15 08/19/2013, 15 08/26/2013, 17 09/02/2013, 15 09/09/2013, 14 09/16/2013, 24 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Oct 2012 UNITS SOLD: 4,349 YTD: 17,622	Oct 2012	4,349 17,622
25	14	4	Rod: The Autobiography Rod Stewart, Author Crown Archetype, $27.00 (394) 978-0-307-98730-3 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 11/05/2012 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 11/05/2012 Average Rank 14.20 [details] Sales history for Rod: The Autobiography date, rank 11/05/2012, 4 11/12/2012, 7 11/19/2012, 14 11/26/2012, 25 12/03/2012, 21 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 2012 UNITS SOLD: 4,139 YTD: 30,621	Oct 2012	4,139 30,621

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Nielsen BookScan, week 46 of 2012, data through 11/18/2012; PW Issue of Nov. 26, 2012