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1	1	37	The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing Marie Kondo, Author Ten Speed Press, $16.99 (224) 978-1-60774-730-7 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 23 Initial Date 11/10/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/02/2015 Average Rank 4.93 [details] Sales history for The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing date, rank 11/10/2014, 23 12/22/2014, 22 12/29/2014, 24 01/05/2015, 20 01/12/2015, 6 01/19/2015, 4 01/26/2015, 4 02/02/2015, 5 02/09/2015, 2 02/16/2015, 3 02/23/2015, 4 03/02/2015, 1 03/09/2015, 1 03/16/2015, 1 03/23/2015, 2 03/30/2015, 5 04/06/2015, 2 04/13/2015, 2 04/20/2015, 2 04/27/2015, 4 05/04/2015, 5 05/11/2015, 3 05/18/2015, 3 05/25/2015, 2 06/01/2015, 1 06/08/2015, 1 06/15/2015, 1 06/22/2015, 2 06/29/2015, 3 07/06/2015, 2 07/13/2015, 1 07/20/2015, 1 07/27/2015, 1 08/03/2015, 2 08/10/2015, 1 08/17/2015, 2 08/24/2015, 2 08/31/2015, 2 09/07/2015, 2 09/14/2015, 1 09/21/2015, 1 09/28/2015, 2 10/05/2015, 2 10/12/2015, 2 10/19/2015, 3 10/26/2015, 4 11/02/2015, 5 11/09/2015, 4 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 37 PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 23,492 YTD: 510,152	Oct 2014	23,492 510,152
2	2	10	The Wright Brothers David McCullough, Author Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (368) 978-1-4767-2874-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/18/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/18/2015 Average Rank 6.33 [details] Sales history for The Wright Brothers date, rank 05/18/2015, 1 05/25/2015, 1 06/01/2015, 2 06/08/2015, 2 06/15/2015, 2 06/22/2015, 1 06/29/2015, 1 07/06/2015, 3 07/13/2015, 2 07/20/2015, 2 07/27/2015, 3 08/03/2015, 4 08/10/2015, 4 08/17/2015, 5 08/24/2015, 7 08/31/2015, 9 09/07/2015, 7 09/14/2015, 15 09/21/2015, 10 09/28/2015, 16 10/05/2015, 17 10/12/2015, 23 12/14/2015, 20 12/21/2015, 14 12/28/2015, 11 01/04/2016, 15 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: May 2015 UNITS SOLD: 12,086 YTD: 271,949	May 2015	12,086 271,949
3	-	1	A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety Jimmy Carter, Author Simon & Schuster, $28.00 (272) 978-1-5011-1563-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 07/20/2015 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 07/20/2015 Average Rank 10.40 [details] Sales history for A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety date, rank 07/20/2015, 3 07/27/2015, 10 08/03/2015, 9 08/10/2015, 6 08/17/2015, 19 08/24/2015, 15 08/31/2015, 14 09/07/2015, 12 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2015 UNITS SOLD: 11,762 YTD: 13,073	Jul 2015	11,762 13,073
4	5	4	Modern Romance: An Investigation Aziz Ansari, Author, Eric Klinenberg, Author Penguin Press, $27.95 (288) 978-1-59420-627-6 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 06/29/2015 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 06/29/2015 Average Rank 11.00 [details] Sales history for Modern Romance: An Investigation date, rank 06/29/2015, 4 07/06/2015, 4 07/13/2015, 5 07/20/2015, 4 07/27/2015, 4 08/03/2015, 5 08/10/2015, 5 08/17/2015, 8 08/24/2015, 8 08/31/2015, 10 09/07/2015, 10 09/14/2015, 20 09/21/2015, 18 09/28/2015, 22 01/04/2016, 25 01/11/2016, 24 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Jun 2015 UNITS SOLD: 10,225 YTD: 55,860	Jun 2015	10,225 55,860
5	4	3	Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny Holly Madison, Author Dey Street Books, $25.99 (352) 978-0-06-237210-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 07/06/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/06/2015 Average Rank 8.21 [details] Sales history for Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny date, rank 07/06/2015, 1 07/13/2015, 4 07/20/2015, 5 07/27/2015, 5 08/03/2015, 7 08/10/2015, 7 08/17/2015, 9 08/24/2015, 14 08/31/2015, 18 09/07/2015, 18 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Jun 2015 UNITS SOLD: 9,698 YTD: 44,746	Jun 2015	9,698 44,746
6	6	6	Adios, America Ann Coulter, Author Regnery Publishing, $27.99 (256) 978-1-62157-267-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 06/15/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/10/2015 Average Rank 7.23 [details] Sales history for Adios, America date, rank 06/15/2015, 3 06/22/2015, 5 06/29/2015, 9 07/06/2015, 8 07/13/2015, 6 07/20/2015, 6 07/27/2015, 8 08/03/2015, 13 08/10/2015, 13 08/17/2015, 14 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Jun 2015 UNITS SOLD: 7,149 YTD: 54,226	Jun 2015	7,149 54,226
7	3	2	A Time for Truth: Reigniting the Promise of America Ted Cruz, Author Broadside Books, $27.99 (400) 978-0-06-236561-3 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 07/13/2015 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 07/13/2015 Average Rank 8.50 [details] Sales history for A Time for Truth: Reigniting the Promise of America date, rank 07/13/2015, 3 07/20/2015, 7 07/27/2015, 6 08/03/2015, 8 08/10/2015, 9 08/17/2015, 13 08/24/2015, 17 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jun 2015 UNITS SOLD: 7,051 YTD: 18,905	Jun 2015	7,051 18,905
8	9	12	The Whole30: The 30-Day Guide to Total Health and Food Freedom Dallas Hartwig, Author, Melissa Hartwig, Author Houghton Mifflin, $30.00 (432) 978-0-544-60971-6 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/04/2015 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/04/2015 Average Rank 9.63 [details] Sales history for The Whole30: The 30-Day Guide to Total Health and Food Freedom date, rank 05/04/2015, 2 05/11/2015, 6 05/18/2015, 13 05/25/2015, 12 06/01/2015, 8 06/08/2015, 7 06/15/2015, 5 06/22/2015, 7 06/29/2015, 14 07/06/2015, 9 07/13/2015, 9 07/20/2015, 8 07/27/2015, 9 08/03/2015, 12 08/10/2015, 10 08/17/2015, 10 08/24/2015, 11 08/31/2015, 13 09/07/2015, 11 09/14/2015, 19 09/21/2015, 19 09/28/2015, 19 10/05/2015, 15 10/12/2015, 15 01/11/2016, 5 01/18/2016, 2 01/25/2016, 10 02/01/2016, 13 02/08/2016, 10 02/15/2016, 8 02/22/2016, 8 02/29/2016, 8 03/07/2016, 8 03/14/2016, 9 03/21/2016, 9 03/28/2016, 8 04/04/2016, 10 04/11/2016, 3 04/18/2016, 11 04/25/2016, 12 05/02/2016, 8 05/09/2016, 4 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Apr 2015 UNITS SOLD: 5,804 YTD: 120,476	Apr 2015	5,804 120,476
9	7	18	Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania Erik Larson, Author Crown, $28.00 (448) 978-0-307-40886-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 03/23/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/23/2015 Average Rank 8.68 [details] Sales history for Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania date, rank 03/23/2015, 1 03/30/2015, 1 04/06/2015, 1 04/13/2015, 1 04/20/2015, 3 04/27/2015, 5 05/04/2015, 7 05/11/2015, 9 05/18/2015, 12 05/25/2015, 14 06/01/2015, 14 06/08/2015, 12 06/15/2015, 12 06/22/2015, 11 06/29/2015, 7 07/06/2015, 7 07/13/2015, 7 07/20/2015, 9 07/27/2015, 11 08/03/2015, 15 08/10/2015, 12 08/17/2015, 12 08/24/2015, 12 08/31/2015, 16 09/07/2015, 14 09/14/2015, 25 09/21/2015, 24 12/28/2015, 25 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: Mar 2015 UNITS SOLD: 5,467 YTD: 246,309	Mar 2015	5,467 246,309
10	8	14	Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Real West Bill O'Reilly, Author, David Fisher, Author Henry Holt & Company, $32.00 (304) 978-1-62779-507-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/20/2015 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/20/2015 Average Rank 5.56 [details] Sales history for Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Real West date, rank 04/20/2015, 1 04/27/2015, 1 05/04/2015, 1 05/11/2015, 2 05/18/2015, 6 05/25/2015, 4 06/01/2015, 3 06/08/2015, 3 06/15/2015, 4 06/22/2015, 3 06/29/2015, 2 07/06/2015, 5 07/13/2015, 8 07/20/2015, 10 07/27/2015, 17 08/03/2015, 21 08/10/2015, 20 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Apr 2015 UNITS SOLD: 4,687 YTD: 246,938	Apr 2015	4,687 246,938
11	12	13	The Road to Character David Brooks, Author Random House, $28.00 (336) 978-0-8129-9325-7 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 04/27/2015 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 04/27/2015 Average Rank 11.41 [details] Sales history for The Road to Character date, rank 04/27/2015, 3 05/04/2015, 4 05/11/2015, 4 05/18/2015, 10 05/25/2015, 8 06/01/2015, 6 06/08/2015, 6 06/15/2015, 7 06/22/2015, 8 06/29/2015, 10 07/06/2015, 10 07/13/2015, 12 07/20/2015, 11 07/27/2015, 15 08/03/2015, 20 08/10/2015, 19 08/17/2015, 20 08/24/2015, 23 08/31/2015, 20 09/07/2015, 20 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Apr 2015 UNITS SOLD: 4,415 YTD: 152,304	Apr 2015	4,415 152,304
12	23	2	The Oregon Trail: An American Journey Rinker Buck, Author Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (432) 978-1-4516-5916-0 Last rank 30 Initial Rank 23 Initial Date 07/13/2015 Highest Rank 12 Highest Rank Date 07/20/2015 Average Rank 18.14 [details] Sales history for The Oregon Trail: An American Journey date, rank 07/13/2015, 23 07/20/2015, 12 07/27/2015, 22 08/03/2015, 18 08/10/2015, 14 08/17/2015, 15 09/07/2015, 23 LAST WEEK: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jun 2015 UNITS SOLD: 4,327 YTD: 7,568	Jun 2015	4,327 7,568
13	11	40	Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Atul Gawande, Author Metropolitan Books, $26.00 (282) 978-0-8050-9515-9 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 10/20/2014 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 03/16/2015 Average Rank 11.13 [details] Sales history for Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End date, rank 10/20/2014, 9 10/27/2014, 7 11/03/2014, 6 11/10/2014, 11 11/17/2014, 14 11/24/2014, 13 12/01/2014, 8 12/08/2014, 17 12/15/2014, 13 12/22/2014, 14 12/29/2014, 17 01/05/2015, 16 01/12/2015, 13 01/19/2015, 8 01/26/2015, 7 02/02/2015, 6 02/09/2015, 6 02/16/2015, 5 02/23/2015, 5 03/02/2015, 4 03/09/2015, 4 03/16/2015, 2 03/23/2015, 4 03/30/2015, 7 04/06/2015, 8 04/13/2015, 5 04/20/2015, 10 04/27/2015, 9 05/04/2015, 14 05/11/2015, 12 05/18/2015, 20 05/25/2015, 21 06/01/2015, 19 06/08/2015, 17 06/15/2015, 14 06/22/2015, 14 06/29/2015, 18 07/06/2015, 14 07/13/2015, 11 07/20/2015, 13 07/27/2015, 12 08/03/2015, 10 08/10/2015, 11 08/17/2015, 11 08/24/2015, 9 08/31/2015, 5 09/07/2015, 9 09/14/2015, 14 09/21/2015, 12 09/28/2015, 14 10/05/2015, 18 10/12/2015, 19 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 40 PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 4,245 YTD: 192,629	Oct 2014	4,245 192,629
14	18	40	Thug Kitchen: Eat Like You Give A Fck Thug Kitchen, Photographer Rodale Press, $24.99 (212) 978-1-62336-358-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 10/20/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/13/2015 Average Rank 10.08 [details] Sales history for Thug Kitchen: Eat Like You Give A Fck date, rank 10/20/2014, 2 10/27/2014, 9 11/03/2014, 15 11/10/2014, 19 11/17/2014, 25 12/01/2014, 21 12/08/2014, 20 12/15/2014, 11 12/22/2014, 10 12/29/2014, 10 01/05/2015, 11 01/12/2015, 25 01/19/2015, 9 01/26/2015, 9 02/02/2015, 12 02/09/2015, 15 02/16/2015, 16 02/23/2015, 11 03/02/2015, 12 03/09/2015, 15 03/16/2015, 12 03/23/2015, 9 03/30/2015, 17 04/06/2015, 14 04/13/2015, 13 04/20/2015, 21 04/27/2015, 12 05/04/2015, 8 05/11/2015, 21 06/22/2015, 24 07/06/2015, 24 07/13/2015, 18 07/20/2015, 14 07/27/2015, 13 08/03/2015, 17 08/10/2015, 16 08/17/2015, 16 08/24/2015, 20 08/31/2015, 19 09/07/2015, 15 09/14/2015, 24 09/21/2015, 25 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 40 PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 3,804 YTD: 114,749	Oct 2014	3,804 114,749
15	15	12	And the Good News Is...: Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side Dana Perino, Author Twelve, $26.00 (256) 978-1-4555-8490-1 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 05/04/2015 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/04/2015 Average Rank 7.29 [details] Sales history for And the Good News Is...: Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side date, rank 05/04/2015, 3 05/11/2015, 5 05/18/2015, 8 05/25/2015, 3 06/01/2015, 4 06/08/2015, 4 06/15/2015, 6 06/22/2015, 6 06/29/2015, 12 07/06/2015, 15 07/13/2015, 15 07/20/2015, 15 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Apr 2015 UNITS SOLD: 3,682 YTD: 140,059	Apr 2015	3,682 140,059
16	13	4	Sick in the Head: Conversations about Life and Comedy Judd Apatow, Author Random House, $27.00 (512) 978-0-8129-9757-6 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 06/29/2015 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 06/29/2015 Average Rank 15.25 [details] Sales history for Sick in the Head: Conversations about Life and Comedy date, rank 06/29/2015, 11 07/06/2015, 11 07/13/2015, 13 07/20/2015, 16 07/27/2015, 19 08/03/2015, 14 08/10/2015, 15 08/17/2015, 23 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Jun 2015 UNITS SOLD: 3,536 YTD: 20,908	Jun 2015	3,536 20,908
17	19	9	The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789 Joseph J. Ellis, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $27.95 (320) 978-0-385-35340-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 17 Initial Date 05/25/2015 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 06/08/2015 Average Rank 14.83 [details] Sales history for The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789 date, rank 05/25/2015, 17 06/01/2015, 20 06/08/2015, 20 06/15/2015, 18 06/22/2015, 18 06/29/2015, 17 07/13/2015, 19 07/20/2015, 17 07/27/2015, 16 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: May 2015 UNITS SOLD: 3,464 YTD: 40,285	May 2015	3,464 40,285
18	-	1	The Friends of Jesus Karen Kingsbury, Author Howard Books, $19.99 (240) 978-1-4767-0739-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2015 UNITS SOLD: 3,140 YTD: 3,306	Jul 2015	3,140 3,306
19	17	10	It's a Long Story: My Life Willie Nelson, Author, David Ritz, With Little Brown and Company, $30.00 (400) 978-0-316-40355-9 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 05/18/2015 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 07/13/2015 Average Rank 11.00 [details] Sales history for It's a Long Story: My Life date, rank 05/18/2015, 9 05/25/2015, 13 06/01/2015, 15 06/08/2015, 9 06/15/2015, 10 06/22/2015, 10 06/29/2015, 6 07/06/2015, 13 07/13/2015, 17 07/20/2015, 19 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: May 2015 UNITS SOLD: 3,005 YTD: 76,405	May 2015	3,005 76,405
20	-	1	Tim and Eric's Zone Theory: 7 Easy Steps to Achieve a Perfect Life Tim Heidecker, Author, Eric Wareheim, Author Grand Central Publishing, $26.00 (336) 978-1-4555-4543-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2015 UNITS SOLD: 2,951 YTD: 2,972	Jul 2015	2,951 2,972
21	20	5	Life Is Short (Pun Intended) Jennifer Arnold, Author, Bill Klein, Author Howard Books, $25.00 (256) 978-1-4767-9470-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 07/06/2015 Highest Rank 16 Highest Rank Date 07/06/2015 Average Rank 20.50 [details] Sales history for Life Is Short (Pun Intended) date, rank 07/06/2015, 16 07/13/2015, 20 07/20/2015, 21 08/03/2015, 25 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: May 2015 UNITS SOLD: 2,938 YTD: 18,569	May 2015	2,938 18,569
22	24	20	Get What's Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security Philip Moeller, Author, Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Author, Paul Solman, Author Simon & Schuster, $19.99 (336) 978-1-4767-7229-5 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 03/16/2015 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 03/23/2015 Average Rank 16.48 [details] Sales history for Get What's Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security date, rank 03/16/2015, 11 03/23/2015, 3 03/30/2015, 4 04/06/2015, 4 04/13/2015, 4 04/20/2015, 6 04/27/2015, 8 05/04/2015, 11 05/11/2015, 16 05/18/2015, 25 05/25/2015, 25 06/01/2015, 24 06/08/2015, 19 06/15/2015, 22 06/22/2015, 25 07/06/2015, 20 07/13/2015, 24 07/20/2015, 22 07/27/2015, 20 08/03/2015, 19 08/10/2015, 17 08/17/2015, 18 08/24/2015, 22 08/31/2015, 21 09/07/2015, 22 LAST WEEK: 24 WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: Feb 2015 UNITS SOLD: 2,825 YTD: 125,365	Feb 2015	2,825 125,365
23	-	1	Final Fantasy Box Set (FFVII, FFVIII, FFIX): Official Game Guides Prima Games, Author Prima Games, $129.99 (720) 978-1-101-89804-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2015 UNITS SOLD: 2,797 YTD: 2,799	Jul 2015	2,797 2,799
24	-	1	The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal David E Hoffman, Author Doubleday Books, $28.95 (352) 978-0-385-53760-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2015 UNITS SOLD: 2,790 YTD: 2,830	Jul 2015	2,790 2,830
25	-	1	You're Making Me Hate You: A Cantankerous Look at the Common Misconception That Humans Have Any Common Sense Left Corey Taylor, Author Da Capo Press, $25.99 (256) 978-0-306-82358-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2015 UNITS SOLD: 2,783 YTD: 3,163	Jul 2015	2,783 3,163

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