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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	-	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 5.61 [details] Sales history for The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Come and Get It!: Simple, Scrumptious Recipes for Crazy Busy Lives date, rank 11/06/2017, 1 11/13/2017, 1 11/20/2017, 3 11/27/2017, 3 12/04/2017, 2 12/11/2017, 1 12/18/2017, 1 12/25/2017, 1 01/01/2018, 1 01/08/2018, 5 01/15/2018, 11 01/22/2018, 14 01/29/2018, 14 02/05/2018, 12 05/21/2018, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 101,370 YTD: 101,956	Oct 2017	101,370 101,956
2	1	2	Leonardo Da Vinci Walter Isaacson, Author Simon & Schuster, $35.00 (576) 978-1-5011-3915-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/30/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/30/2017 Average Rank 6.12 [details] Sales history for Leonardo Da Vinci date, rank 10/30/2017, 1 11/06/2017, 2 11/13/2017, 2 11/20/2017, 6 11/27/2017, 4 12/04/2017, 5 12/11/2017, 2 12/18/2017, 2 12/25/2017, 2 01/01/2018, 3 01/08/2018, 1 01/15/2018, 6 01/22/2018, 7 01/29/2018, 5 02/05/2018, 7 02/12/2018, 12 02/19/2018, 14 02/26/2018, 14 03/05/2018, 24 03/12/2018, 23 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 35,269 YTD: 88,305	Oct 2017	35,269 88,305
3	-	1	Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life Jenna Bush Hager, Author, Barbara Pierce Bush, Author, Laura Bush, Foreword by Grand Central Publishing, $28.00 (256) 978-1-5387-1141-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/06/2017 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/06/2017 Average Rank 11.08 [details] Sales history for Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life date, rank 11/06/2017, 3 11/13/2017, 5 11/20/2017, 13 11/27/2017, 11 12/04/2017, 15 12/11/2017, 13 12/18/2017, 17 12/25/2017, 20 01/01/2018, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 30,642 YTD: 31,873	Oct 2017	30,642 31,873
4	-	1	Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans: The Battle That Shaped America's Destiny Brian Kilmeade, Author, Don Yaeger, Author Sentinel, $28.00 (288) 978-0-7352-1323-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/06/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/06/2017 Average Rank 9.95 [details] Sales history for Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans: The Battle That Shaped America's Destiny date, rank 11/06/2017, 4 11/13/2017, 3 11/20/2017, 10 11/27/2017, 12 12/04/2017, 14 12/11/2017, 11 12/18/2017, 7 12/25/2017, 7 01/01/2018, 9 01/08/2018, 10 01/15/2018, 19 01/22/2018, 19 01/29/2018, 11 02/05/2018, 18 02/12/2018, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 27,887 YTD: 28,207	Oct 2017	27,887 28,207
5	-	1	Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant and Unfussy New Favorites Deb Perelman, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $35.00 (352) 978-1-101-87481-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/06/2017 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/06/2017 Average Rank 11.50 [details] Sales history for Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant and Unfussy New Favorites date, rank 11/06/2017, 5 11/13/2017, 25 12/25/2017, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 20,670 YTD: 21,932	Oct 2017	20,670 21,932
6	2	2	Capital Gaines: Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff Chip Gaines, Author Thomas Nelson, $24.99 (208) 978-0-7852-1630-8 Last rank 27 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 10/30/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/30/2017 Average Rank 11.53 [details] Sales history for Capital Gaines: Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff date, rank 10/30/2017, 2 11/06/2017, 6 11/13/2017, 7 11/20/2017, 8 11/27/2017, 13 12/04/2017, 6 12/11/2017, 10 12/18/2017, 12 12/25/2017, 15 01/01/2018, 12 01/08/2018, 12 01/15/2018, 20 01/22/2018, 22 01/29/2018, 17 02/05/2018, 15 02/26/2018, 16 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 19,735 YTD: 64,697	Oct 2017	19,735 64,697
7	5	6	Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence Bill O'Reilly, Author, Martin Dugard, Author Henry Holt & Company, $30.00 (352) 978-1-62779-064-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/02/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/09/2017 Average Rank 6.67 [details] Sales history for Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence date, rank 10/02/2017, 2 10/09/2017, 1 10/16/2017, 1 10/23/2017, 1 10/30/2017, 5 11/06/2017, 7 11/13/2017, 6 11/20/2017, 11 11/27/2017, 8 12/04/2017, 9 12/11/2017, 6 12/18/2017, 10 12/25/2017, 8 01/01/2018, 5 01/08/2018, 8 01/15/2018, 24 01/29/2018, 21 02/05/2018, 20 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Sep 2017 UNITS SOLD: 19,193 YTD: 255,340	Sep 2017	19,193 255,340
8	6	3	Grant Ron Chernow, Author Penguin Press, $40.00 (1104) 978-1-59420-487-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 10/23/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/23/2017 Average Rank 7.54 [details] Sales history for Grant date, rank 10/23/2017, 2 10/30/2017, 6 11/06/2017, 8 11/13/2017, 8 11/20/2017, 9 11/27/2017, 9 12/04/2017, 10 12/11/2017, 3 12/18/2017, 6 12/25/2017, 4 01/01/2018, 2 01/08/2018, 6 01/15/2018, 11 01/22/2018, 16 01/29/2018, 20 02/05/2018, 21 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 14,389 YTD: 62,800	Oct 2017	14,389 62,800
9	-	1	A Die Hard Christmas: The Illustrated Holiday Classic Doogie Horner, Author, Jj Harrison, Illustrator Insight Editions, $16.99 (32) 978-1-60887-976-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 13,880 YTD: 13,893	Oct 2017	13,880 13,893
10	7	7	What Happened Hillary Rodham Clinton, Author Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (512) 978-1-5011-7556-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/25/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/25/2017 Average Rank 8.71 [details] Sales history for What Happened date, rank 09/25/2017, 1 10/02/2017, 1 10/09/2017, 2 10/16/2017, 2 10/23/2017, 4 10/30/2017, 7 11/06/2017, 10 11/13/2017, 11 11/20/2017, 18 11/27/2017, 15 12/04/2017, 22 12/11/2017, 18 12/18/2017, 19 12/25/2017, 18 01/01/2018, 14 01/08/2018, 20 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Sep 2017 UNITS SOLD: 13,347 YTD: 389,392	Sep 2017	13,347 389,392
11	-	1	Blessed in the Darkness: How All Things Are Working for Your Good Joel Osteen, Author Faithwords, $26.00 (304) 978-1-4555-3432-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 11/06/2017 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 12/11/2017 Average Rank 9.75 [details] Sales history for Blessed in the Darkness: How All Things Are Working for Your Good date, rank 11/06/2017, 11 11/13/2017, 13 11/20/2017, 20 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 11,198 YTD: 11,265	Oct 2017	11,198 11,265
12	-	1	The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic Mike Duncan, Author PublicAffairs, $27.00 (352) 978-1-61039-721-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 9,442 YTD: 9,572	Oct 2017	9,442 9,572
13	16	2	We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True Gabrielle Union, Author Dey Street Books, $26.99 (272) 978-0-06-269398-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 10/30/2017 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 11/06/2017 Average Rank 11.20 [details] Sales history for We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True date, rank 10/30/2017, 16 11/06/2017, 13 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 9,342 YTD: 18,012	Oct 2017	9,342 18,012
14	4	2	Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual Jocko Willink, Author St. Martin's Press, $24.99 (208) 978-1-250-15694-5 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 10/30/2017 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 10/30/2017 Average Rank 10.75 [details] Sales history for Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual date, rank 10/30/2017, 4 11/06/2017, 14 11/13/2017, 16 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 9,131 YTD: 35,633	Oct 2017	9,131 35,633
15	13	7	Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World Max Lucado, Author Thomas Nelson, $22.99 (240) 978-0-7180-9612-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/25/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/09/2017 Average Rank 11.24 [details] Sales history for Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World date, rank 09/25/2017, 4 10/02/2017, 10 10/09/2017, 10 10/16/2017, 13 10/23/2017, 10 10/30/2017, 13 11/06/2017, 15 11/13/2017, 10 11/20/2017, 16 11/27/2017, 21 12/04/2017, 16 01/08/2018, 24 01/15/2018, 21 01/22/2018, 13 01/29/2018, 10 02/05/2018, 8 02/12/2018, 15 02/19/2018, 15 02/26/2018, 13 03/05/2018, 11 03/12/2018, 18 03/19/2018, 20 03/26/2018, 24 05/28/2018, 24 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Sep 2017 UNITS SOLD: 8,825 YTD: 78,317	Sep 2017	8,825 78,317
16	-	1	The Art of Overwatch Limited Edition Blizzard Entertainment, Author Dark Horse Books, $100.00 (368) 978-1-5067-0553-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 8,531 YTD: 8,552	Oct 2017	8,531 8,552
17	22	6	Principles: Life and Work Ray Dalio, Author Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (592) 978-1-5011-2402-0 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/02/2017 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 10/02/2017 Average Rank 17.14 [details] Sales history for Principles: Life and Work date, rank 10/02/2017, 6 10/09/2017, 12 10/16/2017, 6 10/23/2017, 12 10/30/2017, 22 11/06/2017, 17 11/27/2017, 22 12/04/2017, 25 12/11/2017, 15 12/18/2017, 21 12/25/2017, 19 01/01/2018, 20 01/08/2018, 14 01/15/2018, 9 01/22/2018, 12 01/29/2018, 12 02/05/2018, 9 02/12/2018, 16 02/19/2018, 16 02/26/2018, 20 03/05/2018, 14 03/12/2018, 19 03/19/2018, 19 03/26/2018, 23 05/28/2018, 25 06/11/2018, 24 07/09/2018, 24 07/23/2018, 19 07/30/2018, 25 LAST WEEK: 22 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Sep 2017 UNITS SOLD: 8,445 YTD: 67,084	Sep 2017	8,445 67,084
18	18	7	Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone Brene Brown, Author Random House, $28.00 (208) 978-0-8129-9584-8 Last rank 28 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/25/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/25/2017 Average Rank 11.38 [details] Sales history for Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone date, rank 09/25/2017, 2 10/02/2017, 4 10/09/2017, 3 10/16/2017, 5 10/23/2017, 7 10/30/2017, 18 11/06/2017, 18 01/15/2018, 25 01/22/2018, 10 01/29/2018, 13 02/05/2018, 14 02/12/2018, 24 02/26/2018, 21 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Sep 2017 UNITS SOLD: 7,874 YTD: 126,610	Sep 2017	7,874 126,610
19	3	2	The Wisdom of Sundays: Life-Changing Insights from Super Soul Conversations Oprah Winfrey, Author Flatiron Books, $27.99 (240) 978-1-250-13806-4 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/30/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 01/08/2018 Average Rank 8.69 [details] Sales history for The Wisdom of Sundays: Life-Changing Insights from Super Soul Conversations date, rank 10/30/2017, 3 11/06/2017, 19 11/13/2017, 9 11/20/2017, 5 11/27/2017, 5 12/04/2017, 11 12/11/2017, 9 12/18/2017, 11 12/25/2017, 12 01/01/2018, 11 01/08/2018, 2 01/15/2018, 4 01/22/2018, 6 01/29/2018, 9 02/05/2018, 17 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 7,601 YTD: 42,044	Oct 2017	7,601 42,044
20	9	5	Food Can Fix It: The Superfood Switch to Fight Fat, Defy Aging, and Eat Your Way Healthy Mehmet Oz, Author Scribner Book Company, $29.99 (368) 978-1-5011-5815-5 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/09/2017 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 10/09/2017 Average Rank 14.40 [details] Sales history for Food Can Fix It: The Superfood Switch to Fight Fat, Defy Aging, and Eat Your Way Healthy date, rank 10/09/2017, 5 10/16/2017, 14 10/23/2017, 24 10/30/2017, 9 11/06/2017, 20 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Sep 2017 UNITS SOLD: 7,593 YTD: 47,873	Sep 2017	7,593 47,873
21	21	4	The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President Bandy X Lee, Author, Robert Jay Lifton, Contribution by, Gail Sheehy, Contribution by, William J Doherty, Contribution by, Noam Chomsky, Contribution by, Judith Lewis Herman, Contribution by, Philip Zimbardo, Contribution by, Rosemary Sword, Contribution by, Craig Malkin, Contribution by, Tony Schwartz, Contribution by, Lance Dodes, Contribution by, John D Gartner, Contribution by, Michael J Tansey, Contribution by, David M Reiss, Contribution by, James A Herb, Contribution by, Leonard L Glass, Contribution by, Henry J Friedman, Contribution by, James Gilligan, Contribution by, Diane Jhueck, Contribution by, Howard H Covitz, Contribution by, Betty P Teng, Contribution by, Jennifer Contarino Panning, Contribution by, Harper West, Contribution by, Luba Kessler, Contribution by, Steve Wruble, Contribution by, Thomas Singer, Contribution by, Elizabeth Mika, Contribution by, Edwin B Fisher, Contribution by, Nanette Gartrell, Contribution by, Dee Mosbacher, Contribution by St. Martin's Press, $27.99 (384) 978-1-250-17945-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 10/16/2017 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/06/2017 Average Rank 15.75 [details] Sales history for The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President date, rank 10/16/2017, 18 10/30/2017, 21 11/06/2017, 21 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 7,489 YTD: 25,937	Oct 2017	7,489 25,937
22	8	2	Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery Scott Kelly, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $29.95 (400) 978-1-5247-3159-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/30/2017 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 11/06/2017 Average Rank 16.92 [details] Sales history for Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery date, rank 10/30/2017, 8 11/06/2017, 22 11/13/2017, 19 11/20/2017, 23 11/27/2017, 16 12/04/2017, 24 12/11/2017, 21 12/18/2017, 22 12/25/2017, 22 01/01/2018, 21 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 7,282 YTD: 20,349	Oct 2017	7,282 20,349
23	-	1	American Radical: Inside the World of an Undercover Muslim FBI Agent Tamer Elnoury, Author, Kevin Maurer, Author Dutton Books, $28.00 (368) 978-1-101-98615-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 23 Initial Date 11/06/2017 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 11/06/2017 Average Rank 16.00 [details] Sales history for American Radical: Inside the World of an Undercover Muslim FBI Agent date, rank 11/06/2017, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 7,113 YTD: 7,128	Oct 2017	7,113 7,128
24	38	3	Soar!: Build Your Vision from the Ground Up T D Jakes, Author Faithwords, $25.00 (256) 978-1-4555-5390-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 10/23/2017 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 11/06/2017 Average Rank 13.67 [details] Sales history for Soar!: Build Your Vision from the Ground Up date, rank 10/23/2017, 16 11/06/2017, 24 11/13/2017, 22 12/11/2017, 24 LAST WEEK: 38 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 7,090 YTD: 17,719	Oct 2017	7,090 17,719
25	20	26	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 8.77 [details] Sales history for Astrophysics for People in a Hurry date, rank 05/15/2017, 1 05/22/2017, 2 05/29/2017, 2 06/05/2017, 1 06/12/2017, 2 06/19/2017, 3 06/26/2017, 3 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 09/18/2017, 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 05/28/2018, 17 06/04/2018, 18 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 26 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 6,972 YTD: 429,897	May 2017	6,972 429,897

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NBD BookScan, week 43 of 2017, data through 10/29/2017; PW Issue of November, 6 2017