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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	-	1	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 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/20/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/20/2020 Average Rank 7.16 [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 06/15/2020, 2 06/22/2020, 4 06/29/2020, 5 07/06/2020, 6 07/13/2020, 4 07/20/2020, 5 07/27/2020, 7 08/03/2020, 10 08/10/2020, 8 08/17/2020, 9 08/24/2020, 8 08/31/2020, 11 09/07/2020, 9 09/14/2020, 13 09/21/2020, 19 09/28/2020, 25 11/16/2020, 12 11/23/2020, 12 11/30/2020, 25 12/02/2020, 17 12/07/2020, 17 12/14/2020, 12 12/21/2020, 16 12/28/2020, 11 01/04/2021, 6 01/11/2021, 11 01/18/2021, 8 01/25/2021, 8 02/01/2021, 9 02/08/2021, 13 02/15/2021, 14 02/22/2021, 11 03/01/2021, 15 03/08/2021, 15 03/15/2021, 23 03/22/2021, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Apr 2020
2	2	5	Untamed Glennon Doyle, Author Dial Press, $28.00 (352) 978-1-9848-0125-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/23/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/23/2020 Average Rank 5.83 [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 06/15/2020, 1 06/22/2020, 3 06/29/2020, 3 07/06/2020, 5 07/13/2020, 3 07/20/2020, 4 07/27/2020, 5 08/03/2020, 6 08/10/2020, 5 08/17/2020, 7 08/24/2020, 6 08/31/2020, 2 09/07/2020, 4 09/14/2020, 2 09/21/2020, 10 09/28/2020, 13 10/05/2020, 13 10/12/2020, 13 10/19/2020, 16 10/26/2020, 11 11/02/2020, 4 11/09/2020, 4 11/16/2020, 7 11/23/2020, 8 11/30/2020, 13 12/02/2020, 15 12/07/2020, 15 12/14/2020, 8 12/21/2020, 9 12/28/2020, 9 01/04/2021, 5 01/11/2021, 3 01/18/2021, 5 01/25/2021, 4 02/01/2021, 6 02/08/2021, 8 02/15/2021, 9 02/22/2021, 9 03/01/2021, 11 03/08/2021, 13 03/15/2021, 11 03/22/2021, 13 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Mar 2020
3	1	7	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 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/09/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/09/2020 Average Rank 7.90 [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 06/15/2020, 6 06/22/2020, 5 06/29/2020, 4 07/06/2020, 7 07/13/2020, 6 07/20/2020, 9 07/27/2020, 12 08/03/2020, 13 08/10/2020, 13 08/17/2020, 19 08/24/2020, 15 08/31/2020, 21 09/07/2020, 18 09/14/2020, 22 12/14/2020, 20 12/21/2020, 14 12/28/2020, 14 01/04/2021, 18 01/18/2021, 20 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Feb 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Feb 2020
4	-	1	Fortitude Dan Crenshaw, Author Twelve, $28.00 (224) 978-1-5387-3330-1 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 04/20/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 06/08/2020 Average Rank 12.62 [details] Sales history for Fortitude date, rank 04/20/2020, 4 05/04/2020, 8 05/18/2020, 12 06/01/2020, 12 06/08/2020, 14 06/15/2020, 18 06/22/2020, 12 06/29/2020, 13 07/06/2020, 19 07/13/2020, 21 07/20/2020, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Apr 2020
5	-	1	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 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 04/20/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 06/08/2020 Average Rank 10.33 [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: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Apr 2020
6	-	1	The Last Book on the Left: Stories of Murder and Mayhem from History's Most Notorious Serial Killers Ben Kissel, Author, Marcus Parks, Author, Henry Zebrowski, Author, Tom Neely, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin, $26.00 (400) 978-1-328-56631-7 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 04/20/2020 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 04/20/2020 Average Rank 17.25 [details] Sales history for The Last Book on the Left: Stories of Murder and Mayhem from History's Most Notorious Serial Killers date, rank 04/20/2020, 6 04/27/2020, 19 05/04/2020, 23 05/11/2020, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Apr 2020
7	-	1	Arguing with Socialists Glenn Beck, Author Threshold Editions, $29.99 (400) 978-1-9821-4050-2 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 04/20/2020 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 04/20/2020 Average Rank 8.33 [details] Sales history for Arguing with Socialists date, rank 04/20/2020, 7 04/27/2020, 9 05/04/2020, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Apr 2020
8	7	2	More Myself: A Journey Alicia Keys, Author Flatiron Books, $29.99 (320) 978-1-250-15329-6 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 04/13/2020 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 04/13/2020 Average Rank 12.00 [details] Sales history for More Myself: A Journey date, rank 04/13/2020, 7 04/20/2020, 8 04/27/2020, 15 05/04/2020, 16 05/11/2020, 14 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Mar 2020
9	-	1	Nothing General about It: How Love (and Lithium) Saved Me on and Off General Hospital Maurice Benard, Author William Morrow & Company, $27.99 (288) 978-0-06-297337-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Apr 2020
10	10	10	Open Book Jessica Simpson, Author Dey Street Books, $27.99 (304) 978-0-06-289996-5 Last rank 26 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 02/17/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/17/2020 Average Rank 7.87 [details] Sales history for Open Book date, rank 02/17/2020, 1 02/24/2020, 1 03/02/2020, 2 03/09/2020, 7 03/16/2020, 9 03/23/2020, 7 03/30/2020, 5 04/06/2020, 6 04/13/2020, 10 04/20/2020, 10 04/27/2020, 16 05/04/2020, 19 05/18/2020, 21 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Feb 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Feb 2020
11	8	11	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 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 02/10/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/09/2020 Average Rank 9.63 [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 06/15/2020, 8 06/22/2020, 10 06/29/2020, 14 07/06/2020, 12 07/13/2020, 16 07/20/2020, 13 07/27/2020, 19 08/03/2020, 15 08/10/2020, 15 08/17/2020, 20 08/24/2020, 16 08/31/2020, 19 09/07/2020, 14 09/14/2020, 14 09/21/2020, 23 10/05/2020, 24 11/16/2020, 45 01/11/2021, 23 01/18/2021, 9 01/25/2021, 12 02/01/2021, 14 02/08/2021, 22 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Jan 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Jan 2020
12	-	1	Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life Marie Kondo, Author, Scott Sonenshein, Author Little, Brown Spark, $24.00 (304) 978-0-316-42332-8 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 04/20/2020 Highest Rank 12 Highest Rank Date 04/20/2020 Average Rank 18.67 [details] Sales history for Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life date, rank 04/20/2020, 12 04/27/2020, 20 05/04/2020, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Apr 2020
13	5	2	Front Row at the Trump Show Jonathan Karl, Author Dutton Books, $28.00 (320) 978-1-5247-4562-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 04/13/2020 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 04/13/2020 Average Rank 10.17 [details] Sales history for Front Row at the Trump Show date, rank 04/13/2020, 5 04/20/2020, 13 04/27/2020, 10 05/04/2020, 11 05/11/2020, 13 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Mar 2020
14	12	6	Find Your Path: Honor Your Body, Fuel Your Soul, and Get Strong with the Fit52 Life Carrie Underwood, Author Dey Street Books, $30.00 (288) 978-0-06-269091-3 Last rank 32 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/16/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/16/2020 Average Rank 10.00 [details] Sales history for Find Your Path: Honor Your Body, Fuel Your Soul, and Get Strong with the Fit52 Life date, rank 03/16/2020, 1 03/23/2020, 4 03/30/2020, 4 04/06/2020, 4 04/13/2020, 12 04/20/2020, 14 04/27/2020, 18 05/04/2020, 22 05/18/2020, 25 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Mar 2020
15	-	1	Fear Is Not the Boss of You: How to Get Out of Your Head and Live the Life You Were Made for Jennifer Allwood, Author Zondervan, $25.99 (240) 978-0-310-35906-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Apr 2020
16	4	2	The First Time: Finding Myself and Looking for Love on Reality TV Colton Underwood, Author Gallery Books, $27.00 (288) 978-1-9821-3938-4 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 04/13/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 04/13/2020 Average Rank 10.00 [details] Sales history for The First Time: Finding Myself and Looking for Love on Reality TV date, rank 04/13/2020, 4 04/20/2020, 16 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Mar 2020
17	-	1	Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America Sarah Kendzior, Author Flatiron Books, $27.99 (320) 978-1-250-21071-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Apr 2020
18	41	2	Apropos of Nothing Woody Allen, Author Arcade Publishing, $30.00 (400) 978-1-951627-34-8 LAST WEEK: 41 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Mar 2020
19	13	3	The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History Andy Greene, Author Dutton Books, $28.00 (432) 978-1-5247-4497-7 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 04/06/2020 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 04/06/2020 Average Rank 12.33 [details] Sales history for The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History date, rank 04/06/2020, 5 04/13/2020, 13 04/20/2020, 19 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Mar 2020
20	-	1	Life in the Fasting Lane: How to Make Intermittent Fasting a Lifestyle--And Reap the Benefits of Weight Loss and Better Health Jason Fung, Author, Eve Mayer, Author, Megan Ramos, Author Harper Wave, $27.99 (256) 978-0-06-296944-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Apr 2020
21	15	10	Dangerous Prayers: Because Following Jesus Was Never Meant to Be Safe Craig Groeschel, Author Zondervan, $22.99 (192) 978-0-310-34312-7 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 02/17/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 03/09/2020 Average Rank 10.88 [details] Sales history for Dangerous Prayers: Because Following Jesus Was Never Meant to Be Safe date, rank 02/17/2020, 7 02/24/2020, 8 03/16/2020, 17 03/30/2020, 9 04/06/2020, 8 04/13/2020, 15 04/20/2020, 21 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Feb 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Feb 2020
22	-	1	Cooking for a Fast Metabolism: Hearty, Healthy Recipes to Eat More Food and Lose More Weight Haylie Pomroy, Author Houghton Mifflin, $28.00 (240) 978-0-358-16028-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Apr 2020
23	19	31	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 15 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/23/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/23/2019 Average Rank 11.02 [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 06/15/2020, 20 06/22/2020, 18 06/29/2020, 23 07/06/2020, 15 07/13/2020, 25 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 31 PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Sep 2019
24	26	15	The Defined Dish Wholesome Weeknights: Whole30 Endorsed, 100 Real Food Recipes That Work for Everyday Life Alex Snodgrass, Author, Melissa Hartwig, Foreword by Houghton Mifflin, $30.00 (304) 978-0-358-00441-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 01/13/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/13/2020 Average Rank 11.35 [details] Sales history for The Defined Dish Wholesome Weeknights: Whole30 Endorsed, 100 Real Food Recipes That Work for Everyday Life date, rank 01/13/2020, 1 01/20/2020, 2 01/27/2020, 6 02/03/2020, 7 02/10/2020, 10 02/17/2020, 18 02/24/2020, 17 03/02/2020, 22 03/09/2020, 24 04/20/2020, 24 05/11/2020, 15 05/18/2020, 23 LAST WEEK: 26 WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: Dec 2019 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Dec 2019
25	25	5	Get Out of Your Own Way: A Skeptic's Guide to Growth and Fulfillment Dave Hollis, Author HarperCollins Leadership, $24.99 (240) 978-1-4002-1542-3 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 03/23/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 03/23/2020 Average Rank 12.50 [details] Sales history for Get Out of Your Own Way: A Skeptic's Guide to Growth and Fulfillment date, rank 03/23/2020, 2 03/30/2020, 8 04/06/2020, 12 04/13/2020, 25 04/20/2020, 25 LAST WEEK: 25 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: YTD:	Mar 2020

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NPD BookScan, week 15 of 2020 data through 4/11/2020; PW Issue of April 20, 2020