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1	-	1	His Truth Is Marching on: John Lewis and the Power of Hope Jon Meacham, Author, John Lewis, Afterword by Random House, $30.00 (384) 978-1-9848-5502-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 09/07/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/07/2020 Average Rank 6.83 [details] Sales history for His Truth Is Marching on: John Lewis and the Power of Hope date, rank 09/07/2020, 1 09/14/2020, 8 09/21/2020, 17 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 38,378 YTD: 38,378	Aug 2020	38,378 38,378
2	1	4	Live Free or Die: America (and the World) on the Brink Sean Hannity, Author Threshold Editions, $30.00 (352) 978-1-9821-4997-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 08/17/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/17/2020 Average Rank 6.42 [details] Sales history for Live Free or Die: America (and the World) on the Brink date, rank 08/17/2020, 1 08/24/2020, 1 08/31/2020, 1 09/07/2020, 2 09/14/2020, 4 09/21/2020, 5 09/28/2020, 11 10/05/2020, 6 10/12/2020, 17 11/16/2020, 41 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 37,468 YTD: 386,478	Aug 2020	37,468 386,478
3	3	4	Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Isabel Wilkerson, Author Random House, $32.00 (464) 978-0-593-23025-1 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 08/17/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/17/2020 Average Rank 9.65 [details] Sales history for Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents date, rank 08/17/2020, 3 08/24/2020, 4 08/31/2020, 3 09/07/2020, 3 09/14/2020, 3 09/21/2020, 9 09/28/2020, 8 10/05/2020, 8 10/12/2020, 8 10/19/2020, 11 10/26/2020, 4 11/02/2020, 7 11/09/2020, 6 11/16/2020, 6 11/23/2020, 7 11/30/2020, 10 12/02/2020, 14 12/07/2020, 14 12/14/2020, 10 12/21/2020, 7 12/28/2020, 8 01/04/2021, 7 01/11/2021, 5 01/18/2021, 7 01/25/2021, 5 02/01/2021, 4 02/08/2021, 6 02/15/2021, 7 02/22/2021, 8 03/01/2021, 9 03/08/2021, 10 03/15/2021, 12 03/22/2021, 10 03/29/2021, 13 04/05/2021, 11 04/12/2021, 13 04/19/2021, 22 04/26/2021, 17 05/03/2021, 15 05/10/2021, 16 05/24/2021, 20 05/31/2021, 23 06/07/2021, 17 06/14/2021, 14 06/21/2021, 16 06/28/2021, 14 07/05/2021, 6 07/12/2021, 10 07/19/2021, 13 07/26/2021, 12 08/02/2021, 9 08/09/2021, 14 08/16/2021, 14 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 27,118 YTD: 187,788	Aug 2020	27,118 187,788
4	2	25	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: 25 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: 25,460 YTD: 687,244	Mar 2020	25,460 687,244
5	4	7	Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man Mary L Trump, Author Simon & Schuster, $28.00 (240) 978-1-9821-4146-2 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 07/27/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/27/2020 Average Rank 6.46 [details] Sales history for Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man date, rank 07/27/2020, 1 08/03/2020, 1 08/10/2020, 1 08/17/2020, 2 08/24/2020, 2 08/31/2020, 4 09/07/2020, 5 09/14/2020, 6 09/21/2020, 11 09/28/2020, 17 10/05/2020, 20 11/16/2020, 25 11/23/2020, 22 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 24,109 YTD: 1,101,175	Jul 2020	24,109 1,101,175
6	-	1	Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth Brian Stelter, Author Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28.00 (368) 978-1-9821-4244-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 09/07/2020 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 09/07/2020 Average Rank 10.17 [details] Sales history for Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth date, rank 09/07/2020, 6 09/14/2020, 15 09/21/2020, 12 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 20,947 YTD: 20,947	Aug 2020	20,947 20,947
7	-	1	Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity--And Why This Harms Everybody Helen Pluckrose, Author, James Lindsay, Author Pitchstone Publishing, $27.95 (352) 978-1-63431-202-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 12,366 YTD: 12,366	Aug 2020	12,366 12,366
8	7	13	Blitz: Trump Will Smash the Left and Win David Horowitz, Author Humanix Books, $27.99 (272) 978-1-63006-138-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 06/22/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/07/2020 Average Rank 11.30 [details] Sales history for Blitz: Trump Will Smash the Left and Win date, rank 06/22/2020, 15 06/29/2020, 9 07/06/2020, 8 07/13/2020, 17 07/20/2020, 8 07/27/2020, 10 08/03/2020, 9 08/10/2020, 10 08/17/2020, 18 08/24/2020, 11 08/31/2020, 7 09/07/2020, 8 09/14/2020, 16 09/21/2020, 13 09/28/2020, 21 10/05/2020, 23 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 9,594 YTD: 103,625	Jun 2020	9,594 103,625
9	11	21	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: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 21 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 7,683 YTD: 613,528	Apr 2020	7,683 613,528
10	10	6	The Answer Is . . .: Reflections on My Life Alex Trebek, Author Simon & Schuster, $25.00 (272) 978-1-9821-5799-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 08/03/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/03/2020 Average Rank 12.30 [details] Sales history for The Answer Is . . .: Reflections on My Life date, rank 08/03/2020, 3 08/10/2020, 6 08/17/2020, 11 08/24/2020, 9 08/31/2020, 10 09/07/2020, 10 09/14/2020, 23 11/23/2020, 13 11/30/2020, 11 12/02/2020, 20 12/07/2020, 20 12/14/2020, 21 12/21/2020, 18 12/28/2020, 18 01/04/2021, 17 01/11/2021, 14 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 7,376 YTD: 88,338	Jul 2020	7,376 88,338
11	5	2	Live in Love: Growing Together Through Life's Changes Lauren Akins, Author, Mark Dagostino, Author Ballantine Books, $28.00 (240) 978-0-593-12904-3 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 08/31/2020 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 08/31/2020 Average Rank 10.40 [details] Sales history for Live in Love: Growing Together Through Life's Changes date, rank 08/31/2020, 5 09/07/2020, 11 09/14/2020, 21 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 6,844 YTD: 31,630	Aug 2020	6,844 31,630
12	23	2	The Ideal Planner Emma Chamberlain, Author Gallery Books, $29.99 (240) 978-1-9821-4191-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 23 Initial Date 08/31/2020 Highest Rank 12 Highest Rank Date 09/07/2020 Average Rank 17.25 [details] Sales history for The Ideal Planner date, rank 08/31/2020, 23 09/07/2020, 12 09/14/2020, 19 09/21/2020, 15 LAST WEEK: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 6,522 YTD: 11,069	Aug 2020	6,522 11,069
13	-	1	Vesper Flights Grove Press, $27.00 (272p) 978-0-8021-2881-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,761 YTD: 5,761	Aug 2020	5,761 5,761
14	19	31	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: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 31 PUB DATE: Jan 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,681 YTD: 203,849	Jan 2020	5,681 203,849
15	6	2	Lose Weight Like Crazy Even If You Have a Crazy Life!: Life Lessons and a Breakthrough 30-Day Nutrition and Fitness Solution! Autumn Calabrese, Author Galvanized Media, $28.00 (304) 978-1-940358-51-2 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 08/31/2020 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 08/31/2020 Average Rank 10.50 [details] Sales history for Lose Weight Like Crazy Even If You Have a Crazy Life!: Life Lessons and a Breakthrough 30-Day Nutrition and Fitness Solution! date, rank 08/31/2020, 6 09/07/2020, 15 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,560 YTD: 23,937	Aug 2020	5,560 23,937
16	20	13	Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art James Nestor, Author Riverhead Books, $28.00 (304) 978-0-7352-1361-6 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 06/08/2020 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 06/15/2020 Average Rank 17.62 [details] Sales history for Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art date, rank 06/08/2020, 12 06/15/2020, 9 07/06/2020, 13 07/13/2020, 12 07/20/2020, 23 07/27/2020, 13 08/03/2020, 12 08/10/2020, 14 08/17/2020, 23 08/24/2020, 21 08/31/2020, 20 09/07/2020, 16 09/14/2020, 20 09/21/2020, 22 11/16/2020, 31 01/11/2021, 18 01/18/2021, 15 01/25/2021, 15 02/01/2021, 15 02/08/2021, 21 02/15/2021, 21 02/22/2021, 18 03/01/2021, 20 03/08/2021, 19 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,868 YTD: 71,884	May 2020	4,868 71,884
17	-	1	The Well Plated Cookbook: Fast, Healthy Recipes You'll Want to Eat Erin Clarke, Author Avery Publishing Group, $30.00 (320) 978-0-525-54116-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,637 YTD: 4,637	Aug 2020	4,637 4,637
18	21	27	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: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 27 PUB DATE: Feb 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,484 YTD: 398,085	Feb 2020	4,484 398,085
19	-	1	Godmothers: Why You Need One. How to Be One. Lisa Bevere, Author Fleming H. Revell Company, $23.99 (272) 978-0-8007-3685-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,411 YTD: 4,411	Aug 2020	4,411 4,411
20	34	3	Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History Kurt Andersen, Author Random House, $28.00 (304) 978-1-9848-0134-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 08/24/2020 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 08/24/2020 Average Rank 15.67 [details] Sales history for Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History date, rank 08/24/2020, 10 09/07/2020, 20 01/25/2021, 17 LAST WEEK: 34 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,196 YTD: 15,723	Aug 2020	4,196 15,723
21	22	5	Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life Bill Perkins, Author Houghton Mifflin, $27.00 (256) 978-0-358-09976-5 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 08/10/2020 Highest Rank 16 Highest Rank Date 08/10/2020 Average Rank 20.60 [details] Sales history for Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life date, rank 08/10/2020, 16 08/17/2020, 24 08/24/2020, 20 08/31/2020, 22 09/07/2020, 21 LAST WEEK: 22 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,037 YTD: 24,044	Jul 2020	4,037 24,044
22	-	1	2030: How Today's Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything Mauro F Guillen, Author St. Martin's Press, $28.99 (288) 978-1-250-26817-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,870 YTD: 3,870	Aug 2020	3,870 3,870
23	12	3	Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family Omid Scobie, Author, Carolyn Durand, Author Dey Street Books, $27.99 (368) 978-0-06-304610-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 08/24/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/24/2020 Average Rank 9.20 [details] Sales history for Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family date, rank 08/24/2020, 3 08/31/2020, 12 09/07/2020, 23 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,830 YTD: 49,923	Aug 2020	3,830 49,923
24	33	13	Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor Layla Saad, Author, Robin Diangelo, Foreword by Sourcebooks, $25.99 (256) 978-1-7282-0980-7 Last rank 33 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 02/10/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 07/20/2020 Average Rank 11.36 [details] Sales history for Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor date, rank 02/10/2020, 6 06/08/2020, 19 06/15/2020, 16 06/29/2020, 8 07/06/2020, 9 07/13/2020, 7 07/20/2020, 3 07/27/2020, 8 08/03/2020, 17 09/07/2020, 24 LAST WEEK: 33 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Jan 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,635 YTD: 112,213	Jan 2020	3,635 112,213
25	14	2	The End of Alzheimer's Program: The First Protocol to Enhance Cognition and Reverse Decline at Any Age Dale Bredesen, Author, David Perlmutter, Foreword by Avery Publishing Group, $28.00 (352) 978-0-525-53849-3 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 08/31/2020 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 08/31/2020 Average Rank 19.50 [details] Sales history for The End of Alzheimer's Program: The First Protocol to Enhance Cognition and Reverse Decline at Any Age date, rank 08/31/2020, 14 09/07/2020, 25 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,585 YTD: 10,466	Aug 2020	3,585 10,466

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