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1	1	7	American Marxism Mark R. Levin, Author Threshold Editions, $28.00 (304) 978-1-5011-3597-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 07/26/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/26/2021 Average Rank 6.21 [details] Sales history for American Marxism date, rank 07/26/2021, 1 08/02/2021, 1 08/09/2021, 1 08/16/2021, 1 08/23/2021, 1 08/30/2021, 1 09/06/2021, 1 09/13/2021, 1 09/20/2021, 1 09/27/2021, 2 10/04/2021, 3 10/11/2021, 5 10/18/2021, 7 10/25/2021, 7 11/01/2021, 9 11/08/2021, 19 11/15/2021, 20 11/22/2021, 15 11/29/2021, 20 12/06/2021, 22 12/13/2021, 15 12/20/2021, 15 12/27/2021, 16 01/03/2022, 15 01/17/2022, 8 01/24/2022, 6 02/07/2022, 19 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 29,057 YTD: 736,333	Jul 2021	29,057 736,333
2	2	3	The Long Slide: Thirty Years in American Journalism Tucker Carlson, Author Threshold Editions, $28.00 (288) 978-1-5011-8369-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 08/23/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/23/2021 Average Rank 5.85 [details] Sales history for The Long Slide: Thirty Years in American Journalism date, rank 08/23/2021, 2 08/30/2021, 2 09/06/2021, 2 09/13/2021, 4 09/20/2021, 5 10/04/2021, 17 10/11/2021, 17 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 2021 UNITS SOLD: 22,471 YTD: 83,498	Aug 2021	22,471 83,498
3	-	1	Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution Mike Duncan, Author PublicAffairs, $30.00 (512) 978-1-5417-3033-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/06/2021 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/06/2021 Average Rank 5.50 [details] Sales history for Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution date, rank 09/06/2021, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2021 UNITS SOLD: 14,299 YTD: 14,299	Aug 2021	14,299 14,299
4	-	1	The Science and Technology of Growing Young: An Insider's Guide to the Breakthroughs That Will Dramatically Extend Our Lifespan . . . and What You Can Do Sergey Young, Author Benbella Books, $27.95 978-1-950665-87-7 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/06/2021 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 09/06/2021 Average Rank 13.50 [details] Sales history for The Science and Technology of Growing Young: An Insider's Guide to the Breakthroughs That Will Dramatically Extend Our Lifespan . . . and What You Can Do date, rank 09/06/2021, 4 09/13/2021, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2021 UNITS SOLD: 11,914 YTD: 11,914	Aug 2021	11,914 11,914
5	3	2	Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam Vivek Ramaswamy, Author Center Street, $28.00 (320) 978-1-5460-9078-6 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 08/30/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/06/2021 Average Rank 5.60 [details] Sales history for Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam date, rank 08/30/2021, 3 09/06/2021, 5 09/13/2021, 13 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2021 UNITS SOLD: 8,438 YTD: 29,715	Aug 2021	8,438 29,715
6	4	2	The Reckoning: Our Nation's Trauma and Finding a Way to Heal Mary L Trump, Author St. Martin's Press, $28.99 (240) 978-1-250-27845-6 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 08/30/2021 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 08/30/2021 Average Rank 9.83 [details] Sales history for The Reckoning: Our Nation's Trauma and Finding a Way to Heal date, rank 08/30/2021, 4 09/06/2021, 6 09/13/2021, 11 09/20/2021, 25 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2021 UNITS SOLD: 5,942 YTD: 22,653	Aug 2021	5,942 22,653
7	6	18	What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing Oprah Winfrey, Author, Bruce D Perry, Author Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book, $28.99 (304) 978-1-250-22318-0 Last rank 35 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/10/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/10/2021 Average Rank 9.62 [details] Sales history for What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing date, rank 05/10/2021, 1 05/17/2021, 2 05/24/2021, 4 05/31/2021, 7 06/07/2021, 4 06/14/2021, 3 06/21/2021, 4 06/28/2021, 5 07/05/2021, 7 07/12/2021, 8 07/19/2021, 12 07/26/2021, 7 08/02/2021, 7 08/09/2021, 8 08/16/2021, 12 08/23/2021, 11 08/30/2021, 6 09/06/2021, 7 09/13/2021, 9 09/20/2021, 10 09/27/2021, 16 10/04/2021, 25 10/11/2021, 16 01/17/2022, 25 01/24/2022, 23 03/07/2022, 23 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: Apr 2021 UNITS SOLD: 5,508 YTD: 220,096	Apr 2021	5,508 220,096
8	-	1	The Master: The Brilliant Career of Roger Federer Christopher Clarey, Author Twelve, $30.00 (432) 978-1-5387-1926-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2021 UNITS SOLD: 5,076 YTD: 5,076	Aug 2021	5,076 5,076
9	-	1	Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence Anna Dr Lembke, Author Dutton Books, $28.00 (304) 978-1-5247-4672-8 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 09/06/2021 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 09/06/2021 Average Rank 15.50 [details] Sales history for Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence date, rank 09/06/2021, 9 09/13/2021, 22 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2021 UNITS SOLD: 5,007 YTD: 5,007	Aug 2021	5,007 5,007
10	8	45	Greenlights Matthew McConaughey, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $30.00 (304) 978-0-593-13913-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/02/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/02/2020 Average Rank 6.50 [details] Sales history for Greenlights date, rank 11/02/2020, 1 11/09/2020, 1 11/16/2020, 4 11/23/2020, 2 11/30/2020, 4 12/02/2020, 2 12/07/2020, 2 12/14/2020, 2 12/21/2020, 2 12/28/2020, 2 01/04/2021, 2 01/11/2021, 2 01/18/2021, 4 01/25/2021, 3 02/01/2021, 3 02/08/2021, 4 02/15/2021, 6 02/22/2021, 5 03/01/2021, 10 03/08/2021, 6 03/15/2021, 8 03/22/2021, 8 03/29/2021, 8 04/05/2021, 5 04/12/2021, 11 04/19/2021, 14 04/26/2021, 13 05/03/2021, 10 05/10/2021, 12 05/17/2021, 11 05/24/2021, 9 05/31/2021, 12 06/07/2021, 6 06/14/2021, 5 06/21/2021, 10 06/28/2021, 3 07/05/2021, 4 07/12/2021, 5 07/19/2021, 6 07/26/2021, 9 08/02/2021, 8 08/09/2021, 10 08/16/2021, 11 08/23/2021, 13 08/30/2021, 8 09/06/2021, 10 09/13/2021, 8 09/20/2021, 17 09/27/2021, 23 10/04/2021, 19 10/11/2021, 25 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 45 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,753 YTD: 365,265	Oct 2020	4,753 365,265
11	19	6	Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know Adam Grant, Author Viking, $28.00 (320) 978-1-9848-7810-6 Last rank 29 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 02/22/2021 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 02/22/2021 Average Rank 14.92 [details] Sales history for Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know date, rank 02/22/2021, 3 03/01/2021, 14 03/08/2021, 4 03/15/2021, 7 03/22/2021, 15 03/29/2021, 20 04/05/2021, 12 04/12/2021, 15 04/19/2021, 23 04/26/2021, 16 05/10/2021, 15 05/24/2021, 16 06/14/2021, 17 06/21/2021, 20 07/19/2021, 22 07/26/2021, 16 08/09/2021, 13 08/23/2021, 16 08/30/2021, 19 09/06/2021, 11 09/13/2021, 10 09/20/2021, 21 12/27/2021, 20 01/17/2022, 20 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Feb 2021 UNITS SOLD: 4,716 YTD: 242,986	Feb 2021	4,716 242,986
12	7	5	The Truth about Covid-19: Exposing the Great Reset, Lockdowns, Vaccine Passports, and the New Normal Joseph Mercola, Author, Ronnie Cummins, Author, Robert F Kennedy, Foreword by Chelsea Green Publishing Company, $24.95 (224) 978-1-64502-088-2 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/10/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/16/2021 Average Rank 11.42 [details] Sales history for The Truth about Covid-19: Exposing the Great Reset, Lockdowns, Vaccine Passports, and the New Normal date, rank 05/10/2021, 8 05/17/2021, 7 05/24/2021, 22 08/16/2021, 2 08/23/2021, 3 08/30/2021, 7 09/06/2021, 12 09/13/2021, 15 09/20/2021, 24 09/27/2021, 19 10/04/2021, 12 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Apr 2021 UNITS SOLD: 4,295 YTD: 90,588	Apr 2021	4,295 90,588
13	13	19	Crying in H Mart: A Memoir Michelle Zauner, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $26.95 (256) 978-0-525-65774-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 05/03/2021 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 07/12/2021 Average Rank 13.74 [details] Sales history for Crying in H Mart: A Memoir date, rank 05/03/2021, 7 05/10/2021, 13 05/17/2021, 19 05/24/2021, 15 06/14/2021, 25 06/21/2021, 15 06/28/2021, 21 07/05/2021, 10 07/12/2021, 13 07/19/2021, 17 07/26/2021, 14 08/02/2021, 15 08/09/2021, 16 08/16/2021, 13 08/23/2021, 14 08/30/2021, 13 09/06/2021, 13 09/13/2021, 12 09/20/2021, 22 01/03/2022, 21 01/10/2022, 13 01/17/2022, 17 01/24/2022, 17 01/31/2022, 19 02/07/2022, 18 02/14/2022, 14 02/21/2022, 24 03/07/2022, 18 03/28/2022, 24 04/04/2022, 24 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 19 PUB DATE: Apr 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,996 YTD: 101,500	Apr 2021	3,996 101,500
14	14	8	How I Saved the World Jesse Watters, Author Broadside Books, $27.99 (320) 978-0-06-304908-6 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 07/19/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/19/2021 Average Rank 6.54 [details] Sales history for How I Saved the World date, rank 07/19/2021, 1 07/26/2021, 2 08/02/2021, 4 08/09/2021, 4 08/16/2021, 7 08/23/2021, 12 08/30/2021, 14 09/06/2021, 14 09/13/2021, 17 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,819 YTD: 109,161	Jul 2021	3,819 109,161
15	-	1	Made from Scratch: The Legendary Story of Texas Roadhouse Kent Taylor, Author Simon & Schuster, $27.00 (320) 978-1-9821-8570-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,719 YTD: 3,719	Aug 2021	3,719 3,719
16	10	17	Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America Bill O'Reilly, Author, Martin Dugard, Author St. Martin's Press, $30.00 (304) 978-1-250-27365-9 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/17/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/17/2021 Average Rank 4.75 [details] Sales history for Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America date, rank 05/17/2021, 1 05/24/2021, 1 05/31/2021, 3 06/07/2021, 1 06/14/2021, 1 06/21/2021, 1 06/28/2021, 1 07/05/2021, 2 07/12/2021, 1 07/19/2021, 5 07/26/2021, 6 08/02/2021, 6 08/09/2021, 9 08/16/2021, 10 08/23/2021, 10 08/30/2021, 10 09/06/2021, 16 09/13/2021, 16 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: May 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,508 YTD: 263,513	May 2021	3,508 263,513
17	9	5	The Authoritarian Moment: How the Left Weaponized America's Institutions Against Dissent Ben Shapiro, Author Broadside Books, $28.99 (288) 978-0-06-300182-4 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 08/09/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/09/2021 Average Rank 7.56 [details] Sales history for The Authoritarian Moment: How the Left Weaponized America's Institutions Against Dissent date, rank 08/09/2021, 2 08/16/2021, 5 08/23/2021, 5 08/30/2021, 9 09/06/2021, 17 09/13/2021, 20 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,384 YTD: 63,145	Jul 2021	3,384 63,145
18	-	1	All in: An Autobiography Billie Jean King, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $30.00 (496) 978-1-101-94733-3 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 09/06/2021 Highest Rank 18 Highest Rank Date 09/06/2021 Average Rank 18.00 [details] Sales history for All in: An Autobiography date, rank 09/06/2021, 18 09/13/2021, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,088 YTD: 13,735	Aug 2021	3,088 13,735
19	25	2	Sports Illustrated Kobe Bryant: A Tribute to a Basketball Legend The Editors of Sports Illustrated, Author Sports Illustrated Books, $30.00 (208) 978-1-62937-949-4 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 25 Initial Date 08/30/2021 Highest Rank 19 Highest Rank Date 09/06/2021 Average Rank 21.00 [details] Sales history for Sports Illustrated Kobe Bryant: A Tribute to a Basketball Legend date, rank 08/30/2021, 25 09/06/2021, 19 09/13/2021, 19 LAST WEEK: 25 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,082 YTD: 5,956	Aug 2021	3,082 5,956
20	23	40	Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That's Beautiful Again Lysa TerKeurst, Author Thomas Nelson, $26.99 (256) 978-0-7180-3987-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/30/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/14/2020 Average Rank 10.83 [details] Sales history for Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That's Beautiful Again date, rank 11/30/2020, 3 12/02/2020, 10 12/07/2020, 10 12/14/2020, 14 12/21/2020, 12 12/28/2020, 22 01/04/2021, 13 01/11/2021, 4 01/18/2021, 6 01/25/2021, 7 02/01/2021, 5 02/08/2021, 9 02/15/2021, 13 02/22/2021, 14 03/01/2021, 17 03/08/2021, 16 03/15/2021, 24 03/22/2021, 22 03/29/2021, 25 07/26/2021, 24 08/02/2021, 22 08/09/2021, 18 08/16/2021, 18 08/23/2021, 20 08/30/2021, 23 09/06/2021, 20 09/13/2021, 14 09/20/2021, 19 10/04/2021, 24 LAST WEEK: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 40 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,034 YTD: 176,811	Nov 2020	3,034 176,811
21	5	6	I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year Carol Leonnig, Author, Philip Rucker, Author Penguin Press, $30.00 (592) 978-0-593-29894-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 08/02/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/02/2021 Average Rank 5.30 [details] Sales history for I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year date, rank 08/02/2021, 2 08/09/2021, 3 08/16/2021, 4 08/23/2021, 8 08/30/2021, 5 09/06/2021, 21 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 2,964 YTD: 155,347	Jul 2021	2,964 155,347
22	37	10	Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day Jay Shetty, Author Simon & Schuster, $27.00 (352) 978-1-9821-3448-8 Last rank 37 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/21/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/21/2020 Average Rank 16.21 [details] Sales history for Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day date, rank 09/21/2020, 2 09/28/2020, 7 10/05/2020, 7 10/12/2020, 12 10/26/2020, 20 11/02/2020, 15 11/09/2020, 22 11/16/2020, 18 11/23/2020, 24 12/02/2020, 24 12/07/2020, 24 01/04/2021, 24 01/11/2021, 13 01/18/2021, 11 01/25/2021, 10 02/01/2021, 11 02/08/2021, 15 02/15/2021, 18 02/22/2021, 20 03/01/2021, 19 03/08/2021, 22 05/10/2021, 25 09/06/2021, 22 LAST WEEK: 37 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,923 YTD: 117,443	Sep 2020	2,923 117,443
23	21	25	How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self Nicole Lepera, Author Harper Wave, $27.99 (288) 978-0-06-301209-7 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/22/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/22/2021 Average Rank 16.82 [details] Sales history for How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self date, rank 03/22/2021, 1 03/29/2021, 10 04/05/2021, 2 04/12/2021, 7 04/19/2021, 17 04/26/2021, 18 05/03/2021, 20 05/10/2021, 22 05/24/2021, 25 06/21/2021, 23 07/05/2021, 24 07/12/2021, 21 07/19/2021, 24 07/26/2021, 17 08/02/2021, 18 08/09/2021, 15 08/16/2021, 19 08/23/2021, 21 08/30/2021, 21 09/06/2021, 23 09/13/2021, 21 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 25 PUB DATE: Mar 2021 UNITS SOLD: 2,920 YTD: 183,544	Mar 2021	2,920 183,544
24	17	2	Choose Possibility: Take Risks and Thrive (Even When You Fail) Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Author Houghton Mifflin, $28.00 (288) 978-0-358-52570-7 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 17 Initial Date 08/30/2021 Highest Rank 17 Highest Rank Date 08/30/2021 Average Rank 20.50 [details] Sales history for Choose Possibility: Take Risks and Thrive (Even When You Fail) date, rank 08/30/2021, 17 09/06/2021, 24 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2021 UNITS SOLD: 2,855 YTD: 6,303	Aug 2021	2,855 6,303
25	15	18	The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War Malcolm Gladwell, Author Little Brown and Company, $27.00 (256) 978-0-316-29661-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/10/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 07/12/2021 Average Rank 9.87 [details] Sales history for The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War date, rank 05/10/2021, 5 05/17/2021, 8 05/24/2021, 10 05/31/2021, 16 06/07/2021, 11 06/14/2021, 9 06/21/2021, 7 06/28/2021, 4 07/05/2021, 3 07/12/2021, 6 07/19/2021, 9 07/26/2021, 11 08/02/2021, 12 08/09/2021, 17 08/16/2021, 22 08/23/2021, 15 08/30/2021, 15 09/06/2021, 25 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: Apr 2021 UNITS SOLD: 2,781 YTD: 128,059	Apr 2021	2,781 128,059

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