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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	-	1	Peril Bob Woodward, Author, Robert Costa, Author Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (512) 978-1-9821-8291-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/04/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/04/2021 Average Rank 7.12 [details] Sales history for Peril date, rank 10/04/2021, 1 10/11/2021, 1 10/18/2021, 2 10/25/2021, 4 11/01/2021, 5 11/08/2021, 12 11/15/2021, 19 11/22/2021, 20 01/17/2022, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 192,048 YTD: 192,048	Sep 2021	192,048 192,048
2	-	1	Vanderbilt: the Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty Anderson Cooper, Author, Katherine Howe, Author Harper, $28.99 (384) 978-0-06-296461-8 Last rank 45 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/04/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/04/2021 Average Rank 8.80 [details] Sales history for Vanderbilt: the Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty date, rank 10/04/2021, 2 10/11/2021, 3 10/18/2021, 9 10/25/2021, 16 11/01/2021, 18 01/10/2022, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 44,459 YTD: 44,459	Sep 2021	44,459 44,459
3	2	11	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: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 25,853 YTD: 840,557	Jul 2021	25,853 840,557
4	-	1	Crazy Faith: It's Only Crazy Until It Happens Michael Todd, Author Waterbrook Press, $26.00 (224) 978-0-593-23919-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 10/04/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/18/2021 Average Rank 9.55 [details] Sales history for Crazy Faith: It's Only Crazy Until It Happens date, rank 10/04/2021, 4 10/11/2021, 9 10/18/2021, 18 01/10/2022, 21 01/17/2022, 22 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 20,442 YTD: 20,442	Sep 2021	20,442 20,442
5	-	1	Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark Cassandra Peterson, Author Hachette Books, $29.00 (304) 978-0-306-87435-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/04/2021 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/18/2021 Average Rank 4.00 [details] Sales history for Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark date, rank 10/04/2021, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 16,741 YTD: 16,741	Sep 2021	16,741 16,741
6	-	1	The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure (Dungeons & Dragons Book) Wizards RPG Team, Author Wizards of the Coast, $49.95 978-0-7869-6727-8 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/04/2021 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 10/04/2021 Average Rank 12.50 [details] Sales history for The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure (Dungeons & Dragons Book) date, rank 10/04/2021, 6 10/11/2021, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 16,484 YTD: 16,484	Sep 2021	16,484 16,484
7	-	1	Women, Food, and Hormones: A 4-Week Plan to Achieve Hormonal Balance, Lose Weight, and Feel Like Yourself Again Sara Gottfried, Author Houghton Mifflin, $28.00 (336) 978-0-358-34541-1 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 10/04/2021 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 10/04/2021 Average Rank 11.00 [details] Sales history for Women, Food, and Hormones: A 4-Week Plan to Achieve Hormonal Balance, Lose Weight, and Feel Like Yourself Again date, rank 10/04/2021, 7 10/11/2021, 15 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 11,505 YTD: 11,505	Sep 2021	11,505 11,505
8	-	1	Uncontrolled Spread: Why Covid-19 Crushed Us and How We Can Defeat the Next Pandemic Scott Gottlieb, Author Harper, $28.99 (512) 978-0-06-308001-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/04/2021 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 10/04/2021 Average Rank 11.33 [details] Sales history for Uncontrolled Spread: Why Covid-19 Crushed Us and How We Can Defeat the Next Pandemic date, rank 10/04/2021, 8 10/11/2021, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 10,910 YTD: 10,910	Sep 2021	10,910 10,910
9	11	2	Guinness World Records 2022 Guinness World Records Limited, Not Available Guinness World Records, $28.95 (256) 978-1-913484-10-1 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 09/27/2021 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 11/22/2021 Average Rank 10.60 [details] Sales history for Guinness World Records 2022 date, rank 09/27/2021, 11 10/04/2021, 9 10/11/2021, 12 10/18/2021, 14 10/25/2021, 20 11/01/2021, 12 11/08/2021, 17 11/15/2021, 12 11/22/2021, 6 11/29/2021, 9 12/06/2021, 6 12/13/2021, 6 12/20/2021, 9 12/27/2021, 8 01/03/2022, 8 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 8,787 YTD: 16,872	Sep 2021	8,787 16,872
10	4	2	Take Back Your Time: The Guilt-Free Guide to Life Balance Christy Wright, Author, Dave Ramsey, Foreword by Ramsey Press, $19.99 978-1-942121-56-5 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/27/2021 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 09/27/2021 Average Rank 7.00 [details] Sales history for Take Back Your Time: The Guilt-Free Guide to Life Balance date, rank 09/27/2021, 4 10/04/2021, 10 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 8,319 YTD: 24,338	Sep 2021	8,319 24,338
11	10	2	You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories Gabrielle Union, Author Dey Street Books, $27.99 (256) 978-0-06-297993-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 09/27/2021 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 10/18/2021 Average Rank 8.33 [details] Sales history for You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories date, rank 09/27/2021, 10 10/04/2021, 11 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 8,046 YTD: 16,464	Sep 2021	8,046 16,464
12	19	9	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: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Apr 2021 UNITS SOLD: 7,806 YTD: 109,465	Apr 2021	7,806 109,465
13	-	1	The Long Game: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World Dorie Clark, Author Harvard Business Review Press, $28.00 (256) 978-1-64782-057-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 7,166 YTD: 7,166	Sep 2021	7,166 7,166
14	-	1	How to Save a Life: The Inside Story of Grey's Anatomy Lynette Rice, Author St. Martin's Press, $29.99 (320) 978-1-250-27200-3 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 10/04/2021 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 10/04/2021 Average Rank 18.50 [details] Sales history for How to Save a Life: The Inside Story of Grey's Anatomy date, rank 10/04/2021, 14 10/11/2021, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 6,903 YTD: 6,903	Sep 2021	6,903 6,903
15	1	2	Joshua Weissman: An Unapologetic Cookbook Joshua Weissman, Author Alpha Books, $30.00 (272) 978-1-61564-998-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/27/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/27/2021 Average Rank 17.00 [details] Sales history for Joshua Weissman: An Unapologetic Cookbook date, rank 09/27/2021, 1 10/04/2021, 15 10/11/2021, 20 10/18/2021, 23 12/13/2021, 23 12/20/2021, 24 12/27/2021, 19 01/03/2022, 22 08/08/2022, 37 08/15/2022, 40 08/15/2022, 40 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 6,847 YTD: 65,235	Sep 2021	6,847 65,235
16	5	3	Countdown bin Laden: The Untold Story of the 247-Day Hunt to Bring the MasterMind of 9/11 to Justice Chris Wallace, Author, Mitch Weiss, With Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (368) 978-1-9821-7652-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/20/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/18/2021 Average Rank 6.75 [details] Sales history for Countdown bin Laden: The Untold Story of the 247-Day Hunt to Bring the MasterMind of 9/11 to Justice date, rank 09/20/2021, 4 09/27/2021, 5 10/04/2021, 16 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 6,566 YTD: 36,420	Sep 2021	6,566 36,420
17	-	6	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: - WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Aug 2021 UNITS SOLD: 6,306 YTD: 122,290	Aug 2021	6,306 122,290
18	-	1	My Reading Life: A Book Journal Anne Bogel, Author Ten Peaks Press, $19.99 (192) 978-0-7369-8302-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 6,018 YTD: 6,018	Sep 2021	6,018 6,018
19	25	49	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: 25 WEEKS ON LIST: 49 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,975 YTD: 384,524	Oct 2020	5,975 384,524
20	9	2	Provoke: How Leaders Shape the Future by Overcoming Fatal Human Flaws Geoff Tuff, Author, Steven Goldbach, Author Wiley, $29.00 (272) 978-1-119-76447-2 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 09/27/2021 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 09/27/2021 Average Rank 14.50 [details] Sales history for Provoke: How Leaders Shape the Future by Overcoming Fatal Human Flaws date, rank 09/27/2021, 9 10/04/2021, 20 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 5,845 YTD: 14,408	Sep 2021	5,845 14,408
21	-	1	Foodheim: A Culinary Adventure [A Cookbook] Eric Wareheim, Author, Emily Timberlake, Author Ten Speed Press, $35.00 (304) 978-1-9848-5852-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 5,782 YTD: 5,782	Sep 2021	5,782 5,782
22	36	25	The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country Amanda Gorman, Author, Oprah Winfrey, Foreword by Viking Books, $15.99 (32) 978-0-593-46527-1 Last rank 36 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/12/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/12/2021 Average Rank 8.67 [details] Sales history for The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country date, rank 04/12/2021, 1 04/19/2021, 1 04/26/2021, 1 05/03/2021, 2 05/10/2021, 2 05/17/2021, 5 05/24/2021, 5 05/31/2021, 9 06/07/2021, 5 06/14/2021, 8 06/21/2021, 9 06/28/2021, 9 07/05/2021, 12 07/12/2021, 18 07/19/2021, 23 07/26/2021, 23 08/02/2021, 19 08/09/2021, 19 10/04/2021, 22 LAST WEEK: 36 WEEKS ON LIST: 25 PUB DATE: Mar 2021 UNITS SOLD: 4,818 YTD: 489,279	Mar 2021	4,818 489,279
23	12	2	Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law Mary Roach, Author W. W. Norton & Company, $26.95 (320) 978-1-324-00193-5 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 09/27/2021 Highest Rank 12 Highest Rank Date 09/27/2021 Average Rank 17.50 [details] Sales history for Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law date, rank 09/27/2021, 12 10/04/2021, 23 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 4,342 YTD: 12,264	Sep 2021	4,342 12,264
24	27	44	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: 27 WEEKS ON LIST: 44 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,144 YTD: 192,660	Nov 2020	4,144 192,660
25	16	22	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: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 22 PUB DATE: Apr 2021 UNITS SOLD: 4,059 YTD: 238,697	Apr 2021	4,059 238,697

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NPD BookScan, week 39 of 2021 data through 9/25/2021; PW Issue of October 4, 2021