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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	-	1	Half Homemade, Fully Delicious: An in the Kitchen with David Cookbook from Qvc's Resident Foodie David Venable, Author Ballantine Books, $32.00 (288) 978-0-593-35796-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 11/08/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/08/2021 Average Rank 5.31 [details] Sales history for Half Homemade, Fully Delicious: An in the Kitchen with David Cookbook from Qvc's Resident Foodie date, rank 11/08/2021, 1 11/15/2021, 1 12/06/2021, 17 02/07/2022, 17 03/07/2022, 11 07/04/2022, 2 07/11/2022, 2 08/29/2022, 6 09/05/2022, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 58,079 YTD: 58,079	Oct 2021	58,079 58,079
2	1	2	The Pioneer Woman Cooks--Super Easy!: 120 Shortcut Recipes for Dinners, Desserts, and More Ree Drummond, Author William Morrow & Company, $29.99 (384) 978-0-06-296276-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/01/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/01/2021 Average Rank 9.06 [details] Sales history for The Pioneer Woman Cooks--Super Easy!: 120 Shortcut Recipes for Dinners, Desserts, and More date, rank 11/01/2021, 1 11/08/2021, 2 11/15/2021, 4 11/22/2021, 2 11/29/2021, 3 12/06/2021, 4 12/13/2021, 3 12/20/2021, 6 12/27/2021, 3 01/03/2022, 3 01/10/2022, 7 01/17/2022, 11 01/24/2022, 13 01/31/2022, 17 02/07/2022, 14 02/14/2022, 24 05/16/2022, 24 08/15/2022, 46 08/15/2022, 46 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 45,142 YTD: 132,232	Oct 2021	45,142 132,232
3	-	1	Fizban's Treasury of Dragons (Dungeon & Dragons Book) Wizards RPG Team, Author Wizards of the Coast, $49.95 (224) 978-0-7869-6729-2 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 11/08/2021 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/08/2021 Average Rank 11.67 [details] Sales history for Fizban's Treasury of Dragons (Dungeon & Dragons Book) date, rank 11/08/2021, 3 11/15/2021, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 36,164 YTD: 36,164	Oct 2021	36,164 36,164
4	-	1	Going There Katie Couric, Author Little Brown and Company, $30.00 (368) 978-0-316-53586-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 11/08/2021 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 11/08/2021 Average Rank 10.25 [details] Sales history for Going There date, rank 11/08/2021, 4 11/15/2021, 13 11/22/2021, 19 11/29/2021, 16 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 34,885 YTD: 34,885	Oct 2021	34,885 34,885
5	-	1	Renegades: Born in the USA Barack Obama, Author, Bruce Springsteen, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $50.00 (320) 978-0-593-23631-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/08/2021 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 11/08/2021 Average Rank 17.70 [details] Sales history for Renegades: Born in the USA date, rank 11/08/2021, 5 11/15/2021, 16 11/22/2021, 18 11/29/2021, 19 12/06/2021, 21 12/13/2021, 22 12/20/2021, 19 12/27/2021, 17 01/03/2022, 14 08/08/2022, 26 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 24,320 YTD: 24,320	Oct 2021	24,320 24,320
6	-	1	Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: The Story of Schitt's Creek Daniel Levy, Author, Eugene Levy, Author Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, $40.00 (368) 978-0-7624-9950-2 Last rank 30 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/08/2021 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 11/08/2021 Average Rank 14.00 [details] Sales history for Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: The Story of Schitt's Creek date, rank 11/08/2021, 6 11/15/2021, 9 11/22/2021, 22 01/10/2022, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 23,230 YTD: 23,230	Oct 2021	23,230 23,230
7	-	1	Cravings: All Together: Recipes to Love Chrissy Teigen, Author, Adeena Sussman, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $29.99 (256) 978-0-593-13542-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/08/2021 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 11/08/2021 Average Rank 5.50 [details] Sales history for Cravings: All Together: Recipes to Love date, rank 11/08/2021, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 20,710 YTD: 20,710	Oct 2021	20,710 20,710
8	8	2	Not All Diamonds and Rosé: The Inside Story of the Real Housewives from the People Who Lived It Dave Quinn, Author Andy Cohen Books, $28.99 (352) 978-1-250-76578-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 11/01/2021 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 11/01/2021 Average Rank 8.00 [details] Sales history for Not All Diamonds and Rosé: The Inside Story of the Real Housewives from the People Who Lived It date, rank 11/01/2021, 8 11/08/2021, 8 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 18,951 YTD: 31,840	Oct 2021	18,951 31,840
9	3	4	The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music Dave Grohl, Author Dey Street Books, $29.99 (304) 978-0-06-307609-9 Last rank 36 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/18/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/18/2021 Average Rank 11.46 [details] Sales history for The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music date, rank 10/18/2021, 1 10/25/2021, 1 11/01/2021, 3 11/08/2021, 9 11/15/2021, 7 11/22/2021, 5 11/29/2021, 7 12/06/2021, 7 12/13/2021, 5 12/20/2021, 11 12/27/2021, 5 01/03/2022, 4 01/10/2022, 10 01/17/2022, 13 01/24/2022, 21 01/31/2022, 22 02/07/2022, 25 02/14/2022, 23 03/07/2022, 25 03/14/2022, 24 04/11/2022, 12 04/18/2022, 23 06/27/2022, 23 08/08/2022, 29 08/15/2022, 29 09/19/2022, 19 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 17,689 YTD: 132,156	Oct 2021	17,689 132,156
10	-	1	Hip-Hop (and Other Things) Shea Serrano, Author, Arturo Torres, Illustrator Twelve, $27.00 (256) 978-1-5387-3022-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 16,219 YTD: 16,219	Oct 2021	16,219 16,219
11	-	1	Rise and Run: Recipes, Rituals and Runs to Fuel Your Day: A Cookbook Shalane Flanagan, Author, Elyse Kopecky, Author Rodale Books, $26.00 (288) 978-0-593-23244-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 11/08/2021 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 11/08/2021 Average Rank 10.00 [details] Sales history for Rise and Run: Recipes, Rituals and Runs to Fuel Your Day: A Cookbook date, rank 11/08/2021, 11 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 14,567 YTD: 14,567	Oct 2021	14,567 14,567
12	5	6	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: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 14,092 YTD: 329,701	Sep 2021	14,092 329,701
13	2	3	To Rescue the Republic: Ulysses S. Grant and the Grand Bargain of 1876 Bret Baier, Author Custom House, $28.99 (400) 978-0-06-303954-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/25/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/08/2021 Average Rank 12.29 [details] Sales history for To Rescue the Republic: Ulysses S. Grant and the Grand Bargain of 1876 date, rank 10/25/2021, 2 11/01/2021, 2 11/08/2021, 13 11/15/2021, 14 11/22/2021, 16 11/29/2021, 22 12/13/2021, 25 12/27/2021, 25 01/03/2022, 24 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 13,726 YTD: 66,337	Oct 2021	13,726 66,337
14	-	1	The Book of Mac: Remembering Mac Miller Donna-Claire Chesman, Author Permuted Press, $28.00 (288) 978-1-63758-068-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 13,273 YTD: 13,273	Oct 2021	13,273 13,273
15	13	4	Jesus Listens: Daily Devotional Prayers of Peace, Joy, and Hope Sarah Young, Author Thomas Nelson, $19.99 (400) 978-1-4002-1558-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/18/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/08/2021 Average Rank 12.46 [details] Sales history for Jesus Listens: Daily Devotional Prayers of Peace, Joy, and Hope date, rank 10/18/2021, 8 10/25/2021, 19 11/01/2021, 13 11/08/2021, 15 11/15/2021, 6 11/22/2021, 7 11/29/2021, 11 12/06/2021, 11 12/13/2021, 10 12/20/2021, 7 12/27/2021, 7 01/03/2022, 7 01/10/2022, 8 01/17/2022, 5 01/24/2022, 10 01/31/2022, 12 02/07/2022, 11 02/14/2022, 16 02/21/2022, 17 02/28/2022, 15 03/07/2022, 12 03/14/2022, 19 03/21/2022, 20 03/28/2022, 21 04/04/2022, 16 04/11/2022, 24 04/25/2022, 17 05/02/2022, 22 05/16/2022, 20 05/30/2022, 25 06/06/2022, 25 07/11/2022, 23 07/18/2022, 15 07/25/2022, 22 08/01/2022, 23 08/08/2022, 11 08/15/2022, 14 08/22/2022, 16 08/29/2022, 16 09/05/2022, 17 09/12/2022, 21 09/19/2022, 22 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 12,581 YTD: 51,355	Oct 2021	12,581 51,355
16	10	3	The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood & Family Ron Howard, Author William Morrow & Company, $28.99 (320) 978-0-06-306524-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 10/25/2021 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/25/2021 Average Rank 12.00 [details] Sales history for The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood & Family date, rank 10/25/2021, 3 11/01/2021, 10 11/08/2021, 16 11/15/2021, 22 11/22/2021, 25 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 12,259 YTD: 46,456	Oct 2021	12,259 46,456
17	12	7	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: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Sep 2021 UNITS SOLD: 12,120 YTD: 68,321	Sep 2021	12,120 68,321
18	-	1	Cooking at Home: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying about Recipes (and Love My Microwave): A Cookbook David Chang, Author, Priya Krishna, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $35.00 (400) 978-1-5247-5924-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 11,115 YTD: 11,115	Oct 2021	11,115 11,115
19	9	16	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: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: Jul 2021 UNITS SOLD: 10,819 YTD: 915,134	Jul 2021	10,819 915,134
20	-	1	Elevating the Human Experience: Three Paths to Love and Worth at Work Amelia Dunlop, Author Wiley, $30.00 (240) 978-1-119-79134-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 10,746 YTD: 10,746	Oct 2021	10,746 10,746
21	4	3	Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could Adam Schiff, Author Random House, $30.00 (480) 978-0-593-23152-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/25/2021 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/08/2021 Average Rank 8.50 [details] Sales history for Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could date, rank 10/25/2021, 6 11/01/2021, 4 11/08/2021, 21 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 10,558 YTD: 43,120	Oct 2021	10,558 43,120
22	16	4	Taste: My Life Through Food Stanley Tucci, Author Gallery Books, $28.00 (304) 978-1-9821-6801-8 Last rank 35 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 10/18/2021 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/08/2021 Average Rank 14.95 [details] Sales history for Taste: My Life Through Food date, rank 10/18/2021, 4 10/25/2021, 10 11/01/2021, 16 11/08/2021, 22 11/15/2021, 21 11/22/2021, 17 11/29/2021, 17 12/06/2021, 13 12/13/2021, 19 12/20/2021, 16 12/27/2021, 14 01/03/2022, 16 01/10/2022, 23 01/17/2022, 24 01/24/2022, 24 02/14/2022, 25 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 10,065 YTD: 58,190	Oct 2021	10,065 58,190
23	-	1	Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America John McWhorter, Author Portfolio, $28.00 (224) 978-0-593-42306-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 9,705 YTD: 9,705	Oct 2021	9,705 9,705
24	7	3	E.R. Nurses: True Stories from America's Greatest Unsung Heroes James Patterson, Author, Matthew Eversmann, Author, Chris Mooney, With Little Brown and Company, $29.00 (304) 978-0-7595-5426-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/25/2021 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 12/13/2021 Average Rank 11.43 [details] Sales history for E.R. Nurses: True Stories from America's Greatest Unsung Heroes date, rank 10/25/2021, 8 11/01/2021, 7 11/08/2021, 24 11/15/2021, 17 11/22/2021, 13 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 8,975 YTD: 38,265	Oct 2021	8,975 38,265
25	23	2	The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times Jane Goodall, Author, Doug Abrams, Author Celadon Books, $28.00 (320) 978-1-250-78409-4 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 23 Initial Date 11/01/2021 Highest Rank 23 Highest Rank Date 11/01/2021 Average Rank 24.00 [details] Sales history for The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times date, rank 11/01/2021, 23 11/08/2021, 25 LAST WEEK: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 7,897 YTD: 15,539	Oct 2021	7,897 15,539

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NPD BookScan, week 44 of 2021 data through 10/30/2021; PW Issue of November 08, 2021