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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	-	1	Breaking History: A White House Memoir Kushner, Jared, Author Broadside Books, $35.00 (592) 978-0-06-322148-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/05/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/05/2022 Average Rank 5.75 [details] Sales history for Breaking History: A White House Memoir date, rank 09/05/2022, 1 09/12/2022, 3 09/19/2022, 4 09/26/2022, 17 10/03/2022, 11 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 46,368 YTD: 46,368	Aug 2022	46,368 46,368
2	2	3	I'm Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy, Author Simon & Schuster, $27.99 (320) 978-1-9821-8582-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 08/22/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/22/2022 Average Rank 5.74 [details] Sales history for I'm Glad My Mom Died date, rank 08/22/2022, 1 08/29/2022, 2 09/05/2022, 2 09/12/2022, 1 09/19/2022, 1 09/26/2022, 1 10/03/2022, 1 10/10/2022, 2 10/17/2022, 3 10/24/2022, 2 10/31/2022, 2 11/07/2022, 2 11/14/2022, 7 11/21/2022, 6 11/28/2022, 8 12/05/2022, 5 12/12/2022, 6 12/19/2022, 5 12/26/2022, 5 01/02/2023, 4 01/09/2023, 2 01/16/2023, 2 01/23/2023, 5 01/30/2023, 6 02/06/2023, 6 02/13/2023, 6 02/20/2023, 13 02/27/2023, 8 03/06/2023, 9 03/13/2023, 7 03/20/2023, 6 03/27/2023, 7 04/03/2023, 8 04/10/2023, 10 04/17/2023, 7 04/24/2023, 5 05/01/2023, 10 05/08/2023, 15 05/15/2023, 17 05/22/2023, 11 05/29/2023, 10 06/05/2023, 7 06/12/2023, 6 06/19/2023, 9 06/26/2023, 9 07/03/2023, 7 07/10/2023, 6 07/17/2023, 8 07/24/2023, 10 07/31/2023, 12 08/07/2023, 8 08/14/2023, 6 08/21/2023, 7 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 22,762 YTD: 73,399	Aug 2022	22,762 73,399
3	-	1	We Never Die: Secrets of the Afterlife Matt Fraser, Author Gallery Books, $27.99 (240) 978-1-6680-0109-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/05/2022 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/05/2022 Average Rank 6.33 [details] Sales history for We Never Die: Secrets of the Afterlife date, rank 09/05/2022, 3 09/12/2022, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 18,811 YTD: 18,811	Aug 2022	18,811 18,811
4	-	1	Global Class: How the World's Fastest-Growing Companies Scale Globally by Focusing Locally Aaron McDaniel, Author, Klaus Wehage, Author Matt Holt, $28.00 978-1-63774-218-1 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/05/2022 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 09/05/2022 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for Global Class: How the World's Fastest-Growing Companies Scale Globally by Focusing Locally date, rank 09/05/2022, 4 09/12/2022, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 9,881 YTD: 9,881	Aug 2022	9,881 9,881
5	29	2	Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact Liz Wiseman, Author Harper Business, $29.99 (304) 978-0-06-306332-7 Last rank 29 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 11/01/2021 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 09/05/2022 Average Rank 13.50 [details] Sales history for Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact date, rank 11/01/2021, 22 09/05/2022, 5 LAST WEEK: 29 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 8,429 YTD: 24,790	Oct 2021	8,429 24,790
6	-	1	Encyclopaedia Eorzea the World of Final Fantasy XIV Volume II Square Enix, Author Square Enix Books, $49.99 (304) 978-1-64609-143-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 6,846 YTD: 6,846	Aug 2022	6,846 6,846
7	6	2	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: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 6,813 YTD: 59,191	Oct 2021	6,813 59,191
8	-	1	Encyclopaedia Eorzea the World of Final Fantasy XIV Volume I Square Enix, Author Square Enix Books, $49.99 (304) 978-1-64609-142-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 6,809 YTD: 6,809	Aug 2022	6,809 6,809
9	4	2	Diana, William & Harry James Patterson, Author, Chris Mooney, Author Little Brown and Company, $30.00 (400) 978-0-7595-5422-1 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 08/29/2022 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 08/29/2022 Average Rank 10.50 [details] Sales history for Diana, William & Harry date, rank 08/29/2022, 4 09/05/2022, 9 09/12/2022, 6 09/19/2022, 12 09/26/2022, 25 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 6,530 YTD: 14,335	Aug 2022	6,530 14,335
10	1	2	Vacuuming in the Nude: And Other Ways to Get Attention Peggy Rowe, Author, Mike Rowe, Foreword by Forefront Books, $26.00 (240) 978-1-63763-099-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 08/29/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/29/2022 Average Rank 8.00 [details] Sales history for Vacuuming in the Nude: And Other Ways to Get Attention date, rank 08/29/2022, 1 09/05/2022, 10 09/12/2022, 16 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 6,368 YTD: 21,061	Aug 2022	6,368 21,061
11	9	39	Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience Brené Brown, Author Random House, $30.00 (320) 978-0-399-59255-3 Last rank 27 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 12/13/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/13/2021 Average Rank 5.52 [details] Sales history for Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience date, rank 12/13/2021, 1 12/20/2021, 2 12/27/2021, 1 01/03/2022, 1 01/10/2022, 2 01/17/2022, 1 01/24/2022, 4 01/31/2022, 2 02/07/2022, 2 02/14/2022, 2 02/21/2022, 4 02/28/2022, 4 03/07/2022, 5 03/14/2022, 5 03/21/2022, 5 03/28/2022, 7 04/04/2022, 4 04/11/2022, 3 04/18/2022, 3 04/25/2022, 5 05/02/2022, 3 05/09/2022, 8 05/16/2022, 8 05/23/2022, 5 05/30/2022, 9 06/06/2022, 3 06/13/2022, 6 06/20/2022, 8 06/27/2022, 11 07/04/2022, 12 07/11/2022, 11 07/18/2022, 6 07/25/2022, 7 08/01/2022, 6 08/08/2022, 3 08/15/2022, 3 08/22/2022, 5 08/29/2022, 9 09/05/2022, 11 09/12/2022, 9 09/19/2022, 13 10/03/2022, 24 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 39 PUB DATE: Nov 2021 UNITS SOLD: 4,613 YTD: 377,358	Nov 2021	4,613 377,358
12	-	1	Be Your Future Self Now: The Science of Intentional Transformation Benjamin Hardy, Author Hay House Business, $25.99 (256) 978-1-4019-6757-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2022 UNITS SOLD: 4,492 YTD: 8,291	Jun 2022	4,492 8,291
13	10	3	Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe David Maraniss, Author Simon & Schuster, $29.99 (608) 978-1-4767-4841-2 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 08/22/2022 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/22/2022 Average Rank 11.50 [details] Sales history for Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe date, rank 08/22/2022, 3 08/29/2022, 10 09/05/2022, 13 09/12/2022, 14 09/19/2022, 21 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 4,143 YTD: 14,670	Aug 2022	4,143 14,670
14	-	1	Running Remote: Master the Lessons from the World's Most Successful Remote-Work Pioneers Liam Martin, Author, Rob Rawson, Author HarperCollins Leadership, $29.99 (256) 978-1-4002-3214-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 3,051 YTD: 7,763	Aug 2022	3,051 7,763
15	12	11	The Battle for the American Mind Pete Hegseth, Author Broadside Books, $28.99 (288) 978-0-06-321504-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 06/27/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/27/2022 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for The Battle for the American Mind date, rank 06/27/2022, 1 07/04/2022, 1 07/11/2022, 1 07/18/2022, 1 07/25/2022, 4 08/01/2022, 3 08/08/2022, 1 08/15/2022, 5 08/22/2022, 10 08/29/2022, 12 09/05/2022, 15 09/12/2022, 24 09/19/2022, 14 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Jun 2022 UNITS SOLD: 2,842 YTD: 150,651	Jun 2022	2,842 150,651
16	13	3	Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure Rinker Buck, Author Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $32.50 (320) 978-1-5011-0637-8 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 08/22/2022 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 09/12/2022 Average Rank 13.83 [details] Sales history for Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure date, rank 08/22/2022, 7 08/29/2022, 13 09/05/2022, 16 09/12/2022, 19 09/19/2022, 23 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 2,805 YTD: 9,708	Aug 2022	2,805 9,708
17	16	47	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: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 47 PUB DATE: Oct 2021 UNITS SOLD: 2,633 YTD: 137,761	Oct 2021	2,633 137,761
18	-	1	What We Owe the Future William Macaskill, Author Basic Books, $30.00 (352) 978-1-5416-1862-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 2,597 YTD: 14,013	Aug 2022	2,597 14,013
19	-	1	Broken News: Why the Media Rage Machine Divides America and How to Fight Back Chris Stirewalt, Author Center Street, $29.00 (304) 978-1-5460-0263-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 2,584 YTD: 2,584	Aug 2022	2,584 2,584
20	17	18	Finding Me: A Memoir Viola Davis, Author HarperOne, $28.99 (288) 978-0-06-303732-8 Last rank 38 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 05/09/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/09/2022 Average Rank 8.39 [details] Sales history for Finding Me: A Memoir date, rank 05/09/2022, 1 05/16/2022, 1 05/23/2022, 2 05/30/2022, 6 06/06/2022, 2 06/13/2022, 4 06/20/2022, 9 06/27/2022, 13 07/04/2022, 14 07/11/2022, 10 07/18/2022, 5 07/25/2022, 9 08/01/2022, 13 08/08/2022, 6 08/15/2022, 8 08/22/2022, 14 08/29/2022, 17 09/05/2022, 20 09/12/2022, 17 09/19/2022, 18 01/02/2023, 25 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: Apr 2022 UNITS SOLD: 2,512 YTD: 215,702	Apr 2022	2,512 215,702
21	15	22	Half Baked Harvest Every Day: Recipes for Balanced, Flexible, Feel-Good Meals Tieghan Gerard, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $29.99 (288) 978-0-593-23255-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/11/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/11/2022 Average Rank 9.96 [details] Sales history for Half Baked Harvest Every Day: Recipes for Balanced, Flexible, Feel-Good Meals date, rank 04/11/2022, 1 04/18/2022, 2 04/25/2022, 2 05/02/2022, 4 05/09/2022, 11 05/16/2022, 9 05/23/2022, 8 05/30/2022, 13 06/06/2022, 7 06/13/2022, 9 06/20/2022, 17 06/27/2022, 18 07/04/2022, 18 07/11/2022, 18 07/18/2022, 10 07/25/2022, 12 08/01/2022, 19 08/08/2022, 15 08/15/2022, 4 08/22/2022, 11 08/29/2022, 15 09/05/2022, 21 09/19/2022, 17 12/05/2022, 19 12/12/2022, 16 12/19/2022, 14 12/26/2022, 11 01/02/2023, 13 01/09/2023, 18 01/16/2023, 20 03/27/2023, 11 04/03/2023, 23 04/10/2023, 22 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 22 PUB DATE: Mar 2022 UNITS SOLD: 2,491 YTD: 232,537	Mar 2022	2,491 232,537
22	33	2	The Office Bffs: Tales of the Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There Jenna Fischer, Author, Angela Kinsey, Author Dey Street Books, $27.99 (240) 978-0-06-300759-8 Last rank 33 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 05/30/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/30/2022 Average Rank 10.80 [details] Sales history for The Office Bffs: Tales of the Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There date, rank 05/30/2022, 1 06/06/2022, 12 06/13/2022, 14 09/05/2022, 22 LAST WEEK: 33 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2022 UNITS SOLD: 2,486 YTD: 53,320	May 2022	2,486 53,320
23	22	27	Find Your People: Building Deep Community in a Lonely World Jennie Allen, Author Waterbrook Press, $25.00 (256) 978-0-593-19338-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/07/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/07/2022 Average Rank 14.82 [details] Sales history for Find Your People: Building Deep Community in a Lonely World date, rank 03/07/2022, 1 03/14/2022, 12 03/21/2022, 8 03/28/2022, 12 04/04/2022, 13 04/11/2022, 18 04/18/2022, 24 04/25/2022, 23 05/02/2022, 23 06/13/2022, 23 06/20/2022, 24 07/18/2022, 24 07/25/2022, 23 08/08/2022, 19 08/15/2022, 17 08/22/2022, 20 08/29/2022, 22 09/05/2022, 23 09/12/2022, 23 09/19/2022, 24 LAST WEEK: 22 WEEKS ON LIST: 27 PUB DATE: Feb 2022 UNITS SOLD: 2,461 YTD: 112,599	Feb 2022	2,461 112,599
24	38	9	The 1619 Project: a New Origin Story Random House, Editor One World, $30.00 (400) 978-0-593-23057-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/29/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/29/2021 Average Rank 8.55 [details] Sales history for The 1619 Project: a New Origin Story date, rank 11/29/2021, 1 12/06/2021, 2 12/13/2021, 4 12/20/2021, 10 12/27/2021, 6 01/03/2022, 6 01/10/2022, 4 01/17/2022, 7 01/24/2022, 8 01/31/2022, 6 02/07/2022, 8 02/14/2022, 5 02/21/2022, 6 02/28/2022, 5 03/07/2022, 6 03/14/2022, 11 03/21/2022, 17 03/28/2022, 15 04/04/2022, 15 04/11/2022, 22 05/16/2022, 21 08/08/2022, 36 08/15/2022, 19 09/05/2022, 24 LAST WEEK: 38 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Nov 2021 UNITS SOLD: 2,375 YTD: 165,290	Nov 2021	2,375 165,290
25	21	17	Killing the Killers: The Secret War Against Terrorists Bill O'Reilly, Author, Martin Dugard, Author St. Martin's Press, $30.00 (304) 978-1-250-27925-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 05/16/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/23/2022 Average Rank 6.13 [details] Sales history for Killing the Killers: The Secret War Against Terrorists date, rank 05/16/2022, 3 05/23/2022, 1 05/30/2022, 4 06/06/2022, 1 06/13/2022, 3 06/20/2022, 4 06/27/2022, 6 07/04/2022, 5 07/11/2022, 7 07/18/2022, 4 07/25/2022, 5 08/01/2022, 8 08/08/2022, 4 08/15/2022, 9 08/22/2022, 12 08/29/2022, 20 09/05/2022, 25 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: May 2022 UNITS SOLD: 2,161 YTD: 184,769	May 2022	2,161 184,769

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Source: NPD BookScan, for the week ended Aug. 27, 2022; appearing in the Sep. 05, 2022, print edition of PW.