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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	1	4	The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times Michelle Obama, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $32.50 (336) 978-0-593-23746-5 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/28/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/28/2022 Average Rank 6.71 [details] Sales history for The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times date, rank 11/28/2022, 1 12/05/2022, 1 12/12/2022, 1 12/19/2022, 1 12/26/2022, 1 01/02/2023, 1 01/09/2023, 1 01/16/2023, 1 01/23/2023, 2 01/30/2023, 4 02/06/2023, 5 02/13/2023, 7 02/20/2023, 10 02/27/2023, 7 03/06/2023, 12 03/13/2023, 11 03/20/2023, 11 04/03/2023, 15 04/10/2023, 23 04/17/2023, 23 04/24/2023, 24 05/01/2023, 18 05/08/2023, 5 05/15/2023, 4 05/22/2023, 4 05/29/2023, 9 06/05/2023, 17 06/12/2023, 14 06/19/2023, 22 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 90,911 YTD: 425,802	Nov 2022	90,911 425,802
2	4	7	Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook Ina Garten, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $35.00 (256) 978-1-9848-2278-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/07/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/07/2022 Average Rank 5.88 [details] Sales history for Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook date, rank 11/07/2022, 1 11/14/2022, 3 11/21/2022, 2 11/28/2022, 4 12/05/2022, 4 12/12/2022, 4 12/19/2022, 2 12/26/2022, 3 01/02/2023, 2 01/09/2023, 4 01/16/2023, 5 01/23/2023, 10 01/30/2023, 11 02/06/2023, 12 02/13/2023, 16 02/20/2023, 25 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 37,571 YTD: 316,222	Oct 2022	37,571 316,222
3	2	4	Faith Still Moves Mountains: Miraculous Stories of the Healing Power of Prayer Harris Faulkner, Author Broadside Books, $28.99 (288) 978-0-06-322593-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 11/28/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/12/2022 Average Rank 5.95 [details] Sales history for Faith Still Moves Mountains: Miraculous Stories of the Healing Power of Prayer date, rank 11/28/2022, 2 12/05/2022, 2 12/12/2022, 2 12/19/2022, 3 12/26/2022, 2 01/02/2023, 3 01/09/2023, 6 01/16/2023, 3 01/23/2023, 9 01/30/2023, 13 02/06/2023, 13 02/13/2023, 18 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 36,180 YTD: 163,514	Nov 2022	36,180 163,514
4	7	13	Guinness World Records 2023 Guinness World Records, Author Guinness World Records, $29.95 (256) 978-1-913484-20-0 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 09/26/2022 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 12/19/2022 Average Rank 12.82 [details] Sales history for Guinness World Records 2023 date, rank 09/26/2022, 22 10/03/2022, 19 10/10/2022, 20 10/17/2022, 14 10/24/2022, 18 10/31/2022, 13 11/07/2022, 10 11/14/2022, 10 11/21/2022, 10 11/28/2022, 10 12/05/2022, 7 12/12/2022, 7 12/19/2022, 4 12/26/2022, 4 01/02/2023, 5 01/09/2023, 20 01/16/2023, 25 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Sep 2022 UNITS SOLD: 28,330 YTD: 151,340	Sep 2022	28,330 151,340
5	6	18	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: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 26,916 YTD: 477,729	Aug 2022	26,916 477,729
6	5	6	Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir Matthew Perry, Author Flatiron Books, $29.99 (256) 978-1-250-86644-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 11/14/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/14/2022 Average Rank 5.93 [details] Sales history for Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir date, rank 11/14/2022, 1 11/21/2022, 1 11/28/2022, 5 12/05/2022, 3 12/12/2022, 5 12/19/2022, 6 12/26/2022, 6 01/02/2023, 7 01/09/2023, 5 01/16/2023, 6 01/23/2023, 12 01/30/2023, 14 02/06/2023, 14 02/13/2023, 19 11/13/2023, 2 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 25,787 YTD: 240,064	Nov 2022	25,787 240,064
7	13	6	Radio's Greatest of All Time Rush Limbaugh, Author, Kathryn Adams Limbaugh, With, David Limbaugh, With Threshold Editions, $35.00 (512) 978-1-6680-0184-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 11/14/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/12/2022 Average Rank 9.00 [details] Sales history for Radio's Greatest of All Time date, rank 11/14/2022, 4 11/21/2022, 7 11/28/2022, 14 12/05/2022, 18 12/12/2022, 13 12/19/2022, 7 12/26/2022, 7 01/02/2023, 9 01/09/2023, 25 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 20,360 YTD: 152,536	Oct 2022	20,360 152,536
8	-	1	Downshiftology Healthy Meal Prep: 100+ Make-Ahead Recipes and Quick-Assembly Meals: A Gluten-Free Cookbook Lisa Bryan, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $32.50 (304) 978-0-593-23557-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 12/19/2022 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 12/19/2022 Average Rank 9.00 [details] Sales history for Downshiftology Healthy Meal Prep: 100+ Make-Ahead Recipes and Quick-Assembly Meals: A Gluten-Free Cookbook date, rank 12/19/2022, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2022 UNITS SOLD: 16,583 YTD: 16,583	Dec 2022	16,583 16,583
9	9	8	And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle Jon Meacham, Author Random House, $40.00 (720) 978-0-553-39396-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 10/31/2022 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/31/2022 Average Rank 10.55 [details] Sales history for And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle date, rank 10/31/2022, 3 11/07/2022, 4 11/14/2022, 8 11/21/2022, 11 11/28/2022, 15 12/05/2022, 12 12/12/2022, 9 12/19/2022, 9 12/26/2022, 8 01/02/2023, 10 01/09/2023, 7 01/16/2023, 14 01/23/2023, 23 01/30/2023, 23 02/06/2023, 21 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 16,073 YTD: 114,082	Oct 2022	16,073 114,082
10	10	6	Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story Bono, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $34.00 (576) 978-0-525-52104-4 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/14/2022 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/14/2022 Average Rank 8.62 [details] Sales history for Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story date, rank 11/14/2022, 2 11/21/2022, 4 11/28/2022, 7 12/05/2022, 10 12/12/2022, 10 12/19/2022, 10 12/26/2022, 9 01/02/2023, 11 01/09/2023, 15 01/16/2023, 21 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 15,052 YTD: 136,812	Nov 2022	15,052 136,812
11	11	5	The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters Joanna Gaines, Author Harper Select, $31.99 (256) 978-1-4003-3387-5 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/21/2022 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 11/21/2022 Average Rank 10.45 [details] Sales history for The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters date, rank 11/21/2022, 5 11/28/2022, 9 12/05/2022, 9 12/12/2022, 11 12/19/2022, 11 12/26/2022, 12 01/02/2023, 8 01/09/2023, 19 01/16/2023, 19 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 14,486 YTD: 80,928	Nov 2022	14,486 80,928
12	3	3	The Simply Happy Cookbook Steve Doocy, Author, Kathy Doocy, Author William Morrow & Company, $29.99 (320) 978-0-06-320923-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/26/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/10/2022 Average Rank 6.31 [details] Sales history for The Simply Happy Cookbook date, rank 09/26/2022, 4 10/03/2022, 2 10/10/2022, 12 12/05/2022, 6 12/12/2022, 3 12/19/2022, 12 12/26/2022, 10 01/02/2023, 6 01/09/2023, 12 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2022 UNITS SOLD: 13,633 YTD: 151,398	Sep 2022	13,633 151,398
13	8	4	So Help Me God Mike Pence, Author Simon & Schuster, $35.00 (560) 978-1-9821-9033-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 11/28/2022 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/28/2022 Average Rank 8.89 [details] Sales history for So Help Me God date, rank 11/28/2022, 3 12/05/2022, 8 12/12/2022, 8 12/19/2022, 13 12/26/2022, 14 01/02/2023, 15 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 12,706 YTD: 81,835	Nov 2022	12,706 81,835
14	16	37	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: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 37 PUB DATE: Mar 2022 UNITS SOLD: 12,399 YTD: 297,809	Mar 2022	12,399 297,809
15	12	7	The Revolutionary Samuel Adams Stacy Schiff, Author Little Brown and Company, $35.00 (464) 978-0-316-44111-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 11/07/2022 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 01/09/2023 Average Rank 14.07 [details] Sales history for The Revolutionary Samuel Adams date, rank 11/07/2022, 16 11/14/2022, 14 11/21/2022, 15 11/28/2022, 17 12/05/2022, 15 12/12/2022, 12 12/19/2022, 15 12/26/2022, 13 01/02/2023, 12 01/09/2023, 16 01/16/2023, 15 01/23/2023, 25 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 11,661 YTD: 60,569	Oct 2022	11,661 60,569
16	-	1	Leveling Up: 12 Questions to Elevate Your Personal and Professional Development Ryan Leak, Author Thomas Nelson, $26.99 (224) 978-0-7852-6162-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2022 UNITS SOLD: 11,190 YTD: 11,190	Dec 2022	11,190 11,190
17	17	4	Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for Your Forever Files: A Cookbook Deb Perelman, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $35.00 (336) 978-0-593-31878-2 Last rank 38 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/28/2022 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 12/12/2022 Average Rank 14.90 [details] Sales history for Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for Your Forever Files: A Cookbook date, rank 11/28/2022, 6 12/05/2022, 24 12/12/2022, 17 12/19/2022, 17 12/26/2022, 15 01/02/2023, 22 01/16/2023, 13 02/06/2023, 25 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 11,030 YTD: 50,803	Nov 2022	11,030 50,803
18	-	1	Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen (Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Book) Wizards RPG Team, Author Wizards of the Coast, $49.95 (224) 978-0-7869-6828-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2022 UNITS SOLD: 9,453 YTD: 9,453	Dec 2022	9,453 9,453
19	21	6	The Philosophy of Modern Song Bob Dylan, Author Simon & Schuster, $35.00 (352) 978-1-4516-4870-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/14/2022 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 11/14/2022 Average Rank 15.30 [details] Sales history for The Philosophy of Modern Song date, rank 11/14/2022, 5 11/21/2022, 14 11/28/2022, 20 12/12/2022, 21 12/19/2022, 19 12/26/2022, 17 01/02/2023, 16 01/09/2023, 24 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 8,909 YTD: 57,595	Nov 2022	8,909 57,595
20	18	11	Killing the Legends: The Lethal Danger of Celebrity Bill O'Reilly, Author St. Martin's Press, $30.00 (304) 978-1-250-28330-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/10/2022 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/14/2022 Average Rank 12.17 [details] Sales history for Killing the Legends: The Lethal Danger of Celebrity date, rank 10/10/2022, 3 10/17/2022, 4 10/24/2022, 5 10/31/2022, 9 11/07/2022, 7 11/14/2022, 15 11/21/2022, 18 11/28/2022, 22 12/05/2022, 25 12/12/2022, 18 12/19/2022, 20 12/26/2022, 18 01/02/2023, 18 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Sep 2022 UNITS SOLD: 8,531 YTD: 119,280	Sep 2022	8,531 119,280
21	23	12	What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions Randall Munroe, Author Riverhead Books, $30.00 (368) 978-0-525-53711-3 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 09/26/2022 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/26/2022 Average Rank 14.50 [details] Sales history for What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions date, rank 09/26/2022, 2 10/03/2022, 8 10/17/2022, 21 12/12/2022, 23 12/19/2022, 21 12/26/2022, 16 01/02/2023, 17 LAST WEEK: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Sep 2022 UNITS SOLD: 8,483 YTD: 88,300	Sep 2022	8,483 88,300
22	27	11	Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization Neil Degrasse Tyson, Author Henry Holt & Company, $28.99 (288) 978-1-250-86150-4 Last rank 27 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 10/03/2022 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 10/03/2022 Average Rank 12.80 [details] Sales history for Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization date, rank 10/03/2022, 4 10/10/2022, 5 10/17/2022, 10 10/31/2022, 23 12/19/2022, 22 LAST WEEK: 27 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Sep 2022 UNITS SOLD: 8,278 YTD: 77,084	Sep 2022	8,278 77,084
23	19	4	The Queen: Her Life Andrew Morton, Author Grand Central Publishing, $30.00 (448) 978-1-5387-0043-3 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 11/28/2022 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 12/05/2022 Average Rank 18.67 [details] Sales history for The Queen: Her Life date, rank 11/28/2022, 16 12/05/2022, 14 12/12/2022, 19 12/19/2022, 23 12/26/2022, 20 01/02/2023, 20 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 8,166 YTD: 34,989	Nov 2022	8,166 34,989
24	20	7	The Song of the Cell: The Transformation of Medicine and the New Human Siddhartha Mukherjee, Author Scribner Book Company, $32.50 (576) 978-1-9821-1735-1 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 11/07/2022 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 11/07/2022 Average Rank 20.00 [details] Sales history for The Song of the Cell: The Transformation of Medicine and the New Human date, rank 11/07/2022, 14 11/14/2022, 18 11/28/2022, 25 12/05/2022, 16 12/12/2022, 20 12/19/2022, 24 12/26/2022, 19 01/02/2023, 23 01/09/2023, 17 01/16/2023, 24 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 7,962 YTD: 47,447	Oct 2022	7,962 47,447
25	24	6	Cinema Speculation Quentin Tarantino, Author Harper, $35.00 (400) 978-0-06-311258-2 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/14/2022 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 11/14/2022 Average Rank 19.86 [details] Sales history for Cinema Speculation date, rank 11/14/2022, 6 11/21/2022, 20 11/28/2022, 18 12/05/2022, 21 12/12/2022, 24 12/19/2022, 25 12/26/2022, 25 LAST WEEK: 24 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 7,818 YTD: 55,348	Nov 2022	7,818 55,348

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Source: NPD BookScan, for the week ended Dec. 10, 2022; appearing in the Dec. 19, 2022, print edition of PW.