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1	-	1	The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Author Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (352) 978-1-6680-4804-7 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 08/19/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/19/2024 Average Rank 11.75 [details] Sales history for The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House date, rank 08/19/2024, 1 08/26/2024, 5 09/02/2024, 8 09/09/2024, 10 09/16/2024, 14 09/23/2024, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2024 UNITS SOLD: 19,744 YTD: 19,744	Aug 2024	19,744 19,744
2	2	20	The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness Jonathan Haidt, Author Penguin Press, $30.00 (400) 978-0-593-65503-0 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 04/08/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/08/2024 Average Rank 5.96 [details] Sales history for The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness date, rank 04/08/2024, 1 04/15/2024, 4 04/22/2024, 2 04/29/2024, 1 05/06/2024, 1 05/13/2024, 7 05/20/2024, 4 05/27/2024, 5 06/03/2024, 4 06/10/2024, 2 06/17/2024, 3 06/24/2024, 3 07/08/2024, 4 07/15/2024, 1 07/22/2024, 2 07/29/2024, 1 08/05/2024, 1 08/12/2024, 2 08/19/2024, 2 08/26/2024, 7 09/02/2024, 3 09/09/2024, 1 09/16/2024, 5 09/23/2024, 7 09/30/2024, 7 10/07/2024, 9 10/14/2024, 11 10/21/2024, 8 10/28/2024, 9 11/04/2024, 17 11/11/2024, 11 11/18/2024, 4 11/25/2024, 7 12/02/2024, 11 12/09/2024, 17 12/16/2024, 16 12/23/2024, 10 12/30/2024, 11 01/06/2025, 12 01/13/2025, 3 01/20/2025, 4 01/27/2025, 5 02/03/2025, 3 02/10/2025, 3 02/17/2025, 5 02/24/2025, 2 03/03/2025, 6 03/10/2025, 6 03/17/2025, 9 03/24/2025, 6 03/31/2025, 12 04/07/2025, 7 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: Mar 2024 UNITS SOLD: 10,935 YTD: 298,670	Mar 2024	10,935 298,670
3	-	1	Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law Neil Gorsuch, Author, Janie Nitze, Author Harper, $32.00 (304) 978-0-06-323847-3 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 08/19/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/19/2024 Average Rank 12.67 [details] Sales history for Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law date, rank 08/19/2024, 3 08/26/2024, 11 09/02/2024, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2024 UNITS SOLD: 9,689 YTD: 9,689	Aug 2024	9,689 9,689
4	-	1	The New Whole30: The Definitive Plan to Transform Your Health, Habits, and Relationship with Food Melissa Urban, Author Rodale Books, $35.00 (368) 978-0-593-23571-3 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 08/19/2024 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 08/19/2024 Average Rank 13.00 [details] Sales history for The New Whole30: The Definitive Plan to Transform Your Health, Habits, and Relationship with Food date, rank 08/19/2024, 4 08/26/2024, 22 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2024 UNITS SOLD: 8,970 YTD: 8,970	Aug 2024	8,970 8,970
5	4	2	Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda Megan Basham, Author Broadside Books, $32.99 (352) 978-0-06-341344-3 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 08/12/2024 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 08/12/2024 Average Rank 8.50 [details] Sales history for Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda date, rank 08/12/2024, 4 08/19/2024, 5 09/02/2024, 11 09/09/2024, 14 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2024 UNITS SOLD: 7,095 YTD: 15,513	Jul 2024	7,095 15,513
6	1	2	All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way Fred C Trump, Author Gallery Books, $30.00 (352) 978-1-6680-7217-2 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 08/12/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/12/2024 Average Rank 3.50 [details] Sales history for All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way date, rank 08/12/2024, 1 08/19/2024, 6 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,711 YTD: 18,289	Jul 2024	5,711 18,289
7	9	30	Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become Like Him. Live as He Did. John Mark Comer, Author Waterbrook Press, $25.00 (304) 978-0-593-19382-2 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 01/29/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 01/29/2024 Average Rank 14.18 [details] Sales history for Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become Like Him. Live as He Did. date, rank 01/29/2024, 2 02/05/2024, 6 02/12/2024, 11 02/19/2024, 11 02/26/2024, 8 03/04/2024, 14 03/11/2024, 18 03/18/2024, 17 03/25/2024, 23 04/01/2024, 16 04/08/2024, 22 04/15/2024, 23 04/22/2024, 13 04/29/2024, 12 05/06/2024, 18 05/13/2024, 14 05/20/2024, 22 05/27/2024, 18 06/03/2024, 21 06/10/2024, 18 06/17/2024, 13 06/24/2024, 16 07/08/2024, 15 07/15/2024, 12 07/22/2024, 13 07/29/2024, 12 08/05/2024, 8 08/12/2024, 9 08/19/2024, 7 08/26/2024, 13 09/02/2024, 12 09/09/2024, 11 09/16/2024, 9 09/23/2024, 15 09/30/2024, 19 10/07/2024, 22 01/13/2025, 21 01/20/2025, 11 01/27/2025, 15 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 30 PUB DATE: Jan 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,220 YTD: 159,778	Jan 2024	5,220 159,778
8	19	6	Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed Maureen Callahan, Author Little Brown and Company, $32.50 (400) 978-0-316-27617-7 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 07/15/2024 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 07/29/2024 Average Rank 12.14 [details] Sales history for Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed date, rank 07/15/2024, 6 07/22/2024, 14 07/29/2024, 5 08/05/2024, 12 08/12/2024, 19 08/19/2024, 8 08/26/2024, 21 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Jul 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,215 YTD: 25,386	Jul 2024	5,215 25,386
9	5	15	The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War Erik Larson, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $35.00 (592) 978-0-385-34874-4 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/13/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/13/2024 Average Rank 8.73 [details] Sales history for The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War date, rank 05/13/2024, 1 05/20/2024, 1 05/27/2024, 4 06/03/2024, 3 06/10/2024, 1 06/17/2024, 4 06/24/2024, 2 07/08/2024, 5 07/15/2024, 4 07/22/2024, 4 07/29/2024, 2 08/05/2024, 4 08/12/2024, 5 08/19/2024, 9 08/26/2024, 12 09/02/2024, 18 09/09/2024, 13 09/16/2024, 16 09/23/2024, 22 12/09/2024, 18 12/16/2024, 18 12/23/2024, 18 12/30/2024, 12 01/06/2025, 19 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,794 YTD: 248,555	Apr 2024	4,794 248,555
10	8	15	The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and the Facts Mary Claire Haver, Author Rodale Books, $28.00 (288) 978-0-593-79625-2 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/13/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/13/2024 Average Rank 13.56 [details] Sales history for The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and the Facts date, rank 05/13/2024, 2 05/20/2024, 6 05/27/2024, 6 06/03/2024, 6 06/10/2024, 16 06/17/2024, 12 06/24/2024, 14 07/08/2024, 14 07/15/2024, 8 07/22/2024, 10 07/29/2024, 11 08/05/2024, 7 08/12/2024, 8 08/19/2024, 10 08/26/2024, 14 09/02/2024, 17 09/09/2024, 12 09/16/2024, 11 09/23/2024, 20 09/30/2024, 24 10/07/2024, 23 10/14/2024, 23 11/18/2024, 24 02/03/2025, 25 02/10/2025, 20 02/24/2025, 22 03/10/2025, 17 03/24/2025, 20 03/31/2025, 18 04/07/2025, 14 04/14/2025, 4 04/21/2025, 9 04/28/2025, 6 05/05/2025, 12 05/12/2025, 19 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,431 YTD: 136,153	Apr 2024	4,431 136,153
11	10	2	The Backyard Bird Chronicles Amy Tan, Author, David Allen Sibley, Foreword by Knopf Publishing Group, $35.00 (320) 978-0-593-53613-1 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/06/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/30/2024 Average Rank 13.87 [details] Sales history for The Backyard Bird Chronicles date, rank 05/06/2024, 5 05/13/2024, 15 05/20/2024, 19 05/27/2024, 22 06/10/2024, 15 06/17/2024, 22 08/12/2024, 10 08/19/2024, 11 08/26/2024, 19 09/09/2024, 17 11/25/2024, 20 12/02/2024, 8 12/09/2024, 11 12/16/2024, 10 12/23/2024, 3 12/30/2024, 1 01/06/2025, 2 01/13/2025, 8 01/20/2025, 19 01/27/2025, 25 02/03/2025, 13 02/10/2025, 10 02/17/2025, 18 02/24/2025, 11 03/03/2025, 18 03/10/2025, 13 03/24/2025, 17 03/31/2025, 23 04/07/2025, 22 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,214 YTD: 52,539	Apr 2024	4,214 52,539
12	7	3	Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World Anne Applebaum, Author Doubleday Books, $27.00 (224) 978-0-385-54993-6 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 08/05/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/05/2024 Average Rank 7.00 [details] Sales history for Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World date, rank 08/05/2024, 2 08/12/2024, 7 08/19/2024, 12 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Jul 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,675 YTD: 17,049	Jul 2024	3,675 17,049
13	34	6	Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest Fawn Weaver, Author Melcher Media Inc, $28.00 (336) 978-1-59591-134-6 Last rank 34 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 07/08/2024 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 07/08/2024 Average Rank 14.33 [details] Sales history for Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest date, rank 07/08/2024, 8 07/15/2024, 22 08/19/2024, 13 LAST WEEK: 34 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Jun 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,169 YTD: 37,119	Jun 2024	3,169 37,119
14	15	16	Nuclear War: A Scenario Annie Jacobsen, Author Dutton, $30.00 (336) 978-0-593-47609-3 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 04/08/2024 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 07/29/2024 Average Rank 15.40 [details] Sales history for Nuclear War: A Scenario date, rank 04/08/2024, 21 04/15/2024, 15 05/06/2024, 17 05/13/2024, 23 07/15/2024, 19 07/22/2024, 9 07/29/2024, 8 08/05/2024, 13 08/12/2024, 15 08/19/2024, 14 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: Mar 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,960 YTD: 55,655	Mar 2024	2,960 55,655
15	-	1	Catherine, the Princess of Wales: A Biography of the Future Queen Robert Jobson, Author Pegasus Books, $29.95 (320) 978-1-63936-712-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,703 YTD: 2,703	Aug 2024	2,703 2,703
16	-	1	The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore Evan Friss, Author Viking, $30.00 (416) 978-0-593-29992-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,473 YTD: 2,473	Aug 2024	2,473 2,473
17	11	8	On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service Anthony Fauci, Author Viking, $36.00 (480) 978-0-593-65747-8 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 07/08/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 07/08/2024 Average Rank 10.11 [details] Sales history for On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service date, rank 07/08/2024, 2 07/15/2024, 3 07/22/2024, 7 07/29/2024, 10 08/05/2024, 10 08/12/2024, 11 08/19/2024, 17 08/26/2024, 24 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Jun 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,465 YTD: 92,875	Jun 2024	2,465 92,875
18	3	2	Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve Drew Afualo, Author Auwa, $28.00 (256) 978-0-374-61405-8 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 08/12/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/12/2024 Average Rank 15.33 [details] Sales history for Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve date, rank 08/12/2024, 3 08/19/2024, 18 08/26/2024, 25 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,412 YTD: 11,344	Jul 2024	2,412 11,344
19	17	12	The Art of Home: A Designer Guide to Creating an Elevated Yet Approachable Home Shea McGee, Author Harper Horizon, $39.99 (408) 978-0-7852-3683-2 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/25/2023 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 07/29/2024 Average Rank 16.75 [details] Sales history for The Art of Home: A Designer Guide to Creating an Elevated Yet Approachable Home date, rank 09/25/2023, 4 10/02/2023, 10 10/09/2023, 16 10/16/2023, 25 12/11/2023, 24 01/29/2024, 22 02/05/2024, 16 02/12/2024, 16 02/19/2024, 18 07/15/2024, 21 07/22/2024, 19 07/29/2024, 3 08/05/2024, 6 08/12/2024, 17 08/19/2024, 19 08/26/2024, 23 09/02/2024, 23 09/09/2024, 20 09/16/2024, 24 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 2,347 YTD: 78,041	Sep 2023	2,347 78,041
20	28	40	How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen David Brooks, Author Random House, $30.00 (352) 978-0-593-23006-0 Last rank 40 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 11/06/2023 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 11/06/2023 Average Rank 14.70 [details] Sales history for How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen date, rank 11/06/2023, 4 11/13/2023, 7 11/20/2023, 14 11/27/2023, 15 12/04/2023, 14 12/11/2023, 13 12/18/2023, 16 12/25/2023, 16 01/01/2024, 14 01/08/2024, 12 01/15/2024, 10 01/22/2024, 4 01/29/2024, 9 02/05/2024, 4 02/12/2024, 10 02/19/2024, 8 02/26/2024, 9 03/04/2024, 15 03/11/2024, 21 03/18/2024, 23 04/01/2024, 23 04/08/2024, 24 06/10/2024, 23 07/29/2024, 22 08/05/2024, 24 08/19/2024, 20 09/09/2024, 23 LAST WEEK: 28 WEEKS ON LIST: 40 PUB DATE: Oct 2023 UNITS SOLD: 2,257 YTD: 109,834	Oct 2023	2,257 109,834
21	12	2	Food to Die for: Recipes and Stories from America's Most Legendary Haunted Places Amy Bruni, Author, Julie Tremaine, With Harper Celebrate, $29.99 (288) 978-1-4002-4559-8 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 08/12/2024 Highest Rank 12 Highest Rank Date 08/12/2024 Average Rank 16.50 [details] Sales history for Food to Die for: Recipes and Stories from America's Most Legendary Haunted Places date, rank 08/12/2024, 12 08/19/2024, 21 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,147 YTD: 5,897	Jul 2024	2,147 5,897
22	21	16	An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s Doris Kearns Goodwin, Author Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (496) 978-1-9821-0866-3 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 04/29/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/29/2024 Average Rank 13.81 [details] Sales history for An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s date, rank 04/29/2024, 2 05/06/2024, 6 05/13/2024, 9 05/20/2024, 11 05/27/2024, 11 06/03/2024, 17 06/10/2024, 9 06/17/2024, 18 06/24/2024, 23 07/08/2024, 12 07/15/2024, 14 07/22/2024, 17 08/05/2024, 22 08/12/2024, 21 08/19/2024, 22 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,114 YTD: 100,199	Apr 2024	2,114 100,199
23	-	1	Unstuck: 90 Days of Inspiration, Encouragement, and the Promise of New Life Kimberly Jones, Author Thomas Nelson, $22.99 (240) 978-1-4002-4215-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,078 YTD: 2,078	Aug 2024	2,078 2,078
24	-	5	The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage Jonathan Turley, Author Simon & Schuster, $30.99 (432) 978-1-6680-4704-0 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 24 Initial Date 08/19/2024 Highest Rank 22 Highest Rank Date 09/09/2024 Average Rank 23.67 [details] Sales history for The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage date, rank 08/19/2024, 24 09/09/2024, 22 09/16/2024, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Jun 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,069 YTD: 12,042	Jun 2024	2,069 12,042
25	29	2	Just Add Water: My Swimming Life Katie Ledecky, Author Simon & Schuster, $28.99 (256) 978-1-6680-6020-9 Last rank 29 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 06/24/2024 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 06/24/2024 Average Rank 19.00 [details] Sales history for Just Add Water: My Swimming Life date, rank 06/24/2024, 13 08/19/2024, 25 LAST WEEK: 29 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jun 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,052 YTD: 18,275	Jun 2024	2,052 18,275

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Aug. 9, 2024; appearing in the Aug. 19, 2024, print edition of PW