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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2024 YTD
1	1	9	A Promised Land Barack Obama, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $45.00 (768) 978-1-5247-6316-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/30/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/30/2020 Average Rank 3.89 [details] Sales history for A Promised Land date, rank 11/30/2020, 1 12/02/2020, 1 12/07/2020, 1 12/14/2020, 1 12/14/2020, 1 12/21/2020, 1 12/28/2020, 1 01/04/2021, 1 01/11/2021, 1 01/11/2021, 1 01/18/2021, 1 01/25/2021, 1 02/01/2021, 2 02/08/2021, 6 02/08/2021, 1 03/08/2021, 3 04/12/2021, 8 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 32,485 YTD: 79,339	Nov 2020	32,485 79,339
2	10	3	Little Blue Truck's Valentine Alice Schertle, Author, Jill McElmurry, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin, $13.99 (20) 978-0-358-27244-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 01/11/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/18/2021 Average Rank 3.43 [details] Sales history for Little Blue Truck's Valentine date, rank 01/18/2021, 10 01/25/2021, 2 02/01/2021, 1 02/08/2021, 3 02/15/2021, 7 01/24/2022, 10 01/31/2022, 4 02/07/2022, 4 02/14/2022, 1 02/21/2022, 2 01/30/2023, 8 02/06/2023, 6 02/13/2023, 5 02/20/2023, 3 02/27/2023, 7 02/05/2024, 8 02/12/2024, 7 02/19/2024, 8 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Dec 2020 UNITS SOLD: 28,046 YTD: 50,090	Dec 2020	28,046 50,090
3	11	14	The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, Author HarperOne, $22.99 (128) 978-0-06-297658-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/04/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/11/2019 Average Rank 5.08 [details] Sales history for The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse date, rank 11/11/2019, 1 12/09/2019, 2 12/16/2019, 5 12/23/2019, 3 12/30/2019, 6 01/06/2020, 4 01/13/2020, 6 01/13/2020, 1 01/20/2020, 3 01/27/2020, 5 02/03/2020, 6 02/10/2020, 6 02/10/2020, 1 02/17/2020, 9 02/24/2020, 5 03/02/2020, 5 03/09/2020, 14 03/09/2020, 1 06/08/2020, 1 07/06/2020, 1 08/10/2020, 1 09/07/2020, 1 10/05/2020, 1 11/09/2020, 1 12/14/2020, 1 12/14/2020, 2 12/21/2020, 5 12/28/2020, 6 01/11/2021, 3 01/11/2021, 1 01/25/2021, 3 02/01/2021, 6 02/08/2021, 5 02/08/2021, 1 03/01/2021, 9 03/08/2021, 1 03/08/2021, 1 03/22/2021, 6 04/05/2021, 9 04/12/2021, 1 05/10/2021, 1 06/07/2021, 1 07/12/2021, 1 07/19/2021, 3 08/09/2021, 1 09/06/2021, 3 10/18/2021, 2 11/08/2021, 1 12/13/2021, 1 01/10/2022, 1 02/07/2022, 2 03/14/2022, 1 04/11/2022, 1 05/16/2022, 4 06/06/2022, 2 07/18/2022, 3 08/08/2022, 7 09/12/2022, 2 10/10/2022, 2 11/14/2022, 5 12/12/2022, 1 01/09/2023, 1 02/13/2023, 1 03/13/2023, 1 04/10/2023, 1 05/15/2023, 1 06/05/2023, 1 07/03/2023, 2 08/14/2023, 2 09/11/2023, 2 10/09/2023, 2 11/13/2023, 4 12/11/2023, 2 01/08/2024, 2 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Oct 2019 UNITS SOLD: 24,897 YTD: 45,734	Oct 2019	24,897 45,734
4	22	2	On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century Timothy Snyder, Author Tim Duggan Books, $7.99 (128) 978-0-8041-9011-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 20 Initial Date 03/20/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/10/2017 Average Rank 11.32 [details] Sales history for On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century date, rank 04/03/2017, 8 05/08/2017, 5 06/05/2017, 2 07/10/2017, 3 08/07/2017, 7 09/04/2017, 6 10/09/2017, 4 11/06/2017, 6 04/02/2018, 8 04/09/2018, 8 05/07/2018, 8 11/11/2019, 5 03/09/2020, 6 08/10/2020, 2 08/10/2020, 5 09/07/2020, 7 01/25/2021, 4 02/08/2021, 1 03/08/2021, 7 11/08/2021, 8 LAST WEEK: 22 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Feb 2017 UNITS SOLD: 24,646 YTD: 39,688	Feb 2017	24,646 39,688
5	3	34	Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones James Clear, Author Avery Publishing Group, $27.00 (320) 978-0-7352-1129-2 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 10/29/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/17/2022 Average Rank 8.88 [details] Sales history for Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones date, rank 01/11/2021, 7 01/18/2021, 3 01/25/2021, 5 02/01/2021, 9 02/08/2021, 4 09/06/2021, 10 12/27/2021, 7 01/03/2022, 9 01/10/2022, 5 01/17/2022, 1 01/24/2022, 3 01/31/2022, 2 02/07/2022, 2 02/14/2022, 4 02/21/2022, 3 02/28/2022, 4 03/07/2022, 3 03/14/2022, 1 03/21/2022, 6 03/28/2022, 6 04/04/2022, 5 04/11/2022, 10 04/25/2022, 10 05/02/2022, 5 05/09/2022, 6 06/06/2022, 10 01/02/2023, 9 01/09/2023, 5 01/16/2023, 2 01/23/2023, 4 01/30/2023, 5 02/06/2023, 5 02/13/2023, 8 02/20/2023, 6 02/27/2023, 5 03/06/2023, 6 03/13/2023, 10 03/20/2023, 8 03/27/2023, 9 04/03/2023, 6 04/10/2023, 8 04/24/2023, 8 05/01/2023, 10 05/08/2023, 9 08/14/2023, 7 08/21/2023, 4 08/28/2023, 5 09/04/2023, 8 09/11/2023, 7 09/18/2023, 8 09/25/2023, 10 12/18/2023, 9 01/08/2024, 8 01/15/2024, 1 01/22/2024, 1 01/29/2024, 1 02/05/2024, 1 02/12/2024, 3 02/26/2024, 8 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 34 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 24,184 YTD: 61,772	Oct 2018	24,184 61,772
6	35	4	1984 George Orwell, Author, Erich Fromm, Afterword by Signet Book, $9.99 (268) 978-0-451-52493-5 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 02/06/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/06/2017 Average Rank 4.00 [details] Sales history for 1984 date, rank 02/06/2017, 1 02/13/2017, 1 02/20/2017, 4 03/06/2017, 9 01/25/2021, 6 02/01/2021, 3 LAST WEEK: 35 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Jul 1950 UNITS SOLD: 24,092 YTD: 35,292	Jul 1950	24,092 35,292
7	2	2	Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age Sanjay Gupta, Author Simon & Schuster, $28.00 (336) 978-1-5011-6673-0 Last rank 28 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 01/18/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/22/2021 Average Rank 7.86 [details] Sales history for Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age date, rank 01/18/2021, 2 01/25/2021, 7 02/01/2021, 8 02/08/2021, 8 02/15/2021, 9 02/22/2021, 2 03/01/2021, 8 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jan 2021 UNITS SOLD: 22,470 YTD: 63,588	Jan 2021	22,470 63,588
8	9	7	Cat Kid Comic Club: From the Creator of Dog Man Dav Pilkey, Author, Dav Pilkey, Illustrator Graphix, $12.99 (176) 978-1-338-71276-6 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 12/14/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/14/2020 Average Rank 4.86 [details] Sales history for Cat Kid Comic Club: From the Creator of Dog Man date, rank 12/14/2020, 3 12/21/2020, 2 12/28/2020, 2 01/04/2021, 2 01/11/2021, 4 01/18/2021, 9 01/25/2021, 8 02/01/2021, 5 02/08/2021, 7 02/22/2021, 10 04/12/2021, 8 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Dec 2020 UNITS SOLD: 21,817 YTD: 44,661	Dec 2020	21,817 44,661
9	6	13	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, 3 11/09/2020, 1 11/23/2020, 6 11/30/2020, 6 12/02/2020, 5 12/07/2020, 5 12/14/2020, 2 12/14/2020, 7 12/21/2020, 6 12/28/2020, 4 01/04/2021, 4 01/11/2021, 5 01/11/2021, 2 01/18/2021, 6 01/25/2021, 9 02/08/2021, 9 02/08/2021, 2 03/08/2021, 5 04/12/2021, 2 05/10/2021, 4 06/07/2021, 2 07/12/2021, 1 08/09/2021, 2 09/06/2021, 6 10/18/2021, 5 12/13/2021, 8 01/10/2022, 4 02/07/2022, 5 03/14/2022, 6 04/11/2022, 10 05/15/2023, 6 06/05/2023, 9 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 19,997 YTD: 45,857	Oct 2020	19,997 45,857
10	-	1	Concrete Rose Angie Thomas, Author Balzer & Bray/Harperteen, $19.99 (320) 978-0-06-284671-6 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 01/25/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 01/25/2021 Average Rank 12.75 [details] Sales history for Concrete Rose date, rank 01/25/2021, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jan 2021 UNITS SOLD: 17,873 YTD: 17,873	Jan 2021	17,873 17,873

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