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1	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 12/12/2022, 1 01/09/2023, 1 02/13/2023, 2 03/13/2023, 3 04/10/2023, 4 05/15/2023, 4 06/05/2023, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 399,058 YTD:	Nov 2022	399,058
2	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 09/12/2022, 1 10/10/2022, 1 11/14/2022, 1 12/12/2022, 4 01/09/2023, 2 02/13/2023, 3 03/13/2023, 2 04/10/2023, 3 05/15/2023, 2 06/05/2023, 3 07/03/2023, 3 08/14/2023, 3 09/11/2023, 3 10/09/2023, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 132,215 YTD:	Aug 2022	132,215
3	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 12/12/2022, 2 01/09/2023, 3 02/13/2023, 6 03/13/2023, 9 11/13/2023, 5 12/11/2023, 2 01/08/2024, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 97,154 YTD:	Nov 2022	97,154
4	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 11/14/2022, 5 12/12/2022, 7 01/09/2023, 4 02/13/2023, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 69,677 YTD:	Oct 2022	69,677
5	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 12/12/2022, 3 01/09/2023, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 64,517 YTD:	Nov 2022	64,517
6	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 12/12/2022, 6 01/09/2023, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 63,070 YTD:	Nov 2022	63,070
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 12/12/2022, 9 01/09/2023, 7 02/13/2023, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 55,444 YTD:	Oct 2022	55,444
8	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 12/12/2022, 5 01/09/2023, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 43,455 YTD:	Nov 2022	43,455
9	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 12/12/2022, 8 01/09/2023, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 38,128 YTD:	Nov 2022	38,128
10	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, 5 11/14/2022, 2 12/12/2022, 10 01/09/2023, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2022 UNITS SOLD: 35,014 YTD:	Sep 2022	35,014

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For the 4-week period ended 12-30-23

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