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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units
1	Elon Musk Walter Isaacson, Author Simon & Schuster, $35.00 (688) 978-1-9821-8128-4 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/25/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/25/2023 Average Rank 9.57 [details] Sales history for Elon Musk date, rank 10/09/2023, 1 11/13/2023, 4 12/11/2023, 5 01/08/2024, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 159,668 YTD:	Sep 2023	159,668
2	Counting the Cost Jill Duggar, Author, Derick Dillard, With, Craig Borlase, With Gallery Books, $28.99 (288) 978-1-6680-2444-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/25/2023 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/09/2023 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for Counting the Cost date, rank 10/09/2023, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 54,268 YTD:	Sep 2023	54,268
3	Enough Cassidy Hutchinson, Author Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (384) 978-1-6680-2828-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/09/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/09/2023 Average Rank 5.10 [details] Sales history for Enough date, rank 10/09/2023, 3 11/13/2023, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 51,317 YTD:	Sep 2023	51,317
4	Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune Anderson Cooper, Author Harper, $32.99 (384) 978-0-06-296470-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/02/2023 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 10/09/2023 Average Rank 10.14 [details] Sales history for Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune date, rank 10/09/2023, 4 11/13/2023, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 30,545 YTD:	Sep 2023	30,545
5	Night Elie Wiesel, Author, Marion Wiesel, Translator Bantam, 978-0-374-50001-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 05/16/2022 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/08/2022 Average Rank 6.20 [details] Sales history for Night date, rank 05/16/2022, 10 07/18/2022, 7 08/08/2022, 2 09/12/2022, 3 10/10/2022, 7 11/14/2022, 9 02/13/2023, 5 03/13/2023, 8 04/10/2023, 7 05/15/2023, 8 06/05/2023, 10 07/03/2023, 6 08/14/2023, 4 09/11/2023, 2 10/09/2023, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jan 2006 UNITS SOLD: 20,163 YTD:	Jan 2006	20,163
6	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: 17,577 YTD:	Aug 2022	17,577
7	Xoxo, Cody: An Opinionated Homosexual's Guide to Self-Love, Relationships, and Tactful Pettiness Cody Rigsby, Author Ballantine Books, $27.00 (224) 978-0-593-72253-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 09/25/2023 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 09/25/2023 Average Rank 10.67 [details] Sales history for Xoxo, Cody: An Opinionated Homosexual's Guide to Self-Love, Relationships, and Tactful Pettiness date, rank 10/09/2023, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 17,547 YTD:	Sep 2023	17,547
8	American Prometheus: The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture Oppenheimer Kai Bird, Author, Martin J Sherwin, Author Vintage, $25.00 (784) 978-0-375-72626-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 08/07/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/11/2023 Average Rank 3.40 [details] Sales history for American Prometheus: The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture Oppenheimer date, rank 08/14/2023, 2 09/11/2023, 1 10/09/2023, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 2006 UNITS SOLD: 16,867 YTD:	Apr 2006	16,867
9	Failure Is Not Not an Option: How the Chubby Gay Son of a Jesus-Obsessed Lesbian Found Love, Family, and Podcast Success . . . and a Bunch of Other Patrick Hinds, Author Benbella Books, $26.95 (240) 978-1-63774-425-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 10/09/2023 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 10/09/2023 Average Rank 8.00 [details] Sales history for Failure Is Not Not an Option: How the Chubby Gay Son of a Jesus-Obsessed Lesbian Found Love, Family, and Podcast Success . . . and a Bunch of Other date, rank 10/09/2023, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 15,095 YTD:	Sep 2023	15,095
10	The Gift of Failure: (And I'll Rethink the Title If This Book Fails!) Dan Bongino, Author Liberatio Protocol, $28.99 (224) 979-8-88845-062-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 09/25/2023 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 09/25/2023 Average Rank 8.50 [details] Sales history for The Gift of Failure: (And I'll Rethink the Title If This Book Fails!) date, rank 10/09/2023, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 14,086 YTD:	Sep 2023	14,086

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

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