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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date
1	Trump's America: The Truth about Our Nation's Great Comeback Newt Gingrich, Author Center Street, $27.00 (352) 978-1-5460-7706-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 06/18/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/18/2018 Average Rank 4.57 [details] Sales history for Trump's America: The Truth about Our Nation's Great Comeback date, rank 06/18/2018, 3 06/18/2018, 1 06/25/2018, 5 06/25/2018, 2 07/02/2018, 9 07/16/2018, 11 07/16/2018, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jun 2018 UNITS SOLD: 73,250 YTD:	Jun 2018
2	The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels Jon Meacham, Author Random House, $30.00 (416) 978-0-399-58981-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/21/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/11/2018 Average Rank 4.07 [details] Sales history for The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels date, rank 05/21/2018, 2 05/21/2018, 2 05/28/2018, 5 05/28/2018, 2 06/04/2018, 5 06/04/2018, 3 06/11/2018, 1 06/11/2018, 5 06/18/2018, 4 06/25/2018, 4 07/02/2018, 11 07/09/2018, 6 07/16/2018, 5 07/16/2018, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: May 2018 UNITS SOLD: 45,909 YTD:	May 2018
3	Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Yuval Noah Harari, Author Harper Perennial, $22.99 (464) 978-0-06-231611-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 05/28/2018 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/28/2018 Average Rank 5.20 [details] Sales history for Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind date, rank 05/28/2018, 3 06/04/2018, 4 06/11/2018, 3 06/11/2018, 3 06/18/2018, 5 06/25/2018, 5 07/02/2018, 6 07/09/2018, 8 07/16/2018, 12 07/16/2018, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: May 2018 UNITS SOLD: 36,716 YTD:	May 2018
4	Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency Dan Abrams, Author, David Fisher, Author Hanover Square Press, $26.99 (368) 978-1-335-42469-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 06/18/2018 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 07/16/2018 Average Rank 11.33 [details] Sales history for Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency date, rank 06/18/2018, 10 06/25/2018, 8 07/02/2018, 16 07/09/2018, 16 07/16/2018, 14 07/16/2018, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jun 2018 UNITS SOLD: 30,931 YTD:	Jun 2018
5	The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House Benjamin J Rhodes, Author Random House, $30.00 (480) 978-0-525-50935-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 06/18/2018 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 07/16/2018 Average Rank 14.40 [details] Sales history for The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House date, rank 06/18/2018, 9 06/25/2018, 14 07/02/2018, 23 07/09/2018, 21 07/16/2018, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jun 2018 UNITS SOLD: 27,436 YTD:	Jun 2018
6	Three Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire Bret Baier, Author, Catherine Whitney, Author William Morrow & Company, $28.99 (368) 978-0-06-274836-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 05/28/2018 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 06/11/2018 Average Rank 9.67 [details] Sales history for Three Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire date, rank 05/28/2018, 7 05/28/2018, 4 06/04/2018, 9 06/11/2018, 3 06/11/2018, 12 06/18/2018, 17 06/25/2018, 9 07/02/2018, 20 07/16/2018, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: May 2018 UNITS SOLD: 25,566 YTD:	May 2018
7	Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" Zora Neale Hurston, Author Amistad Press, $25.99 (208) 978-0-06-274820-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 05/21/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 06/11/2018 Average Rank 10.83 [details] Sales history for Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" date, rank 05/21/2018, 7 05/21/2018, 4 05/28/2018, 6 06/04/2018, 5 06/11/2018, 2 06/11/2018, 9 06/18/2018, 15 06/25/2018, 17 07/02/2018, 22 07/09/2018, 19 07/16/2018, 17 07/16/2018, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: May 2018 UNITS SOLD: 22,062 YTD:	May 2018
8	Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes, and Politics Charles Krauthammer, Author Crown Forum, $16.00 (416) 978-0-385-34919-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 05/25/2015 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 07/16/2018 Average Rank 9.00 [details] Sales history for Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes, and Politics date, rank 05/25/2015, 10 06/01/2015, 9 06/08/2015, 12 06/08/2015, 4 06/15/2015, 12 06/22/2015, 13 06/29/2015, 17 07/13/2015, 4 08/10/2015, 8 07/16/2018, 2 07/16/2018, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: May 2015 UNITS SOLD: 14,475 YTD:	May 2015
9	The Devil in the White City Erik Larson, Author Vintage, 978-0-375-72560-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 08/11/2014 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/20/2015 Average Rank 6.90 [details] Sales history for The Devil in the White City date, rank 08/11/2014, 6 09/08/2014, 7 02/09/2015, 8 03/09/2015, 4 04/20/2015, 2 05/11/2015, 5 07/13/2015, 7 08/10/2015, 5 09/14/2015, 3 10/12/2015, 9 11/09/2015, 10 12/14/2015, 10 01/11/2016, 7 02/08/2016, 7 03/07/2016, 5 04/11/2016, 6 05/09/2016, 4 07/11/2016, 8 08/08/2016, 7 09/05/2016, 10 01/09/2017, 6 02/13/2017, 9 09/04/2017, 8 10/09/2017, 10 02/05/2018, 9 03/12/2018, 7 04/02/2018, 6 04/09/2018, 6 07/16/2018, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Feb 2004 UNITS SOLD: 9,784 YTD:	Feb 2004
10	Fascism Madeleine Albright, Author Harper, $26.99 (288) 978-0-06-280218-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/23/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/23/2018 Average Rank 8.54 [details] Sales history for Fascism date, rank 04/23/2018, 1 04/23/2018, 1 04/30/2018, 5 04/30/2018, 2 05/07/2018, 6 05/07/2018, 1 05/14/2018, 7 05/21/2018, 12 05/28/2018, 16 06/04/2018, 20 06/11/2018, 5 06/11/2018, 25 07/16/2018, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 2018 UNITS SOLD: 9,681 YTD:	Apr 2018

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