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History & Poli-Sci

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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date
1	Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class Is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution Tucker Carlson, Author Free Press, $28.00 (256) 978-1-5011-8366-9 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/15/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/15/2018 Average Rank 3.64 [details] Sales history for Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class Is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution date, rank 10/15/2018, 2 10/15/2018, 1 10/22/2018, 2 10/22/2018, 2 10/29/2018, 3 10/29/2018, 1 11/05/2018, 9 11/05/2018, 5 11/12/2018, 7 11/12/2018, 1 11/19/2018, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 218,806 YTD:	Oct 2018
2	Killing the SS Bill O'Reilly, Author Henry Holt & Company, $30.00 (304) 978-1-250-16554-1 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 10/22/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/29/2018 Average Rank 3.89 [details] Sales history for Killing the SS date, rank 10/22/2018, 4 10/22/2018, 3 10/29/2018, 4 10/29/2018, 2 11/05/2018, 7 11/05/2018, 3 11/12/2018, 5 11/12/2018, 2 11/19/2018, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 152,875 YTD:	Oct 2018
3	Fear: Trump in the White House Bob Woodward, Author Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (448) 978-1-5011-7551-0 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/24/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/24/2018 Average Rank 4.71 [details] Sales history for Fear: Trump in the White House date, rank 09/24/2018, 1 09/24/2018, 1 10/01/2018, 1 10/01/2018, 1 10/08/2018, 1 10/08/2018, 1 10/15/2018, 3 10/15/2018, 2 10/22/2018, 7 10/29/2018, 8 11/05/2018, 12 11/12/2018, 12 11/12/2018, 3 11/19/2018, 13 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2018 UNITS SOLD: 105,536 YTD:	Sep 2018
4	Presidents of War Michael Beschloss, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $35.00 (752) 978-0-307-40960-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 10/22/2018 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 11/12/2018 Average Rank 5.67 [details] Sales history for Presidents of War date, rank 10/22/2018, 7 10/22/2018, 6 11/12/2018, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 66,481 YTD:	Oct 2018
5	The Fifth Risk Michael Lewis, Author W. W. Norton & Company, $26.95 (256) 978-1-324-00264-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/15/2018 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 10/15/2018 Average Rank 12.71 [details] Sales history for The Fifth Risk date, rank 10/15/2018, 8 10/15/2018, 5 10/22/2018, 8 10/29/2018, 15 11/05/2018, 24 11/12/2018, 24 11/12/2018, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 63,674 YTD:	Oct 2018
6	Liars, Leakers, and Liberals: The Case Against the Anti-Trump Conspiracy Jeanine Pirro, Author Center Street, $27.00 (288) 978-1-5460-8342-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 07/30/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/30/2018 Average Rank 7.15 [details] Sales history for Liars, Leakers, and Liberals: The Case Against the Anti-Trump Conspiracy date, rank 07/30/2018, 2 07/30/2018, 1 08/06/2018, 2 08/06/2018, 2 08/06/2018, 2 08/13/2018, 3 08/13/2018, 3 08/20/2018, 8 08/20/2018, 3 08/27/2018, 6 09/03/2018, 7 09/03/2018, 2 09/10/2018, 6 09/17/2018, 12 09/24/2018, 11 10/01/2018, 15 10/08/2018, 20 10/15/2018, 13 10/22/2018, 19 11/12/2018, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jul 2018 UNITS SOLD: 29,160 YTD:	Jul 2018
7	Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Yuval Noah Harari, Author Harper Perennial, $22.99 (464) 978-0-06-231611-0 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 05/28/2018 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/28/2018 Average Rank 7.94 [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 07/23/2018, 11 07/30/2018, 11 08/06/2018, 10 08/06/2018, 5 08/13/2018, 14 08/20/2018, 13 08/27/2018, 11 09/03/2018, 11 09/03/2018, 6 09/10/2018, 10 09/17/2018, 9 09/24/2018, 9 10/01/2018, 8 10/08/2018, 9 10/15/2018, 14 10/22/2018, 7 10/29/2018, 5 11/05/2018, 7 11/12/2018, 8 11/12/2018, 7 11/19/2018, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: May 2018 UNITS SOLD: 27,128 YTD:	May 2018
8	On Desperate Ground: The Marines at the Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle Hampton Sides, Author Doubleday Books, $30.00 (368) 978-0-385-54115-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 19,029 YTD:	Oct 2018
9	The Deep State: How an Army of Bureaucrats Protected Barack Obama and Is Working to Destroy Donald Trump Jason Chaffetz, Author Broadside Books, $28.99 (256) 978-0-06-285156-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 10/01/2018 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 10/01/2018 Average Rank 12.50 [details] Sales history for The Deep State: How an Army of Bureaucrats Protected Barack Obama and Is Working to Destroy Donald Trump date, rank 10/01/2018, 7 10/08/2018, 12 10/15/2018, 22 11/12/2018, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2018 UNITS SOLD: 18,740 YTD:	Sep 2018
10	Mass Hysteria: America's Insanity from 1492 to the Present Michael Savage, Author, Jeff Rovin, Author Center Street, $28.00 (304) 978-1-5460-8293-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 17 Initial Date 10/22/2018 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 11/12/2018 Average Rank 13.50 [details] Sales history for Mass Hysteria: America's Insanity from 1492 to the Present date, rank 10/22/2018, 17 11/12/2018, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 18,262 YTD:	Oct 2018

For analysis of this week's lists, click here.

To download a printable PDF of our overall top 10 bestsellers, click here.

This week marks the first time that NPD has generated unit sales through its DecisionKey platform. Since BookScan was acquired by NPD from Nielsen in January 2017, NDP has been migrating the data from Nielsen. With the migration completed, slight differences in the processes and methodologies of the two companies have led to minor variances for the overall market (less than 1%), although the differences may be slightly larger for specific ISBNs.

NPD BookScan, data for the five-week period ended 11/03/2018.