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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2024 YTD
1	-	1	War Bob Woodward, Author Simon & Schuster, $32.00 (448) 978-1-6680-5227-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/28/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/28/2024 Average Rank 1.00 [details] Sales history for War date, rank 10/28/2024, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 77,949 YTD: 77,949	Oct 2024	77,949 77,949
2	2	2	From Here to the Great Unknown Lisa Marie Presley, Author, Riley Keough, Author Random House, $32.00 (304) 978-0-593-73387-5 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/21/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/21/2024 Average Rank 2.25 [details] Sales history for From Here to the Great Unknown date, rank 10/21/2024, 2 10/28/2024, 2 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 37,578 YTD: 106,160	Oct 2024	37,578 106,160
3	1	2	Melania Melania Trump, Author Skyhorse Publishing, $40.00 (256) 978-1-5107-8269-3 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/21/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/21/2024 Average Rank 2.25 [details] Sales history for Melania date, rank 10/21/2024, 1 10/28/2024, 3 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 35,901 YTD: 121,250	Oct 2024	35,901 121,250
4	-	1	Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions Grisham, John, Author, Jim McCloskey, Author Doubleday Books, $30.00 (352) 978-0-385-55044-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/28/2024 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 10/28/2024 Average Rank 4.50 [details] Sales history for Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions date, rank 10/28/2024, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 35,626 YTD: 35,626	Oct 2024	35,626 35,626
5	7	3	The Message Ta-Nehisi Coates, Author One World, $30.00 (256) 978-0-593-23038-1 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 10/14/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/14/2024 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for The Message date, rank 10/14/2024, 3 10/21/2024, 7 10/28/2024, 5 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 30,430 YTD: 77,515	Oct 2024	30,430 77,515
6	3	3	Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir Ina Garten, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $34.00 (320) 978-0-593-79989-5 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/14/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/14/2024 Average Rank 3.40 [details] Sales history for Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir date, rank 10/14/2024, 1 10/21/2024, 3 10/28/2024, 6 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 16,604 YTD: 117,680	Oct 2024	16,604 117,680
7	10	23	Good Energy: Fix Your Metabolism to Feel Better Today and Prevent Disease Tomorrow Casey Means, Author, Calley Means, With Avery Publishing Group, $32.00 (400) 978-0-593-71264-1 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/27/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/27/2024 Average Rank 8.04 [details] Sales history for Good Energy: Fix Your Metabolism to Feel Better Today and Prevent Disease Tomorrow date, rank 05/27/2024, 1 06/03/2024, 8 06/10/2024, 3 06/17/2024, 14 06/24/2024, 15 07/08/2024, 17 07/15/2024, 13 07/22/2024, 16 08/05/2024, 19 08/12/2024, 22 08/26/2024, 15 09/02/2024, 1 09/09/2024, 4 09/16/2024, 2 09/23/2024, 1 09/30/2024, 2 10/07/2024, 3 10/14/2024, 6 10/21/2024, 10 10/28/2024, 7 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 23 PUB DATE: May 2024 UNITS SOLD: 16,282 YTD: 291,505	May 2024	16,282 291,505
8	6	3	Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering Malcolm Gladwell, Author Little Brown and Company, $32.00 (368) 978-0-316-57580-5 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/14/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/14/2024 Average Rank 5.50 [details] Sales history for Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering date, rank 10/14/2024, 2 10/21/2024, 6 10/28/2024, 8 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 16,118 YTD: 65,452	Oct 2024	16,118 65,452
9	8	30	The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness Jonathan Haidt, Author Penguin Press, $30.00 (400) 978-0-593-65503-0 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 04/08/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/08/2024 Average Rank 4.45 [details] Sales history for The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness date, rank 04/08/2024, 1 04/15/2024, 4 04/22/2024, 2 04/29/2024, 1 05/06/2024, 1 05/13/2024, 7 05/20/2024, 4 05/27/2024, 5 06/03/2024, 4 06/10/2024, 2 06/17/2024, 3 06/24/2024, 3 07/08/2024, 4 07/15/2024, 1 07/22/2024, 2 07/29/2024, 1 08/05/2024, 1 08/12/2024, 2 08/19/2024, 2 08/26/2024, 7 09/02/2024, 3 09/09/2024, 1 09/16/2024, 5 09/23/2024, 7 09/30/2024, 7 10/07/2024, 9 10/14/2024, 11 10/21/2024, 8 10/28/2024, 9 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 30 PUB DATE: Mar 2024 UNITS SOLD: 13,782 YTD: 423,687	Mar 2024	13,782 423,687
10	-	1	What I Ate in One Year: (And Related Thoughts) Stanley Tucci, Author Gallery Books, $35.00 (368) 978-1-6680-5568-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 12,562 YTD: 12,562	Oct 2024	12,562 12,562
11	-	1	Toxic Empathy: How Progressives Exploit Christian Compassion Allie Beth Stuckey, Author Sentinel, $27.00 (224) 978-0-593-54194-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 10,882 YTD: 10,882	Oct 2024	10,882 10,882
12	-	1	Sonny Boy: A Memoir Al Pacino, Author Penguin Press, $35.00 (400) 978-0-593-65511-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 10,747 YTD: 10,747	Oct 2024	10,747 10,747
13	15	6	Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden Bill O'Reilly, Author, Martin Dugard, Author St. Martin's Press, $35.00 (368) 978-1-250-34641-4 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 09/23/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/23/2024 Average Rank 7.33 [details] Sales history for Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden date, rank 09/23/2024, 2 09/30/2024, 5 10/07/2024, 4 10/14/2024, 7 10/21/2024, 15 10/28/2024, 13 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 9,012 YTD: 98,960	Sep 2024	9,012 98,960
14	-	1	Life on Svalbard: Finding Home on a Remote Island Near the North Pole Cecilia Blomdahl, Author DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), $32.00 (240) 978-0-7440-9509-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 8,990 YTD: 8,990	Oct 2024	8,990 8,990
15	14	5	Good Lookin' Cookin': A Year of Meals - A Lifetime of Family, Friends, and Food Dolly Parton, Author, Rachel Parton George, Author Ten Speed Press, $35.00 (272) 978-1-9848-6316-4 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/30/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/30/2024 Average Rank 8.00 [details] Sales history for Good Lookin' Cookin': A Year of Meals - A Lifetime of Family, Friends, and Food date, rank 09/30/2024, 1 10/07/2024, 6 10/14/2024, 10 10/21/2024, 14 10/28/2024, 15 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 8,178 YTD: 93,925	Sep 2024	8,178 93,925
16	-	1	New Cookbook by Paul Anthony Paul Anthony, Author Voracious, $35.00 (288) 978-0-316-57348-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 8,137 YTD: 8,137	Oct 2024	8,137 8,137
17	-	1	Cats of the World Hannah Shaw, Author, Andrew Marttila, Author Plume Books, $30.00 (272) 978-0-593-18311-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 8,083 YTD: 8,083	Oct 2024	8,083 8,083
18	36	5	Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health Marty Makary, Author Bloomsbury Publishing, $28.99 (288) 978-1-63973-531-0 Last rank 36 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 09/30/2024 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 09/30/2024 Average Rank 16.00 [details] Sales history for Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health date, rank 09/30/2024, 14 10/28/2024, 18 LAST WEEK: 36 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 7,679 YTD: 26,687	Sep 2024	7,679 26,687
19	20	7	The Dragon's Prophecy: Israel, the Dark Resurrection, and the End of Days Jonathan Cahn, Author Frontline, $28.99 (304) 978-1-63641-399-0 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/16/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/16/2024 Average Rank 9.88 [details] Sales history for The Dragon's Prophecy: Israel, the Dark Resurrection, and the End of Days date, rank 09/16/2024, 1 09/23/2024, 5 09/30/2024, 11 10/07/2024, 13 10/14/2024, 9 10/21/2024, 20 10/28/2024, 19 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 7,472 YTD: 122,342	Sep 2024	7,472 122,342
20	13	3	The Coming Golden Age: 31 Ways to Be Kingdom Ready David Jeremiah, Author Thomas Nelson, $29.99 (240) 978-0-7852-5238-2 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 10/14/2024 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 10/14/2024 Average Rank 12.33 [details] Sales history for The Coming Golden Age: 31 Ways to Be Kingdom Ready date, rank 10/14/2024, 4 10/21/2024, 13 10/28/2024, 20 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 7,143 YTD: 34,522	Oct 2024	7,143 34,522
21	25	5	Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty Hillary Rodham Clinton, Author Simon & Schuster, $29.99 (336) 978-1-6680-1723-4 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/30/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/30/2024 Average Rank 13.00 [details] Sales history for Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty date, rank 09/30/2024, 3 10/07/2024, 7 10/14/2024, 18 10/21/2024, 25 10/28/2024, 21 LAST WEEK: 25 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,785 YTD: 58,559	Sep 2024	6,785 58,559
22	5	2	I Want to Trust You, But I Don't: Moving Forward When You're Skeptical of Others, Afraid of What God Will Allow, and Doubtful of Your Own Discernment Lysa TerKeurst, Author Thomas Nelson, $29.99 (256) 978-1-4002-1182-1 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/21/2024 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 10/21/2024 Average Rank 13.50 [details] Sales history for I Want to Trust You, But I Don't: Moving Forward When You're Skeptical of Others, Afraid of What God Will Allow, and Doubtful of Your Own Discernment date, rank 10/21/2024, 5 10/28/2024, 22 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,557 YTD: 26,237	Oct 2024	6,557 26,237
23	26	5	Does This Taste Funny?: Recipes Our Family Loves Stephen Colbert, Author, Evie McGee Colbert, Author Celadon Books, $35.00 (336) 978-1-250-85999-0 Last rank 26 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/30/2024 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 09/30/2024 Average Rank 12.20 [details] Sales history for Does This Taste Funny?: Recipes Our Family Loves date, rank 09/30/2024, 4 10/07/2024, 16 10/14/2024, 12 10/28/2024, 23 LAST WEEK: 26 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,457 YTD: 49,952	Sep 2024	6,457 49,952
24	-	1	Gospel Mom: How to Make Biblical Decisions and Discover the Mom God Created You to Be Emily A Jensen, Author, Laura Wifler, Author Harvest House Publishers, $19.99 (224) 978-0-7369-8852-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,076 YTD: 6,076	Oct 2024	6,076 6,076
25	-	1	The Pfizer Papers: Pfizer's Crimes Against Humanity The Warroom/Dailyclout Pfizer Documents Analysts, Author, Naomi Wolf, Editor, Amy Kelly, Editor, Stephen K Bannon, Foreword by War Room Books, $39.99 (408) 978-1-64821-037-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,517 YTD: 5,517	Oct 2024	5,517 5,517

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Oct. 18, 2024; appearing in the Oct. 28, 2024, print edition of PW