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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2017 YTD
1	-	1	Understanding Trump Newt Gingrich, Author, Eric Trump, Foreword by Center Street, $27.00 (368) 978-1-4789-2308-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 06/26/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/26/2017 Average Rank 1.50 [details] Sales history for Understanding Trump date, rank 06/26/2017, 2 06/26/2017, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2017 UNITS SOLD: 37,553 2012 YTD: 45,477	Jun 2017	37,553 45,477
2	2	3	Al Franken, Giant of the Senate Al Franken, Author Twelve, $28.00 (416) 978-1-4555-4041-9 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 06/12/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/12/2017 Average Rank 2.67 [details] Sales history for Al Franken, Giant of the Senate date, rank 06/12/2017, 4 06/12/2017, 1 06/19/2017, 4 06/19/2017, 2 06/26/2017, 3 06/26/2017, 2 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 26,625 2012 YTD: 84,761	May 2017	26,625 84,761
3	3	7	Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Neil Degrasse Tyson, Author W. W. Norton & Company, $18.95 (224) 978-0-393-60939-4 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/15/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/15/2017 Average Rank 3.14 [details] Sales history for Astrophysics for People in a Hurry date, rank 05/15/2017, 2 05/15/2017, 1 05/22/2017, 6 05/22/2017, 2 05/29/2017, 6 05/29/2017, 2 06/05/2017, 2 06/05/2017, 1 06/12/2017, 5 06/12/2017, 2 06/19/2017, 5 06/19/2017, 3 06/26/2017, 4 06/26/2017, 3 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 24,216 2012 YTD: 210,781	May 2017	24,216 210,781
4	4	11	Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...and Maybe the World William H McRaven, Author Grand Central Publishing, $18.00 (144) 978-1-4555-7024-9 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 04/17/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/01/2017 Average Rank 4.00 [details] Sales history for Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...and Maybe the World date, rank 04/17/2017, 9 04/24/2017, 8 05/01/2017, 3 05/01/2017, 1 05/08/2017, 3 05/08/2017, 2 05/15/2017, 4 05/22/2017, 3 05/29/2017, 4 06/05/2017, 2 06/12/2017, 4 06/19/2017, 4 06/26/2017, 5 06/26/2017, 4 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 23,460 2012 YTD: 200,663	Apr 2017	23,460 200,663
5	7	2	Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War David Fisher, Author Henry Holt & Company, $35.00 (368) 978-1-250-10984-2 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 06/19/2017 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 06/26/2017 Average Rank 7.00 [details] Sales history for Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War date, rank 06/19/2017, 7 06/26/2017, 9 06/26/2017, 5 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jun 2017 UNITS SOLD: 19,700 2012 YTD: 33,421	Jun 2017	19,700 33,421
6	1	2	I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons Kevin Hart, Author, Neil Strauss, With Atria Books, $26.99 (400) 978-1-5011-5556-7 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 06/19/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/19/2017 Average Rank 3.33 [details] Sales history for I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons date, rank 06/19/2017, 3 06/19/2017, 1 06/26/2017, 6 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jun 2017 UNITS SOLD: 18,358 2012 YTD: 45,849	Jun 2017	18,358 45,849
7	5	3	Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) David Sedaris, Author Little Brown and Company, $28.00 (640) 978-0-316-15472-7 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 06/12/2017 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 06/12/2017 Average Rank 5.25 [details] Sales history for Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) date, rank 06/12/2017, 6 06/12/2017, 3 06/19/2017, 5 06/26/2017, 7 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 14,621 2012 YTD: 58,333	May 2017	14,621 58,333
8	8	47	Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis J D Vance, Author Harper, $27.99 (272) 978-0-06-230054-6 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 08/08/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/06/2017 Average Rank 6.26 [details] Sales history for Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis date, rank 08/08/2016, 12 08/15/2016, 9 08/22/2016, 4 08/29/2016, 5 08/29/2016, 2 09/05/2016, 2 09/12/2016, 2 09/19/2016, 5 09/26/2016, 7 10/03/2016, 7 10/10/2016, 6 10/17/2016, 9 10/24/2016, 9 10/31/2016, 8 11/07/2016, 12 11/14/2016, 9 11/21/2016, 5 11/28/2016, 6 12/05/2016, 9 12/12/2016, 11 12/19/2016, 10 12/26/2016, 9 01/02/2017, 10 01/02/2017, 6 01/09/2017, 3 01/09/2017, 9 01/16/2017, 3 01/16/2017, 6 01/23/2017, 8 01/23/2017, 4 01/30/2017, 9 01/30/2017, 2 02/06/2017, 7 02/06/2017, 1 02/13/2017, 6 02/13/2017, 1 02/20/2017, 8 02/20/2017, 1 02/27/2017, 8 02/27/2017, 2 03/06/2017, 2 03/13/2017, 3 03/20/2017, 4 03/27/2017, 4 04/03/2017, 2 04/10/2017, 4 04/17/2017, 4 04/24/2017, 3 05/01/2017, 10 05/08/2017, 11 05/15/2017, 11 05/22/2017, 10 05/29/2017, 8 06/05/2017, 7 06/12/2017, 6 06/19/2017, 8 06/26/2017, 8 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 47 PUB DATE: Jun 2016 UNITS SOLD: 12,734 2012 YTD: 331,141	Jun 2016	12,734 331,141
9	6	8	Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy Sheryl Sandberg, Author, Adam Grant, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $25.95 (240) 978-1-5247-3268-4 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 05/08/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/08/2017 Average Rank 3.57 [details] Sales history for Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy date, rank 05/08/2017, 1 05/08/2017, 1 05/08/2017, 1 05/15/2017, 5 05/15/2017, 2 05/22/2017, 5 05/22/2017, 1 05/29/2017, 7 05/29/2017, 3 06/05/2017, 3 06/05/2017, 1 06/12/2017, 5 06/19/2017, 6 06/26/2017, 9 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 11,044 2012 YTD: 257,273	Apr 2017	11,044 257,273
10	9	30	The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life Mark Manson, Author HarperOne, $24.99 (224) 978-0-06-245771-4 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 09/26/2016 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 04/24/2017 Average Rank 11.15 [details] Sales history for The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life date, rank 09/26/2016, 10 01/09/2017, 24 01/16/2017, 15 01/23/2017, 17 01/30/2017, 18 02/06/2017, 13 02/13/2017, 12 02/20/2017, 12 02/27/2017, 12 03/06/2017, 13 03/13/2017, 13 03/20/2017, 10 03/27/2017, 9 04/03/2017, 10 04/10/2017, 7 04/17/2017, 8 04/24/2017, 5 05/01/2017, 11 05/08/2017, 12 05/15/2017, 13 05/22/2017, 7 05/29/2017, 7 06/05/2017, 6 06/12/2017, 7 06/19/2017, 9 06/26/2017, 10 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 30 PUB DATE: Sep 2016 UNITS SOLD: 10,016 2012 YTD: 185,656	Sep 2016	10,016 185,656
11	-	1	Hunger Roxane Gay, Author Harper: A Memoir of (My) Body, $25.99 (320) 978-0-06-236259-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2017 UNITS SOLD: 9,591 2012 YTD: 9,698	Jun 2017	9,591 9,698
12	11	2	Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam Mark Bowden, Author Atlantic Monthly Press, $30.00 (608) 978-0-8021-2700-6 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 06/19/2017 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 06/19/2017 Average Rank 11.50 [details] Sales history for Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam date, rank 06/19/2017, 11 06/26/2017, 12 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jun 2017 UNITS SOLD: 9,585 2012 YTD: 17,114	Jun 2017	9,585 17,114
13	-	1	Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens Eddie Izzard, Author Blue Rider Press, $28.00 (368) 978-0-399-17583-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2017 UNITS SOLD: 7,825 2012 YTD: 8,643	Jun 2017	7,825 8,643
14	15	9	Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI David Grann, Author Doubleday Books, $29.95 (352) 978-0-385-53424-6 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/01/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/05/2017 Average Rank 8.64 [details] Sales history for Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI date, rank 05/01/2017, 5 05/08/2017, 10 05/08/2017, 9 05/15/2017, 5 05/22/2017, 9 05/29/2017, 9 06/05/2017, 8 06/05/2017, 1 06/12/2017, 10 06/19/2017, 15 06/26/2017, 14 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 7,440 2012 YTD: 83,452	Apr 2017	7,440 83,452
15	14	9	The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand for David McCullough, Author Simon & Schuster, $25.00 (192) 978-1-5011-7421-6 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/01/2017 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 06/05/2017 Average Rank 11.18 [details] Sales history for The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand for date, rank 05/01/2017, 8 05/08/2017, 13 05/08/2017, 10 05/15/2017, 14 05/22/2017, 11 05/29/2017, 15 06/05/2017, 11 06/05/2017, 4 06/12/2017, 8 06/19/2017, 14 06/26/2017, 15 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 6,977 2012 YTD: 70,607	Apr 2017	6,977 70,607
16	19	8	The Operator: Firing the Shots That Killed Osama Bin Laden and My Years as a Seal Team Warrior Robert O'Neill, Author Scribner Book Company, $28.00 (368) 978-1-5011-4503-2 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/08/2017 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/08/2017 Average Rank 10.09 [details] Sales history for The Operator: Firing the Shots That Killed Osama Bin Laden and My Years as a Seal Team Warrior date, rank 05/08/2017, 8 05/08/2017, 3 05/08/2017, 7 05/15/2017, 7 05/22/2017, 13 05/29/2017, 14 06/05/2017, 9 06/05/2017, 3 06/12/2017, 12 06/19/2017, 19 06/26/2017, 16 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 6,695 2012 YTD: 69,591	Apr 2017	6,695 69,591
17	30	4	Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom Thomas E. Ricks, Author Penguin Press, $28.00 (352) 978-1-59420-613-9 Last rank 30 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 06/05/2017 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 06/05/2017 Average Rank 16.00 [details] Sales history for Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom date, rank 06/05/2017, 13 06/12/2017, 18 06/26/2017, 17 LAST WEEK: 30 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 5,905 2012 YTD: 16,850	May 2017	5,905 16,850
18	27	12	Old School: Life in the Sane Lane Bill O'Reilly, Author, Bruce Feirstein, Author Henry Holt & Company, $27.00 (192) 978-1-250-13579-7 Last rank 27 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/10/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/10/2017 Average Rank 7.82 [details] Sales history for Old School: Life in the Sane Lane date, rank 04/10/2017, 1 04/10/2017, 1 04/17/2017, 1 04/17/2017, 1 04/24/2017, 2 04/24/2017, 1 05/01/2017, 4 05/01/2017, 2 05/08/2017, 6 05/08/2017, 1 05/15/2017, 12 05/22/2017, 17 05/29/2017, 18 06/05/2017, 18 06/05/2017, 6 06/12/2017, 24 06/26/2017, 18 LAST WEEK: 27 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Mar 2017 UNITS SOLD: 5,662 2012 YTD: 210,931	Mar 2017	5,662 210,931
19	13	4	Never Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway N Jack Kleiss, Author, Timothy Orr, Author, Laura Orr, Author William Morrow & Company, $26.99 (336) 978-0-06-269205-4 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 06/05/2017 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 06/19/2017 Average Rank 17.50 [details] Sales history for Never Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway date, rank 06/05/2017, 22 06/12/2017, 16 06/19/2017, 13 06/26/2017, 19 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 5,606 2012 YTD: 18,596	May 2017	5,606 18,596
20	-	1	You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir Sherman Alexie, Author Little Brown and Company, $28.00 (432) 978-0-316-27075-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2017 UNITS SOLD: 5,026 2012 YTD: 5,244	Jun 2017	5,026 5,244
21	-	6	Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking Samin Nosrat, Author, Wendy Macnaughton, Illustrator Simon & Schuster, $35.00 (464) 978-1-4767-5383-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 23 Initial Date 05/08/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 06/05/2017 Average Rank 15.33 [details] Sales history for Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking date, rank 05/08/2017, 23 06/05/2017, 2 06/26/2017, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 4,819 2012 YTD: 25,371	Apr 2017	4,819 25,371
22	22	31	Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood Trevor Noah, Author Spiegel & Grau, $28.00 (304) 978-0-399-58817-4 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 11/28/2016 Highest Rank 12 Highest Rank Date 11/28/2016 Average Rank 18.50 [details] Sales history for Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood date, rank 11/28/2016, 12 12/05/2016, 12 12/12/2016, 18 12/19/2016, 18 12/26/2016, 16 01/02/2017, 14 01/09/2017, 20 01/16/2017, 22 01/23/2017, 24 01/30/2017, 20 02/06/2017, 21 02/13/2017, 21 02/20/2017, 21 02/27/2017, 15 03/06/2017, 12 03/13/2017, 20 04/10/2017, 19 06/12/2017, 21 06/19/2017, 22 06/26/2017, 22 LAST WEEK: 22 WEEKS ON LIST: 31 PUB DATE: Nov 2016 UNITS SOLD: 4,733 2012 YTD: 91,202	Nov 2016	4,733 91,202
23	28	5	Papi: My Story David Ortiz, Author, Michael Holley, Author Houghton Mifflin, $28.00 (272) 978-0-544-81461-5 Last rank 28 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 05/29/2017 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 05/29/2017 Average Rank 13.40 [details] Sales history for Papi: My Story date, rank 05/29/2017, 6 06/05/2017, 12 06/05/2017, 6 06/12/2017, 20 06/26/2017, 23 LAST WEEK: 28 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 4,502 2012 YTD: 26,790	May 2017	4,502 26,790
24	10	2	If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: Relating to and Communicating with Others, from the Boardroom to the Bedroom Alan Alda, Author Random House, $28.00 (224) 978-0-8129-8914-4 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 06/19/2017 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 06/19/2017 Average Rank 17.00 [details] Sales history for If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: Relating to and Communicating with Others, from the Boardroom to the Bedroom date, rank 06/19/2017, 10 06/26/2017, 24 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jun 2017 UNITS SOLD: 4,490 2012 YTD: 12,233	Jun 2017	4,490 12,233
25	47	2	The Good That Men Can Do D Todd Christofferson, Author Deseret Book, $0.00 978-1-62972-352-5 LAST WEEK: 47 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 4,357 2012 YTD: 10,328	May 2017	4,357 10,328

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Nielsen BookScan, week 25 of 2017, data through 6/18/2017; PW Issue of June 26, 2017