Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lists

Select Back Issue:

Hardcover Frontlist Nonfiction

(Click title for review)

Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2024 YTD
1	-	1	What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions Randall Munroe, Author Houghton Mifflin, $24.00 (320) 978-0-544-27299-6 Last rank 36 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 09/15/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/15/2014 Average Rank 14.03 [details] Sales history for What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions date, rank 09/15/2014, 1 09/22/2014, 3 09/29/2014, 5 10/06/2014, 7 10/13/2014, 10 10/20/2014, 13 10/27/2014, 14 11/03/2014, 19 11/10/2014, 22 11/17/2014, 16 11/24/2014, 15 12/01/2014, 11 12/08/2014, 9 12/15/2014, 7 12/22/2014, 6 12/29/2014, 6 01/05/2015, 6 01/12/2015, 12 01/19/2015, 13 01/26/2015, 16 02/02/2015, 16 02/09/2015, 21 02/16/2015, 24 02/23/2015, 14 03/02/2015, 13 03/09/2015, 19 03/16/2015, 20 03/23/2015, 17 03/30/2015, 19 04/06/2015, 20 04/13/2015, 18 04/27/2015, 25 05/04/2015, 24 06/15/2015, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 35,486 YTD: 36,049	Sep 2014	35,486 36,049
2	-	1	Unphiltered: The Way I See It Phil Robertson, Author, Mark Schlabach, With Howard Books, $25.99 (213) 978-1-4767-6623-2 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 09/15/2014 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/15/2014 Average Rank 10.44 [details] Sales history for Unphiltered: The Way I See It date, rank 09/15/2014, 2 09/22/2014, 4 09/29/2014, 6 10/06/2014, 10 10/13/2014, 14 10/20/2014, 23 10/27/2014, 22 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 18,159 YTD: 18,322	Sep 2014	18,159 18,322
3	-	1	What I Know for Sure Oprah Winfrey, Author Flatiron Books, $24.99 (240) 978-1-250-05405-0 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/15/2014 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/15/2014 Average Rank 14.73 [details] Sales history for What I Know for Sure date, rank 09/15/2014, 3 09/22/2014, 5 09/29/2014, 8 10/06/2014, 9 10/13/2014, 12 10/20/2014, 20 10/27/2014, 18 11/03/2014, 22 12/29/2014, 22 01/05/2015, 22 01/12/2015, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 9,473 YTD: 9,616	Sep 2014	9,473 9,616
4	-	1	Chasers of the Light: Poems from the Typewriter Series Tyler Knott Gregson, Author Perigee Books, $18.00 (144) 978-0-399-16973-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 7,958 YTD: 8,385	Sep 2014	7,958 8,385
5	2	16	One Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America's Future Ben Carson, Author, Candy Carson, Author Sentinel, $25.95 (256) 978-1-59523-112-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 06/02/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/02/2014 Average Rank 5.09 [details] Sales history for One Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America's Future date, rank 06/02/2014, 1 06/09/2014, 1 06/16/2014, 1 06/23/2014, 2 06/30/2014, 2 07/07/2014, 3 07/14/2014, 4 07/21/2014, 4 07/28/2014, 3 08/04/2014, 2 08/11/2014, 2 08/18/2014, 2 08/25/2014, 2 09/01/2014, 2 09/08/2014, 2 09/15/2014, 5 09/22/2014, 11 09/29/2014, 11 10/06/2014, 11 10/13/2014, 20 10/27/2014, 25 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: May 2014 UNITS SOLD: 7,769 YTD: 265,208	May 2014	7,769 265,208
6	3	14	America: Imagine a World Without Her Dinesh D'Souza, Author Regnery Publishing, $29.99 (289) 978-1-62157-203-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 06/16/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/21/2014 Average Rank 7.00 [details] Sales history for America: Imagine a World Without Her date, rank 06/16/2014, 11 06/23/2014, 16 06/30/2014, 11 07/07/2014, 9 07/14/2014, 12 07/21/2014, 1 07/28/2014, 1 08/04/2014, 1 08/11/2014, 1 08/18/2014, 1 08/25/2014, 1 09/01/2014, 3 09/08/2014, 3 09/15/2014, 6 09/22/2014, 16 09/29/2014, 17 10/06/2014, 22 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Jun 2014 UNITS SOLD: 6,528 YTD: 176,195	Jun 2014	6,528 176,195
7	1	2	100 Days of Real Food: How We Did It, What We Learned, and 100 Easy, Wholesome Recipes Your Family Will Love Lisa Leake, Author William Morrow & Company, $29.99 (368) 978-0-06-225255-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/08/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/08/2014 Average Rank 6.40 [details] Sales history for 100 Days of Real Food: How We Did It, What We Learned, and 100 Easy, Wholesome Recipes Your Family Will Love date, rank 09/08/2014, 1 09/15/2014, 7 09/22/2014, 19 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2014 UNITS SOLD: 5,732 YTD: 22,230	Aug 2014	5,732 22,230
8	-	1	Diary of a Mad Diva Joan Rivers, Author Berkley Publishing Group, $26.95 (289) 978-0-425-26902-2 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 07/14/2014 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 09/15/2014 Average Rank 16.29 [details] Sales history for Diary of a Mad Diva date, rank 07/14/2014, 19 07/21/2014, 12 07/28/2014, 20 08/04/2014, 22 09/15/2014, 8 09/22/2014, 14 09/29/2014, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2014 UNITS SOLD: 5,009 YTD: 19,666	Jul 2014	5,009 19,666
9	4	3	Player's Handbook Wizards RPG Team, Author Wizards of the Coast, $49.95 (320) 978-0-7869-6560-1 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 09/01/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/01/2014 Average Rank 8.80 [details] Sales history for Player's Handbook date, rank 09/01/2014, 1 09/08/2014, 4 09/15/2014, 9 09/22/2014, 23 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 2014 UNITS SOLD: 4,992 YTD: 35,851	Aug 2014	4,992 35,851
10	-	1	Indulge: Delicious Little Desserts That Keep Life Real Sweet Kathy Wakile, Author St. Martin's Griffin, $26.99 (224) 978-1-250-05126-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 3,485 YTD: 3,528	Sep 2014	3,485 3,528
11	6	5	In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette Hampton Sides, Author Doubleday Books, $28.95 (480) 978-0-385-53537-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 08/18/2014 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 08/18/2014 Average Rank 5.75 [details] Sales history for In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette date, rank 08/18/2014, 4 08/25/2014, 4 09/01/2014, 6 09/08/2014, 6 09/15/2014, 11 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Aug 2014 UNITS SOLD: 3,374 YTD: 24,062	Aug 2014	3,374 24,062
12	9	51	Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers David Perlmutter, Author, Kristin Loberg, With Little Brown and Company, $27.00 (336) 978-0-316-23480-1 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 09/30/2013 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 03/31/2014 Average Rank 12.71 [details] Sales history for Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers date, rank 09/30/2013, 9 10/07/2013, 15 10/14/2013, 19 10/21/2013, 22 11/04/2013, 14 11/11/2013, 16 11/18/2013, 20 11/25/2013, 11 12/02/2013, 23 12/16/2013, 25 12/23/2013, 25 12/30/2013, 21 01/06/2014, 19 01/13/2014, 11 01/20/2014, 9 01/27/2014, 10 02/03/2014, 9 02/10/2014, 11 02/17/2014, 7 02/24/2014, 6 03/03/2014, 6 03/10/2014, 9 03/17/2014, 5 03/24/2014, 4 03/31/2014, 3 04/07/2014, 5 04/14/2014, 10 04/21/2014, 10 04/28/2014, 5 05/05/2014, 6 05/12/2014, 6 05/19/2014, 16 05/26/2014, 16 06/02/2014, 16 06/09/2014, 9 06/16/2014, 10 06/23/2014, 15 06/30/2014, 9 07/07/2014, 10 07/14/2014, 14 07/21/2014, 13 07/28/2014, 15 08/04/2014, 16 08/11/2014, 11 08/18/2014, 16 08/25/2014, 11 09/01/2014, 13 09/08/2014, 9 09/15/2014, 12 09/22/2014, 21 09/29/2014, 20 10/06/2014, 18 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 51 PUB DATE: Sep 2013 UNITS SOLD: 3,358 YTD: 214,762	Sep 2013	3,358 214,762
13	7	33	Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Little Golden Book Diane E Muldrow, Author Golden Books, $9.99 (96) 978-0-307-97761-8 Last rank 28 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 03/17/2014 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 07/21/2014 Average Rank 12.66 [details] Sales history for Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Little Golden Book date, rank 03/17/2014, 19 03/24/2014, 21 03/31/2014, 20 04/07/2014, 18 04/14/2014, 17 04/21/2014, 22 04/28/2014, 12 05/05/2014, 12 05/12/2014, 10 05/19/2014, 15 05/26/2014, 15 06/02/2014, 11 06/09/2014, 10 06/16/2014, 9 06/23/2014, 13 06/30/2014, 8 07/07/2014, 8 07/14/2014, 11 07/21/2014, 5 07/28/2014, 6 08/04/2014, 5 08/11/2014, 6 08/18/2014, 8 08/25/2014, 8 09/01/2014, 8 09/08/2014, 7 09/15/2014, 13 09/22/2014, 25 10/06/2014, 25 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 33 PUB DATE: Sep 2013 UNITS SOLD: 3,331 YTD: 145,088	Sep 2013	3,331 145,088
14	-	1	Level Zero Heroes: The Story of U.S. Marine Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan Michael Golembesky, Author, John R Bruning, Author St. Martin's Press, $26.99 (320) 978-1-250-03040-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 09/15/2014 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 10/20/2014 Average Rank 11.50 [details] Sales history for Level Zero Heroes: The Story of U.S. Marine Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan date, rank 09/15/2014, 14 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 2,985 YTD: 3,155	Sep 2014	2,985 3,155
15	17	6	It Starts with Food: Discover the Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways Dallas Hartwig, Author, Melissa Hartwig, Author Victory Belt Publishing, $26.95 (328) 978-1-62860-054-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 23 Initial Date 08/11/2014 Highest Rank 15 Highest Rank Date 09/15/2014 Average Rank 20.79 [details] Sales history for It Starts with Food: Discover the Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways date, rank 08/11/2014, 23 08/25/2014, 22 09/01/2014, 21 09/08/2014, 17 09/15/2014, 15 01/12/2015, 16 01/19/2015, 20 01/26/2015, 19 02/02/2015, 18 02/09/2015, 23 02/16/2015, 25 03/02/2015, 22 03/09/2015, 25 05/04/2015, 25 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Jul 2014 UNITS SOLD: 2,908 YTD: 12,963	Jul 2014	2,908 12,963
16	-	1	Elvis & Ginger Ginger Alden, Author Berkley Publishing Group, $26.95 (383) 978-0-425-26633-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 2,673 YTD: 2,700	Sep 2014	2,673 2,700
17	8	3	The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload Daniel J. Levitin, Author Dutton Books, $27.95 (512) 978-0-525-95418-7 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 09/01/2014 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 09/01/2014 Average Rank 10.00 [details] Sales history for The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload date, rank 09/01/2014, 5 09/08/2014, 8 09/15/2014, 17 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 2014 UNITS SOLD: 2,591 YTD: 10,999	Aug 2014	2,591 10,999
18	10	13	Hard Choices Hillary Rodham Clinton, Author Simon & Schuster, $35.00 (635) 978-1-4767-5144-3 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 06/23/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/23/2014 Average Rank 4.95 [details] Sales history for Hard Choices date, rank 06/23/2014, 1 06/30/2014, 1 07/07/2014, 1 07/14/2014, 2 07/21/2014, 3 07/28/2014, 5 08/04/2014, 4 08/11/2014, 5 08/18/2014, 5 08/25/2014, 6 09/01/2014, 9 09/08/2014, 10 09/15/2014, 18 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Jun 2014 UNITS SOLD: 2,542 YTD: 236,932	Jun 2014	2,542 236,932
19	-	1	Seriously Delish: 150 Recipes for People Who Totally Love Food Jessica Merchant, Author Houghton Mifflin, $29.99 (304) 978-0-544-17649-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 2,541 YTD: 2,797	Sep 2014	2,541 2,797
20	15	44	The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness Dave Ramsey, Author Thomas Nelson Publishers, $24.99 (288) 978-1-59555-527-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 20 Initial Date 09/23/2013 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/28/2015 Average Rank 20.17 [details] Sales history for The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness date, rank 09/23/2013, 20 12/16/2013, 20 12/30/2013, 25 01/27/2014, 20 02/03/2014, 23 02/10/2014, 22 02/17/2014, 25 03/03/2014, 22 03/10/2014, 24 03/17/2014, 20 03/31/2014, 23 04/07/2014, 21 04/14/2014, 23 05/12/2014, 23 05/26/2014, 25 06/02/2014, 23 06/09/2014, 18 06/16/2014, 14 06/23/2014, 18 07/14/2014, 24 07/21/2014, 18 07/28/2014, 24 08/04/2014, 18 08/11/2014, 17 08/18/2014, 23 08/25/2014, 15 09/01/2014, 19 09/08/2014, 15 09/15/2014, 20 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 44 PUB DATE: Sep 2013 UNITS SOLD: 2,455 YTD: 105,417	Sep 2013	2,455 105,417
21	-	1	The Teacher Wars: A History of America's Most Embattled Profession Dana Goldstein, Author Doubleday Books, $26.95 (352) 978-0-385-53695-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 2,368 YTD: 2,423	Sep 2014	2,368 2,423
22	11	5	The First Family Detail: Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden Lives of the Presidents Ronald Kessler, Author Crown Forum, $26.00 (258) 978-0-8041-3921-2 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 08/18/2014 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/18/2014 Average Rank 9.50 [details] Sales history for The First Family Detail: Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden Lives of the Presidents date, rank 08/18/2014, 3 08/25/2014, 5 09/01/2014, 11 09/08/2014, 11 09/15/2014, 22 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Aug 2014 UNITS SOLD: 2,323 YTD: 19,918	Aug 2014	2,323 19,918
23	-	16	Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain Steven D. Levitt, Author, Stephen J. Dubner, Author William Morrow & Company, $28.99 (288) 978-0-06-221833-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 05/26/2014 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/26/2014 Average Rank 9.94 [details] Sales history for Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain date, rank 05/26/2014, 3 06/02/2014, 3 06/09/2014, 7 06/16/2014, 6 06/23/2014, 7 06/30/2014, 5 07/07/2014, 7 07/14/2014, 8 07/21/2014, 8 07/28/2014, 7 08/04/2014, 9 08/11/2014, 9 08/18/2014, 15 08/25/2014, 20 09/01/2014, 22 09/15/2014, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: May 2014 UNITS SOLD: 2,285 YTD: 102,962	May 2014	2,285 102,962
24	5	3	The Way Forward: Renewing the American Idea Paul Ryan, Author Twelve, $27.00 (304) 978-1-4555-5756-1 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/01/2014 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 09/01/2014 Average Rank 9.75 [details] Sales history for The Way Forward: Renewing the American Idea date, rank 09/01/2014, 4 09/08/2014, 5 09/15/2014, 24 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 2014 UNITS SOLD: 2,221 YTD: 12,822	Aug 2014	2,221 12,822
25	16	49	David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants Malcolm Gladwell, Author Little Brown and Company, $29.00 (320) 978-0-316-20436-1 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/14/2013 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/14/2013 Average Rank 10.00 [details] Sales history for David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants date, rank 10/14/2013, 2 10/21/2013, 2 10/28/2013, 3 11/04/2013, 2 11/11/2013, 4 11/18/2013, 6 11/25/2013, 8 12/02/2013, 8 12/09/2013, 3 12/16/2013, 5 12/23/2013, 6 12/30/2013, 5 01/06/2014, 4 01/13/2014, 4 01/20/2014, 7 01/27/2014, 8 02/03/2014, 8 02/10/2014, 8 02/17/2014, 4 02/24/2014, 5 03/03/2014, 4 03/10/2014, 11 03/17/2014, 10 03/24/2014, 11 03/31/2014, 12 04/07/2014, 12 04/14/2014, 16 04/21/2014, 25 04/28/2014, 21 05/12/2014, 21 06/16/2014, 25 06/23/2014, 25 06/30/2014, 16 07/07/2014, 19 07/14/2014, 21 07/21/2014, 7 07/28/2014, 8 08/04/2014, 7 08/11/2014, 7 08/18/2014, 12 08/25/2014, 9 09/01/2014, 16 09/08/2014, 16 09/15/2014, 25 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 49 PUB DATE: Oct 2013 UNITS SOLD: 2,210 YTD: 175,600	Oct 2013	2,210 175,600

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

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

Nielsen BookScan, week 36 of 2014, data through 9/7/2014; PW Issue of September 15, 2014