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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2024 YTD
1	1	2	Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General Bill O'Reilly, Author, Martin Dugard, Author Henry Holt & Company, $30.00 (352) 978-0-8050-9668-2 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/06/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/06/2014 Average Rank 4.67 [details] Sales history for Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General date, rank 10/06/2014, 1 10/13/2014, 1 10/20/2014, 1 10/27/2014, 1 11/03/2014, 1 11/10/2014, 2 11/17/2014, 2 11/24/2014, 2 12/01/2014, 3 12/08/2014, 1 12/15/2014, 1 12/22/2014, 1 12/29/2014, 1 01/05/2015, 1 01/12/2015, 1 01/19/2015, 2 01/26/2015, 3 02/02/2015, 4 02/09/2015, 4 02/16/2015, 2 02/23/2015, 3 03/02/2015, 2 03/09/2015, 5 03/16/2015, 4 03/23/2015, 6 03/30/2015, 9 04/06/2015, 10 04/13/2015, 7 04/20/2015, 18 04/27/2015, 21 05/04/2015, 21 06/22/2015, 20 06/29/2015, 8 07/06/2015, 23 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 113,891 YTD: 278,536	Sep 2014	113,891 278,536
2	-	1	The Skinnytaste Cookbook: Light on Calories, Big on Flavor Gina Homolka, Author, Heather K Jones, With Clarkson Potter Publishers, $30.00 (320) 978-0-385-34562-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/13/2014 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/13/2014 Average Rank 11.20 [details] Sales history for The Skinnytaste Cookbook: Light on Calories, Big on Flavor date, rank 10/13/2014, 2 10/20/2014, 11 10/27/2014, 17 11/03/2014, 16 11/10/2014, 17 11/24/2014, 23 12/15/2014, 14 12/22/2014, 17 12/29/2014, 20 01/05/2015, 23 01/12/2015, 14 01/19/2015, 10 01/26/2015, 12 02/02/2015, 11 02/09/2015, 16 02/16/2015, 20 02/23/2015, 20 03/02/2015, 19 03/09/2015, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 42,350 YTD: 42,435	Sep 2014	42,350 42,435
3	-	1	Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" Lena Dunham, Author Random House, $28.00 (265) 978-0-8129-9499-5 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/13/2014 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/27/2014 Average Rank 10.90 [details] Sales history for Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" date, rank 10/13/2014, 3 10/20/2014, 3 10/27/2014, 2 11/03/2014, 2 11/10/2014, 6 11/17/2014, 10 11/24/2014, 14 12/01/2014, 16 12/08/2014, 15 12/15/2014, 22 12/22/2014, 20 12/29/2014, 16 01/05/2015, 12 01/12/2015, 8 01/19/2015, 12 01/26/2015, 13 02/02/2015, 14 02/09/2015, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 37,432 YTD: 38,462	Sep 2014	37,432 38,462
4	-	1	You Can, You Will: 8 Undeniable Qualities of a Winner Joel Osteen, Author Faithwords, $24.00 (192) 978-1-4555-7571-8 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 10/13/2014 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 10/13/2014 Average Rank 13.56 [details] Sales history for You Can, You Will: 8 Undeniable Qualities of a Winner date, rank 10/13/2014, 4 10/20/2014, 8 10/27/2014, 5 11/03/2014, 4 11/10/2014, 9 11/17/2014, 13 11/24/2014, 12 12/01/2014, 12 12/08/2014, 16 12/15/2014, 17 12/22/2014, 15 12/29/2014, 15 01/05/2015, 10 01/12/2015, 11 01/19/2015, 15 01/26/2015, 14 02/02/2015, 13 02/09/2015, 17 02/16/2015, 19 02/23/2015, 15 03/02/2015, 15 03/09/2015, 16 03/16/2015, 15 03/23/2015, 21 03/30/2015, 20 04/06/2015, 19 04/13/2015, 16 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 18,974 YTD: 19,413	Sep 2014	18,974 19,413
5	-	1	Monster Manual Wizards RPG Team, Author Wizards of the Coast, $49.95 (352) 978-0-7869-6561-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 16,956 YTD: 17,070	Sep 2014	16,956 17,070
6	2	4	Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success: Discovering Your Gift and the Way to Life's Riches Steve Harvey, Author Amistad Press, $25.99 (240) 978-0-06-222032-5 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 09/22/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/22/2014 Average Rank 9.00 [details] Sales history for Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success: Discovering Your Gift and the Way to Life's Riches date, rank 09/22/2014, 1 09/29/2014, 1 10/06/2014, 2 10/13/2014, 6 10/20/2014, 14 10/27/2014, 15 11/03/2014, 13 11/10/2014, 12 11/17/2014, 19 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 10,444 YTD: 73,214	Sep 2014	10,444 73,214
7	6	4	Guinness World Records 2015 Guinness World Records, Author, Various, Author Guinness World Records, $28.95 (256) 978-1-908843-63-0 Last rank 36 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 09/22/2014 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 12/29/2014 Average Rank 11.23 [details] Sales history for Guinness World Records 2015 date, rank 09/22/2014, 6 09/29/2014, 7 10/06/2014, 6 10/13/2014, 7 10/20/2014, 10 10/27/2014, 12 11/03/2014, 7 11/10/2014, 8 11/17/2014, 8 11/24/2014, 5 12/01/2014, 5 12/08/2014, 5 12/15/2014, 4 12/22/2014, 4 12/29/2014, 3 01/05/2015, 4 01/12/2015, 10 01/19/2015, 18 01/26/2015, 20 02/02/2015, 17 02/09/2015, 20 02/16/2015, 22 02/23/2015, 17 03/02/2015, 18 03/09/2015, 21 03/16/2015, 23 04/13/2015, 25 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 9,855 YTD: 42,550	Sep 2014	9,855 42,550
8	-	1	You Can't Make This Stuff Up: Life-Changing Lessons from Heaven Theresa Caputo, Author, Kristina Grish, With Atria Books, $25.00 (253) 978-1-4767-6443-6 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/13/2014 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 10/13/2014 Average Rank 15.00 [details] Sales history for You Can't Make This Stuff Up: Life-Changing Lessons from Heaven date, rank 10/13/2014, 8 10/20/2014, 22 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 9,453 YTD: 9,523	Sep 2014	9,453 9,523
9	3	4	Jesus on Trial: A Lawyer Affirms the Truth of the Gospel David Limbaugh, Author Regnery Publishing, $27.99 (406) 978-1-62157-255-8 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 09/22/2014 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/29/2014 Average Rank 11.00 [details] Sales history for Jesus on Trial: A Lawyer Affirms the Truth of the Gospel date, rank 09/22/2014, 8 09/29/2014, 3 10/06/2014, 3 10/13/2014, 9 10/20/2014, 15 10/27/2014, 16 11/03/2014, 23 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 9,162 YTD: 48,576	Sep 2014	9,162 48,576
10	7	5	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: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 9,014 YTD: 83,948	Sep 2014	9,014 83,948
11	4	4	13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi Mitchell Zuckoff with the Annex Security Team, Author Twelve, $28.00 (352) 978-1-4555-8227-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 09/22/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/20/2014 Average Rank 7.60 [details] Sales history for 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi date, rank 09/22/2014, 2 09/29/2014, 2 10/06/2014, 4 10/13/2014, 11 10/20/2014, 18 10/27/2014, 20 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 7,150 YTD: 63,269	Sep 2014	7,150 63,269
12	9	5	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: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 7,140 YTD: 47,297	Sep 2014	7,140 47,297
13	-	1	How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World Steven Johnson, Author Riverhead Books, $30.00 (304) 978-1-59463-296-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 6,381 YTD: 6,423	Sep 2014	6,381 6,423
14	10	5	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: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 6,158 YTD: 59,103	Sep 2014	6,158 59,103
15	-	1	The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century Steven Pinker, Author Viking Books, $27.95 (368) 978-0-670-02585-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 5,981 YTD: 6,061	Sep 2014	5,981 6,061
16	8	3	Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future Peter Thiel, Author, Blake Masters, Author Crown Business, $27.00 (224) 978-0-8041-3929-8 Last rank 26 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/29/2014 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 09/29/2014 Average Rank 12.75 [details] Sales history for Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future date, rank 09/29/2014, 4 10/06/2014, 8 10/13/2014, 16 10/27/2014, 23 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 5,769 YTD: 31,914	Sep 2014	5,769 31,914
17	-	1	The Mayor: How I Turned Around Los Angeles After Riots, an Earthquake and the O.J. Simpson Murder Trial Richard J Riordan, Author, Patrick Range McDonald, With Post Hill Press, $27.00 (287) 978-1-61868-951-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 5,460 YTD: 5,601	Sep 2014	5,460 5,601
18	-	1	Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson S. C. Gwynne, Author Scribner Book Company, $35.00 (688) 978-1-4516-7328-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 5,380 YTD: 5,704	Sep 2014	5,380 5,704
19	-	1	Before Amen: The Power of a Simple Prayer Max Lucado, Author Thomas Nelson Publishers, $19.99 (192) 978-0-8499-4848-0 Last rank 33 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 10/13/2014 Highest Rank 19 Highest Rank Date 10/13/2014 Average Rank 22.75 [details] Sales history for Before Amen: The Power of a Simple Prayer date, rank 10/13/2014, 19 10/20/2014, 25 11/24/2014, 22 12/08/2014, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 5,168 YTD: 5,842	Oct 2014	5,168 5,842
20	11	20	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: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: May 2014 UNITS SOLD: 4,966 YTD: 290,520	May 2014	4,966 290,520
21	13	2	How Google Works Eric Schmidt, Author, Jonathan Rosenberg, Author, Alan Eagle, With, Larry Page, Foreword by Grand Central Publishing, $30.00 (304) 978-1-4555-8234-1 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 10/06/2014 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 10/06/2014 Average Rank 19.33 [details] Sales history for How Google Works date, rank 10/06/2014, 13 10/13/2014, 21 10/20/2014, 24 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 4,753 YTD: 10,393	Sep 2014	4,753 10,393
22	12	4	World Order Henry Kissinger, Author Penguin Press, $36.00 (432) 978-1-59420-614-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 09/22/2014 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/20/2014 Average Rank 11.00 [details] Sales history for World Order date, rank 09/22/2014, 13 09/29/2014, 10 10/06/2014, 12 10/13/2014, 22 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 4,454 YTD: 25,117	Sep 2014	4,454 25,117
23	29	3	The Way of Serenity: Finding Peace and Happiness in the Serenity Prayer Jonathan Morris, Author HarperOne, $24.99 (231) 978-0-06-211913-1 Last rank 29 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 09/29/2014 Highest Rank 12 Highest Rank Date 09/29/2014 Average Rank 17.50 [details] Sales history for The Way of Serenity: Finding Peace and Happiness in the Serenity Prayer date, rank 09/29/2014, 12 10/13/2014, 23 LAST WEEK: 29 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 3,793 YTD: 12,010	Sep 2014	3,793 12,010
24	19	3	This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate Naomi Klein, Author Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (576) 978-1-4516-9738-4 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 09/29/2014 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 09/29/2014 Average Rank 19.00 [details] Sales history for This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate date, rank 09/29/2014, 14 10/06/2014, 19 10/13/2014, 24 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 3,759 YTD: 12,048	Sep 2014	3,759 12,048
25	15	2	A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity Nicholas Kristof, Author, Sheryl WuDunn, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $27.95 (400) 978-0-385-34991-8 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 10/06/2014 Highest Rank 15 Highest Rank Date 10/06/2014 Average Rank 20.00 [details] Sales history for A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity date, rank 10/06/2014, 15 10/13/2014, 25 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2014 UNITS SOLD: 3,533 YTD: 8,889	Sep 2014	3,533 8,889

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Nielsen BookScan, week 40 of 2014, data through 10/5//2014; PW Issue of October 13, 2014