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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	-	1	Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook Ina Garten, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $35.00 (256) 978-1-9848-2278-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/07/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/07/2022 Average Rank 5.88 [details] Sales history for Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook date, rank 11/07/2022, 1 11/14/2022, 3 11/21/2022, 2 11/28/2022, 4 12/05/2022, 4 12/12/2022, 4 12/19/2022, 2 12/26/2022, 3 01/02/2023, 2 01/09/2023, 4 01/16/2023, 5 01/23/2023, 10 01/30/2023, 11 02/06/2023, 12 02/13/2023, 16 02/20/2023, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 112,255 YTD: 112,255	Oct 2022	112,255 112,255
2	2	12	I'm Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy, Author Simon & Schuster, $27.99 (320) 978-1-9821-8582-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 08/22/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/22/2022 Average Rank 5.74 [details] Sales history for I'm Glad My Mom Died date, rank 08/22/2022, 1 08/29/2022, 2 09/05/2022, 2 09/12/2022, 1 09/19/2022, 1 09/26/2022, 1 10/03/2022, 1 10/10/2022, 2 10/17/2022, 3 10/24/2022, 2 10/31/2022, 2 11/07/2022, 2 11/14/2022, 7 11/21/2022, 6 11/28/2022, 8 12/05/2022, 5 12/12/2022, 6 12/19/2022, 5 12/26/2022, 5 01/02/2023, 4 01/09/2023, 2 01/16/2023, 2 01/23/2023, 5 01/30/2023, 6 02/06/2023, 6 02/13/2023, 6 02/20/2023, 13 02/27/2023, 8 03/06/2023, 9 03/13/2023, 7 03/20/2023, 6 03/27/2023, 7 04/03/2023, 8 04/10/2023, 10 04/17/2023, 7 04/24/2023, 5 05/01/2023, 10 05/08/2023, 15 05/15/2023, 17 05/22/2023, 11 05/29/2023, 10 06/05/2023, 7 06/12/2023, 6 06/19/2023, 9 06/26/2023, 9 07/03/2023, 7 07/10/2023, 6 07/17/2023, 8 07/24/2023, 10 07/31/2023, 12 08/07/2023, 8 08/14/2023, 6 08/21/2023, 7 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 19,354 YTD: 346,734	Aug 2022	19,354 346,734
3	-	1	Waypoints Sam Heughan, Author Voracious, $29.00 (320) 978-0-316-49553-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 14,506 YTD: 14,506	Oct 2022	14,506 14,506
4	3	2	And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle Jon Meacham, Author Random House, $40.00 (720) 978-0-553-39396-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 10/31/2022 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/31/2022 Average Rank 10.55 [details] Sales history for And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle date, rank 10/31/2022, 3 11/07/2022, 4 11/14/2022, 8 11/21/2022, 11 11/28/2022, 15 12/05/2022, 12 12/12/2022, 9 12/19/2022, 9 12/26/2022, 8 01/02/2023, 10 01/09/2023, 7 01/16/2023, 14 01/23/2023, 23 01/30/2023, 23 02/06/2023, 21 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 13,608 YTD: 35,544	Oct 2022	13,608 35,544
5	-	1	Justice Corrupted: How the Left Weaponized Our Legal System Ted Cruz, Author Regnery Publishing, $29.99 (256) 978-1-68451-361-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/07/2022 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 12/12/2022 Average Rank 9.40 [details] Sales history for Justice Corrupted: How the Left Weaponized Our Legal System date, rank 11/07/2022, 5 11/14/2022, 11 11/21/2022, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 13,431 YTD: 13,431	Oct 2022	13,431 13,431
6	-	1	The Way Home: A Cookbook Celebration of Sea Islands Food and Family Kardea Brown, Author Amistad Press, $34.99 (272) 978-0-06-308560-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 10,100 YTD: 10,100	Oct 2022	10,100 10,100
7	9	5	Killing the Legends: The Lethal Danger of Celebrity Bill O'Reilly, Author St. Martin's Press, $30.00 (304) 978-1-250-28330-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/10/2022 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/14/2022 Average Rank 12.17 [details] Sales history for Killing the Legends: The Lethal Danger of Celebrity date, rank 10/10/2022, 3 10/17/2022, 4 10/24/2022, 5 10/31/2022, 9 11/07/2022, 7 11/14/2022, 15 11/21/2022, 18 11/28/2022, 22 12/05/2022, 25 12/12/2022, 18 12/19/2022, 20 12/26/2022, 18 01/02/2023, 18 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Sep 2022 UNITS SOLD: 9,270 YTD: 77,470	Sep 2022	9,270 77,470
8	-	1	My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy Clint Hill, Author, Lisa McCubbin Hill, With Gallery Books, $30.00 (288) 978-1-9821-8111-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 8,039 YTD: 8,039	Oct 2022	8,039 8,039
9	1	2	Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard Tom Felton, Author Grand Central Publishing, $28.00 (304) 978-1-5387-4136-8 Last rank 33 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/31/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/31/2022 Average Rank 13.00 [details] Sales history for Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard date, rank 10/31/2022, 1 11/07/2022, 9 11/14/2022, 24 11/21/2022, 25 12/05/2022, 22 01/09/2023, 14 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 7,981 YTD: 41,732	Oct 2022	7,981 41,732
10	13	7	Guinness World Records 2023 Guinness World Records, Author Guinness World Records, $29.95 (256) 978-1-913484-20-0 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 09/26/2022 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 12/19/2022 Average Rank 12.82 [details] Sales history for Guinness World Records 2023 date, rank 09/26/2022, 22 10/03/2022, 19 10/10/2022, 20 10/17/2022, 14 10/24/2022, 18 10/31/2022, 13 11/07/2022, 10 11/14/2022, 10 11/21/2022, 10 11/28/2022, 10 12/05/2022, 7 12/12/2022, 7 12/19/2022, 4 12/26/2022, 4 01/02/2023, 5 01/09/2023, 20 01/16/2023, 25 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Sep 2022 UNITS SOLD: 7,844 YTD: 45,898	Sep 2022	7,844 45,898
11	6	2	Bibi: My Story Benjamin Netanyahu, Author Threshold Editions, $35.00 (736) 978-1-6680-0844-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/31/2022 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 10/31/2022 Average Rank 12.00 [details] Sales history for Bibi: My Story date, rank 10/31/2022, 6 11/07/2022, 11 11/14/2022, 16 12/05/2022, 13 01/23/2023, 20 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 7,737 YTD: 22,729	Oct 2022	7,737 22,729
12	7	2	Somebody Feed Phil the Book: Untold Stories, Behind-The-Scenes Photos and Favorite Recipes: A Cookbook Phil Rosenthal, Author, Massimo Bottura, Foreword by S&s/Simon Element, $32.50 (352) 978-1-9821-7099-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 10/31/2022 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 11/14/2022 Average Rank 7.67 [details] Sales history for Somebody Feed Phil the Book: Untold Stories, Behind-The-Scenes Photos and Favorite Recipes: A Cookbook date, rank 10/31/2022, 7 11/07/2022, 12 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 7,213 YTD: 20,731	Oct 2022	7,213 20,731
13	-	1	2,000 Mules: They Thought We'd Never Find Out. They Were Wrong. Dinesh D'Souza, Author Regnery Publishing, $29.99 (256) 978-1-68451-083-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 7,084 YTD: 7,084	Oct 2022	7,084 7,084
14	-	1	The Song of the Cell: The Transformation of Medicine and the New Human Siddhartha Mukherjee, Author Scribner Book Company, $32.50 (576) 978-1-9821-1735-1 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 11/07/2022 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 11/07/2022 Average Rank 20.00 [details] Sales history for The Song of the Cell: The Transformation of Medicine and the New Human date, rank 11/07/2022, 14 11/14/2022, 18 11/28/2022, 25 12/05/2022, 16 12/12/2022, 20 12/19/2022, 24 12/26/2022, 19 01/02/2023, 23 01/09/2023, 17 01/16/2023, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 6,959 YTD: 6,959	Oct 2022	6,959 6,959
15	-	1	From Scratch: Adventures in Harvesting, Hunting, Fishing, and Foraging on a Fragile Planet David Moscow, Author, Jon Moscow, Author Permuted Press, $27.00 (336) 978-1-63758-402-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 6,873 YTD: 6,873	Oct 2022	6,873 6,873
16	-	1	The Revolutionary Samuel Adams Stacy Schiff, Author Little Brown and Company, $35.00 (464) 978-0-316-44111-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 11/07/2022 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 01/09/2023 Average Rank 14.07 [details] Sales history for The Revolutionary Samuel Adams date, rank 11/07/2022, 16 11/14/2022, 14 11/21/2022, 15 11/28/2022, 17 12/05/2022, 15 12/12/2022, 12 12/19/2022, 15 12/26/2022, 13 01/02/2023, 12 01/09/2023, 16 01/16/2023, 15 01/23/2023, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 6,564 YTD: 6,564	Oct 2022	6,564 6,564
17	-	1	The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson Jeff Pearlman, Author Mariner Books, $29.99 (352) 978-0-358-43767-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 6,421 YTD: 6,421	Oct 2022	6,421 6,421
18	16	5	Healing Through Words Rupi Kaur, Author Andrews McMeel Publishing, $24.99 (320) 978-1-5248-7326-4 Last rank 34 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/10/2022 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 10/10/2022 Average Rank 17.38 [details] Sales history for Healing Through Words date, rank 10/10/2022, 6 10/17/2022, 13 10/24/2022, 19 10/31/2022, 16 11/07/2022, 18 11/14/2022, 17 11/21/2022, 16 11/28/2022, 21 12/05/2022, 20 01/02/2023, 19 01/09/2023, 21 01/16/2023, 17 02/13/2023, 23 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Sep 2022 UNITS SOLD: 6,016 YTD: 38,525	Sep 2022	6,016 38,525
19	14	5	Live Wire Kelly Ripa, Author Dey Street Books, $28.99 (304) 978-0-06-307330-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/10/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/10/2022 Average Rank 7.12 [details] Sales history for Live Wire date, rank 10/10/2022, 1 10/17/2022, 5 10/24/2022, 8 10/31/2022, 14 11/07/2022, 19 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Sep 2022 UNITS SOLD: 5,860 YTD: 77,149	Sep 2022	5,860 77,149
20	8	2	The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir Paul Newman, Author, David Rosenthal, Editor Knopf Publishing Group, $32.00 (320) 978-0-593-53450-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/31/2022 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 10/31/2022 Average Rank 12.00 [details] Sales history for The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir date, rank 10/31/2022, 8 11/07/2022, 20 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 5,533 YTD: 17,314	Oct 2022	5,533 17,314
21	10	4	Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America Maggie Haberman, Author Penguin Press, $30.00 (480) 978-0-593-29734-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/17/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/17/2022 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America date, rank 10/17/2022, 1 10/24/2022, 1 10/31/2022, 10 11/07/2022, 21 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 5,530 YTD: 101,529	Oct 2022	5,530 101,529
22	20	8	The Return of the Gods Jonathan Cahn, Author Frontline, $28.99 (304) 978-1-63641-142-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 09/19/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/10/2022 Average Rank 12.89 [details] Sales history for The Return of the Gods date, rank 09/19/2022, 2 09/26/2022, 7 10/03/2022, 6 10/10/2022, 13 10/17/2022, 12 10/24/2022, 22 10/31/2022, 20 11/07/2022, 22 11/14/2022, 22 11/21/2022, 23 02/13/2023, 24 04/17/2023, 14 04/24/2023, 4 05/01/2023, 11 05/08/2023, 20 05/15/2023, 18 05/22/2023, 20 05/29/2023, 24 06/05/2023, 21 06/12/2023, 11 06/19/2023, 19 07/03/2023, 18 07/10/2023, 24 07/17/2023, 24 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Sep 2022 UNITS SOLD: 5,258 YTD: 93,494	Sep 2022	5,258 93,494
23	-	1	Nicole Angemi's Anatomy Book: A Catalog of Familiar, Rare, and Unusual Pathologies Nicole Angemi, Author Cernunnos, $29.99 (224) 978-1-4197-5475-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 5,043 YTD: 5,043	Oct 2022	5,043 5,043
24	4	2	Feed These People: Slam-Dunk Recipes for Your Crew Jen Hatmaker, Author Harvest Publications, $30.00 (256) 978-0-358-53914-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 10/31/2022 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/14/2022 Average Rank 10.33 [details] Sales history for Feed These People: Slam-Dunk Recipes for Your Crew date, rank 10/31/2022, 4 11/07/2022, 24 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 4,978 YTD: 23,854	Oct 2022	4,978 23,854
25	17	4	Lighter: Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand the Future Yung Pueblo, Author Harmony, $24.00 (288) 978-0-593-23317-7 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/17/2022 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/17/2022 Average Rank 15.42 [details] Sales history for Lighter: Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand the Future date, rank 10/17/2022, 2 10/24/2022, 9 10/31/2022, 17 11/07/2022, 25 11/14/2022, 25 11/21/2022, 21 01/09/2023, 11 01/16/2023, 12 01/23/2023, 15 01/30/2023, 21 02/06/2023, 23 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 4,666 YTD: 57,230	Oct 2022	4,666 57,230

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Source: NPD BookScan, for the week ended Oct. 29, 2022; appearing in the Nov. 07, 2022, print edition of PW.