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1	-	1	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 14 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/27/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/27/2024 Average Rank 8.94 [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 11/04/2024, 11 11/11/2024, 6 11/18/2024, 6 11/25/2024, 6 12/02/2024, 6 12/09/2024, 14 12/16/2024, 13 12/23/2024, 15 12/30/2024, 10 01/06/2025, 13 01/13/2025, 4 01/20/2025, 6 01/27/2025, 9 02/03/2025, 5 02/10/2025, 6 02/17/2025, 10 02/24/2025, 5 03/03/2025, 10 03/10/2025, 9 03/17/2025, 20 03/24/2025, 14 03/31/2025, 22 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2024 UNITS SOLD: 37,093 YTD: 37,093	May 2024	37,093 37,093
2	-	1	The Official Stardew Valley Cookbook Concernedape, Author, Ryan Novak, Author Random House Worlds, $28.00 (176) 978-1-9848-6205-1 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 05/27/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/27/2024 Average Rank 16.55 [details] Sales history for The Official Stardew Valley Cookbook date, rank 05/27/2024, 2 06/03/2024, 9 06/10/2024, 14 06/17/2024, 19 06/24/2024, 24 07/08/2024, 21 07/15/2024, 16 07/22/2024, 21 12/09/2024, 25 12/16/2024, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2024 UNITS SOLD: 29,033 YTD: 29,033	May 2024	29,033 29,033
3	-	1	The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis George Stephanopoulos, Author, Lisa Dickey, With Grand Central Publishing, $35.00 (368) 978-1-5387-4076-7 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/27/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/27/2024 Average Rank 9.89 [details] Sales history for The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis date, rank 05/27/2024, 3 06/03/2024, 7 06/10/2024, 8 06/17/2024, 11 06/24/2024, 4 07/08/2024, 19 07/15/2024, 9 07/22/2024, 20 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2024 UNITS SOLD: 25,303 YTD: 25,303	May 2024	25,303 25,303
4	1	3	The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War Erik Larson, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $35.00 (592) 978-0-385-34874-4 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/13/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/13/2024 Average Rank 8.73 [details] Sales history for The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War date, rank 05/13/2024, 1 05/20/2024, 1 05/27/2024, 4 06/03/2024, 3 06/10/2024, 1 06/17/2024, 4 06/24/2024, 2 07/08/2024, 5 07/15/2024, 4 07/22/2024, 4 07/29/2024, 2 08/05/2024, 4 08/12/2024, 5 08/19/2024, 9 08/26/2024, 12 09/02/2024, 18 09/09/2024, 13 09/16/2024, 16 09/23/2024, 22 12/09/2024, 18 12/16/2024, 18 12/23/2024, 18 12/30/2024, 12 01/06/2025, 19 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 21,278 YTD: 114,191	Apr 2024	21,278 114,191
5	4	8	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 6 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 04/08/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/08/2024 Average Rank 5.95 [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 11/04/2024, 17 11/11/2024, 11 11/18/2024, 4 11/25/2024, 7 12/02/2024, 11 12/09/2024, 17 12/16/2024, 16 12/23/2024, 10 12/30/2024, 11 01/06/2025, 12 01/13/2025, 3 01/20/2025, 4 01/27/2025, 5 02/03/2025, 3 02/10/2025, 3 02/17/2025, 5 02/24/2025, 2 03/03/2025, 6 03/10/2025, 6 03/17/2025, 9 03/24/2025, 6 03/31/2025, 12 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Mar 2024 UNITS SOLD: 15,024 YTD: 144,958	Mar 2024	15,024 144,958
6	6	3	The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and the Facts Mary Claire Haver, Author Rodale Books, $28.00 (288) 978-0-593-79625-2 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/13/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/13/2024 Average Rank 14.13 [details] Sales history for The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and the Facts date, rank 05/13/2024, 2 05/20/2024, 6 05/27/2024, 6 06/03/2024, 6 06/10/2024, 16 06/17/2024, 12 06/24/2024, 14 07/08/2024, 14 07/15/2024, 8 07/22/2024, 10 07/29/2024, 11 08/05/2024, 7 08/12/2024, 8 08/19/2024, 10 08/26/2024, 14 09/02/2024, 17 09/09/2024, 12 09/16/2024, 11 09/23/2024, 20 09/30/2024, 24 10/07/2024, 23 10/14/2024, 23 11/18/2024, 24 02/03/2025, 25 02/10/2025, 20 02/24/2025, 22 03/10/2025, 17 03/24/2025, 20 03/31/2025, 18 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 13,709 YTD: 73,710	Apr 2024	13,709 73,710
7	-	1	Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk Kathleen Hanna, Author Ecco Press, $29.99 (256) 978-0-06-282523-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2024 UNITS SOLD: 10,770 YTD: 10,770	May 2024	10,770 10,770
8	-	1	Down with the System: A Memoir (of Sorts) Serj Tankian, Author Hachette Books, $30.00 (352) 978-0-306-83192-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2024 UNITS SOLD: 9,851 YTD: 9,851	May 2024	9,851 9,851
9	2	2	You Never Know: A Memoir Tom Selleck, Author, Ellis Henican, Author Dey Street Books, $29.99 (352) 978-0-06-294576-1 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/20/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/20/2024 Average Rank 13.33 [details] Sales history for You Never Know: A Memoir date, rank 05/20/2024, 2 05/27/2024, 9 06/03/2024, 15 06/10/2024, 13 06/17/2024, 20 06/24/2024, 21 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2024 UNITS SOLD: 9,275 YTD: 35,470	May 2024	9,275 35,470
10	3	2	The End of Everything: How Wars Descend Into Annihilation Victor Davis Hanson, Author Basic Books, $30.00 (384) 978-1-5416-7352-6 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 05/20/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/20/2024 Average Rank 12.67 [details] Sales history for The End of Everything: How Wars Descend Into Annihilation date, rank 05/20/2024, 3 05/27/2024, 10 06/03/2024, 25 06/10/2024, 6 06/17/2024, 15 06/24/2024, 17 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2024 UNITS SOLD: 7,267 YTD: 27,756	May 2024	7,267 27,756
11	11	5	An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s Doris Kearns Goodwin, Author Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (496) 978-1-9821-0866-3 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 04/29/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/29/2024 Average Rank 13.81 [details] Sales history for An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s date, rank 04/29/2024, 2 05/06/2024, 6 05/13/2024, 9 05/20/2024, 11 05/27/2024, 11 06/03/2024, 17 06/10/2024, 9 06/17/2024, 18 06/24/2024, 23 07/08/2024, 12 07/15/2024, 14 07/22/2024, 17 08/05/2024, 22 08/12/2024, 21 08/19/2024, 22 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,983 YTD: 56,634	Apr 2024	6,983 56,634
12	7	2	Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World Jen Psaki, Author Scribner Book Company, $28.99 (240) 978-1-6680-1985-6 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 05/20/2024 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 05/20/2024 Average Rank 9.50 [details] Sales history for Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World date, rank 05/20/2024, 7 05/27/2024, 12 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,606 YTD: 19,186	May 2024	6,606 19,186
13	-	1	The Perilous Fight: Overcoming Our Culture's War on the American Family Ben Carson, Author, Candy Carson, With Zondervan, $29.99 (256) 978-0-310-36837-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,196 YTD: 6,196	May 2024	6,196 6,196
14	-	1	Inspire Greatness: How to Motivate Employees with a Simple, Repeatable, Scalable Process Matt Tenney, Author Matt Holt, $28.00 (256) 978-1-63774-507-6 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 05/27/2024 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 05/27/2024 Average Rank 18.00 [details] Sales history for Inspire Greatness: How to Motivate Employees with a Simple, Repeatable, Scalable Process date, rank 05/27/2024, 14 06/03/2024, 22 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,097 YTD: 6,097	May 2024	6,097 6,097
15	9	3	Power Moves: Ignite Your Confidence and Become a Force Sarah Jakes Roberts, Author Thomas Nelson, $29.99 (224) 978-0-7852-9190-9 Last rank 40 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 05/13/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/13/2024 Average Rank 14.86 [details] Sales history for Power Moves: Ignite Your Confidence and Become a Force date, rank 05/13/2024, 3 05/20/2024, 9 05/27/2024, 15 06/03/2024, 24 06/10/2024, 20 07/15/2024, 23 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,889 YTD: 39,317	Apr 2024	5,889 39,317
16	-	1	The Self-Sufficiency Garden: Feed Your Family and Save Money: The #1 Sunday Times Bestseller Huw Richards, Author, Sam Cooper, Author DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), $21.99 (224) 978-0-7440-9239-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,430 YTD: 5,430	May 2024	5,430 5,430
17	-	1	Ageless Aging: A Woman's Guide to Increasing Healthspan, Brainspan, and Lifespan Maddy Dychtwald, Author, Kate Hanley, Author Mayo Clinic Press, $29.99 (344) 979-8-88770-051-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,143 YTD: 5,143	May 2024	5,143 5,143
18	22	18	Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become Like Him. Live as He Did. John Mark Comer, Author Waterbrook Press, $25.00 (304) 978-0-593-19382-2 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 01/29/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 01/29/2024 Average Rank 14.18 [details] Sales history for Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become Like Him. Live as He Did. date, rank 01/29/2024, 2 02/05/2024, 6 02/12/2024, 11 02/19/2024, 11 02/26/2024, 8 03/04/2024, 14 03/11/2024, 18 03/18/2024, 17 03/25/2024, 23 04/01/2024, 16 04/08/2024, 22 04/15/2024, 23 04/22/2024, 13 04/29/2024, 12 05/06/2024, 18 05/13/2024, 14 05/20/2024, 22 05/27/2024, 18 06/03/2024, 21 06/10/2024, 18 06/17/2024, 13 06/24/2024, 16 07/08/2024, 15 07/15/2024, 12 07/22/2024, 13 07/29/2024, 12 08/05/2024, 8 08/12/2024, 9 08/19/2024, 7 08/26/2024, 13 09/02/2024, 12 09/09/2024, 11 09/16/2024, 9 09/23/2024, 15 09/30/2024, 19 10/07/2024, 22 01/13/2025, 21 01/20/2025, 11 01/27/2025, 15 LAST WEEK: 22 WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: Jan 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,067 YTD: 100,595	Jan 2024	5,067 100,595
19	-	1	Healthy Kids, Happy Kids: An Integrative Pediatrician's Guide to Whole Child Wellness Elisa Song, Author Harvest Publications, $32.50 (416) 978-0-358-75117-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,029 YTD: 5,029	May 2024	5,029 5,029
20	18	3	ADHD Is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD Penn Holderness, Author, Kim Holderness, Author Harper Horizon, $29.99 (320) 978-1-4003-3861-0 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/13/2024 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/13/2024 Average Rank 14.00 [details] Sales history for ADHD Is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD date, rank 05/13/2024, 4 05/20/2024, 18 05/27/2024, 20 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,816 YTD: 30,956	Apr 2024	4,816 30,956
21	-	1	Struggle Sessions: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History Nellie Bowles, Author Sentinel, $28.00 (304) 978-0-593-42014-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,266 YTD: 4,266	May 2024	4,266 4,266
22	19	4	The Backyard Bird Chronicles Amy Tan, Author, David Allen Sibley, Foreword by Knopf Publishing Group, $35.00 (320) 978-0-593-53613-1 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/06/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/30/2024 Average Rank 13.59 [details] Sales history for The Backyard Bird Chronicles date, rank 05/06/2024, 5 05/13/2024, 15 05/20/2024, 19 05/27/2024, 22 06/10/2024, 15 06/17/2024, 22 08/12/2024, 10 08/19/2024, 11 08/26/2024, 19 09/09/2024, 17 11/25/2024, 20 12/02/2024, 8 12/09/2024, 11 12/16/2024, 10 12/23/2024, 3 12/30/2024, 1 01/06/2025, 2 01/13/2025, 8 01/20/2025, 19 01/27/2025, 25 02/03/2025, 13 02/10/2025, 10 02/17/2025, 18 02/24/2025, 11 03/03/2025, 18 03/10/2025, 13 03/24/2025, 17 03/31/2025, 23 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,256 YTD: 25,008	Apr 2024	4,256 25,008
23	-	1	New Happy: Getting Happiness Right in a World That's Got It Wrong Stephanie Harrison, Author Tarcherperigee, $28.00 (288) 978-0-593-54138-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,227 YTD: 4,227	May 2024	4,227 4,227
24	13	4	The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security Scott Galloway, Author Portfolio, $32.00 (288) 978-0-593-71402-7 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/06/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/06/2024 Average Rank 12.71 [details] Sales history for The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security date, rank 05/06/2024, 2 05/13/2024, 8 05/20/2024, 13 05/27/2024, 24 06/03/2024, 19 08/05/2024, 5 08/12/2024, 18 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,811 YTD: 36,088	Apr 2024	3,811 36,088
25	21	2	There Are Dads Way Worse Than You: Unimpeachable Evidence of Your Excellence as a Father Glenn Boozan, Author, Priscilla Witte, Illustrator Workman Publishing, $15.00 (64) 978-1-5235-2433-4 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 05/20/2024 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 06/24/2024 Average Rank 19.80 [details] Sales history for There Are Dads Way Worse Than You: Unimpeachable Evidence of Your Excellence as a Father date, rank 05/20/2024, 21 05/27/2024, 25 06/10/2024, 21 06/17/2024, 21 06/24/2024, 11 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,711 YTD: 12,941	Apr 2024	3,711 12,941

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended May 17, 2024; appearing in the May 27, 2024, print edition of PW