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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2024 YTD
1	3	10	Melania Melania Trump, Author Skyhorse Publishing, $40.00 (256) 978-1-5107-8269-3 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/21/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/21/2024 Average Rank 3.88 [details] Sales history for Melania date, rank 10/21/2024, 1 10/28/2024, 3 11/04/2024, 8 11/11/2024, 1 11/18/2024, 1 11/25/2024, 2 12/02/2024, 5 12/09/2024, 7 12/16/2024, 3 12/23/2024, 1 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 37,081 YTD: 342,637	Oct 2024	37,081 342,637
2	1	4	Cher: The Memoir, Part One Cher, Author Dey Street Books, $36.00 (432) 978-0-06-286310-2 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 12/02/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/09/2024 Average Rank 2.67 [details] Sales history for Cher: The Memoir, Part One date, rank 12/02/2024, 2 12/09/2024, 1 12/16/2024, 1 12/23/2024, 2 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 27,455 YTD: 134,488	Nov 2024	27,455 134,488
3	10	7	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 10 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/06/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 12/23/2024 Average Rank 13.80 [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 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 27,296 YTD: 159,317	Apr 2024	27,296 159,317
4	7	11	Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir Ina Garten, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $34.00 (320) 978-0-593-79989-5 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/14/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/14/2024 Average Rank 7.54 [details] Sales history for Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir date, rank 10/14/2024, 1 10/21/2024, 3 10/28/2024, 6 11/04/2024, 15 11/11/2024, 7 11/18/2024, 8 11/25/2024, 13 12/02/2024, 14 12/09/2024, 13 12/16/2024, 7 12/23/2024, 4 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 24,677 YTD: 224,607	Oct 2024	24,677 224,607
5	5	14	Guinness World Records 2025 Guinness World Records, Author Guinness World Records, $29.95 (256) 978-1-913484-56-9 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 09/23/2024 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 12/16/2024 Average Rank 13.30 [details] Sales history for Guinness World Records 2025 date, rank 09/23/2024, 19 10/14/2024, 24 11/04/2024, 24 11/11/2024, 17 11/18/2024, 12 11/25/2024, 10 12/02/2024, 9 12/09/2024, 8 12/16/2024, 5 12/23/2024, 5 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 23,406 YTD: 126,544	Sep 2024	23,406 126,544
6	8	9	Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions Grisham, John, Author, Jim McCloskey, Author Doubleday Books, $30.00 (352) 978-0-385-55044-4 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/28/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/04/2024 Average Rank 4.42 [details] Sales history for Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions date, rank 10/28/2024, 4 11/04/2024, 1 11/11/2024, 2 11/18/2024, 3 11/25/2024, 3 12/02/2024, 7 12/09/2024, 5 12/16/2024, 8 12/23/2024, 6 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 21,658 YTD: 195,642	Oct 2024	21,658 195,642
7	9	13	Good Lookin' Cookin': A Year of Meals - A Lifetime of Family, Friends, and Food Dolly Parton, Author, Rachel Parton George, Author Ten Speed Press, $35.00 (272) 978-1-9848-6316-4 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/30/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/30/2024 Average Rank 11.07 [details] Sales history for Good Lookin' Cookin': A Year of Meals - A Lifetime of Family, Friends, and Food date, rank 09/30/2024, 1 10/07/2024, 6 10/14/2024, 10 10/21/2024, 14 10/28/2024, 15 11/04/2024, 20 11/11/2024, 18 11/18/2024, 17 11/25/2024, 15 12/02/2024, 17 12/09/2024, 4 12/16/2024, 9 12/23/2024, 7 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 21,271 YTD: 188,389	Sep 2024	21,271 188,389
8	11	14	Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden Bill O'Reilly, Author, Martin Dugard, Author St. Martin's Press, $35.00 (368) 978-1-250-34641-4 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 09/23/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/23/2024 Average Rank 8.18 [details] Sales history for Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden date, rank 09/23/2024, 2 09/30/2024, 5 10/07/2024, 4 10/14/2024, 7 10/21/2024, 15 10/28/2024, 13 11/04/2024, 13 11/11/2024, 9 11/18/2024, 5 11/25/2024, 5 12/02/2024, 10 12/09/2024, 12 12/16/2024, 11 12/23/2024, 8 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 19,697 YTD: 205,931	Sep 2024	19,697 205,931
9	14	4	The Serviceberry Robin Wall Kimmerer, Author, John Burgoyne, Illustrator Scribner Book Company, $20.00 (96) 978-1-6680-7224-0 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 12/02/2024 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 12/02/2024 Average Rank 8.20 [details] Sales history for The Serviceberry date, rank 12/02/2024, 4 12/09/2024, 6 12/16/2024, 14 12/23/2024, 9 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 18,575 YTD: 82,368	Nov 2024	18,575 82,368
10	16	38	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 16 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 04/08/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/08/2024 Average Rank 5.85 [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 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 38 PUB DATE: Mar 2024 UNITS SOLD: 18,552 YTD: 513,513	Mar 2024	18,552 513,513
11	4	4	We Who Wrestle with God Jordan B Peterson, Author Portfolio, $35.00 (432) 978-0-593-54253-8 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 12/02/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/02/2024 Average Rank 4.00 [details] Sales history for We Who Wrestle with God date, rank 12/02/2024, 1 12/09/2024, 3 12/16/2024, 4 12/23/2024, 11 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 18,523 YTD: 132,663	Nov 2024	18,523 132,663
12	12	4	Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy: A Cookbook Tieghan Gerard, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $32.99 (288) 978-0-593-23257-6 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 12/02/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 12/02/2024 Average Rank 8.40 [details] Sales history for Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy: A Cookbook date, rank 12/02/2024, 3 12/09/2024, 9 12/16/2024, 12 12/23/2024, 12 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 17,775 YTD: 91,341	Nov 2024	17,775 91,341
13	-	1	Catching Whimsy: 365 Days of Possibility Bob Goff, Author Thomas Nelson, $22.99 (432) 978-1-4002-2698-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 15,575 YTD: 15,575	Dec 2024	15,575 15,575
14	2	3	Under His Wings: How Faith on the Front Lines Has Protected American Troops Emily Compagno, Author Harper Influence, $32.00 (272) 978-0-06-341763-2 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 12/09/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 12/09/2024 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for Under His Wings: How Faith on the Front Lines Has Protected American Troops date, rank 12/09/2024, 2 12/16/2024, 2 12/23/2024, 14 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 15,232 YTD: 68,481	Nov 2024	15,232 68,481
15	13	31	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 13 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/27/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/27/2024 Average Rank 8.41 [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 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 31 PUB DATE: May 2024 UNITS SOLD: 14,358 YTD: 392,583	May 2024	14,358 392,583
16	-	1	Your Guide to Cellular Health: Unlocking the Science of Longevity and Joy Mercola, Author Joy House, $29.99 (352) 978-1-965429-00-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 13,873 YTD: 13,873	Dec 2024	13,873 13,873
17	17	11	Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering Malcolm Gladwell, Author Little Brown and Company, $32.00 (368) 978-0-316-57580-5 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/14/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/14/2024 Average Rank 10.50 [details] Sales history for Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering date, rank 10/14/2024, 2 10/21/2024, 6 10/28/2024, 8 11/04/2024, 14 11/11/2024, 3 11/18/2024, 10 11/25/2024, 9 12/02/2024, 19 12/09/2024, 15 12/16/2024, 17 12/23/2024, 17 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 13,264 YTD: 152,859	Oct 2024	13,264 152,859
18	18	33	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 18 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/13/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/13/2024 Average Rank 8.17 [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 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 33 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 12,730 YTD: 334,387	Apr 2024	12,730 334,387
19	20	7	Don't Believe Everything You Think (Expanded Edition): Why Your Thinking Is the Beginning & End of Suffering Joseph Nguyen, Author Authors Equity, $22.00 (192) 979-8-89331-015-3 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 11/11/2024 Highest Rank 15 Highest Rank Date 11/11/2024 Average Rank 19.80 [details] Sales history for Don't Believe Everything You Think (Expanded Edition): Why Your Thinking Is the Beginning & End of Suffering date, rank 11/11/2024, 15 12/02/2024, 24 12/09/2024, 21 12/16/2024, 20 12/23/2024, 19 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 11,076 YTD: 47,353	Oct 2024	11,076 47,353
20	6	2	Main Street Millionaire: How to Make Extraordinary Wealth Buying Ordinary Businesses Codie Sanchez, Author Portfolio, $30.00 (272) 978-0-593-71861-2 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 12/16/2024 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 12/16/2024 Average Rank 13.00 [details] Sales history for Main Street Millionaire: How to Make Extraordinary Wealth Buying Ordinary Businesses date, rank 12/16/2024, 6 12/23/2024, 20 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 10,172 YTD: 31,346	Dec 2024	10,172 31,346
21	19	12	Taylor Swift: The Stories Behind the Songs Annie Zaleski, Author Thunder Bay Press, $29.99 (240) 978-1-6672-0845-9 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 11/18/2024 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 12/09/2024 Average Rank 17.40 [details] Sales history for Taylor Swift: The Stories Behind the Songs date, rank 11/18/2024, 15 11/25/2024, 22 12/09/2024, 10 12/16/2024, 19 12/23/2024, 21 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 10,031 YTD: 75,593	Sep 2024	10,031 75,593
22	29	12	Does This Taste Funny?: Recipes Our Family Loves Stephen Colbert, Author, Evie McGee Colbert, Author Celadon Books, $35.00 (336) 978-1-250-85999-0 Last rank 29 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/30/2024 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 09/30/2024 Average Rank 13.83 [details] Sales history for Does This Taste Funny?: Recipes Our Family Loves date, rank 09/30/2024, 4 10/07/2024, 16 10/14/2024, 12 10/28/2024, 23 12/23/2024, 22 LAST WEEK: 29 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 9,820 YTD: 84,813	Sep 2024	9,820 84,813
23	26	10	The Third Gilmore Girl Kelly Bishop, Author Gallery Books, $28.99 (288) 978-1-6680-2377-8 Last rank 26 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 09/30/2024 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 09/30/2024 Average Rank 14.40 [details] Sales history for The Third Gilmore Girl date, rank 09/30/2024, 6 10/07/2024, 12 10/14/2024, 22 12/23/2024, 23 LAST WEEK: 26 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 9,389 YTD: 71,449	Sep 2024	9,389 71,449
24	27	14	What to Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking Caroline Chambers, Author, Eva Kolenko, Photographer Union Square & Co., $35.00 (272) 978-1-4549-5271-8 Last rank 27 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 08/26/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/26/2024 Average Rank 12.67 [details] Sales history for What to Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking date, rank 08/26/2024, 2 09/02/2024, 10 09/09/2024, 8 09/16/2024, 23 12/23/2024, 24 LAST WEEK: 27 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Aug 2024 UNITS SOLD: 9,160 YTD: 86,283	Aug 2024	9,160 86,283
25	21	8	Matty Matheson: Soups, Salads, Sandwiches: A Cookbook Matty Matheson, Author Ten Speed Press, $35.00 (368) 978-1-9848-6215-0 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/04/2024 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 11/04/2024 Average Rank 17.67 [details] Sales history for Matty Matheson: Soups, Salads, Sandwiches: A Cookbook date, rank 11/04/2024, 7 11/11/2024, 20 11/18/2024, 14 12/09/2024, 19 12/16/2024, 21 12/23/2024, 25 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 8,987 YTD: 61,019	Oct 2024	8,987 61,019

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Dec. 14, 2024