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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2024 YTD
1	1	2	Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man Mary L Trump, Author Simon & Schuster, $28.00 (240) 978-1-9821-4146-2 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 07/27/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/27/2020 Average Rank 6.46 [details] Sales history for Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man date, rank 07/27/2020, 1 08/03/2020, 1 08/10/2020, 1 08/17/2020, 2 08/24/2020, 2 08/31/2020, 4 09/07/2020, 5 09/14/2020, 6 09/21/2020, 11 09/28/2020, 17 10/05/2020, 20 11/16/2020, 25 11/23/2020, 22 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 405,911 YTD: 743,384	Jul 2020	405,911 743,384
2	-	1	How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps Ben Shapiro, Author Broadside Books, $28.99 (288) 978-0-06-300187-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 08/03/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/03/2020 Average Rank 12.30 [details] Sales history for How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps date, rank 08/03/2020, 2 08/10/2020, 4 08/17/2020, 8 08/24/2020, 14 08/31/2020, 25 09/07/2020, 28 11/16/2020, 32 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 54,372 YTD: 54,372	Jul 2020	54,372 54,372
3	-	1	The Answer Is . . .: Reflections on My Life Alex Trebek, Author Simon & Schuster, $25.00 (272) 978-1-9821-5799-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 08/03/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/03/2020 Average Rank 12.30 [details] Sales history for The Answer Is . . .: Reflections on My Life date, rank 08/03/2020, 3 08/10/2020, 6 08/17/2020, 11 08/24/2020, 9 08/31/2020, 10 09/07/2020, 10 09/14/2020, 23 11/23/2020, 13 11/30/2020, 11 12/02/2020, 20 12/07/2020, 20 12/14/2020, 21 12/21/2020, 18 12/28/2020, 18 01/04/2021, 17 01/11/2021, 14 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 38,716 YTD: 38,716	Jul 2020	38,716 38,716
4	2	9	How to Be an Antiracist Ibram X Kendi, Author One World, $25.00 (160) 978-0-525-50928-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 08/26/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/26/2019 Average Rank 4.61 [details] Sales history for How to Be an Antiracist date, rank 08/26/2019, 1 09/02/2019, 2 09/09/2019, 8 09/16/2019, 10 06/08/2020, 8 06/15/2020, 5 06/22/2020, 2 06/29/2020, 1 07/06/2020, 2 07/13/2020, 2 07/20/2020, 2 07/27/2020, 2 08/03/2020, 4 08/10/2020, 2 08/17/2020, 4 08/24/2020, 5 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Aug 2019 UNITS SOLD: 27,080 YTD: 461,711	Aug 2019	27,080 461,711
5	3	5	The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir John Bolton, Author Simon & Schuster, $32.50 (592) 978-1-9821-4803-4 Last rank 29 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 07/06/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/06/2020 Average Rank 6.87 [details] Sales history for The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir date, rank 07/06/2020, 1 07/13/2020, 1 07/20/2020, 1 07/27/2020, 3 08/03/2020, 5 08/10/2020, 9 08/17/2020, 16 08/24/2020, 22 09/07/2020, 31 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 17,910 YTD: 619,263	Jun 2020	17,910 619,263
6	5	20	Untamed Glennon Doyle, Author Dial Press, $28.00 (352) 978-1-9848-0125-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/23/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/23/2020 Average Rank 5.83 [details] Sales history for Untamed date, rank 03/23/2020, 1 03/30/2020, 2 04/06/2020, 2 04/13/2020, 2 04/20/2020, 2 04/27/2020, 2 05/04/2020, 2 05/11/2020, 3 05/18/2020, 2 05/25/2020, 1 06/01/2020, 1 06/08/2020, 1 06/15/2020, 1 06/22/2020, 3 06/29/2020, 3 07/06/2020, 5 07/13/2020, 3 07/20/2020, 4 07/27/2020, 5 08/03/2020, 6 08/10/2020, 5 08/17/2020, 7 08/24/2020, 6 08/31/2020, 2 09/07/2020, 4 09/14/2020, 2 09/21/2020, 10 09/28/2020, 13 10/05/2020, 13 10/12/2020, 13 10/19/2020, 16 10/26/2020, 11 11/02/2020, 4 11/09/2020, 4 11/16/2020, 7 11/23/2020, 8 11/30/2020, 13 12/02/2020, 15 12/07/2020, 15 12/14/2020, 8 12/21/2020, 9 12/28/2020, 9 01/04/2021, 5 01/11/2021, 3 01/18/2021, 5 01/25/2021, 4 02/01/2021, 6 02/08/2021, 8 02/15/2021, 9 02/22/2021, 9 03/01/2021, 11 03/08/2021, 13 03/15/2021, 11 03/22/2021, 13 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: 16,889 YTD: 555,400	Mar 2020	16,889 555,400
7	-	1	Dungeons & Dragons Mythic Odysseys of Theros (D&d Campaign Setting and Adventure Book) Wizards RPG Team, Author Wizards of the Coast, $49.95 978-0-7869-6701-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 14,028 YTD: 14,028	Jul 2020	14,028 14,028
8	9	4	Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own Eddie S Glaude, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $27.00 (288) 978-0-525-57532-0 Last rank 37 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 07/13/2020 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 08/10/2020 Average Rank 15.50 [details] Sales history for Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own date, rank 07/13/2020, 8 07/20/2020, 14 07/27/2020, 9 08/03/2020, 8 08/10/2020, 7 08/17/2020, 15 08/24/2020, 24 09/07/2020, 39 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 11,387 YTD: 34,820	Jun 2020	11,387 34,820
9	10	8	Blitz: Trump Will Smash the Left and Win David Horowitz, Author Humanix Books, $27.99 (272) 978-1-63006-138-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 06/22/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/07/2020 Average Rank 11.30 [details] Sales history for Blitz: Trump Will Smash the Left and Win date, rank 06/22/2020, 15 06/29/2020, 9 07/06/2020, 8 07/13/2020, 17 07/20/2020, 8 07/27/2020, 10 08/03/2020, 9 08/10/2020, 10 08/17/2020, 18 08/24/2020, 11 08/31/2020, 7 09/07/2020, 8 09/14/2020, 16 09/21/2020, 13 09/28/2020, 21 10/05/2020, 23 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 11,103 YTD: 59,273	Jun 2020	11,103 59,273
10	7	16	Magnolia Table, Volume 2: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering Joanna Gaines, Author William Morrow & Company, $35.00 (352) 978-0-06-282018-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/20/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/20/2020 Average Rank 7.16 [details] Sales history for Magnolia Table, Volume 2: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering date, rank 04/20/2020, 1 04/27/2020, 1 05/04/2020, 1 05/11/2020, 1 05/18/2020, 1 05/25/2020, 2 06/01/2020, 4 06/08/2020, 4 06/15/2020, 2 06/22/2020, 4 06/29/2020, 5 07/06/2020, 6 07/13/2020, 4 07/20/2020, 5 07/27/2020, 7 08/03/2020, 10 08/10/2020, 8 08/17/2020, 9 08/24/2020, 8 08/31/2020, 11 09/07/2020, 9 09/14/2020, 13 09/21/2020, 19 09/28/2020, 25 11/16/2020, 12 11/23/2020, 12 11/30/2020, 25 12/02/2020, 17 12/07/2020, 17 12/14/2020, 12 12/21/2020, 16 12/28/2020, 11 01/04/2021, 6 01/11/2021, 11 01/18/2021, 8 01/25/2021, 8 02/01/2021, 9 02/08/2021, 13 02/15/2021, 14 02/22/2021, 11 03/01/2021, 15 03/08/2021, 15 03/15/2021, 23 03/22/2021, 25 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 10,767 YTD: 567,298	Apr 2020	10,767 567,298
11	-	1	Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of the Authoritarian State Anne Applebaum, Author Doubleday Books, $25.00 (208) 978-0-385-54580-8 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 08/03/2020 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 08/03/2020 Average Rank 20.00 [details] Sales history for Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of the Authoritarian State date, rank 08/03/2020, 11 08/10/2020, 24 08/17/2020, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 7,498 YTD: 7,498	Jul 2020	7,498 7,498
12	13	8	Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art James Nestor, Author Riverhead Books, $28.00 (304) 978-0-7352-1361-6 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 06/08/2020 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 06/15/2020 Average Rank 17.62 [details] Sales history for Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art date, rank 06/08/2020, 12 06/15/2020, 9 07/06/2020, 13 07/13/2020, 12 07/20/2020, 23 07/27/2020, 13 08/03/2020, 12 08/10/2020, 14 08/17/2020, 23 08/24/2020, 21 08/31/2020, 20 09/07/2020, 16 09/14/2020, 20 09/21/2020, 22 11/16/2020, 31 01/11/2021, 18 01/18/2021, 15 01/25/2021, 15 02/01/2021, 15 02/08/2021, 21 02/15/2021, 21 02/22/2021, 18 03/01/2021, 20 03/08/2021, 19 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: 6,858 YTD: 45,456	May 2020	6,858 45,456
13	12	22	The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz Erik Larson, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $30.00 (592) 978-0-385-34871-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/09/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/09/2020 Average Rank 7.90 [details] Sales history for The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz date, rank 03/09/2020, 1 03/16/2020, 2 03/23/2020, 5 03/30/2020, 3 04/06/2020, 1 04/13/2020, 1 04/20/2020, 3 04/27/2020, 3 05/04/2020, 4 05/11/2020, 5 05/18/2020, 4 05/25/2020, 4 06/01/2020, 6 06/08/2020, 6 06/15/2020, 6 06/22/2020, 5 06/29/2020, 4 07/06/2020, 7 07/13/2020, 6 07/20/2020, 9 07/27/2020, 12 08/03/2020, 13 08/10/2020, 13 08/17/2020, 19 08/24/2020, 15 08/31/2020, 21 09/07/2020, 18 09/14/2020, 22 12/14/2020, 20 12/21/2020, 14 12/28/2020, 14 01/04/2021, 18 01/18/2021, 20 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 22 PUB DATE: Feb 2020 UNITS SOLD: 6,856 YTD: 370,514	Feb 2020	6,856 370,514
14	18	13	Relationship Goals: How to Win at Dating, Marriage, and Sex Michael Todd, Author Waterbrook Press, $23.00 (208) 978-0-593-19257-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/11/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/08/2020 Average Rank 8.67 [details] Sales history for Relationship Goals: How to Win at Dating, Marriage, and Sex date, rank 05/11/2020, 2 05/18/2020, 3 05/25/2020, 3 06/01/2020, 2 06/08/2020, 3 06/15/2020, 3 06/22/2020, 7 06/29/2020, 10 07/06/2020, 11 07/13/2020, 9 07/20/2020, 11 07/27/2020, 18 08/03/2020, 14 08/10/2020, 12 08/17/2020, 22 08/24/2020, 19 09/07/2020, 34 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 6,526 YTD: 199,300	Apr 2020	6,526 199,300
15	19	26	Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts Jennie Allen, Author Waterbrook Press, $23.99 (256) 978-1-60142-964-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 02/10/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/09/2020 Average Rank 9.63 [details] Sales history for Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts date, rank 02/10/2020, 3 02/17/2020, 6 02/24/2020, 4 03/02/2020, 7 03/09/2020, 9 03/16/2020, 11 03/23/2020, 8 03/30/2020, 11 04/06/2020, 7 04/13/2020, 8 04/20/2020, 11 04/27/2020, 17 05/04/2020, 10 05/11/2020, 7 05/18/2020, 15 05/25/2020, 9 06/01/2020, 8 06/08/2020, 10 06/15/2020, 8 06/22/2020, 10 06/29/2020, 14 07/06/2020, 12 07/13/2020, 16 07/20/2020, 13 07/27/2020, 19 08/03/2020, 15 08/10/2020, 15 08/17/2020, 20 08/24/2020, 16 08/31/2020, 19 09/07/2020, 14 09/14/2020, 14 09/21/2020, 23 10/05/2020, 24 11/16/2020, 45 01/11/2021, 23 01/18/2021, 9 01/25/2021, 12 02/01/2021, 14 02/08/2021, 22 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 26 PUB DATE: Jan 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,781 YTD: 176,279	Jan 2020	5,781 176,279
16	16	7	Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World Chris Wallace, Author, Mitch Weiss, With Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (320) 978-1-9821-4334-3 Last rank 38 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 06/22/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/22/2020 Average Rank 11.53 [details] Sales history for Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World date, rank 06/22/2020, 1 06/29/2020, 2 07/06/2020, 3 07/13/2020, 5 07/20/2020, 7 07/27/2020, 16 08/03/2020, 16 08/10/2020, 19 08/17/2020, 21 08/24/2020, 23 09/07/2020, 41 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,040 YTD: 137,960	Jun 2020	5,040 137,960
17	8	8	Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor Layla Saad, Author, Robin Diangelo, Foreword by Sourcebooks, $25.99 (256) 978-1-7282-0980-7 Last rank 33 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 02/10/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 07/20/2020 Average Rank 11.36 [details] Sales history for Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor date, rank 02/10/2020, 6 06/08/2020, 19 06/15/2020, 16 06/29/2020, 8 07/06/2020, 9 07/13/2020, 7 07/20/2020, 3 07/27/2020, 8 08/03/2020, 17 09/07/2020, 24 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Jan 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,938 YTD: 95,019	Jan 2020	4,938 95,019
18	4	2	A Very Punchable Face Colin Jost, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $27.00 (320) 978-1-101-90632-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 07/27/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 07/27/2020 Average Rank 10.25 [details] Sales history for A Very Punchable Face date, rank 07/27/2020, 4 08/03/2020, 18 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,938 YTD: 32,037	Jul 2020	4,938 32,037
19	6	2	Trixie & Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood Trixie Mattel, Author, Katya, Author Plume Books, $26.00 (224) 978-0-593-08670-4 Last rank 48 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 07/27/2020 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 07/27/2020 Average Rank 24.33 [details] Sales history for Trixie & Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood date, rank 07/27/2020, 6 08/03/2020, 19 09/07/2020, 48 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,668 YTD: 21,569	Jul 2020	4,668 21,569
20	17	14	Medical Medium Cleanse to Heal: Healing Plans for Sufferers of Anxiety, Depression, Acne, Eczema, Lyme, Gut Problems, Brain Fog, Weight Issues, Migrai Anthony William, Author Hay House, $34.99 (560) 978-1-4019-5845-9 Last rank 39 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/04/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/11/2020 Average Rank 14.81 [details] Sales history for Medical Medium Cleanse to Heal: Healing Plans for Sufferers of Anxiety, Depression, Acne, Eczema, Lyme, Gut Problems, Brain Fog, Weight Issues, Migrai date, rank 05/04/2020, 5 05/11/2020, 4 05/18/2020, 10 05/25/2020, 15 06/01/2020, 7 06/08/2020, 7 06/15/2020, 13 06/22/2020, 11 06/29/2020, 15 07/06/2020, 18 07/13/2020, 19 07/20/2020, 21 07/27/2020, 17 08/03/2020, 20 08/10/2020, 18 09/07/2020, 37 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,399 YTD: 104,101	Apr 2020	4,399 104,101
21	-	1	Remain in Love Chris Frantz, Author St. Martin's Press, $29.99 (320) 978-1-250-20922-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,114 YTD: 4,114	Jul 2020	4,114 4,114
22	-	3	Apocalypse Never: How the Left's New Lies about Climate Change Hurt People and Nature Michael Shellenberger, Author Harper, $28.99 (272) 978-0-06-300169-5 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 07/13/2020 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 07/13/2020 Average Rank 18.33 [details] Sales history for Apocalypse Never: How the Left's New Lies about Climate Change Hurt People and Nature date, rank 07/13/2020, 13 08/03/2020, 22 08/10/2020, 20 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,018 YTD: 12,233	Jun 2020	4,018 12,233
23	22	8	The United States of Socialism Dinesh D'Souza, Author All Points Books, $29.99 (288) 978-1-250-16378-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 06/15/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 06/15/2020 Average Rank 11.73 [details] Sales history for The United States of Socialism date, rank 06/15/2020, 4 06/22/2020, 6 06/29/2020, 6 07/06/2020, 10 07/13/2020, 10 07/20/2020, 12 07/27/2020, 22 08/03/2020, 23 08/10/2020, 21 LAST WEEK: 22 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,729 YTD: 63,834	Jun 2020	3,729 63,834
24	-	5	I'm Your Emotional Support Animal: Navigating Our All Woke, No Joke Culture Adam Carolla, Author Post Hill Press, $28.00 (192) 978-1-64293-588-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 06/29/2020 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 06/29/2020 Average Rank 16.00 [details] Sales history for I'm Your Emotional Support Animal: Navigating Our All Woke, No Joke Culture date, rank 06/29/2020, 7 07/20/2020, 17 08/03/2020, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,546 YTD: 22,799	Jun 2020	3,546 22,799
25	11	2	Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close Aminatou Sow, Author, Ann Friedman, Author Simon & Schuster, $26.00 (256) 978-1-9821-1190-8 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 07/27/2020 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 07/27/2020 Average Rank 18.00 [details] Sales history for Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close date, rank 07/27/2020, 11 08/03/2020, 25 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,261 YTD: 11,055	Jul 2020	3,261 11,055

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