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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	-	1	Didn't See That Coming: Putting Life Back Together When Your World Falls Apart Rachel Hollis, Author Dey Street Books, $20.00 (240) 978-0-06-301052-9 Last rank 26 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 10/12/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/12/2020 Average Rank 11.89 [details] Sales history for Didn't See That Coming: Putting Life Back Together When Your World Falls Apart date, rank 10/12/2020, 1 10/19/2020, 8 10/26/2020, 6 11/02/2020, 11 11/09/2020, 15 11/16/2020, 13 01/11/2021, 25 01/18/2021, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 46,676 YTD: 46,676	Sep 2020	46,676 46,676
2	-	1	The Happy in a Hurry Cookbook: 101 Fast and Easy New Recipes That Taste Like Home Steve Doocy, Author, Kathy Doocy, Author William Morrow & Company, $29.99 (256) 978-0-06-296839-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 10/12/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/12/2020 Average Rank 7.61 [details] Sales history for The Happy in a Hurry Cookbook: 101 Fast and Easy New Recipes That Taste Like Home date, rank 10/12/2020, 2 10/19/2020, 3 10/26/2020, 3 11/02/2020, 14 11/09/2020, 24 11/16/2020, 19 12/02/2020, 4 12/07/2020, 4 12/14/2020, 4 12/21/2020, 13 12/28/2020, 7 01/04/2021, 15 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 44,953 YTD: 44,953	Sep 2020	44,953 44,953
3	-	1	The Meaning of Mariah Carey Mariah Carey, Author Andy Cohen Books, $29.99 (368) 978-1-250-16468-1 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/12/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/12/2020 Average Rank 10.75 [details] Sales history for The Meaning of Mariah Carey date, rank 10/12/2020, 3 10/19/2020, 13 10/26/2020, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 41,694 YTD: 41,694	Sep 2020	41,694 41,694
4	1	3	Rage Bob Woodward, Author Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (480) 978-1-9821-3173-9 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/28/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/28/2020 Average Rank 7.00 [details] Sales history for Rage date, rank 09/28/2020, 1 10/05/2020, 1 10/12/2020, 4 10/19/2020, 7 10/26/2020, 9 11/02/2020, 18 11/09/2020, 19 11/16/2020, 20 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 32,926 YTD: 450,089	Sep 2020	32,926 450,089
5	-	1	Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass Lana del Rey, Author Simon & Schuster, $24.99 (128) 978-1-9821-6728-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 10/12/2020 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 10/12/2020 Average Rank 7.00 [details] Sales history for Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass date, rank 10/12/2020, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 28,661 YTD: 28,661	Sep 2020	28,661 28,661
6	-	1	True Comfort: More Than 100 Cozy Recipes Free of Gluten and Refined Sugar: A Gluten Free Cookbook Kristin Cavallari, Author Rodale Books, $27.99 (272) 978-1-9848-2628-2 Last rank 38 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/12/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/09/2020 Average Rank 19.00 [details] Sales history for True Comfort: More Than 100 Cozy Recipes Free of Gluten and Refined Sugar: A Gluten Free Cookbook date, rank 10/12/2020, 6 10/19/2020, 18 10/26/2020, 24 11/16/2020, 44 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 27,515 YTD: 27,515	Sep 2020	27,515 27,515
7	4	4	Killing Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars in America Bill O'Reilly, Author Henry Holt & Company, $30.00 (320) 978-1-62779-704-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 09/21/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/14/2020 Average Rank 8.78 [details] Sales history for Killing Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars in America date, rank 09/21/2020, 3 09/28/2020, 5 10/05/2020, 4 10/12/2020, 7 10/19/2020, 10 10/26/2020, 7 11/02/2020, 10 11/09/2020, 8 11/16/2020, 9 11/23/2020, 11 11/30/2020, 19 12/02/2020, 18 12/07/2020, 18 12/14/2020, 11 12/21/2020, 10 12/28/2020, 12 01/04/2021, 12 01/11/2021, 21 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 17,993 YTD: 114,542	Sep 2020	17,993 114,542
8	8	9	Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Isabel Wilkerson, Author Random House, $32.00 (464) 978-0-593-23025-1 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 08/17/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/17/2020 Average Rank 9.65 [details] Sales history for Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents date, rank 08/17/2020, 3 08/24/2020, 4 08/31/2020, 3 09/07/2020, 3 09/14/2020, 3 09/21/2020, 9 09/28/2020, 8 10/05/2020, 8 10/12/2020, 8 10/19/2020, 11 10/26/2020, 4 11/02/2020, 7 11/09/2020, 6 11/16/2020, 6 11/23/2020, 7 11/30/2020, 10 12/02/2020, 14 12/07/2020, 14 12/14/2020, 10 12/21/2020, 7 12/28/2020, 8 01/04/2021, 7 01/11/2021, 5 01/18/2021, 7 01/25/2021, 5 02/01/2021, 4 02/08/2021, 6 02/15/2021, 7 02/22/2021, 8 03/01/2021, 9 03/08/2021, 10 03/15/2021, 12 03/22/2021, 10 03/29/2021, 13 04/05/2021, 11 04/12/2021, 13 04/19/2021, 22 04/26/2021, 17 05/03/2021, 15 05/10/2021, 16 05/24/2021, 20 05/31/2021, 23 06/07/2021, 17 06/14/2021, 14 06/21/2021, 16 06/28/2021, 14 07/05/2021, 6 07/12/2021, 10 07/19/2021, 13 07/26/2021, 12 08/02/2021, 9 08/09/2021, 14 08/16/2021, 14 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 16,624 YTD: 287,638	Aug 2020	16,624 287,638
9	-	1	Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown: Verses for a Despotic Age John Lithgow, Author Chronicle Prism, $22.95 (104) 978-1-7972-0946-3 Last rank 44 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 10/12/2020 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 10/12/2020 Average Rank 19.67 [details] Sales history for Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown: Verses for a Despotic Age date, rank 10/12/2020, 9 11/02/2020, 24 11/16/2020, 26 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 13,609 YTD: 13,609	Sep 2020	13,609 13,609
10	-	1	Matty Matheson: Home Style Cookery Matty Matheson, Author ABRAMS, $35.00 (368) 978-1-4197-4748-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 10/12/2020 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 11/09/2020 Average Rank 9.00 [details] Sales history for Matty Matheson: Home Style Cookery date, rank 10/12/2020, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 12,426 YTD: 12,426	Sep 2020	12,426 12,426
11	-	1	One Vote Away Ted Cruz, Author Regnery Publishing, $28.99 (256) 978-1-68451-134-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 10/12/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 11/09/2020 Average Rank 13.00 [details] Sales history for One Vote Away date, rank 10/12/2020, 11 10/19/2020, 14 10/26/2020, 23 11/02/2020, 9 11/09/2020, 11 11/16/2020, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 12,371 YTD: 12,371	Sep 2020	12,371 12,371
12	7	4	Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day Jay Shetty, Author Simon & Schuster, $27.00 (352) 978-1-9821-3448-8 Last rank 37 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/21/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/21/2020 Average Rank 16.21 [details] Sales history for Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day date, rank 09/21/2020, 2 09/28/2020, 7 10/05/2020, 7 10/12/2020, 12 10/26/2020, 20 11/02/2020, 15 11/09/2020, 22 11/16/2020, 18 11/23/2020, 24 12/02/2020, 24 12/07/2020, 24 01/04/2021, 24 01/11/2021, 13 01/18/2021, 11 01/25/2021, 10 02/01/2021, 11 02/08/2021, 15 02/15/2021, 18 02/22/2021, 20 03/01/2021, 19 03/08/2021, 22 05/10/2021, 25 09/06/2021, 22 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 12,088 YTD: 128,806	Sep 2020	12,088 128,806
13	13	30	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: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 30 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: 12,025 YTD: 770,356	Mar 2020	12,025 770,356
14	12	4	Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump Michael Cohen, Author Skyhorse Publishing, $32.50 (432) 978-1-5107-6469-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/21/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/21/2020 Average Rank 5.88 [details] Sales history for Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump date, rank 09/21/2020, 1 09/28/2020, 4 10/05/2020, 12 10/12/2020, 14 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 11,297 YTD: 234,527	Sep 2020	11,297 234,527
15	2	2	Solutions and Other Problems Allie Brosh, Author Gallery Books, $30.00 (496) 978-1-9821-5694-7 Last rank 45 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 10/05/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/05/2020 Average Rank 15.60 [details] Sales history for Solutions and Other Problems date, rank 10/05/2020, 2 10/12/2020, 15 10/19/2020, 22 11/16/2020, 36 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 10,714 YTD: 47,847	Sep 2020	10,714 47,847
16	3	3	Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation Candace Owens, Author Threshold Editions, $27.00 (288) 978-1-9821-3327-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/28/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/09/2020 Average Rank 7.38 [details] Sales history for Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation date, rank 09/28/2020, 2 10/05/2020, 3 10/12/2020, 16 10/19/2020, 4 10/26/2020, 5 11/02/2020, 12 11/09/2020, 14 11/16/2020, 10 11/23/2020, 16 11/30/2020, 22 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 10,550 YTD: 111,193	Sep 2020	10,550 111,193
17	6	9	Live Free or Die: America (and the World) on the Brink Sean Hannity, Author Threshold Editions, $30.00 (352) 978-1-9821-4997-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 08/17/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/17/2020 Average Rank 6.42 [details] Sales history for Live Free or Die: America (and the World) on the Brink date, rank 08/17/2020, 1 08/24/2020, 1 08/31/2020, 1 09/07/2020, 2 09/14/2020, 4 09/21/2020, 5 09/28/2020, 11 10/05/2020, 6 10/12/2020, 17 11/16/2020, 41 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 9,093 YTD: 485,600	Aug 2020	9,093 485,600
18	-	1	Rise Up: Confronting a Country at the Crossroads (Original) Al Sharpton, Author Hanover Square Press, $27.99 (304) 978-1-335-96662-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 9,067 YTD: 9,067	Sep 2020	9,067 9,067
19	-	1	Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents Rod Dreher, Author Sentinel, $27.00 (256) 978-0-593-08739-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 10/12/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/09/2020 Average Rank 11.00 [details] Sales history for Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents date, rank 10/12/2020, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 8,975 YTD: 8,975	Sep 2020	8,975 8,975
20	-	1	Where Law Ends: Inside the Mueller Investigation Andrew Weissmann, Author Random House, $30.00 (432) 978-0-593-13857-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 8,543 YTD: 8,543	Sep 2020	8,543 8,543
21	15	3	Skinnytaste Meal Prep: Healthy Make-Ahead Meals and Freezer Recipes to Simplify Your Life: A Cookbook Gina Homolka, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $32.50 (304) 978-0-593-13731-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 09/28/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/05/2020 Average Rank 15.67 [details] Sales history for Skinnytaste Meal Prep: Healthy Make-Ahead Meals and Freezer Recipes to Simplify Your Life: A Cookbook date, rank 09/28/2020, 6 10/05/2020, 15 10/12/2020, 21 10/19/2020, 25 10/26/2020, 22 11/16/2020, 30 01/18/2021, 24 06/21/2021, 6 06/28/2021, 22 07/05/2021, 23 07/12/2021, 25 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 8,341 YTD: 53,278	Sep 2020	8,341 53,278
22	9	2	The Good Fight Jana Kramer, Author, Michael Caussin, Author HarperOne, $26.99 (288) 978-0-06-296423-6 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 10/05/2020 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 10/05/2020 Average Rank 15.50 [details] Sales history for The Good Fight date, rank 10/05/2020, 9 10/12/2020, 22 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 8,197 YTD: 26,537	Sep 2020	8,197 26,537
23	-	1	Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius Ryan Holiday, Author, Stephen Hanselman, Author Portfolio, $28.00 (352) 978-0-525-54187-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 7,919 YTD: 7,919	Sep 2020	7,919 7,919
24	10	2	Don't Lie to Me: And Stop Trying to Steal Our Freedom Jeanine Pirro, Author Center Street, $28.00 (304) 978-1-5460-5973-8 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 10/05/2020 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 10/05/2020 Average Rank 17.00 [details] Sales history for Don't Lie to Me: And Stop Trying to Steal Our Freedom date, rank 10/05/2020, 10 10/12/2020, 24 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 7,843 YTD: 25,693	Sep 2020	7,843 25,693
25	5	3	The Home Edit Life: The No-Guilt Guide to Owning What You Want and Organizing Everything Clea Shearer, Author, Joanna Teplin, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $28.00 (256) 978-0-593-13830-4 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/28/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/28/2020 Average Rank 11.83 [details] Sales history for The Home Edit Life: The No-Guilt Guide to Owning What You Want and Organizing Everything date, rank 09/28/2020, 3 10/05/2020, 5 10/12/2020, 25 11/09/2020, 12 11/16/2020, 22 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 7,831 YTD: 74,989	Sep 2020	7,831 74,989

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NPD BookScan, week 40 of 2020 data through 10/3/2020; PW Issue of October 12, 2020