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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units
1	Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning Liz Cheney, Author Little Brown and Company, $32.50 (384) 978-0-316-57206-4 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 12/18/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/18/2023 Average Rank 7.10 [details] Sales history for Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning date, rank 01/08/2024, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Dec 2023 UNITS SOLD: 269,794 YTD:	Dec 2023	269,794
2	The Woman in Me Britney Spears, Author Gallery Books, $32.99 (288) 978-1-6680-0904-8 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/06/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/06/2023 Average Rank 5.83 [details] Sales history for The Woman in Me date, rank 11/13/2023, 1 12/11/2023, 1 01/08/2024, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2023 UNITS SOLD: 151,744 YTD:	Oct 2023	151,744
3	My Name Is Barbra Barbra Streisand, Author Viking, $45.00 (1040) 978-0-525-42952-4 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/20/2023 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/20/2023 Average Rank 5.00 [details] Sales history for My Name Is Barbra date, rank 12/11/2023, 3 01/08/2024, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2023 UNITS SOLD: 83,284 YTD:	Nov 2023	83,284
4	Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir Matthew Perry, Author Flatiron Books, $29.99 (256) 978-1-250-86644-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 11/14/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/14/2022 Average Rank 5.93 [details] Sales history for Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir date, rank 12/12/2022, 2 01/09/2023, 3 02/13/2023, 6 03/13/2023, 9 11/13/2023, 5 12/11/2023, 2 01/08/2024, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 80,281 YTD:	Nov 2022	80,281
5	Elon Musk Walter Isaacson, Author Simon & Schuster, $35.00 (688) 978-1-9821-8128-4 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/25/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/25/2023 Average Rank 9.57 [details] Sales history for Elon Musk date, rank 10/09/2023, 1 11/13/2023, 4 12/11/2023, 5 01/08/2024, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 65,462 YTD:	Sep 2023	65,462
6	Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones Dolly Parton, Author, Holly George-Warren, With, Rebecca Seaver, With Ten Speed Press, $50.00 (336) 978-1-9848-6212-9 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/30/2023 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 10/30/2023 Average Rank 14.69 [details] Sales history for Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones date, rank 11/13/2023, 9 12/11/2023, 8 01/08/2024, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2023 UNITS SOLD: 50,529 YTD:	Oct 2023	50,529
7	My Effin' Life Geddy Lee, Author Harper, $40.00 (512) 978-0-06-315941-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 11/27/2023 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/27/2023 Average Rank 12.29 [details] Sales history for My Effin' Life date, rank 12/11/2023, 4 01/08/2024, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2023 UNITS SOLD: 42,179 YTD:	Nov 2023	42,179
8	How To Survive A Freakin' Bear Attack: And 127 Other Survival Hacks You'll Hopefully Never Need Bill O'Neill, Author Lak Publishing, $12.90 (220) 978-1-64845-091-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 01/02/2023 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 01/08/2024 Average Rank 14.50 [details] Sales history for How To Survive A Freakin' Bear Attack: And 127 Other Survival Hacks You'll Hopefully Never Need date, rank 01/08/2024, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 41,057 YTD:	Oct 2022	41,057
9	The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music Dave Grohl, Author Dey Street Books, $21.99 (432) 978-0-06-307610-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 11/13/2023 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 01/01/2024 Average Rank 13.40 [details] Sales history for The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music date, rank 12/11/2023, 10 01/08/2024, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2023 UNITS SOLD: 39,416 YTD:	Oct 2023	39,416
10	Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life Arnold Schwarzenegger, Author Penguin Press, $28.00 (288) 978-0-593-65595-5 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/23/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/23/2023 Average Rank 11.12 [details] Sales history for Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life date, rank 11/13/2023, 2 12/11/2023, 6 01/08/2024, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2023 UNITS SOLD: 38,452 YTD:	Oct 2023	38,452

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For the 4-week period ended 12-30-23

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