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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2020 YTD
1	1	2	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 1 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 08/17/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/17/2020 Average Rank 1.50 [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 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 107,910 YTD: 292,206	Aug 2020	107,910 292,206
2	2	5	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 2 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 07/27/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/27/2020 Average Rank 1.55 [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 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 51,415 YTD: 1,046,618	Jul 2020	51,415 1,046,618
3	-	1	Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family Omid Scobie, Author, Carolyn Durand, Author Dey Street Books, $27.99 (368) 978-0-06-304610-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 08/24/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/24/2020 Average Rank 3.50 [details] Sales history for Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family date, rank 08/24/2020, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 38,238 YTD: 38,238	Aug 2020	38,238 38,238
4	3	2	Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Isabel Wilkerson, Author Random House, $32.00 (464) 978-0-593-23025-1 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 08/17/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/17/2020 Average Rank 4.00 [details] Sales history for Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents date, rank 08/17/2020, 3 08/24/2020, 4 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 38,116 YTD: 116,262	Aug 2020	38,116 116,262
5	4	12	How to Be an Antiracist Ibram X Kendi, Author One World, $25.00 (160) 978-0-525-50928-8 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 08/26/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/26/2019 Average Rank 4.44 [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: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Aug 2019 UNITS SOLD: 17,230 YTD: 521,295	Aug 2019	17,230 521,295
6	7	23	Untamed Glennon Doyle, Author Dial Press, $28.00 (352) 978-1-9848-0125-8 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/23/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/23/2020 Average Rank 3.67 [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 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 23 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: 16,851 YTD: 606,923	Mar 2020	16,851 606,923
7	6	2	The Great Devaluation: How to Embrace, Prepare, and Profit from the Coming Global Monetary Reset Adam Baratta, Author Wiley, $25.00 (272) 978-1-119-69146-4 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 08/17/2020 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 08/17/2020 Average Rank 6.50 [details] Sales history for The Great Devaluation: How to Embrace, Prepare, and Profit from the Coming Global Monetary Reset date, rank 08/17/2020, 6 08/24/2020, 7 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 9,885 YTD: 27,923	Aug 2020	9,885 27,923
8	9	19	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 9 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/20/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/20/2020 Average Rank 3.76 [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 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 19 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 8,420 YTD: 597,965	Apr 2020	8,420 597,965
9	11	4	The Answer Is . . .: Reflections on My Life Alex Trebek, Author Simon & Schuster, $25.00 (272) 978-1-9821-5799-9 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 08/03/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/03/2020 Average Rank 6.17 [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 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 8,380 YTD: 71,881	Jul 2020	8,380 71,881
10	-	1	Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History Kurt Andersen, Author Random House, $28.00 (304) 978-1-9848-0134-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 8,044 YTD: 8,044	Aug 2020	8,044 8,044
11	18	11	Blitz: Trump Will Smash the Left and Win David Horowitz, Author Humanix Books, $27.99 (272) 978-1-63006-138-8 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 06/22/2020 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 08/10/2020 Average Rank 10.75 [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 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 7,050 YTD: 81,071	Jun 2020	7,050 81,071
12	-	1	You're Not Enough (and That's Ok): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love Allie Beth Stuckey, Author Sentinel, $25.00 (224) 978-0-593-08384-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 6,830 YTD: 6,830	Aug 2020	6,830 6,830
13	-	1	The Lazy Genius Way: Embrace What Matters, Ditch What Doesn't, and Get Stuff Done Kendra Adachi, Author, Emily P Freeman, Foreword by Waterbrook Press, $26.00 (240) 978-0-525-65391-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 6,496 YTD: 6,496	Aug 2020	6,496 6,496
14	8	4	How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps Ben Shapiro, Author Broadside Books, $28.99 (288) 978-0-06-300187-9 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 08/03/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/03/2020 Average Rank 5.50 [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 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 6,307 YTD: 91,184	Jul 2020	6,307 91,184
15	19	25	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 19 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/09/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/09/2020 Average Rank 6.11 [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 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 25 PUB DATE: Feb 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,691 YTD: 388,597	Feb 2020	5,691 388,597
16	20	29	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 20 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 02/10/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/09/2020 Average Rank 9.69 [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 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 29 PUB DATE: Jan 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,433 YTD: 192,956	Jan 2020	5,433 192,956
17	10	2	Jesus Politics: How to Win Back the Soul of America Phil Robertson, Author Thomas Nelson, $26.99 (224) 978-1-4002-1006-0 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 08/17/2020 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 08/17/2020 Average Rank 13.50 [details] Sales history for Jesus Politics: How to Win Back the Soul of America date, rank 08/17/2020, 10 08/24/2020, 17 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,239 YTD: 15,543	Aug 2020	5,239 15,543
18	13	3	The Plus: Self-Help for People Who Hate Self-Help Greg Gutfeld, Author Threshold Editions, $24.00 (224) 978-1-9821-4991-8 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 08/10/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/10/2020 Average Rank 11.33 [details] Sales history for The Plus: Self-Help for People Who Hate Self-Help date, rank 08/10/2020, 3 08/17/2020, 13 08/24/2020, 18 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,224 YTD: 33,288	Jul 2020	5,224 33,288
19	22	16	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 22 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/11/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/08/2020 Average Rank 7.83 [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 LAST WEEK: 22 WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,037 YTD: 216,090	Apr 2020	5,037 216,090
20	24	3	Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life Bill Perkins, Author Houghton Mifflin, $27.00 (256) 978-0-358-09976-5 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 08/10/2020 Highest Rank 16 Highest Rank Date 08/10/2020 Average Rank 20.00 [details] Sales history for Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life date, rank 08/10/2020, 16 08/17/2020, 24 08/24/2020, 20 LAST WEEK: 24 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,838 YTD: 15,449	Jul 2020	4,838 15,449
21	23	11	Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art James Nestor, Author Riverhead Books, $28.00 (304) 978-0-7352-1361-6 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 06/08/2020 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 06/15/2020 Average Rank 15.20 [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 LAST WEEK: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,757 YTD: 61,872	May 2020	4,757 61,872
22	16	8	The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir John Bolton, Author Simon & Schuster, $32.50 (592) 978-1-9821-4803-4 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 07/06/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/06/2020 Average Rank 5.14 [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 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,720 YTD: 641,152	Jun 2020	4,720 641,152
23	21	10	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 21 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 06/22/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/22/2020 Average Rank 9.43 [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 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,496 YTD: 152,075	Jun 2020	4,496 152,075
24	15	7	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 15 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 07/13/2020 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 08/10/2020 Average Rank 12.14 [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 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,481 YTD: 62,207	Jun 2020	4,481 62,207
25	-	5	The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win Maria Konnikova, Author Penguin Press, $28.00 (368) 978-0-525-52262-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 07/06/2020 Highest Rank 16 Highest Rank Date 07/06/2020 Average Rank 20.33 [details] Sales history for The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win date, rank 07/06/2020, 16 07/13/2020, 20 08/24/2020, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Jun 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,426 YTD: 25,371	Jun 2020	4,426 25,371

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NPD BookScan, week 33 of 2020 data through 8/15/2020; PW Issue of August 24, 2020