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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2020 YTD
1	29	6	Humans Brandon Stanton, Author St. Martin's Press, $35.00 (432) 978-1-250-11429-7 Last rank 29 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/19/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/23/2020 Average Rank 9.86 [details] Sales history for Humans date, rank 10/19/2020, 2 10/26/2020, 13 11/09/2020, 20 11/16/2020, 29 11/23/2020, 1 LAST WEEK: 29 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 57,433 YTD: 190,060	Oct 2020	57,433 190,060
2	4	4	Greenlights Matthew McConaughey, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $30.00 (304) 978-0-593-13913-4 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/02/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/02/2020 Average Rank 2.38 [details] Sales history for Greenlights date, rank 11/02/2020, 1 11/09/2020, 1 11/16/2020, 4 11/23/2020, 2 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 42,369 YTD: 187,622	Oct 2020	42,369 187,622
3	-	1	I Would Leave Me If I Could.: A Collection of Poetry Halsey, Author Simon & Schuster, $24.99 (144) 978-1-9821-3560-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/23/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/23/2020 Average Rank 5.00 [details] Sales history for I Would Leave Me If I Could.: A Collection of Poetry date, rank 11/23/2020, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 38,005 YTD: 38,005	Nov 2020	38,005 38,005
4	3	6	Modern Comfort Food Ina Garten, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $35.00 (272) 978-0-8041-8706-0 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/19/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/19/2020 Average Rank 2.73 [details] Sales history for Modern Comfort Food date, rank 10/19/2020, 1 10/26/2020, 1 11/02/2020, 3 11/09/2020, 2 11/16/2020, 3 11/23/2020, 4 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 26,373 YTD: 299,410	Oct 2020	26,373 299,410
5	-	1	Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man Emmanuel Acho, Author Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book, $27.99 (256) 978-1-250-80046-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 25,196 YTD: 25,196	Nov 2020	25,196 25,196
6	-	1	First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country Thomas E. Ricks, Author Harper, $29.99 (416) 978-0-06-299745-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 18,165 YTD: 18,165	Nov 2020	18,165 18,165
7	6	15	Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Isabel Wilkerson, Author Random House, $32.00 (464) 978-0-593-23025-1 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 08/17/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/17/2020 Average Rank 5.68 [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 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 17,167 YTD: 385,291	Aug 2020	17,167 385,291
8	7	36	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 4.83 [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 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 36 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: 16,820 YTD: 866,412	Mar 2020	16,820 866,412
9	-	1	Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last Wright Thompson, Author Penguin Press, $27.00 (256) 978-0-7352-2125-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 16,151 YTD: 16,151	Nov 2020	16,151 16,151
10	8	6	Guinness World Records 2021 Guinness World Records, Author Guinness World Records, $28.95 (256) 978-1-913484-00-2 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 23 Initial Date 10/19/2020 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 11/09/2020 Average Rank 13.33 [details] Sales history for Guinness World Records 2021 date, rank 10/19/2020, 23 10/26/2020, 16 11/02/2020, 16 11/09/2020, 7 11/16/2020, 8 11/23/2020, 10 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 14,042 YTD: 66,406	Oct 2020	14,042 66,406
11	9	10	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 9 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 09/21/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/09/2020 Average Rank 6.67 [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 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 13,242 YTD: 198,415	Sep 2020	13,242 198,415
12	12	32	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 12 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/20/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/20/2020 Average Rank 5.64 [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 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 32 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 13,048 YTD: 683,601	Apr 2020	13,048 683,601
13	-	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 9.00 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 12,308 YTD: 118,926	Jul 2020	12,308 118,926
14	-	1	The Unofficial Disney Parks Cookbook: From Delicious Dole Whip to Tasty Mickey Pretzels, 100 Magical Disney-Inspired Recipes Ashley Craft, Author Adams Media Corporation, $21.99 (256) 978-1-5072-1451-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 12,284 YTD: 12,284	Nov 2020	12,284 12,284
15	5	2	The Best of Me David Sedaris, Author Little Brown and Company, $30.00 (400) 978-0-316-62824-2 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/16/2020 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 11/16/2020 Average Rank 10.00 [details] Sales history for The Best of Me date, rank 11/16/2020, 5 11/23/2020, 15 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 11,430 YTD: 28,923	Nov 2020	11,430 28,923
16	10	9	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 10 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/28/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/09/2020 Average Rank 7.21 [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 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 11,287 YTD: 198,358	Sep 2020	11,287 198,358
17	-	1	Not Free America: What Your Government Doesn't Want You to Know Mike Donovan, Author Forefront Books, $28.00 (224) 978-1-948677-66-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 11,107 YTD: 31,041	Oct 2020	11,107 31,041
18	-	1	The Greatest Beer Run Ever Made: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War John Donohue and J. T. Molloy Morrow, (256p) 978-0-06-299546-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 10,356 YTD: 10,356	Nov 2020	10,356 10,356
19	-	1	One Life Megan Rapinoe, Author, Emma Brockes, Author Penguin Press, $27.00 (240) 978-1-9848-8116-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 9,828 YTD: 9,828	Nov 2020	9,828 9,828
20	-	1	The Book on Pie: Everything You Need to Know to Bake Perfect Pies Erin Jeanne McDowell, Author, Mark Weinberg, Photographer Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $32.00 (352) 978-0-358-22928-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 8,338 YTD: 8,338	Nov 2020	8,338 8,338
21	35	2	Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change Maggie Smith, Author Atria/One Signal Publishers, $18.00 (112) 978-1-9821-3207-1 Last rank 35 Initial Rank 35 Initial Date 11/16/2020 Highest Rank 21 Highest Rank Date 11/23/2020 Average Rank 28.00 [details] Sales history for Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change date, rank 11/16/2020, 35 11/23/2020, 21 LAST WEEK: 35 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 7,792 YTD: 21,030	Oct 2020	7,792 21,030
22	25	18	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: 25 WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 7,705 YTD: 1,195,450	Jul 2020	7,705 1,195,450
23	14	6	Is This Anything? Jerry Seinfeld, Author Simon & Schuster, $35.00 (496) 978-1-9821-1269-1 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/19/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 11/09/2020 Average Rank 13.14 [details] Sales history for Is This Anything? date, rank 10/19/2020, 6 10/26/2020, 10 11/02/2020, 19 11/09/2020, 16 11/16/2020, 14 11/23/2020, 23 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 7,692 YTD: 68,848	Oct 2020	7,692 68,848
24	18	10	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 18 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/21/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/21/2020 Average Rank 13.10 [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 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 7,565 YTD: 172,889	Sep 2020	7,565 172,889
25	1	2	Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other Sam Heughan, Author, Graham McTavish, Author Quercus Books, $26.99 (352) 978-1-5293-4200-0 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/16/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/16/2020 Average Rank 10.33 [details] Sales history for Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other date, rank 11/16/2020, 1 11/23/2020, 25 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 7,495 YTD: 46,303	Nov 2020	7,495 46,303

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NPD BookScan, week 46 of 2020 data through 11/14/2020; PW Issue of November 23, 2020