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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2020 YTD
1	1	2	A Promised Land Barack Obama, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $45.00 (768) 978-1-5247-6316-9 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/30/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/30/2020 Average Rank 1.00 [details] Sales history for A Promised Land date, rank 11/30/2020, 1 12/02/2020, 1 12/07/2020, 1 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 409,922 YTD: 1,244,699	Nov 2020	409,922 1,244,699
2	4	6	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 3.07 [details] Sales history for Greenlights date, rank 11/02/2020, 1 11/09/2020, 1 11/16/2020, 4 11/23/2020, 2 11/30/2020, 4 12/02/2020, 2 12/07/2020, 2 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 46,825 YTD: 300,695	Oct 2020	46,825 300,695
3	-	1	Modern Warriors P H, Author Broadside Books, $29.99 (304) 978-0-06-304654-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 12/02/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 12/02/2020 Average Rank 3.00 [details] Sales history for Modern Warriors date, rank 12/02/2020, 3 12/07/2020, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 30,202 YTD: 30,202	Nov 2020	30,202 30,202
4	-	7	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 7.75 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 27,193 YTD: 165,413	Sep 2020	27,193 165,413
5	9	8	Modern Comfort Food Ina Garten, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $35.00 (272) 978-0-8041-8706-0 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/19/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/19/2020 Average Rank 3.43 [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 11/30/2020, 8 12/02/2020, 5 12/07/2020, 5 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 25,437 YTD: 353,659	Oct 2020	25,437 353,659
6	6	2	Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics Dolly Parton, Author, Robert K Oermann, Author Chronicle Books, $50.00 (380) 978-1-7972-0509-0 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 11/30/2020 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 11/30/2020 Average Rank 6.50 [details] Sales history for Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics date, rank 11/30/2020, 5 12/02/2020, 6 12/07/2020, 6 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 24,307 YTD: 70,428	Nov 2020	24,307 70,428
7	-	1	Stuff You Should Know: An Incomplete Compendium of Mostly Interesting Things Josh Clark, Author, Chuck Bryant, Author Flatiron Books, $27.99 (336) 978-1-250-26850-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 12/02/2020 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 12/02/2020 Average Rank 7.00 [details] Sales history for Stuff You Should Know: An Incomplete Compendium of Mostly Interesting Things date, rank 12/02/2020, 7 12/07/2020, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 24,071 YTD: 24,071	Nov 2020	24,071 24,071
8	2	2	Tasha's Cauldron of Everything (D&d; Rules Expansion) (Dungeons & Dragons) Wizards RPG Team, Author Wizards of the Coast, $49.95 (192) 978-0-7869-6702-5 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 11/30/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/30/2020 Average Rank 5.50 [details] Sales history for Tasha's Cauldron of Everything (D&d; Rules Expansion) (Dungeons & Dragons) date, rank 11/30/2020, 2 12/02/2020, 8 12/07/2020, 8 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 22,657 YTD: 105,022	Nov 2020	22,657 105,022
9	9	2	No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality Michael J Fox, Author Flatiron Books, $27.99 (256) 978-1-250-26561-6 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 11/30/2020 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 11/30/2020 Average Rank 9.00 [details] Sales history for No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality date, rank 11/30/2020, 9 12/02/2020, 9 12/07/2020, 9 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 22,538 YTD: 48,543	Nov 2020	22,538 48,543
10	3	2	Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That's Beautiful Again Lysa TerKeurst, Author Thomas Nelson, $26.99 (256) 978-0-7180-3987-5 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/30/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/30/2020 Average Rank 7.00 [details] Sales history for Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That's Beautiful Again date, rank 11/30/2020, 3 12/02/2020, 10 12/07/2020, 10 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 19,666 YTD: 89,825	Nov 2020	19,666 89,825
11	12	8	Guinness World Records 2021 Guinness World Records, Author Guinness World Records, $28.95 (256) 978-1-913484-00-2 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 23 Initial Date 10/19/2020 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 11/09/2020 Average Rank 12.67 [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 11/30/2020, 12 12/02/2020, 11 12/07/2020, 11 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 18,453 YTD: 100,906	Oct 2020	18,453 100,906
12	18	8	Humans Brandon Stanton, Author St. Martin's Press, $35.00 (432) 978-1-250-11429-7 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/19/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/23/2020 Average Rank 11.10 [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 11/30/2020, 18 12/02/2020, 12 12/07/2020, 12 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 17,435 YTD: 220,282	Oct 2020	17,435 220,282
13	-	1	Saving Freedom: Truman, the Cold War, and the Fight for the Future of Europe Joe Scarborough, Author Harper, $29.99 (272) 978-0-06-295049-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 12/02/2020 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 12/02/2020 Average Rank 13.00 [details] Sales history for Saving Freedom: Truman, the Cold War, and the Fight for the Future of Europe date, rank 12/02/2020, 13 12/07/2020, 13 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 16,503 YTD: 16,503	Nov 2020	16,503 16,503
14	10	17	Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Isabel Wilkerson, Author Random House, $32.00 (464) 978-0-593-23025-1 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 08/17/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/17/2020 Average Rank 6.64 [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 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 16,026 YTD: 418,962	Aug 2020	16,026 418,962
15	13	38	Untamed Glennon Doyle, Author Dial Press, $28.00 (352) 978-1-9848-0125-8 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/23/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/23/2020 Average Rank 5.29 [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 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 38 PUB DATE: Mar 2020 UNITS SOLD: 15,991 YTD: 898,345	Mar 2020	15,991 898,345
16	17	8	Is This Anything? Jerry Seinfeld, Author Simon & Schuster, $35.00 (496) 978-1-9821-1269-1 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/19/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 11/09/2020 Average Rank 14.10 [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 11/30/2020, 17 12/02/2020, 16 12/07/2020, 16 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 15,472 YTD: 97,300	Oct 2020	15,472 97,300
17	25	34	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 25 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/20/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/20/2020 Average Rank 6.64 [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 11/30/2020, 25 12/02/2020, 17 12/07/2020, 17 LAST WEEK: 25 WEEKS ON LIST: 34 PUB DATE: Apr 2020 UNITS SOLD: 14,429 YTD: 707,644	Apr 2020	14,429 707,644
18	19	12	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 19 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 09/21/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/09/2020 Average Rank 8.61 [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 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 13,997 YTD: 224,457	Sep 2020	13,997 224,457
19	7	2	Frontier Follies: Adventures in Marriage and Motherhood in the Middle of Nowhere Ree Drummond, Author William Morrow & Company, $26.99 (352) 978-0-06-296275-1 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/30/2020 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 11/30/2020 Average Rank 15.00 [details] Sales history for Frontier Follies: Adventures in Marriage and Motherhood in the Middle of Nowhere date, rank 11/30/2020, 7 12/02/2020, 19 12/07/2020, 19 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 12,486 YTD: 47,578	Nov 2020	12,486 47,578
20	11	3	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 10.71 [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 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 11,325 YTD: 147,325	Jul 2020	11,325 147,325
21	16	3	Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man Emmanuel Acho, Author Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book, $27.99 (256) 978-1-250-80046-6 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/23/2020 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 11/23/2020 Average Rank 15.75 [details] Sales history for Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man date, rank 11/23/2020, 5 11/30/2020, 16 12/02/2020, 21 12/07/2020, 21 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 11,046 YTD: 50,372	Nov 2020	11,046 50,372
22	-	1	The Greatest Secret Rhonda Byrne, Author HarperOne, $26.99 (276) 978-0-06-307848-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 12/02/2020 Highest Rank 22 Highest Rank Date 12/02/2020 Average Rank 22.00 [details] Sales history for The Greatest Secret date, rank 12/02/2020, 22 12/07/2020, 22 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 10,652 YTD: 10,652	Nov 2020	10,652 10,652
23	6	2	A Wealth of Pigeons: A Cartoon Collection Steve Martin, Author, Harry Bliss, Illustrator Celadon Books, $28.00 (272) 978-1-250-26289-9 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/30/2020 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 11/30/2020 Average Rank 17.33 [details] Sales history for A Wealth of Pigeons: A Cartoon Collection date, rank 11/30/2020, 6 12/02/2020, 23 12/07/2020, 23 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 9,502 YTD: 47,879	Nov 2020	9,502 47,879
24	27	12	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 27 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/21/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/21/2020 Average Rank 14.92 [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 LAST WEEK: 27 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 9,428 YTD: 189,014	Sep 2020	9,428 189,014
25	25	4	The Best of Me David Sedaris, Author Little Brown and Company, $30.00 (400) 978-0-316-62824-2 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/16/2020 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 11/16/2020 Average Rank 18.80 [details] Sales history for The Best of Me date, rank 11/16/2020, 5 11/23/2020, 15 11/30/2020, 24 12/02/2020, 25 12/07/2020, 25 LAST WEEK: 25 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 9,065 YTD: 48,192	Nov 2020	9,065 48,192

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NPD BookScan, week 48 of 2020 data through 11/28/2020; PW Issue of December 7, 2020