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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2024 YTD
1	-	1	The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War Erik Larson, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $35.00 (592) 978-0-385-34874-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/13/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/13/2024 Average Rank 1.50 [details] Sales history for The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War date, rank 05/13/2024, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 63,454 YTD: 63,454	Apr 2024	63,454 63,454
2	-	1	The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and the Facts Mary Claire Haver, Author Rodale Books, $28.00 (288) 978-0-593-79625-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/13/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/13/2024 Average Rank 3.00 [details] Sales history for The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and the Facts date, rank 05/13/2024, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 46,563 YTD: 46,563	Apr 2024	46,563 46,563
3	-	1	Power Moves: Ignite Your Confidence and Become a Force Sarah Jakes Roberts, Author Thomas Nelson, $29.99 (224) 978-0-7852-9190-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 05/13/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/13/2024 Average Rank 6.50 [details] Sales history for Power Moves: Ignite Your Confidence and Become a Force date, rank 05/13/2024, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 23,034 YTD: 23,034	Apr 2024	23,034 23,034
4	-	1	ADHD Is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD Penn Holderness, Author, Kim Holderness, Author Harper Horizon, $29.99 (320) 978-1-4003-3861-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 20,839 YTD: 20,839	Apr 2024	20,839 20,839
5	-	1	Open Wide: A Cookbook for Friends Benny Blanco, Author, Jess Damuck, Author Dey Street Books, $35.00 (304) 978-0-06-331593-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 15,872 YTD: 15,872	Apr 2024	15,872 15,872
6	-	1	For Love of Country: Leave the Democrat Party Behind Tulsi Gabbard, Author Regnery Publishing, $32.99 (240) 978-1-68451-485-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 14,120 YTD: 14,120	Apr 2024	14,120 14,120
7	1	6	The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness Jonathan Haidt, Author Penguin Press, $30.00 (400) 978-0-593-65503-0 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 04/08/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/08/2024 Average Rank 4.60 [details] Sales history for The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness date, rank 04/08/2024, 1 04/15/2024, 4 04/22/2024, 2 04/29/2024, 1 05/06/2024, 1 05/13/2024, 7 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Mar 2024 UNITS SOLD: 13,896 YTD: 114,912	Mar 2024	13,896 114,912
8	2	2	The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security Scott Galloway, Author Portfolio, $32.00 (288) 978-0-593-71402-7 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/06/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/06/2024 Average Rank 5.00 [details] Sales history for The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security date, rank 05/06/2024, 2 05/13/2024, 8 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 10,098 YTD: 25,069	Apr 2024	10,098 25,069
9	6	3	An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s Doris Kearns Goodwin, Author Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (496) 978-1-9821-0866-3 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 04/29/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/29/2024 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s date, rank 04/29/2024, 2 05/06/2024, 6 05/13/2024, 9 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 8,212 YTD: 40,976	Apr 2024	8,212 40,976
10	8	3	Love, Mom: Inspiring Stories Celebrating Motherhood Nicole Saphier, Author Broadside Books, $29.99 (240) 978-0-06-332565-4 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 04/29/2024 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 04/29/2024 Average Rank 7.33 [details] Sales history for Love, Mom: Inspiring Stories Celebrating Motherhood date, rank 04/29/2024, 4 05/06/2024, 8 05/13/2024, 10 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,344 YTD: 31,430	Apr 2024	6,344 31,430
11	-	1	The Age of Grievance Frank Bruni, Author Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $28.00 (224) 978-1-6680-1643-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,266 YTD: 6,266	Apr 2024	6,266 6,266
12	-	1	World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century Dmitri Alperovitch, Author, Garrett M Graff, Author PublicAffairs, $32.50 (400) 978-1-5417-0409-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,449 YTD: 5,449	Apr 2024	5,449 5,449
13	-	1	Just the Good Stuff: No-Bs Secrets to Success (No Matter What Life Throws at You) Jim Vandehei, Author Harmony, $28.00 (288) 978-0-593-79637-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,313 YTD: 5,313	Apr 2024	5,313 5,313
14	18	16	Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become Like Him. Live as He Did. John Mark Comer, Author Waterbrook Press, $25.00 (304) 978-0-593-19382-2 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 01/29/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 01/29/2024 Average Rank 13.82 [details] Sales history for Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become Like Him. Live as He Did. date, rank 01/29/2024, 2 02/05/2024, 6 02/12/2024, 11 02/19/2024, 11 02/26/2024, 8 03/04/2024, 14 03/11/2024, 18 03/18/2024, 17 03/25/2024, 23 04/01/2024, 16 04/08/2024, 22 04/15/2024, 23 04/22/2024, 13 04/29/2024, 12 05/06/2024, 18 05/13/2024, 14 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: Jan 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,214 YTD: 90,869	Jan 2024	4,214 90,869
15	5	2	The Backyard Bird Chronicles Amy Tan, Author, David Allen Sibley, Foreword by Knopf Publishing Group, $35.00 (320) 978-0-593-53613-1 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/06/2024 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 05/06/2024 Average Rank 10.00 [details] Sales history for The Backyard Bird Chronicles date, rank 05/06/2024, 5 05/13/2024, 15 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,106 YTD: 15,603	Apr 2024	4,106 15,603
16	12	4	The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook Hampton Sides, Author Doubleday Books, $35.00 (432) 978-0-385-54476-4 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 04/22/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 04/22/2024 Average Rank 9.50 [details] Sales history for The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook date, rank 04/22/2024, 3 04/29/2024, 7 05/06/2024, 12 05/13/2024, 16 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,080 YTD: 24,853	Apr 2024	4,080 24,853
17	11	3	Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder Salman Rushdie, Author Random House, $28.00 (224) 978-0-593-73024-9 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 04/29/2024 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 04/29/2024 Average Rank 11.00 [details] Sales history for Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder date, rank 04/29/2024, 5 05/06/2024, 11 05/13/2024, 17 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,866 YTD: 16,432	Apr 2024	3,866 16,432
18	3	2	Love Life: How to Raise Your Standards, Find Your Person, and Live Happily (No Matter What) Matthew Hussey, Author Harper Wave, $28.99 (272) 978-0-06-329438-7 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 05/06/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/06/2024 Average Rank 10.50 [details] Sales history for Love Life: How to Raise Your Standards, Find Your Person, and Live Happily (No Matter What) date, rank 05/06/2024, 3 05/13/2024, 18 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,796 YTD: 16,564	Apr 2024	3,796 16,564
19	13	11	Mostly What God Does Savannah Guthrie, Author Thomas Nelson, $29.99 (240) 978-1-4003-4112-2 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/04/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/04/2024 Average Rank 9.08 [details] Sales history for Mostly What God Does date, rank 03/04/2024, 1 03/11/2024, 3 03/18/2024, 5 03/25/2024, 5 04/01/2024, 12 04/08/2024, 13 04/15/2024, 6 04/22/2024, 14 04/29/2024, 18 05/06/2024, 13 05/13/2024, 19 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Feb 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,449 YTD: 138,881	Feb 2024	3,449 138,881
20	-	1	The Salvisoul Cookbook: Salvadoran Recipes and the Women Who Preserve Them Karla Tatiana Vasquez, Author Ten Speed Press, $35.00 (288) 978-1-9848-6142-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,268 YTD: 3,268	Apr 2024	3,268 3,268
21	-	1	Puppy Brain: Inside the Psychology of How Dogs Learn, Grow, and Love Kerry Nichols, Author, Randi Kramer, Editor Celadon Books, $30.00 (336) 978-1-250-86791-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,243 YTD: 3,243	Apr 2024	3,243 3,243
22	-	1	My Mexican Mesa, Y Listo!: Beautiful Flavors, Family Style (a Cookbook) Jenny Martinez, Author S&s/Simon Element, $32.50 (272) 978-1-6680-0997-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,072 YTD: 3,072	Apr 2024	3,072 3,072
23	17	6	Nuclear War: A Scenario Annie Jacobsen, Author Dutton, $30.00 (336) 978-0-593-47609-3 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 04/08/2024 Highest Rank 15 Highest Rank Date 04/15/2024 Average Rank 19.00 [details] Sales history for Nuclear War: A Scenario date, rank 04/08/2024, 21 04/15/2024, 15 05/06/2024, 17 05/13/2024, 23 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Mar 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,058 YTD: 20,814	Mar 2024	3,058 20,814
24	23	6	Clear Mind, Peaceful Heart: 50 Devotions for Sleeping Well in a World Full of Worry Lysa TerKeurst, Author Thomas Nelson, $24.99 (208) 978-1-4002-4739-4 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 04/08/2024 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 04/08/2024 Average Rank 19.60 [details] Sales history for Clear Mind, Peaceful Heart: 50 Devotions for Sleeping Well in a World Full of Worry date, rank 04/08/2024, 11 04/22/2024, 21 04/29/2024, 19 05/06/2024, 23 05/13/2024, 24 LAST WEEK: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Mar 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,047 YTD: 21,691	Mar 2024	3,047 21,691
25	19	4	Somehow: Thoughts on Love Anne Lamott, Author Riverhead Books, $22.00 (192) 978-0-593-71441-6 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/22/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/22/2024 Average Rank 12.75 [details] Sales history for Somehow: Thoughts on Love date, rank 04/22/2024, 1 04/29/2024, 6 05/06/2024, 19 05/13/2024, 25 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,797 YTD: 35,281	Apr 2024	2,797 35,281

For analysis of this week's lists, click here.

To download a printable PDF of our overall top 10 bestsellers, click here.

Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended May 3, 2024; appearing in the May 13, 2024, print edition of PW

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