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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	1	36	The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking about Mel Robbins, Author Hay House LLC, $29.99 (336) 978-1-4019-7136-6 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 01/06/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/06/2025 Average Rank 1.39 [details] Sales history for The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking about date, rank 01/06/2025, 1 01/13/2025, 1 01/20/2025, 1 01/27/2025, 1 02/03/2025, 1 02/10/2025, 1 02/17/2025, 1 02/24/2025, 1 03/03/2025, 1 03/10/2025, 1 03/17/2025, 1 03/24/2025, 1 03/31/2025, 1 04/07/2025, 1 04/14/2025, 1 04/21/2025, 1 04/28/2025, 1 05/05/2025, 1 05/12/2025, 1 05/19/2025, 1 05/26/2025, 1 06/02/2025, 2 06/09/2025, 1 06/16/2025, 1 06/23/2025, 1 06/30/2025, 1 07/07/2025, 1 07/14/2025, 1 07/21/2025, 1 07/28/2025, 1 08/04/2025, 1 08/11/2025, 1 08/18/2025, 1 08/25/2025, 1 09/01/2025, 1 09/08/2025, 1 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 36 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 31,025 YTD: 2,093,194	2000	31,025 2,093,194
2	-	1	I Just Wish I Had a Bigger Kitchen: And Other Lies I Think Will Make Me Happy Kate Strickler, Author Bethany House Publishers, $26.99 (192) 978-0-7642-4378-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 09/08/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/08/2025 Average Rank 4.50 [details] Sales history for I Just Wish I Had a Bigger Kitchen: And Other Lies I Think Will Make Me Happy date, rank 09/08/2025, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 16,073 YTD: 16,073	2000	16,073 16,073
3	-	1	Unbreakable: A Woman's Guide to Aging with Power Vonda Wright, Author Rodale Books, $28.00 (384) 978-0-593-73658-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 09/08/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/08/2025 Average Rank 5.50 [details] Sales history for Unbreakable: A Woman's Guide to Aging with Power date, rank 09/08/2025, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 13,407 YTD: 13,407	2000	13,407 13,407
4	2	44	Don't Believe Everything You Think (Expanded Edition): Why Your Thinking Is the Beginning & End of Suffering Joseph Nguyen, Author Authors Equity, $22.00 (192) 979-8-89331-015-3 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 11/11/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 07/14/2025 Average Rank 9.64 [details] Sales history for Don't Believe Everything You Think (Expanded Edition): Why Your Thinking Is the Beginning & End of Suffering date, rank 11/11/2024, 15 12/02/2024, 24 12/09/2024, 21 12/16/2024, 20 12/23/2024, 19 12/30/2024, 19 01/06/2025, 17 01/13/2025, 7 01/20/2025, 7 01/27/2025, 10 02/03/2025, 12 02/10/2025, 13 02/17/2025, 11 02/24/2025, 8 03/03/2025, 7 03/10/2025, 7 03/17/2025, 13 03/24/2025, 11 03/31/2025, 15 04/07/2025, 10 04/14/2025, 11 04/21/2025, 16 04/28/2025, 14 05/05/2025, 7 05/12/2025, 9 05/19/2025, 10 05/26/2025, 8 06/02/2025, 8 06/09/2025, 4 06/16/2025, 9 06/23/2025, 4 06/30/2025, 5 07/07/2025, 3 07/14/2025, 2 07/21/2025, 3 07/28/2025, 4 08/04/2025, 3 08/11/2025, 4 08/18/2025, 4 08/25/2025, 5 09/01/2025, 2 09/08/2025, 4 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 44 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 7,175 YTD: 236,574	2000	7,175 236,574
5	-	1	Guinness World Records 2026 Guinness World Records, Author Guinness World Records, $29.95 (256) 978-1-913484-75-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 4,559 YTD: 4,559	2000	4,559 4,559
6	4	5	On Power Mark R Levin, Author Threshold Editions, $26.99 (208) 978-1-9821-4619-1 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 08/11/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/11/2025 Average Rank 4.00 [details] Sales history for On Power date, rank 08/11/2025, 2 08/18/2025, 3 08/25/2025, 7 09/01/2025, 4 09/08/2025, 6 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 4,195 YTD: 54,773	2000	4,195 54,773
7	6	7	The Idaho Four: An American Tragedy James Patterson, Author, Vicky Ward, Author Little Brown and Company, $32.50 (448) 978-0-316-57285-9 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 07/28/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 07/28/2025 Average Rank 5.00 [details] Sales history for The Idaho Four: An American Tragedy date, rank 07/28/2025, 2 08/04/2025, 2 08/11/2025, 3 08/18/2025, 6 08/25/2025, 9 09/01/2025, 6 09/08/2025, 7 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 3,769 YTD: 73,093	2000	3,769 73,093
8	9	24	Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection John Green, Author Crash Course Books, $28.00 (208) 978-0-525-55657-2 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 04/28/2025 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 08/11/2025 Average Rank 13.26 [details] Sales history for Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection date, rank 04/28/2025, 21 05/05/2025, 14 05/12/2025, 17 05/19/2025, 18 05/26/2025, 20 06/02/2025, 20 06/09/2025, 18 06/23/2025, 11 06/30/2025, 12 07/07/2025, 12 07/14/2025, 9 07/21/2025, 12 07/28/2025, 14 08/04/2025, 7 08/11/2025, 6 08/18/2025, 13 08/25/2025, 11 09/01/2025, 9 09/08/2025, 8 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 24 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 3,188 YTD: 196,579	2000	3,188 196,579
9	5	3	Tame Your Thoughts: Three Tools to Renew Your Mind and Transform Your Life Max Lucado, Author Thomas Nelson, $29.99 (240) 978-1-4002-5623-5 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 08/25/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/25/2025 Average Rank 5.67 [details] Sales history for Tame Your Thoughts: Three Tools to Renew Your Mind and Transform Your Life date, rank 08/25/2025, 3 09/01/2025, 5 09/08/2025, 9 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 3,056 YTD: 16,629	2000	3,056 16,629
10	-	1	Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future Dan Wang, Author W. W. Norton & Company, $31.99 (304) 978-1-324-10603-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 2,966 YTD: 2,966	2000	2,966 2,966
11	10	24	The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More Jefferson Fisher, Author Tarcher, $30.00 (304) 978-0-593-71872-8 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 03/31/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 03/31/2025 Average Rank 14.04 [details] Sales history for The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More date, rank 03/31/2025, 2 04/07/2025, 6 04/14/2025, 7 04/21/2025, 13 04/28/2025, 12 05/12/2025, 14 05/19/2025, 24 05/26/2025, 15 06/02/2025, 19 06/09/2025, 20 06/16/2025, 24 06/23/2025, 17 06/30/2025, 24 07/07/2025, 17 07/14/2025, 15 07/21/2025, 15 07/28/2025, 13 08/04/2025, 5 08/11/2025, 13 08/18/2025, 20 08/25/2025, 18 09/01/2025, 10 09/08/2025, 11 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 24 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 2,946 YTD: 165,407	2000	2,946 165,407
12	-	1	Before You Fly Away: Life Lessons From Home Christina Geist, Author, Todd True, Designed by Christina Geist, $20.00 (106) 979-8-9929817-1-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 2,813 YTD: 9,115	2000	2,813 9,115
13	11	24	Abundance Ezra Klein, Author, Derek Thompson, Author Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (304) 978-1-6680-2348-8 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 03/31/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 04/07/2025 Average Rank 11.16 [details] Sales history for Abundance date, rank 03/31/2025, 5 04/07/2025, 4 04/14/2025, 6 04/21/2025, 11 04/28/2025, 8 05/05/2025, 8 05/12/2025, 11 05/19/2025, 16 05/26/2025, 16 06/02/2025, 13 06/09/2025, 11 06/16/2025, 15 06/23/2025, 9 06/30/2025, 16 07/07/2025, 11 07/14/2025, 7 07/21/2025, 14 07/28/2025, 16 08/04/2025, 10 08/11/2025, 10 08/18/2025, 17 08/25/2025, 14 09/01/2025, 11 09/08/2025, 13 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 24 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 2,596 YTD: 165,319	2000	2,596 165,319
14	19	16	Mark Twain Ron Chernow, Author Penguin Press, $45.00 (1200) 978-0-525-56172-9 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/26/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/26/2025 Average Rank 10.40 [details] Sales history for Mark Twain date, rank 05/26/2025, 2 06/02/2025, 6 06/09/2025, 8 06/16/2025, 10 06/23/2025, 3 06/30/2025, 6 07/07/2025, 9 07/14/2025, 10 07/21/2025, 8 07/28/2025, 11 08/04/2025, 12 08/11/2025, 15 08/18/2025, 23 09/01/2025, 19 09/08/2025, 14 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 2,451 YTD: 83,975	2000	2,451 83,975
15	14	3	Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America Robert B Reich, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $30.00 (416) 978-0-593-80328-8 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 08/25/2025 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 09/01/2025 Average Rank 16.00 [details] Sales history for Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America date, rank 08/25/2025, 19 09/01/2025, 14 09/08/2025, 15 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 2,397 YTD: 20,217	2000	2,397 20,217
16	20	6	Keep It Simple, Y'All: Easy Dinners from Your Barefoot Neighbor: A Cookbook Matthew Bounds, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $29.99 (144) 979-8-217-03415-4 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 12/02/2024 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 07/21/2025 Average Rank 17.20 [details] Sales history for Keep It Simple, Y'All: Easy Dinners from Your Barefoot Neighbor: A Cookbook date, rank 12/02/2024, 16 07/21/2025, 9 08/25/2025, 25 09/01/2025, 20 09/08/2025, 16 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 2,153 YTD: 40,750	2000	2,153 40,750
17	15	17	The Wishbone Kitchen Cookbook: Seasonal Recipes for Everyday Luxury and Elevated Entertaining Meredith Hayden, Author Ten Speed Press, $35.00 (288) 978-0-593-83595-1 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 9.50 [details] Sales history for The Wishbone Kitchen Cookbook: Seasonal Recipes for Everyday Luxury and Elevated Entertaining date, rank 05/19/2025, 2 05/26/2025, 7 06/02/2025, 12 06/09/2025, 12 06/16/2025, 7 06/23/2025, 7 06/30/2025, 8 07/07/2025, 6 07/14/2025, 8 07/21/2025, 5 07/28/2025, 9 08/04/2025, 8 08/11/2025, 12 08/18/2025, 19 08/25/2025, 12 09/01/2025, 15 09/08/2025, 17 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 1,989 YTD: 117,886	2000	1,989 117,886
18	22	19	The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life Suleika Jaouad, Author Random House, $31.00 (304) 978-0-593-73463-6 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 05/05/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/05/2025 Average Rank 16.21 [details] Sales history for The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life date, rank 05/05/2025, 3 05/12/2025, 8 05/19/2025, 13 05/26/2025, 19 06/02/2025, 23 06/09/2025, 24 06/23/2025, 23 06/30/2025, 25 07/07/2025, 20 07/14/2025, 13 07/21/2025, 13 07/28/2025, 18 08/04/2025, 11 08/11/2025, 11 08/18/2025, 15 08/25/2025, 23 09/01/2025, 22 09/08/2025, 18 LAST WEEK: 22 WEEKS ON LIST: 19 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 1,981 YTD: 86,986	2000	1,981 86,986
19	26	3	Umma: A Korean Mom's Kitchen Wisdom and 100 Family Recipes Sarah Ahn, Author, Nam Soon Ahn, Author, America's Test Kitchen, Editor America's Test Kitchen, $35.00 (384) 978-1-954210-56-1 Last rank 26 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 04/14/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/14/2025 Average Rank 12.00 [details] Sales history for Umma: A Korean Mom's Kitchen Wisdom and 100 Family Recipes date, rank 04/14/2025, 2 04/21/2025, 22 09/08/2025, 19 LAST WEEK: 26 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 1,914 YTD: 53,882	2000	1,914 53,882
20	-	1	The Gut-Brain Paradox: Improve Your Mood, Clear Brain Fog, and Reverse Disease by Healing Your Microbiome Steven R Gundry MD, Author Harper, $32.00 (416) 978-0-06-291180-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 04/28/2025 Highest Rank 20 Highest Rank Date 09/08/2025 Average Rank 21.00 [details] Sales history for The Gut-Brain Paradox: Improve Your Mood, Clear Brain Fog, and Reverse Disease by Healing Your Microbiome date, rank 04/28/2025, 22 09/08/2025, 20 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 1,802 YTD: 14,011	2000	1,802 14,011
21	17	41	The Serviceberry Robin Wall Kimmerer, Author, John Burgoyne, Illustrator Scribner Book Company, $20.00 (96) 978-1-6680-7224-0 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 12/02/2024 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 12/02/2024 Average Rank 15.79 [details] Sales history for The Serviceberry date, rank 12/02/2024, 4 12/09/2024, 6 12/16/2024, 14 12/23/2024, 9 12/30/2024, 15 01/06/2025, 10 01/13/2025, 6 01/20/2025, 9 01/27/2025, 13 02/03/2025, 8 02/10/2025, 8 02/17/2025, 14 02/24/2025, 10 03/03/2025, 11 03/10/2025, 12 03/17/2025, 24 03/24/2025, 18 03/31/2025, 25 05/05/2025, 25 05/12/2025, 23 06/02/2025, 25 06/09/2025, 25 06/23/2025, 19 07/07/2025, 21 07/14/2025, 16 07/21/2025, 21 08/04/2025, 18 08/11/2025, 21 08/18/2025, 25 08/25/2025, 20 09/01/2025, 17 09/08/2025, 21 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 41 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 1,786 YTD: 109,454	2000	1,786 109,454
22	-	1	How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend: Simple Steps to a Kinder Mind Rachel Barr, Author DK Red, $21.99 (304) 978-0-593-96207-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 1,754 YTD: 1,754	2000	1,754 1,754
23	39	8	A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck Sophie Elmhirst, Author Riverhead Books, $28.00 (256) 978-0-593-85428-0 Last rank 39 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 07/21/2025 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 08/04/2025 Average Rank 19.20 [details] Sales history for A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck date, rank 07/21/2025, 19 07/28/2025, 21 08/04/2025, 14 08/11/2025, 19 09/08/2025, 23 LAST WEEK: 39 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 1,662 YTD: 16,285	2000	1,662 16,285
24	-	1	What in the World?!: A Southern Woman's Guide to Laughing at Life's Unexpected Curveballs and Beautiful Blessings Leanne Morgan, Author Convergent Books, $27.00 (240) 978-0-593-59439-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/07/2024 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 10/07/2024 Average Rank 16.00 [details] Sales history for What in the World?!: A Southern Woman's Guide to Laughing at Life's Unexpected Curveballs and Beautiful Blessings date, rank 10/07/2024, 5 10/14/2024, 19 09/08/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 1,629 YTD: 18,372	2000	1,629 18,372
25	28	10	The Simple Path to Wealth (Revised & Expanded 2025 Edition): Your Road Map to Financial Independence and a Rich, Free Life (College Graduation Gift) Jl Collins, Author Authors Equity, $30.00 (320) 979-8-89331-047-4 Last rank 28 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 06/02/2025 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 07/14/2025 Average Rank 17.50 [details] Sales history for The Simple Path to Wealth (Revised & Expanded 2025 Edition): Your Road Map to Financial Independence and a Rich, Free Life (College Graduation Gift) date, rank 06/02/2025, 21 07/07/2025, 7 07/14/2025, 6 07/21/2025, 17 07/28/2025, 25 08/04/2025, 19 08/11/2025, 20 09/08/2025, 25 LAST WEEK: 28 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 1,541 YTD: 31,588	2000	1,541 31,588

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Aug. 30, 2025; appearing in the Sept. 8, 2025, print edition of PW