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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	-	1	Katabasis (Deluxe Limited Edition) R F Kuang, Author Harper Voyager, $35.00 (560) 978-0-06-302147-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/08/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/08/2025 Average Rank 1.00 [details] Sales history for Katabasis (Deluxe Limited Edition) date, rank 09/08/2025, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 74,010 YTD: 74,010	Aug 2025	74,010 74,010
2	-	1	The Color of Death Trey Gowdy, Author, Christopher Greyson, Author Harper Influence, $30.00 (288) 978-0-06-345191-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 09/08/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/08/2025 Average Rank 3.50 [details] Sales history for The Color of Death date, rank 09/08/2025, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 17,992 YTD: 17,992	Aug 2025	17,992 17,992
3	1	2	Quicksilver (Deluxe Limited Edition) Callie Hart, Author Forever, $33.00 (640) 978-1-5387-7420-5 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/01/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/01/2025 Average Rank 3.50 [details] Sales history for Quicksilver (Deluxe Limited Edition) date, rank 09/01/2025, 1 09/08/2025, 3 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 13,172 YTD: 67,713	Aug 2025	13,172 67,713
4	6	13	Atmosphere: A Love Story Taylor Jenkins Reid, Author Ballantine Books, $30.00 (352) 978-0-593-15871-5 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 06/16/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/16/2025 Average Rank 3.35 [details] Sales history for Atmosphere: A Love Story date, rank 06/16/2025, 1 06/23/2025, 4 06/30/2025, 1 07/07/2025, 2 07/14/2025, 1 07/21/2025, 3 07/28/2025, 4 08/04/2025, 3 08/11/2025, 1 08/18/2025, 3 08/25/2025, 3 09/01/2025, 6 09/08/2025, 4 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,870 YTD: 216,214	Jun 2025	8,870 216,214
5	7	17	My Friends Fredrik Backman, Author Atria Books, $29.99 (448) 978-1-9821-1282-0 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 7.83 [details] Sales history for My Friends date, rank 05/19/2025, 3 05/26/2025, 6 06/02/2025, 6 06/09/2025, 7 06/16/2025, 9 06/23/2025, 10 06/30/2025, 8 07/07/2025, 8 07/14/2025, 9 07/21/2025, 11 07/28/2025, 13 08/04/2025, 10 08/11/2025, 10 08/18/2025, 6 08/25/2025, 4 09/01/2025, 7 09/08/2025, 5 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,671 YTD: 184,858	May 2025	6,671 184,858
6	2	2	On Wings of Blood (Deluxe Limited Edition) (Original) Briar Boleyn, Author Mira Books, $32.00 (592) 978-0-7783-0626-9 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/01/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/01/2025 Average Rank 4.00 [details] Sales history for On Wings of Blood (Deluxe Limited Edition) (Original) date, rank 09/01/2025, 2 09/08/2025, 6 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,632 YTD: 23,875	Aug 2025	6,632 23,875
7	15	3	The Pumpkin Spice Café (Deluxe Edition) (Deluxe) Laurie Gilmore, Author HarperCollins, $32.00 (384) 978-0-00-875982-7 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 08/25/2025 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 09/08/2025 Average Rank 10.00 [details] Sales history for The Pumpkin Spice Café (Deluxe Edition) (Deluxe) date, rank 08/25/2025, 8 09/01/2025, 15 09/08/2025, 7 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,584 YTD: 19,171	Aug 2025	6,584 19,171
8	14	14	Never Flinch Stephen King, Author Scribner Book Company, $32.00 (448) 978-1-6680-8933-0 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 06/09/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/09/2025 Average Rank 6.17 [details] Sales history for Never Flinch date, rank 06/09/2025, 1 06/16/2025, 3 06/23/2025, 3 06/30/2025, 4 07/07/2025, 4 07/14/2025, 3 07/21/2025, 8 07/28/2025, 7 08/04/2025, 8 08/11/2025, 6 08/18/2025, 7 08/25/2025, 10 09/01/2025, 14 09/08/2025, 8 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,200 YTD: 254,930	May 2025	6,200 254,930
9	9	32	Onyx Storm (Standard Edition) Rebecca Yarros, Author Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99 (544) 978-1-64937-715-9 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 02/03/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 02/03/2025 Average Rank 8.81 [details] Sales history for Onyx Storm (Standard Edition) date, rank 02/03/2025, 2 02/10/2025, 2 02/17/2025, 2 02/24/2025, 2 03/03/2025, 3 03/10/2025, 3 03/17/2025, 8 03/24/2025, 4 03/31/2025, 4 04/07/2025, 8 04/14/2025, 6 04/21/2025, 9 04/28/2025, 7 05/05/2025, 8 05/12/2025, 12 05/19/2025, 15 05/26/2025, 17 06/02/2025, 14 06/09/2025, 12 06/16/2025, 15 06/23/2025, 17 06/30/2025, 16 07/07/2025, 14 07/14/2025, 14 07/21/2025, 15 07/28/2025, 16 08/04/2025, 12 08/11/2025, 8 08/18/2025, 5 08/25/2025, 5 09/01/2025, 9 09/08/2025, 9 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 32 PUB DATE: Jan 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,144 YTD: 514,191	Jan 2025	6,144 514,191
10	12	26	Broken Country Clare Leslie Hall, Author Simon & Schuster, $28.99 (320) 978-1-6680-7818-1 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 03/17/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 03/24/2025 Average Rank 9.88 [details] Sales history for Broken Country date, rank 03/17/2025, 3 03/24/2025, 2 03/31/2025, 5 04/07/2025, 6 04/14/2025, 3 04/21/2025, 4 04/28/2025, 4 05/05/2025, 5 05/12/2025, 9 05/19/2025, 11 05/26/2025, 16 06/02/2025, 15 06/09/2025, 13 06/16/2025, 13 06/23/2025, 18 06/30/2025, 15 07/07/2025, 11 07/14/2025, 12 07/21/2025, 12 07/28/2025, 12 08/04/2025, 13 08/11/2025, 12 08/18/2025, 9 08/25/2025, 12 09/01/2025, 12 09/08/2025, 10 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 26 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,089 YTD: 219,313	Mar 2025	6,089 219,313
11	-	1	Katabasis (Standard Edition) R F Kuang, Author Harper Voyager, $32.00 (560) 978-0-06-344624-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,862 YTD: 5,862	Aug 2025	5,862 5,862
12	10	3	For Richer for Poorer Danielle Steel, Author Delacorte Press, $29.00 (272) 978-0-593-49879-8 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 08/25/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/25/2025 Average Rank 6.25 [details] Sales history for For Richer for Poorer date, rank 08/25/2025, 1 09/01/2025, 10 09/08/2025, 12 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,373 YTD: 27,078	Aug 2025	5,373 27,078
13	13	6	Not Quite Dead Yet: A GMA Book Club Pick Holly Jackson, Author Bantam, $28.00 (400) 978-0-593-97705-7 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 08/04/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/04/2025 Average Rank 6.14 [details] Sales history for Not Quite Dead Yet: A GMA Book Club Pick date, rank 08/04/2025, 1 08/11/2025, 3 08/18/2025, 4 08/25/2025, 7 09/01/2025, 13 09/08/2025, 13 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,214 YTD: 54,038	Jul 2025	5,214 54,038
14	17	35	Dungeon Crawler Carl Matt Dinniman, Author Ace Books, $30.00 (464) 978-0-593-82024-7 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 09/09/2024 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 07/21/2025 Average Rank 19.38 [details] Sales history for Dungeon Crawler Carl date, rank 09/09/2024, 21 03/24/2025, 22 03/31/2025, 19 04/07/2025, 21 04/14/2025, 23 04/21/2025, 22 04/28/2025, 20 05/05/2025, 19 05/12/2025, 19 05/26/2025, 23 06/02/2025, 22 06/09/2025, 23 06/23/2025, 23 06/30/2025, 23 07/07/2025, 25 07/14/2025, 24 07/21/2025, 10 07/28/2025, 10 08/04/2025, 18 08/11/2025, 16 08/18/2025, 16 08/25/2025, 15 09/01/2025, 17 09/08/2025, 14 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 35 PUB DATE: Aug 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,784 YTD: 137,611	Aug 2024	4,784 137,611
15	21	19	Great Big Beautiful Life Emily Henry, Author Berkley Books, $29.00 (416) 978-0-593-44129-9 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 05/05/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/05/2025 Average Rank 8.26 [details] Sales history for Great Big Beautiful Life date, rank 05/05/2025, 1 05/12/2025, 1 05/19/2025, 2 05/26/2025, 3 06/02/2025, 3 06/09/2025, 5 06/16/2025, 4 06/23/2025, 8 06/30/2025, 6 07/07/2025, 7 07/14/2025, 7 07/21/2025, 9 07/28/2025, 15 08/04/2025, 14 08/11/2025, 17 08/18/2025, 14 08/25/2025, 19 09/01/2025, 21 09/08/2025, 15 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 19 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,729 YTD: 399,852	Apr 2025	4,729 399,852
16	18	6	The Hamptons Lawyer: A Jane Smith Thriller James Patterson, Author, Mike Lupica, Author Little Brown and Company, $30.00 (400) 978-0-316-56993-4 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 08/04/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/04/2025 Average Rank 9.86 [details] Sales history for The Hamptons Lawyer: A Jane Smith Thriller date, rank 08/04/2025, 2 08/11/2025, 5 08/18/2025, 10 08/25/2025, 14 09/01/2025, 18 09/08/2025, 16 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,584 YTD: 41,891	Jul 2025	4,584 41,891
17	4	2	People We Meet on Vacation: Deluxe Edition Emily Henry, Author Berkley Books, $35.00 (384) 978-0-593-95622-9 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 09/01/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 09/01/2025 Average Rank 10.33 [details] Sales history for People We Meet on Vacation: Deluxe Edition date, rank 09/01/2025, 4 09/08/2025, 17 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,374 YTD: 16,577	Aug 2025	4,374 16,577
18	3	2	The End of the World as We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's the Stand Christopher Golden, Editor, Brian Keene, Editor, Stephen King, Introduction by Gallery Books, $35.00 (800) 978-1-6680-5755-1 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 09/01/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/01/2025 Average Rank 8.67 [details] Sales history for The End of the World as We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's the Stand date, rank 09/01/2025, 3 09/08/2025, 18 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,317 YTD: 21,324	Aug 2025	4,317 21,324
19	16	12	Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil V E Schwab, Author Tor Books, $29.99 (560) 978-1-250-32052-0 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 06/23/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/23/2025 Average Rank 11.07 [details] Sales history for Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil date, rank 06/23/2025, 1 06/30/2025, 2 07/07/2025, 6 07/14/2025, 6 07/21/2025, 16 07/28/2025, 17 08/04/2025, 17 08/11/2025, 14 08/18/2025, 13 08/25/2025, 17 09/01/2025, 16 09/08/2025, 19 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,237 YTD: 126,911	Jun 2025	4,237 126,911
20	20	7	An Inside Job Daniel Silva, Author Harper, $32.00 (416) 978-0-06-338421-7 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 07/28/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/28/2025 Average Rank 10.38 [details] Sales history for An Inside Job date, rank 07/28/2025, 1 08/04/2025, 7 08/11/2025, 9 08/18/2025, 8 08/25/2025, 16 09/01/2025, 20 09/08/2025, 20 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,803 YTD: 67,667	Jul 2025	3,803 67,667
21	33	12	The River Is Waiting Wally Lamb, Author S&s/ Marysue Rucci Books, $28.99 (432) 978-1-6680-0639-9 Last rank 33 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 06/23/2025 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 06/23/2025 Average Rank 15.88 [details] Sales history for The River Is Waiting date, rank 06/23/2025, 6 06/30/2025, 7 07/07/2025, 13 07/14/2025, 17 07/21/2025, 18 08/04/2025, 20 08/11/2025, 25 09/08/2025, 21 LAST WEEK: 33 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,768 YTD: 70,042	May 2025	3,768 70,042
22	-	1	Forget Me Not Stacy Willingham, Author Minotaur Books, $29.00 (368) 978-1-250-88797-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,554 YTD: 3,554	Aug 2025	3,554 3,554
23	42	6	The Correspondent Virginia Evans, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $28.00 (304) 978-0-593-79843-0 LAST WEEK: 42 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,511 YTD: 29,269	Apr 2025	3,511 29,269
24	25	20	The Perfect Divorce Jeneva Rose, Author Blackstone Publishing, $28.99 (304p) 979-8-8746-2093-6 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/28/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/28/2025 Average Rank 14.55 [details] Sales history for The Perfect Divorce date, rank 04/28/2025, 1 05/05/2025, 2 05/12/2025, 5 05/19/2025, 8 05/26/2025, 11 06/02/2025, 9 06/09/2025, 9 06/16/2025, 11 06/23/2025, 16 06/30/2025, 19 07/07/2025, 18 07/14/2025, 18 07/21/2025, 20 07/28/2025, 25 08/04/2025, 23 08/11/2025, 23 08/18/2025, 21 08/25/2025, 21 09/01/2025, 25 09/08/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: 25 WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,472 YTD: 213,206	Apr 2025	3,472 213,206
25	32	20	Strangers in Time David Baldacci, Author Grand Central Publishing, $30.00 (432) 978-1-5387-4205-1 Last rank 32 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 04/28/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/28/2025 Average Rank 13.29 [details] Sales history for Strangers in Time date, rank 04/28/2025, 2 05/05/2025, 3 05/12/2025, 6 05/19/2025, 10 05/26/2025, 13 06/02/2025, 11 06/09/2025, 14 06/16/2025, 17 06/23/2025, 20 06/30/2025, 22 07/14/2025, 25 09/08/2025, 25 LAST WEEK: 32 WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,443 YTD: 146,932	Apr 2025	3,443 146,932

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