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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	1	21	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 1.40 [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 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 21 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 59,581 YTD: 1,457,769	Dec 2024	59,581 1,457,769
2	-	1	Mark Twain Ron Chernow, Author Penguin Press, $45.00 (1200) 978-0-525-56172-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 19,975 YTD: 19,975	May 2025	19,975 19,975
3	-	1	I Hope You Remember: Poems on Loving, Longing, and Living Josie Balka, Author S&s/Simon Element, $22.99 (176) 978-1-6680-7710-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 18,604 YTD: 18,604	May 2025	18,604 18,604
4	3	2	We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life's 20 Questions Glennon Doyle, Author, Abby Wambach, Author, Amanda Doyle, Author Dial Press, $32.00 (496) 978-0-593-97764-4 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 5.00 [details] Sales history for We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life's 20 Questions date, rank 05/19/2025, 3 05/26/2025, 4 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 13,688 YTD: 50,684	May 2025	13,688 50,684
5	-	1	The Good Dad Guide: Be the Best Dad You Can Be--In 1 Hour James Patterson, Author Little Brown and Company, $25.00 (128) 978-0-316-58507-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 10,871 YTD: 10,871	May 2025	10,871 10,871
6	-	1	Metabolic Freedom: A 30-Day Guide to Restore Your Metabolism, Heal Hormones & Burn Fat Ben Azadi, Author Hay House LLC, $29.99 (320) 978-1-4019-9436-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 10,239 YTD: 10,239	May 2025	10,239 10,239
7	2	2	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 2 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 4.67 [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 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 9,933 YTD: 53,414	May 2025	9,933 53,414
8	10	29	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 10 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 11/11/2024 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 01/13/2025 Average Rank 12.63 [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 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 29 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 8,478 YTD: 121,120	Oct 2024	8,478 121,120
9	4	2	Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind Nate Bargatze, Author Grand Central Publishing, $30.00 (240) 978-1-5387-6846-4 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 6.50 [details] Sales history for Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind date, rank 05/19/2025, 4 05/26/2025, 9 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,065 YTD: 36,773	May 2025	8,065 36,773
10	15	53	Good Energy: Fix Your Metabolism to Feel Better Today and Prevent Disease Tomorrow Casey Means, Author, Calley Means, With Avery Publishing Group, $32.00 (400) 978-0-593-71264-1 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/27/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/27/2024 Average Rank 9.96 [details] Sales history for Good Energy: Fix Your Metabolism to Feel Better Today and Prevent Disease Tomorrow date, rank 05/27/2024, 1 06/03/2024, 8 06/10/2024, 3 06/17/2024, 14 06/24/2024, 15 07/08/2024, 17 07/15/2024, 13 07/22/2024, 16 08/05/2024, 19 08/12/2024, 22 08/26/2024, 15 09/02/2024, 1 09/09/2024, 4 09/16/2024, 2 09/23/2024, 1 09/30/2024, 2 10/07/2024, 3 10/14/2024, 6 10/21/2024, 10 10/28/2024, 7 11/04/2024, 11 11/11/2024, 6 11/18/2024, 6 11/25/2024, 6 12/02/2024, 6 12/09/2024, 14 12/16/2024, 13 12/23/2024, 15 12/30/2024, 10 01/06/2025, 13 01/13/2025, 4 01/20/2025, 6 01/27/2025, 9 02/03/2025, 5 02/10/2025, 6 02/17/2025, 10 02/24/2025, 5 03/03/2025, 10 03/10/2025, 9 03/17/2025, 20 03/24/2025, 14 03/31/2025, 22 04/07/2025, 17 04/14/2025, 23 05/05/2025, 19 05/12/2025, 25 05/19/2025, 15 05/26/2025, 10 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 53 PUB DATE: May 2024 UNITS SOLD: 7,657 YTD: 97,137	May 2024	7,657 97,137
11	-	1	Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes Leah Litman, Author Atria/One Signal Publishers, $29.99 (320) 978-1-6680-5462-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,653 YTD: 6,653	May 2025	6,653 6,653
12	-	1	On Character: Choices That Define a Life Stanley McChrystal, Author Portfolio, $30.00 (304) 978-0-593-85295-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,310 YTD: 6,310	May 2025	6,310 6,310
13	32	3	Today Loves Food: Recipes from America's Favorite Kitchen The Today Show Family and Friends, Author, Ina Garten, Foreword by Abrams Books, $35.00 (240) 978-1-4197-7820-9 Last rank 32 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/12/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/12/2025 Average Rank 7.67 [details] Sales history for Today Loves Food: Recipes from America's Favorite Kitchen date, rank 05/12/2025, 2 05/26/2025, 13 LAST WEEK: 32 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,991 YTD: 33,110	Apr 2025	5,991 33,110
14	6	4	Matriarch: Oprah's Book Club: A Memoir Tina Knowles, Author One World, $35.00 (432) 978-0-593-59740-8 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/05/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/05/2025 Average Rank 7.50 [details] Sales history for Matriarch: Oprah's Book Club: A Memoir date, rank 05/05/2025, 4 05/12/2025, 6 05/19/2025, 6 05/26/2025, 14 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,305 YTD: 41,439	Apr 2025	5,305 41,439
15	24	8	The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More Jefferson Fisher, Author Tarcher, $30.00 (304) 978-0-593-71872-8 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 03/31/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 03/31/2025 Average Rank 10.67 [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 LAST WEEK: 24 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,181 YTD: 118,999	Mar 2025	5,181 118,999
16	16	9	Abundance Ezra Klein, Author, Derek Thompson, Author Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (304) 978-1-6680-2348-8 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 03/31/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 04/07/2025 Average Rank 9.20 [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 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,955 YTD: 101,352	Mar 2025	4,955 101,352
17	11	3	My Next Breath: A Memoir Jeremy Renner, Author Flatiron Books, $29.99 (224) 978-1-250-38353-2 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 05/12/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/12/2025 Average Rank 10.50 [details] Sales history for My Next Breath: A Memoir date, rank 05/12/2025, 4 05/19/2025, 11 05/26/2025, 17 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,712 YTD: 30,008	Apr 2025	4,712 30,008
18	-	1	Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass: How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up Dave Barry, Author Simon & Schuster, $28.99 (256) 978-1-6680-2178-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,636 YTD: 4,636	May 2025	4,636 4,636
19	13	4	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 13 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 05/05/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/05/2025 Average Rank 9.80 [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 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,493 YTD: 45,040	Apr 2025	4,493 45,040
20	18	6	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 18 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 04/28/2025 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 05/05/2025 Average Rank 18.00 [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 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,402 YTD: 132,571	Mar 2025	4,402 132,571
21	9	4	I Wish Someone Had Told Me . . .: The Best Advice for Building a Great Career and a Meaningful Life Dana Perino, Author Harper, $29.00 (304) 978-0-06-341147-0 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/05/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/05/2025 Average Rank 8.00 [details] Sales history for I Wish Someone Had Told Me . . .: The Best Advice for Building a Great Career and a Meaningful Life date, rank 05/05/2025, 2 05/12/2025, 3 05/19/2025, 9 05/26/2025, 21 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,332 YTD: 69,250	Apr 2025	4,332 69,250
22	5	2	Life of Your Dreams: How to Take Your Family, Fun, and Financial Freedom to a Whole 'Notha Level Mark Pentecost, Author Mission Driven Press, $28.00 (240) 978-1-63763-423-3 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 13.50 [details] Sales history for Life of Your Dreams: How to Take Your Family, Fun, and Financial Freedom to a Whole 'Notha Level date, rank 05/19/2025, 5 05/26/2025, 22 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,863 YTD: 20,228	May 2025	3,863 20,228
23	21	3	The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 Rick Atkinson, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $42.00 (880) 978-0-593-79918-5 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/12/2025 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 05/12/2025 Average Rank 16.33 [details] Sales history for The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 date, rank 05/12/2025, 5 05/19/2025, 21 05/26/2025, 23 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,645 YTD: 24,798	Apr 2025	3,645 24,798
24	8	2	Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity Eric Topol, Author Simon & Schuster, $32.50 (464) 978-1-6680-6766-6 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 16.00 [details] Sales history for Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity date, rank 05/19/2025, 8 05/26/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,586 YTD: 13,080	May 2025	3,586 13,080
25	-	1	Playful by Design: Your Stress-Free Guide to Raising Confident, Creative Kids Through Independent Play Myriam Sandler, Author Harper Celebrate, $34.99 (240) 978-1-4002-4974-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,299 YTD: 3,299	May 2025	3,299 3,299

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended May 17, 2025; appearing in the May 26, 2025, print edition of PW