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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	1	52	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 2.04 [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 09/15/2025, 2 09/22/2025, 2 09/29/2025, 1 10/06/2025, 2 10/13/2025, 2 10/20/2025, 1 10/27/2025, 3 11/03/2025, 2 11/10/2025, 3 11/17/2025, 5 11/24/2025, 1 12/01/2025, 2 12/08/2025, 1 12/15/2025, 1 12/22/2025, 1 12/29/2025, 1 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 52 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 77,936 YTD: 2,747,678	Dec 2024	77,936 2,747,678
2	9	7	The Look Michelle Obama, Author, Meredith Koop, With, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Foreword by Crown Publishing Group (NY), $50.00 (304) 978-0-593-80070-6 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/17/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/24/2025 Average Rank 5.56 [details] Sales history for The Look date, rank 11/17/2025, 3 11/24/2025, 2 12/01/2025, 7 12/08/2025, 7 12/15/2025, 8 12/22/2025, 9 12/29/2025, 2 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 41,208 YTD: 147,424	Nov 2025	41,208 147,424
3	2	2	Stop, in the Name of God: Why Honoring the Sabbath Will Transform Your Life Charlie Kirk, Author Winning Team Publishing, $29.99 979-8-218-77792-0 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 12/22/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 12/22/2025 Average Rank 4.00 [details] Sales history for Stop, in the Name of God: Why Honoring the Sabbath Will Transform Your Life date, rank 12/22/2025, 2 12/29/2025, 3 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Dec 2025 UNITS SOLD: 40,648 YTD: 98,055	Dec 2025	40,648 98,055
4	3	10	1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--And How It Shattered a Nation Andrew Ross Sorkin, Author Viking, $35.00 (592) 978-0-593-29696-7 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/27/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/27/2025 Average Rank 5.42 [details] Sales history for 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--And How It Shattered a Nation date, rank 10/27/2025, 2 11/03/2025, 4 11/10/2025, 8 11/17/2025, 8 11/24/2025, 7 12/01/2025, 8 12/08/2025, 6 12/15/2025, 5 12/22/2025, 3 12/29/2025, 4 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 32,916 YTD: 230,234	Oct 2025	32,916 230,234
5	7	9	Puzzle Mania: Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee, Minis and More! The New York Times Games, Author, Joel Fagliano, Author Authors Equity, $38.00 (272) 979-8-89331-048-1 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 11/03/2025 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 12/29/2025 Average Rank 11.00 [details] Sales history for Puzzle Mania: Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee, Minis and More! date, rank 11/03/2025, 12 12/01/2025, 25 12/08/2025, 10 12/15/2025, 7 12/22/2025, 7 12/29/2025, 5 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 32,789 YTD: 114,563	Oct 2025	32,789 114,563
6	4	11	How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will John Kennedy, Author Broadside Books, $29.99 (192) 978-0-06-342816-4 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/20/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/17/2025 Average Rank 4.75 [details] Sales history for How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will date, rank 10/20/2025, 8 10/27/2025, 5 11/03/2025, 8 11/10/2025, 5 11/17/2025, 2 11/24/2025, 4 12/01/2025, 4 12/08/2025, 5 12/15/2025, 3 12/22/2025, 4 12/29/2025, 6 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 23,362 YTD: 247,675	Oct 2025	23,362 247,675
7	8	8	The Pioneer Woman Cooks--The Essential Recipes: 125 Greatest Hits, New Twists, and Perfected Classics Ree Drummond, Author William Morrow & Company, $32.50 (384) 978-0-06-327663-5 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/10/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/10/2025 Average Rank 5.20 [details] Sales history for The Pioneer Woman Cooks--The Essential Recipes: 125 Greatest Hits, New Twists, and Perfected Classics date, rank 11/10/2025, 1 11/17/2025, 7 11/24/2025, 3 12/01/2025, 6 12/08/2025, 2 12/15/2025, 4 12/22/2025, 8 12/29/2025, 7 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 23,300 YTD: 181,698	Oct 2025	23,300 181,698
8	5	17	Guinness World Records 2026 Guinness World Records, Author Guinness World Records, $29.95 (256) 978-1-913484-75-0 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 09/08/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 12/08/2025 Average Rank 14.15 [details] Sales history for Guinness World Records 2026 date, rank 09/08/2025, 5 09/15/2025, 15 09/22/2025, 25 09/29/2025, 21 10/06/2025, 25 10/13/2025, 22 11/17/2025, 23 11/24/2025, 14 12/01/2025, 11 12/08/2025, 4 12/15/2025, 6 12/22/2025, 5 12/29/2025, 8 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 22,922 YTD: 145,954	Aug 2025	22,922 145,954
9	6	5	The Miracles Among Us: How God's Grace Plays a Role in Healing Marc Siegel , Author Harper Influence, $29.99 (272) 978-0-06-342628-3 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 12/01/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/01/2025 Average Rank 4.33 [details] Sales history for The Miracles Among Us: How God's Grace Plays a Role in Healing date, rank 12/01/2025, 1 12/08/2025, 3 12/15/2025, 2 12/22/2025, 6 12/29/2025, 9 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 21,928 YTD: 135,439	Nov 2025	21,928 135,439
10	11	14	Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love: A Cookbook Samin Nosrat, Author, Aya Brackett, Photographer Random House, $45.00 (464) 978-1-9848-5778-1 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 09/29/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/29/2025 Average Rank 12.60 [details] Sales history for Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love: A Cookbook date, rank 09/29/2025, 3 10/06/2025, 9 10/13/2025, 8 10/20/2025, 24 12/01/2025, 20 12/08/2025, 21 12/15/2025, 14 12/22/2025, 11 12/29/2025, 10 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 15,184 YTD: 116,948	Sep 2025	15,184 116,948
11	10	11	The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald John U Bacon, Author Liveright Publishing Corporation, $35.00 (432) 978-1-324-09464-7 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 10/20/2025 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 12/22/2025 Average Rank 15.62 [details] Sales history for The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald date, rank 10/20/2025, 16 10/27/2025, 25 11/24/2025, 12 12/01/2025, 18 12/08/2025, 20 12/15/2025, 13 12/22/2025, 10 12/29/2025, 11 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 14,341 YTD: 84,790	Oct 2025	14,341 84,790
12	16	13	107 Days Kamala Harris, Author Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (320) 978-1-6682-1165-6 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/06/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/06/2025 Average Rank 10.62 [details] Sales history for 107 Days date, rank 10/06/2025, 1 10/13/2025, 1 10/20/2025, 6 10/27/2025, 4 11/03/2025, 13 11/10/2025, 12 11/17/2025, 18 11/24/2025, 21 12/01/2025, 17 12/08/2025, 11 12/15/2025, 22 12/22/2025, 16 12/29/2025, 12 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 13,692 YTD: 343,456	Sep 2025	13,692 343,456
13	12	14	Poems & Prayers Matthew McConaughey, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $29.00 (208) 978-1-9848-6210-5 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 09/29/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/29/2025 Average Rank 10.00 [details] Sales history for Poems & Prayers date, rank 09/29/2025, 2 10/06/2025, 3 10/13/2025, 4 10/20/2025, 7 10/27/2025, 8 11/03/2025, 15 11/10/2025, 13 11/24/2025, 24 12/08/2025, 12 12/15/2025, 15 12/22/2025, 12 12/29/2025, 13 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 13,404 YTD: 204,170	Sep 2025	13,404 204,170
14	15	9	To Rescue the American Spirit: Teddy Roosevelt and the Birth of a Superpower Bret Baier, Author Mariner Books, $32.99 (400) 978-0-06-336075-4 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/03/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/03/2025 Average Rank 14.00 [details] Sales history for To Rescue the American Spirit: Teddy Roosevelt and the Birth of a Superpower date, rank 11/03/2025, 3 11/10/2025, 7 11/17/2025, 15 11/24/2025, 15 12/01/2025, 21 12/08/2025, 24 12/15/2025, 19 12/22/2025, 15 12/29/2025, 14 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 12,524 YTD: 104,306	Oct 2025	12,524 104,306
15	23	7	Heart Life Music Kenny Chesney, Author, Holly Gleason, Author William Morrow & Company, $32.50 (320) 978-0-06-342310-7 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/17/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/17/2025 Average Rank 12.12 [details] Sales history for Heart Life Music date, rank 11/17/2025, 1 11/24/2025, 18 12/01/2025, 16 12/08/2025, 14 12/15/2025, 9 12/22/2025, 23 12/29/2025, 15 LAST WEEK: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 11,078 YTD: 121,843	Nov 2025	11,078 121,843
16	14	6	The American Revolution: An Intimate History Geoffrey C Ward, Author, Kenneth Burns, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $80.00 (608) 978-0-525-65867-2 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 11/24/2025 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 11/24/2025 Average Rank 11.33 [details] Sales history for The American Revolution: An Intimate History date, rank 11/24/2025, 8 12/01/2025, 9 12/08/2025, 9 12/15/2025, 12 12/22/2025, 14 12/29/2025, 16 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 10,050 YTD: 63,008	Nov 2025	10,050 63,008
17	29	8	The Uncool: A Memoir Cameron Crowe, Author Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $35.00 (336) 978-1-6680-5943-2 Last rank 29 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 11/10/2025 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 11/10/2025 Average Rank 13.00 [details] Sales history for The Uncool: A Memoir date, rank 11/10/2025, 9 12/29/2025, 17 LAST WEEK: 29 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 9,262 YTD: 52,007	Oct 2025	9,262 52,007
18	21	11	Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit Brené Brown, Author Random House, $32.00 (448) 978-1-9848-5574-9 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 10/13/2025 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 10/13/2025 Average Rank 18.09 [details] Sales history for Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit date, rank 10/13/2025, 7 10/20/2025, 14 10/27/2025, 12 11/03/2025, 18 11/17/2025, 25 11/24/2025, 23 12/01/2025, 24 12/08/2025, 16 12/15/2025, 21 12/22/2025, 21 12/29/2025, 18 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 9,245 YTD: 162,034	Sep 2025	9,245 162,034
19	22	15	Confronting Evil: Assessing the Worst of the Worst Bill O'Reilly, Author, Josh Hammer, Author St. Martin's Press, $32.00 (304) 978-1-250-37404-2 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 09/22/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/22/2025 Average Rank 14.38 [details] Sales history for Confronting Evil: Assessing the Worst of the Worst date, rank 09/22/2025, 3 09/29/2025, 5 10/06/2025, 8 10/13/2025, 9 10/20/2025, 18 10/27/2025, 20 11/03/2025, 22 11/10/2025, 24 12/15/2025, 24 12/22/2025, 22 12/29/2025, 19 LAST WEEK: 22 WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 9,041 YTD: 137,505	Sep 2025	9,041 137,505
20	39	4	Dog Show: Poems Billy Collins, Author, Pamela Sztybel, Illustrator Random House, $20.00 (96) 978-0-593-97941-9 LAST WEEK: 39 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 9,015 YTD: 27,427	Nov 2025	9,015 27,427
21	17	7	Notes on Being a Man Scott Galloway, Author Simon & Schuster, $29.00 (288) 978-1-6680-8435-9 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/17/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 11/17/2025 Average Rank 13.38 [details] Sales history for Notes on Being a Man date, rank 11/17/2025, 4 11/24/2025, 9 12/01/2025, 13 12/08/2025, 19 12/15/2025, 17 12/22/2025, 17 12/29/2025, 21 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,969 YTD: 82,995	Nov 2025	8,969 82,995
22	25	5	Sally's Baking 101: Foolproof Recipes from Easy to Advanced Sally McKenney, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $32.99 (288) 978-0-593-58196-4 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/15/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/15/2025 Average Rank 17.29 [details] Sales history for Sally's Baking 101: Foolproof Recipes from Easy to Advanced date, rank 09/15/2025, 3 09/22/2025, 17 12/08/2025, 25 12/15/2025, 23 12/22/2025, 25 12/29/2025, 22 LAST WEEK: 25 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,913 YTD: 88,856	Sep 2025	8,913 88,856
23	20	5	The Greatest Sentence Ever Written Walter Isaacson, Author Simon & Schuster, $20.00 (80) 978-1-9821-8131-4 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 12/01/2025 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 12/01/2025 Average Rank 15.80 [details] Sales history for The Greatest Sentence Ever Written date, rank 12/01/2025, 5 12/08/2025, 15 12/15/2025, 16 12/22/2025, 20 12/29/2025, 23 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,728 YTD: 47,907	Nov 2025	8,728 47,907
24	26	6	Something from Nothing: A Cookbook Alison Roman, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $37.99 (320) 978-1-9848-2641-1 Last rank 26 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/24/2025 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 11/24/2025 Average Rank 15.00 [details] Sales history for Something from Nothing: A Cookbook date, rank 11/24/2025, 6 12/29/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: 26 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,371 YTD: 44,702	Nov 2025	8,371 44,702
25	-	1	Age Like a Girl: How Menopause Rewires Your Brain for Mental Clarity, Increased Confidence, and Renewed Energy Mindy Pelz, Author Hay House LLC, $29.99 (336) 978-1-4019-7556-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,288 YTD: 8,288	Dec 2025	8,288 8,288

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Dec. 20, 2025