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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	1	11	Theo of Golden Allen Levi, Author Atria Books, $20.00 (400) 978-1-6682-3651-2 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 25 Initial Date 11/24/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/22/2025 Average Rank 7.44 [details] Sales history for Theo of Golden date, rank 01/05/2026, 8 01/12/2026, 1 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 31,528 YTD: 127,571	Oct 2025	31,528 127,571
2	3	25	The Housemaid Freida McFadden, Author Grand Central Publishing, 978-1-5387-7793-0 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/06/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 01/12/2026 Average Rank 11.47 [details] Sales history for The Housemaid date, rank 01/12/2026, 2 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 25 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 28,589 YTD: 188,864	Jul 2025	28,589 188,864
3	2	9	The God of the Woods Liz Moore, Author Riverhead Books, $19.00 (576) 978-0-593-41892-5 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 11/10/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 12/29/2025 Average Rank 4.30 [details] Sales history for The God of the Woods date, rank 01/12/2026, 3 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 25,448 YTD: 146,229	Oct 2025	25,448 146,229
4	4	9	Murder at Holly House Denzil Meyrick, Author Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99 (416) 978-1-4642-5787-2 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 11/10/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/17/2025 Average Rank 5.83 [details] Sales history for Murder at Holly House date, rank 11/17/2025, 10 11/24/2025, 9 01/12/2026, 4 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 19,248 YTD: 166,695	Oct 2025	19,248 166,695
5	6	36	Mom, I Want to Hear Your Story (Expanded Edition): A Mother's Guided Journal to Share Her Life & Her Love (Revised) Jeffrey Mason, Author Hear Your Story, $14.99 (160) 978-1-4642-5141-2 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 20 Initial Date 05/12/2025 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 01/12/2026 Average Rank 12.17 [details] Sales history for Mom, I Want to Hear Your Story (Expanded Edition): A Mother's Guided Journal to Share Her Life & Her Love (Revised) date, rank 01/12/2026, 5 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 36 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 17,857 YTD: 148,709	Mar 2025	17,857 148,709
6	10	34	The Tenant Freida McFadden, Author Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99 (368) 978-1-4642-2731-8 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 6.98 [details] Sales history for The Tenant date, rank 05/19/2025, 1 05/26/2025, 3 06/02/2025, 8 06/09/2025, 9 06/16/2025, 9 06/23/2025, 9 06/30/2025, 5 07/07/2025, 5 07/14/2025, 5 07/21/2025, 10 01/12/2026, 6 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 34 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 12,258 YTD: 543,722	May 2025	12,258 543,722
7	5	3	The Atomic Habits Workbook: Official Companion to the #1 Worldwide Bestseller James Clear, Author Avery Publishing Group, $26.00 (320) 979-8-217-18050-9 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 12/22/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 12/22/2025 Average Rank 5.50 [details] Sales history for The Atomic Habits Workbook: Official Companion to the #1 Worldwide Bestseller date, rank 01/12/2026, 7 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Dec 2025 UNITS SOLD: 12,222 YTD: 46,106	Dec 2025	12,222 46,106
8	-	1	The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All, Vol. 3 Sumiko Arai, Author, Ajani Oloye, Translator, Brandon Bovia, Letterer Yen Press, $20.00 (184) 979-8-8554-2797-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2025 UNITS SOLD: 12,078 YTD: 12,088	Dec 2025	12,078 12,088
9	12	19	The Surrogate Mother Freida McFadden, Author Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99 (320) 978-1-4642-2730-1 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 09/01/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/01/2025 Average Rank 7.29 [details] Sales history for The Surrogate Mother date, rank 09/01/2025, 2 09/08/2025, 2 09/15/2025, 7 09/22/2025, 7 01/12/2026, 9 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 19 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 11,830 YTD: 284,802	Aug 2025	11,830 284,802
10	8	35	Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt, Author Ecco Press, $19.99 (384) 978-0-06-320416-4 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 05/12/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/12/2025 Average Rank 9.61 [details] Sales history for Remarkably Bright Creatures date, rank 05/12/2025, 7 05/19/2025, 10 01/12/2026, 10 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 35 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 11,666 YTD: 382,278	Apr 2025	11,666 382,278

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Jan. 3, 2026; appearing in the Jan. 12, 2026, print edition of PW