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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	2	12	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 2 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/27/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/12/2026 Average Rank 4.86 [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 01/05/2026, 2 01/12/2026, 1 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 12,631 YTD: 270,959	Oct 2025	12,631 270,959
2	4	4	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 4 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 12/22/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 12/22/2025 Average Rank 3.67 [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 01/05/2026, 4 01/12/2026, 2 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Dec 2025 UNITS SOLD: 11,694 YTD: 138,413	Dec 2025	11,694 138,413
3	15	11	Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $35.00 (400) 978-0-593-49312-0 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 11/03/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/03/2025 Average Rank 7.00 [details] Sales history for Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice date, rank 11/03/2025, 1 11/10/2025, 2 11/17/2025, 6 11/24/2025, 5 12/01/2025, 3 12/08/2025, 8 12/15/2025, 10 12/22/2025, 19 01/05/2026, 15 01/12/2026, 3 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 9,000 YTD: 236,525	Oct 2025	9,000 236,525
4	8	16	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 8 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 09/29/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/29/2025 Average Rank 11.50 [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 01/05/2026, 8 01/12/2026, 4 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,683 YTD: 140,625	Sep 2025	8,683 140,625
5	10	13	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 10 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/20/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/17/2025 Average Rank 5.14 [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 01/05/2026, 10 01/12/2026, 5 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,104 YTD: 269,154	Oct 2025	8,104 269,154
6	5	9	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 5 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/17/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/24/2025 Average Rank 5.55 [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 01/05/2026, 5 01/12/2026, 6 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,720 YTD: 173,418	Nov 2025	7,720 173,418
7	13	7	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 13 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 12/01/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/01/2025 Average Rank 5.75 [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 01/05/2026, 13 01/12/2026, 7 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,576 YTD: 154,576	Nov 2025	7,576 154,576
8	6	10	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 6 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/10/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/10/2025 Average Rank 5.50 [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 01/05/2026, 6 01/12/2026, 8 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,024 YTD: 207,310	Oct 2025	7,024 207,310
9	3	11	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 3 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 11/03/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 01/05/2026 Average Rank 9.75 [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 01/05/2026, 3 01/12/2026, 9 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,312 YTD: 146,905	Oct 2025	6,312 146,905
10	16	8	The Overthinker's Guide to Making Decisions: How to Make Decisions Without Losing Your Mind Joseph Nguyen, Author Authors Equity, $22.00 (192) 979-8-89331-066-5 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 12/08/2025 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 01/12/2026 Average Rank 16.00 [details] Sales history for The Overthinker's Guide to Making Decisions: How to Make Decisions Without Losing Your Mind date, rank 12/08/2025, 22 01/05/2026, 16 01/12/2026, 10 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,632 YTD: 44,570	Nov 2025	5,632 44,570
11	9	16	Poems & Prayers Matthew McConaughey, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $29.00 (208) 978-1-9848-6210-5 Last rank 9 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 01/05/2026, 9 01/12/2026, 11 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,810 YTD: 224,070	Sep 2025	4,810 224,070
12	11	15	107 Days Kamala Harris, Author Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (320) 978-1-6682-1165-6 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/06/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/06/2025 Average Rank 10.72 [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 01/05/2026, 11 01/12/2026, 12 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,626 YTD: 361,024	Sep 2025	4,626 361,024
13	14	11	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 14 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/03/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/03/2025 Average Rank 13.92 [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 01/05/2026, 14 01/12/2026, 13 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,591 YTD: 120,360	Oct 2025	4,591 120,360
14	12	13	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 12 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 10/20/2025 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 12/22/2025 Average Rank 15.10 [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 01/05/2026, 12 01/12/2026, 14 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,507 YTD: 101,973	Oct 2025	4,507 101,973
15	17	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 17 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 04/28/2025 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 08/11/2025 Average Rank 13.64 [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 09/15/2025, 16 01/05/2026, 17 01/12/2026, 15 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,179 YTD: 245,541	Mar 2025	4,179 245,541
16	20	7	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 16.43 [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 01/05/2026, 20 01/12/2026, 16 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,946 YTD: 58,830	Nov 2025	3,946 58,830
17	32	5	One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $28.00 (208) 978-0-593-80414-8 Last rank 32 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 03/10/2025 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 03/10/2025 Average Rank 17.00 [details] Sales history for One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This date, rank 03/10/2025, 11 08/11/2025, 17 09/01/2025, 23 01/12/2026, 17 LAST WEEK: 32 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,892 YTD: 83,236	Feb 2025	3,892 83,236
18	-	1	Read Your Own Mind: Success Habits You Can Use Every Day from the World's Greatest Mind Reader Oz Pearlman, Author Viking, $30.00 (304) 979-8-217-05904-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 11/10/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 11/10/2025 Average Rank 12.75 [details] Sales history for Read Your Own Mind: Success Habits You Can Use Every Day from the World's Greatest Mind Reader date, rank 11/10/2025, 4 12/01/2025, 19 01/12/2026, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,738 YTD: 57,500	Oct 2025	3,738 57,500
19	24	5	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 24 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 07/21/2025 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 08/04/2025 Average Rank 19.86 [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 01/05/2026, 24 01/12/2026, 19 LAST WEEK: 24 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,735 YTD: 52,747	Jul 2025	3,735 52,747
20	39	13	Skinnytaste High Protein: 100 Healthy, Simple Recipes to Fuel Your Day: A Cookbook Gina Homolka, Author, Heather K Jones, With Clarkson Potter Publishers, $29.99 (256) 979-8-217-03394-2 Last rank 39 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 10/20/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 10/20/2025 Average Rank 16.50 [details] Sales history for Skinnytaste High Protein: 100 Healthy, Simple Recipes to Fuel Your Day: A Cookbook date, rank 10/20/2025, 4 10/27/2025, 18 11/03/2025, 24 01/12/2026, 20 LAST WEEK: 39 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,585 YTD: 85,964	Oct 2025	3,585 85,964
21	-	5	100 Rules for Living to 100: An Optimist's Guide to a Happy Life Dick Van Dyke, Author Grand Central Publishing, $29.00 (320) 978-1-5387-7790-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 12/01/2025 Highest Rank 15 Highest Rank Date 12/01/2025 Average Rank 18.00 [details] Sales history for 100 Rules for Living to 100: An Optimist's Guide to a Happy Life date, rank 12/01/2025, 15 01/12/2026, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,538 YTD: 30,843	Nov 2025	3,538 30,843
22	7	19	Guinness World Records 2026 Guinness World Records, Author Guinness World Records, $29.95 (256) 978-1-913484-75-0 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 09/08/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 12/08/2025 Average Rank 14.20 [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 01/05/2026, 7 01/12/2026, 22 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 19 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,534 YTD: 165,451	Aug 2025	3,534 165,451
23	21	9	Notes on Being a Man Scott Galloway, Author Simon & Schuster, $29.00 (288) 978-1-6680-8435-9 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/17/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 11/17/2025 Average Rank 15.10 [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 01/05/2026, 21 01/12/2026, 23 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,485 YTD: 93,054	Nov 2025	3,485 93,054
24	-	11	Under Siege: My Family's Fight to Save Our Nation Eric Trump, Author, Donald J Trump, Foreword by Threshold Editions, $32.00 (288) 978-1-6682-0587-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/27/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/27/2025 Average Rank 9.80 [details] Sales history for Under Siege: My Family's Fight to Save Our Nation date, rank 10/27/2025, 1 11/03/2025, 7 11/10/2025, 16 01/12/2026, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,302 YTD: 160,431	Oct 2025	3,302 160,431
25	26	16	Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds John Fugelsang, Author Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $29.99 (304) 978-1-6680-6689-8 Last rank 26 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 09/22/2025 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 10/27/2025 Average Rank 16.71 [details] Sales history for Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds date, rank 09/22/2025, 14 09/29/2025, 16 10/06/2025, 17 10/27/2025, 6 11/03/2025, 14 11/10/2025, 25 01/12/2026, 25 LAST WEEK: 26 WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,177 YTD: 91,308	Aug 2025	3,177 91,308

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