The Top 10 Bestselling Books of 2025 (So Far)

The deluxe and standard editions of Onyx Storm made the newest volume in Rebecca Yarros's Empyrean series the top selling title in the first half of 2025 at outlets that report to Circana BookScan. The two editions combined to sell more than two million copies. Mel Robbins’s The Let Them Theory and Suzanne Collins’s Sunrise on the Reaping topped the bestsellers list in the first six months of 2025, selling 1.7 million and 1.6 million copies respectively, according to Circana BookScan. Two titles in romantasy author Rebecca Yarros’s Empyrean series landed in the top 10, and Freida McFadden notched two spots on the list with her thrillers The Housemaid and The Crash

First Half Top 10 Bestsellers

Rank Title Author Imprint Units
1 The Let Them Theory Mel Robbins Hay House 1,761,538
2 Sunrise on the Reaping Suzanne Collins Scholastic Press 1,688,809
3 Onyx Storm (deluxe edition) Rebecca Yarros Red Tower 1,580,962
4 Big Jim Begins (Dog Man #13) Dav Pilkey Graphix 500,868
5 The Housemaid Freida McFadden Grand Central 490,046
6 Onyx Storm Rebecca Yarros Rebecca Yarros 449,346
7 Atomic Habits James Clear Avery 439,849
8 Oh, the Places You'll Go! Dr. Seuss Random House 436,000
9 Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros Red Tower 433,116
10 The Crash Freida McFadden Poisoned Pen 417,570

This article has been updated with new information.

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