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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	-	1	Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again Jake Tapper, Author, Alex Thompson, Author Penguin Press, $32.00 (352) 979-8-217-06067-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 06/02/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/02/2025 Average Rank 2.00 [details] Sales history for Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again date, rank 06/02/2025, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 53,737 YTD: 53,737	May 2025	53,737 53,737
2	1	22	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 1.48 [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 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 22 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 52,269 YTD: 1,510,038	Dec 2024	52,269 1,510,038
3	-	1	Baking Across America: A Vintage Recipe Road Trip B Dylan Hollis, Author DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), $35.00 (304) 978-0-7440-9760-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 20,493 YTD: 20,493	May 2025	20,493 20,493
4	-	1	Uncommon Favor: Basketball, North Philly, My Mother, and the Life Lessons I Learned from All Three Dawn Staley, Author Atria/Black Privilege Publishing, $28.99 (256) 978-1-6680-2336-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 11,556 YTD: 11,556	May 2025	11,556 11,556
5	4	3	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 4 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 06/02/2025, 5 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,515 YTD: 59,198	May 2025	8,515 59,198
6	2	2	Mark Twain Ron Chernow, Author Penguin Press, $45.00 (1200) 978-0-525-56172-9 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/26/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/26/2025 Average Rank 4.00 [details] Sales history for Mark Twain date, rank 05/26/2025, 2 06/02/2025, 6 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,400 YTD: 28,459	May 2025	8,400 28,459
7	-	1	The 7 Commitments of a Great Team Jon Gordon, Author Wiley, $25.00 (192) 978-1-119-75738-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,399 YTD: 7,399	May 2025	7,399 7,399
8	8	30	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 8 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 11/11/2024 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 01/13/2025 Average Rank 12.46 [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 06/02/2025, 8 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 30 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 7,103 YTD: 128,223	Oct 2024	7,103 128,223
9	-	1	Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company Patrick McGee, Author Scribner Book Company, $32.00 (448) 978-1-6680-5337-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,865 YTD: 8,290	May 2025	6,865 8,290
10	12	2	On Character: Choices That Define a Life Stanley McChrystal, Author Portfolio, $30.00 (304) 978-0-593-85295-8 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 05/26/2025 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 06/02/2025 Average Rank 11.00 [details] Sales history for On Character: Choices That Define a Life date, rank 05/26/2025, 12 06/02/2025, 10 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,497 YTD: 11,808	May 2025	5,497 11,808
11	9	3	Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind Nate Bargatze, Author Grand Central Publishing, $30.00 (240) 978-1-5387-6846-4 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 8.00 [details] Sales history for Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind date, rank 05/19/2025, 4 05/26/2025, 9 06/02/2025, 11 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,350 YTD: 42,136	May 2025	5,350 42,136
12	7	3	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 7 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 6.50 [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 06/02/2025, 12 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,347 YTD: 58,777	May 2025	5,347 58,777
13	16	10	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 9.55 [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 06/02/2025, 13 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,800 YTD: 106,153	Mar 2025	4,800 106,153
14	-	1	Is a River Alive? Robert MacFarlane, Author W. W. Norton & Company, $31.99 (384) 978-0-393-24213-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,449 YTD: 4,449	May 2025	4,449 4,449
15	24	3	Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity Eric Topol, Author Simon & Schuster, $32.50 (464) 978-1-6680-6766-6 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 15.67 [details] Sales history for Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity date, rank 05/19/2025, 8 05/26/2025, 24 06/02/2025, 15 LAST WEEK: 24 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,406 YTD: 17,485	May 2025	4,406 17,485
16	5	2	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 rank 5 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/26/2025 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 05/26/2025 Average Rank 10.50 [details] Sales history for The Good Dad Guide: Be the Best Dad You Can Be--In 1 Hour date, rank 05/26/2025, 5 06/02/2025, 16 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,230 YTD: 15,101	May 2025	4,230 15,101
17	17	4	My Next Breath: A Memoir Jeremy Renner, Author Flatiron Books, $29.99 (224) 978-1-250-38353-2 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 05/12/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/12/2025 Average Rank 11.80 [details] Sales history for My Next Breath: A Memoir date, rank 05/12/2025, 4 05/19/2025, 11 05/26/2025, 17 06/02/2025, 17 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,218 YTD: 34,226	Apr 2025	4,218 34,226
18	3	2	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 rank 3 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 05/26/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/26/2025 Average Rank 10.50 [details] Sales history for I Hope You Remember: Poems on Loving, Longing, and Living date, rank 05/26/2025, 3 06/02/2025, 18 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,166 YTD: 22,770	May 2025	4,166 22,770
19	15	9	The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More Jefferson Fisher, Author Tarcher, $30.00 (304) 978-0-593-71872-8 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 03/31/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 03/31/2025 Average Rank 11.50 [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 06/02/2025, 19 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,968 YTD: 122,967	Mar 2025	3,968 122,967
20	20	7	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 20 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 04/28/2025 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 05/05/2025 Average Rank 18.33 [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 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,810 YTD: 136,380	Mar 2025	3,810 136,380
21	-	1	The Simple Path to Wealth (Revised & Expanded 2025 Edition): Your Road Map to Financial Independence and a Rich, Free Life (College Graduation Gift) Jl Collins, Author Authors Equity, $30.00 (320) 979-8-89331-047-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,770 YTD: 3,770	May 2025	3,770 3,770
22	23	4	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 23 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/12/2025 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 05/12/2025 Average Rank 17.75 [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 06/02/2025, 22 LAST WEEK: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,690 YTD: 28,488	Apr 2025	3,690 28,488
23	19	5	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 19 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 05/05/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/05/2025 Average Rank 12.00 [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 06/02/2025, 23 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,306 YTD: 48,347	Apr 2025	3,306 48,347
24	-	1	Homeschooling: You're Doing It Right Just by Doing It Yurich Ginny Med, Author, Joel Salatin, Foreword by Baker Books, $24.99 (221) 978-1-5409-0341-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,170 YTD: 3,170	May 2025	3,170 3,170
25	31	27	The Serviceberry Robin Wall Kimmerer, Author, John Burgoyne, Illustrator Scribner Book Company, $20.00 (96) 978-1-6680-7224-0 Last rank 31 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 12/02/2024 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 12/02/2024 Average Rank 13.50 [details] Sales history for The Serviceberry date, rank 12/02/2024, 4 12/09/2024, 6 12/16/2024, 14 12/23/2024, 9 12/30/2024, 15 01/06/2025, 10 01/13/2025, 6 01/20/2025, 9 01/27/2025, 13 02/03/2025, 8 02/10/2025, 8 02/17/2025, 14 02/24/2025, 10 03/03/2025, 11 03/10/2025, 12 03/17/2025, 24 03/24/2025, 18 03/31/2025, 25 05/05/2025, 25 05/12/2025, 23 06/02/2025, 25 LAST WEEK: 31 WEEKS ON LIST: 27 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,067 YTD: 78,887	Nov 2024	3,067 78,887

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended May 24, 2025; appearing in the June 2, 2025, print edition of PW