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1	1	32	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 2 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 01/06/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/06/2025 Average Rank 2.05 [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 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 32 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 35,799 YTD: 1,960,743	Dec 2024	35,799 1,960,743
2	-	1	On Power Mark R Levin, Author Threshold Editions, $26.99 (208) 978-1-9821-4619-1 Last rank 30 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 08/11/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/11/2025 Average Rank 7.38 [details] Sales history for On Power date, rank 08/11/2025, 2 08/18/2025, 3 08/25/2025, 7 09/01/2025, 4 09/08/2025, 6 09/15/2025, 12 09/29/2025, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 31,168 YTD: 31,168	Jul 2025	31,168 31,168
3	2	3	The Idaho Four: An American Tragedy James Patterson, Author, Vicky Ward, Author Little Brown and Company, $32.50 (448) 978-0-316-57285-9 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 07/28/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 07/28/2025 Average Rank 6.90 [details] Sales history for The Idaho Four: An American Tragedy date, rank 07/28/2025, 2 08/04/2025, 2 08/11/2025, 3 08/18/2025, 6 08/25/2025, 9 09/01/2025, 6 09/08/2025, 7 09/15/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 10,822 YTD: 54,676	Jul 2025	10,822 54,676
4	3	40	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 21 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 11/11/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 07/14/2025 Average Rank 10.65 [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 06/09/2025, 4 06/16/2025, 9 06/23/2025, 4 06/30/2025, 5 07/07/2025, 3 07/14/2025, 2 07/21/2025, 3 07/28/2025, 4 08/04/2025, 3 08/11/2025, 4 08/18/2025, 4 08/25/2025, 5 09/01/2025, 2 09/08/2025, 4 09/15/2025, 8 09/22/2025, 15 09/29/2025, 15 10/06/2025, 15 10/13/2025, 16 10/20/2025, 11 10/27/2025, 17 11/03/2025, 21 11/10/2025, 20 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 40 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 7,587 YTD: 206,303	Oct 2024	7,587 206,303
5	-	1	Six Dimes and a Nickel: Life Lessons to Empower Change Damon West, Author Post Hill Press, $28.99 (272) 979-8-89565-189-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,735 YTD: 3,735	Jul 2025	3,735 3,735
6	7	20	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 8 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 04/28/2025 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 08/11/2025 Average Rank 13.40 [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 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,708 YTD: 184,021	Mar 2025	3,708 184,021
7	-	1	The Science of Scaling: Grow Your Business Bigger and Faster Than You Think Possible Benjamin Hardy, Author, Blake Erickson, Author, Tony Robbins, Foreword by Hay House Business, $25.99 (256) 978-1-4019-6763-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,325 YTD: 3,325	Jul 2025	3,325 3,325
8	-	1	Vaccines: Mythology, Ideology, and Reality John Leake, Author, Peter A McCullough, Author Childrens Health Defense Books, $32.99 (240) 978-1-64821-189-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,126 YTD: 3,126	Jul 2025	3,126 3,126
9	-	1	Gwyneth: The Biography Amy Odell, Author Gallery Books, $30.99 (448) 978-1-6680-0577-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,902 YTD: 2,902	Jul 2025	2,902 2,902
10	10	20	Abundance Ezra Klein, Author, Derek Thompson, Author Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (304) 978-1-6680-2348-8 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 03/31/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 04/07/2025 Average Rank 11.16 [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 06/09/2025, 11 06/16/2025, 15 06/23/2025, 9 06/30/2025, 16 07/07/2025, 11 07/14/2025, 7 07/21/2025, 14 07/28/2025, 16 08/04/2025, 10 08/11/2025, 10 08/18/2025, 17 08/25/2025, 14 09/01/2025, 11 09/08/2025, 13 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,777 YTD: 155,084	Mar 2025	2,777 155,084
11	11	15	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 22 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 05/05/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/05/2025 Average Rank 16.21 [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 06/09/2025, 24 06/23/2025, 23 06/30/2025, 25 07/07/2025, 20 07/14/2025, 13 07/21/2025, 13 07/28/2025, 18 08/04/2025, 11 08/11/2025, 11 08/18/2025, 15 08/25/2025, 23 09/01/2025, 22 09/08/2025, 18 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,740 YTD: 78,772	Apr 2025	2,740 78,772
12	8	13	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 15 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 9.50 [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 06/09/2025, 12 06/16/2025, 7 06/23/2025, 7 06/30/2025, 8 07/07/2025, 6 07/14/2025, 8 07/21/2025, 5 07/28/2025, 9 08/04/2025, 8 08/11/2025, 12 08/18/2025, 19 08/25/2025, 12 09/01/2025, 15 09/08/2025, 17 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,496 YTD: 108,464	May 2025	2,496 108,464
13	5	20	The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More Jefferson Fisher, Author Tarcher, $30.00 (304) 978-0-593-71872-8 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 03/31/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 03/31/2025 Average Rank 14.04 [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 06/09/2025, 20 06/16/2025, 24 06/23/2025, 17 06/30/2025, 24 07/07/2025, 17 07/14/2025, 15 07/21/2025, 15 07/28/2025, 13 08/04/2025, 5 08/11/2025, 13 08/18/2025, 20 08/25/2025, 18 09/01/2025, 10 09/08/2025, 11 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,397 YTD: 155,050	Mar 2025	2,397 155,050
14	20	2	The Wealth Ladder: Proven Strategies for Every Step of Your Financial Life Nick Maggiulli, Author Portfolio, $29.00 (256) 978-0-593-85403-7 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 20 Initial Date 08/04/2025 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 08/11/2025 Average Rank 17.00 [details] Sales history for The Wealth Ladder: Proven Strategies for Every Step of Your Financial Life date, rank 08/04/2025, 20 08/11/2025, 14 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,335 YTD: 4,204	Jul 2025	2,335 4,204
15	12	12	Mark Twain Ron Chernow, Author Penguin Press, $45.00 (1200) 978-0-525-56172-9 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/26/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/26/2025 Average Rank 10.40 [details] Sales history for Mark Twain date, rank 05/26/2025, 2 06/02/2025, 6 06/09/2025, 8 06/16/2025, 10 06/23/2025, 3 06/30/2025, 6 07/07/2025, 9 07/14/2025, 10 07/21/2025, 8 07/28/2025, 11 08/04/2025, 12 08/11/2025, 15 08/18/2025, 23 09/01/2025, 19 09/08/2025, 14 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,218 YTD: 75,610	May 2025	2,218 75,610
16	16	13	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 16 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 10.71 [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 06/09/2025, 6 06/16/2025, 11 06/23/2025, 10 06/30/2025, 18 07/07/2025, 16 07/14/2025, 11 07/21/2025, 11 07/28/2025, 15 08/04/2025, 16 08/11/2025, 16 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,074 YTD: 96,793	May 2025	2,074 96,793
17	41	6	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 LAST WEEK: 41 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,027 YTD: 40,723	Feb 2025	2,027 40,723
18	38	21	The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life Sahil Bloom, Author Ballantine Books, $30.00 (400) 978-0-593-72318-0 Last rank 38 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 02/17/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 02/17/2025 Average Rank 11.00 [details] Sales history for The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life date, rank 02/17/2025, 3 02/24/2025, 7 03/03/2025, 9 03/10/2025, 3 03/17/2025, 10 03/24/2025, 10 03/31/2025, 19 07/07/2025, 22 08/11/2025, 18 LAST WEEK: 38 WEEKS ON LIST: 21 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 1,933 YTD: 104,696	Feb 2025	1,933 104,696
19	14	4	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 39 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 07/21/2025 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 08/04/2025 Average Rank 19.20 [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 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 1,871 YTD: 9,944	Jul 2025	1,871 9,944
20	19	6	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 rank 28 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 06/02/2025 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 07/14/2025 Average Rank 17.50 [details] Sales history for The Simple Path to Wealth (Revised & Expanded 2025 Edition): Your Road Map to Financial Independence and a Rich, Free Life (College Graduation Gift) date, rank 06/02/2025, 21 07/07/2025, 7 07/14/2025, 6 07/21/2025, 17 07/28/2025, 25 08/04/2025, 19 08/11/2025, 20 09/08/2025, 25 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 1,867 YTD: 25,040	May 2025	1,867 25,040
21	18	37	The Serviceberry Robin Wall Kimmerer, Author, John Burgoyne, Illustrator Scribner Book Company, $20.00 (96) 978-1-6680-7224-0 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 12/02/2024 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 12/02/2024 Average Rank 15.79 [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 06/09/2025, 25 06/23/2025, 19 07/07/2025, 21 07/14/2025, 16 07/21/2025, 21 08/04/2025, 18 08/11/2025, 21 08/18/2025, 25 08/25/2025, 20 09/01/2025, 17 09/08/2025, 21 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 37 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 1,827 YTD: 101,591	Nov 2024	1,827 101,591
22	21	5	Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy: A Cookbook Tieghan Gerard, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $32.99 (288) 978-0-593-23257-6 Last rank 26 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 12/02/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 12/02/2024 Average Rank 14.47 [details] Sales history for Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy: A Cookbook date, rank 12/02/2024, 3 12/09/2024, 9 12/16/2024, 12 12/23/2024, 12 12/30/2024, 7 01/06/2025, 15 01/13/2025, 19 01/20/2025, 24 02/24/2025, 23 07/21/2025, 10 07/28/2025, 10 08/04/2025, 21 08/11/2025, 22 08/25/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 1,739 YTD: 58,885	Nov 2024	1,739 58,885
23	13	3	Arnietex: Over 100 Recipes for Mexican-American Cooking and Texas-Style BBQ Arnie Segovia, Author DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), $35.00 (224) 978-0-593-95864-3 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 07/28/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 07/28/2025 Average Rank 13.00 [details] Sales history for Arnietex: Over 100 Recipes for Mexican-American Cooking and Texas-Style BBQ date, rank 07/28/2025, 3 08/04/2025, 13 08/11/2025, 23 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 1,720 YTD: 17,689	Jul 2025	1,720 17,689
24	22	13	Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind Nate Bargatze, Author Grand Central Publishing, $30.00 (240) 978-1-5387-6846-4 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 12.73 [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 06/09/2025, 10 06/16/2025, 16 06/23/2025, 5 06/30/2025, 10 07/07/2025, 15 07/14/2025, 14 08/04/2025, 22 08/11/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: 22 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 1,653 YTD: 75,140	May 2025	1,653 75,140
25	9	4	Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America's Heartland Salena Zito, Author Center Street, $29.00 (256) 978-1-5460-0914-6 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 07/21/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 07/21/2025 Average Rank 9.60 [details] Sales history for Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America's Heartland date, rank 07/21/2025, 2 07/28/2025, 6 08/04/2025, 9 08/11/2025, 25 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 1,565 YTD: 34,432	Jul 2025	1,565 34,432

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Aug. 2, 2025; appearing in the Aug. 11, 2025, print edition of PW