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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	1	2	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: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 40,892 YTD: 212,266	Sep 2025	40,892 212,266
2	2	41	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 9 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 01/06/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/06/2025 Average Rank 2.37 [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 12/15/2025, 1 12/22/2025, 1 12/29/2025, 1 01/05/2026, 1 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 41 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 34,744 YTD: 2,263,356	Dec 2024	34,744 2,263,356
3	-	1	How to Make Money in Any Market James J Cramer, Author Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (320) 978-1-6680-8864-7 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 10/13/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/13/2025 Average Rank 14.00 [details] Sales history for How to Make Money in Any Market date, rank 10/13/2025, 3 10/20/2025, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 25,956 YTD: 25,956	Sep 2025	25,956 25,956
4	3	3	Poems & Prayers Matthew McConaughey, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $29.00 (208) 978-1-9848-6210-5 Last rank 38 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 09/29/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/29/2025 Average Rank 11.33 [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 01/19/2026, 23 02/23/2026, 21 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 23,931 YTD: 93,656	Sep 2025	23,931 93,656
5	-	1	Truly Lionel Richie, Author HarperOne, $36.00 (432) 978-0-06-325364-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 16,162 YTD: 16,162	Sep 2025	16,162 16,162
6	-	1	Born Lucky: A Dedicated Father, a Grateful Son, and My Journey with Autism Leland Vittert, Author, Don Yaeger, With Harper Horizon, $29.99 (272) 978-1-4002-5468-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/13/2025 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 10/13/2025 Average Rank 14.00 [details] Sales history for Born Lucky: A Dedicated Father, a Grateful Son, and My Journey with Autism date, rank 10/13/2025, 6 10/27/2025, 22 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 12,051 YTD: 12,051	Sep 2025	12,051 12,051
7	-	1	Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit Brené Brown, Author Random House, $32.00 (448) 978-1-9848-5574-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 10/13/2025 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 10/13/2025 Average Rank 19.00 [details] Sales history for Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit date, rank 10/13/2025, 7 10/20/2025, 14 10/27/2025, 12 11/03/2025, 18 11/17/2025, 25 11/24/2025, 23 12/01/2025, 24 12/08/2025, 16 12/15/2025, 21 12/22/2025, 21 12/29/2025, 18 01/05/2026, 18 01/26/2026, 25 02/09/2026, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 11,320 YTD: 78,462	Sep 2025	11,320 78,462
8	9	3	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 4 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 09/29/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/29/2025 Average Rank 11.85 [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 01/19/2026, 16 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 9,210 YTD: 43,420	Sep 2025	9,210 43,420
9	8	4	Confronting Evil: Assessing the Worst of the Worst Bill O'Reilly, Author, Josh Hammer, Author St. Martin's Press, $32.00 (304) 978-1-250-37404-2 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 09/22/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/22/2025 Average Rank 14.71 [details] Sales history for Confronting Evil: Assessing the Worst of the Worst date, rank 09/22/2025, 3 09/29/2025, 5 10/06/2025, 8 10/13/2025, 9 10/20/2025, 18 10/27/2025, 20 11/03/2025, 22 11/10/2025, 24 12/15/2025, 24 12/22/2025, 22 12/29/2025, 19 01/05/2026, 19 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 9,095 YTD: 68,867	Sep 2025	9,095 68,867
10	-	1	The Devil Emails at Midnight: What Good Leaders Can Learn from Bad Bosses Mita Mallick, Author Wiley, $28.00 978-1-394-31648-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,775 YTD: 8,775	Sep 2025	8,775 8,775
11	-	1	Shred Happens: So Easy, So Good: 100+ Protein-Packed Mediterranean Favorites with a Low-Carb Twist; A Cookbook Arash Hashemi, Author Rodale Books, $30.00 (256) 978-0-593-79653-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 03/31/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 03/31/2025 Average Rank 15.78 [details] Sales history for Shred Happens: So Easy, So Good: 100+ Protein-Packed Mediterranean Favorites with a Low-Carb Twist; A Cookbook date, rank 03/31/2025, 4 04/07/2025, 12 04/14/2025, 18 04/21/2025, 21 05/05/2025, 20 05/19/2025, 25 09/01/2025, 25 10/13/2025, 11 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,085 YTD: 99,299	Mar 2025	7,085 99,299
12	4	2	Awake: A Memoir Jen Hatmaker, Author Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (320) 978-1-6680-8368-0 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 10/06/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 10/06/2025 Average Rank 8.33 [details] Sales history for Awake: A Memoir date, rank 10/06/2025, 4 10/13/2025, 12 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,694 YTD: 35,449	Sep 2025	6,694 35,449
13	14	5	The Avatar Jonathan Cahn, Author Frontline, $28.99 (304) 978-1-63641-520-8 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/15/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/15/2025 Average Rank 9.17 [details] Sales history for The Avatar date, rank 09/15/2025, 1 09/22/2025, 11 09/29/2025, 12 10/06/2025, 14 10/13/2025, 13 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,855 YTD: 61,348	Sep 2025	5,855 61,348
14	12	4	All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation Elizabeth Gilbert, Author Riverhead Books, $35.00 (400) 978-0-593-54098-5 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 09/22/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 09/22/2025 Average Rank 8.40 [details] Sales history for All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation date, rank 09/22/2025, 4 09/29/2025, 6 10/06/2025, 12 10/13/2025, 14 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,790 YTD: 46,810	Sep 2025	5,790 46,810
15	20	3	The Biblio Diet: Live Long, Master Metabolism, Reduce Pain, Fight Depression, and Conquer Cancer with Healing Secrets from the Bible Jordan Rubin, Author, Joshua Axe, Author Worthy Books, $30.00 (272) 978-1-5460-0843-9 Last rank 33 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 09/29/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 09/29/2025 Average Rank 13.43 [details] Sales history for The Biblio Diet: Live Long, Master Metabolism, Reduce Pain, Fight Depression, and Conquer Cancer with Healing Secrets from the Bible date, rank 09/29/2025, 4 10/06/2025, 20 10/13/2025, 15 01/19/2026, 15 01/26/2026, 14 03/23/2026, 19 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,624 YTD: 32,144	Sep 2025	5,624 32,144
16	15	49	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: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 49 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,336 YTD: 265,525	Oct 2024	5,336 265,525
17	5	2	Jump and Find Joy: Embracing Change in Every Season of Life Hoda Kotb, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $30.00 (288) 979-8-217-04388-0 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/06/2025 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 10/06/2025 Average Rank 11.00 [details] Sales history for Jump and Find Joy: Embracing Change in Every Season of Life date, rank 10/06/2025, 5 10/13/2025, 17 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,962 YTD: 19,734	Sep 2025	4,962 19,734
18	-	1	Silent No Longer: Advancing the Fight for Disability Rights Robert Stack, Author Matt Holt Books, $30.00 (272) 978-1-63774-737-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,937 YTD: 4,937	Sep 2025	4,937 4,937
19	32	3	We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution Jill Lepore, Author Liveright Publishing Corporation, $39.99 (768) 978-1-63149-608-0 Last rank 32 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 09/29/2025 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 09/29/2025 Average Rank 15.00 [details] Sales history for We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution date, rank 09/29/2025, 11 10/13/2025, 19 LAST WEEK: 32 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,901 YTD: 17,086	Sep 2025	4,901 17,086
20	-	1	Never Stop: Life, Leadership, and What It Takes to Be Great Dan Hurley, Author, Ian O'Connor, Author Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $32.00 (304) 978-1-6680-9574-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,760 YTD: 4,773	Sep 2025	4,760 4,773
21	16	3	History Matters David McCullough, Author, Dorie McCullough Lawson, Contribution by, Michael Hill, Contribution by Simon & Schuster, $27.00 (208) 978-1-6680-9899-8 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 09/29/2025 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 09/29/2025 Average Rank 15.33 [details] Sales history for History Matters date, rank 09/29/2025, 9 10/06/2025, 16 10/13/2025, 21 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,622 YTD: 19,993	Sep 2025	4,622 19,993
22	25	6	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: 25 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,332 YTD: 24,906	Aug 2025	4,332 24,906
23	-	1	The Unseen Realm (Expanded Edition): Discovering the Supernatural World of the Bible Michael S Heiser, Author Lexham Press, $34.99 (560) 978-1-68359-875-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,152 YTD: 4,152	Oct 2025	4,152 4,152
24	-	3	Chasing Evil: Shocking Crimes, Supernatural Forces, and an FBI Agent's Search for Hope and Justice Robert Hilland, Author, John Edward, Author St. Martin's Essentials, $32.00 (368) 978-1-250-29175-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 09/15/2025 Highest Rank 22 Highest Rank Date 09/15/2025 Average Rank 23.00 [details] Sales history for Chasing Evil: Shocking Crimes, Supernatural Forces, and an FBI Agent's Search for Hope and Justice date, rank 09/15/2025, 22 10/13/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,909 YTD: 11,302	Sep 2025	3,909 11,302
25	6	2	Softly, as I Leave You: Life After Elvis Priscilla Presley, Author, Mary Jane Ross, Author Grand Central Publishing, $32.00 (336) 978-0-306-83648-0 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/06/2025 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 10/06/2025 Average Rank 15.50 [details] Sales history for Softly, as I Leave You: Life After Elvis date, rank 10/06/2025, 6 10/13/2025, 25 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,735 YTD: 17,358	Sep 2025	3,735 17,358

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Oct. 4, 2025; appearing in the Oct. 13, 2025, print edition of PW