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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	2	42	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: 42 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 36,617 YTD: 2,299,973	Dec 2024	36,617 2,299,973
2	-	1	In the Name of Freedom: A Political Dissident's Fight for Human Rights in the NBA and Around the World Enes Kanter Freedom, Author Threshold Editions, $28.00 (224) 978-1-6680-7836-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 10/20/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/20/2025 Average Rank 4.50 [details] Sales history for In the Name of Freedom: A Political Dissident's Fight for Human Rights in the NBA and Around the World date, rank 10/20/2025, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 33,563 YTD: 33,563	Oct 2025	33,563 33,563
3	-	1	Last Rites Ozzy Osbourne, Author Grand Central Publishing, $30.00 (368) 978-1-5387-7541-7 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 10/20/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/20/2025 Average Rank 10.50 [details] Sales history for Last Rites date, rank 10/20/2025, 3 10/27/2025, 9 11/03/2025, 20 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 29,649 YTD: 29,649	Oct 2025	29,649 29,649
4	-	1	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 20 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 10/20/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 10/20/2025 Average Rank 17.00 [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 01/19/2026, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 28,428 YTD: 28,428	Oct 2025	28,428 28,428
5	-	1	The Promise of Heaven: 31 Reasons to Get Excited about Your Eternal Home David Jeremiah, Author Thomas Nelson, $29.99 (240) 978-1-4003-4521-2 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/20/2025 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 10/20/2025 Average Rank 13.89 [details] Sales history for The Promise of Heaven: 31 Reasons to Get Excited about Your Eternal Home date, rank 10/20/2025, 5 10/27/2025, 7 11/03/2025, 6 11/10/2025, 10 11/17/2025, 16 11/24/2025, 10 12/01/2025, 22 12/15/2025, 25 12/22/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 22,314 YTD: 22,314	Oct 2025	22,314 22,314
6	1	3	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: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 22,164 YTD: 234,430	Sep 2025	22,164 234,430
7	4	4	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: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 18,854 YTD: 112,510	Sep 2025	18,854 112,510
8	-	1	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 12 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/20/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/17/2025 Average Rank 8.50 [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 01/19/2026, 13 01/26/2026, 13 02/09/2026, 13 02/16/2026, 8 02/23/2026, 6 03/02/2026, 11 03/09/2026, 18 03/16/2026, 16 03/23/2026, 12 03/30/2026, 22 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 17,806 YTD: 17,806	Oct 2025	17,806 17,806
9	-	1	Hostage Eli Sharabi, Author Harper Influence, $30.00 (208) 978-0-06-348979-0 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 10/20/2025 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 10/20/2025 Average Rank 10.00 [details] Sales history for Hostage date, rank 10/20/2025, 9 10/27/2025, 11 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 15,085 YTD: 15,085	Oct 2025	15,085 15,085
10	-	1	Bad Btch in the Kitch: Craveable Asian Recipes to Ditch the Takeout: A Cookbook Cassie Yeung, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $35.00 (272) 978-0-593-79785-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2025* UNITS SOLD: 13,364 YTD: 13,364	Oct 2025	13,364 13,364
11	16	50	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: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 50 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 10,487 YTD: 276,013	Oct 2024	10,487 276,013
12	-	1	A CEO for All Seasons: Mastering the Cycles of Leadership Carolyn Dewar, Author, Scott Keller, Author, Vikram Malhotra, Author, Kurt Strovink, Author Scribner Book Company, $28.00 (224) 978-1-6680-9834-9 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 10/20/2025 Highest Rank 12 Highest Rank Date 10/20/2025 Average Rank 18.67 [details] Sales history for A CEO for All Seasons: Mastering the Cycles of Leadership date, rank 10/20/2025, 12 10/27/2025, 21 11/03/2025, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 10,410 YTD: 10,410	Oct 2025	10,410 10,410
13	-	1	The Art of Spending Money: Simple Choices for a Richer Life Morgan Housel, Author Portfolio, $30.00 (256) 978-0-593-71662-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 10,251 YTD: 10,251	Oct 2025	10,251 10,251
14	7	2	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: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 9,947 YTD: 88,409	Sep 2025	9,947 88,409
15	-	1	Told You So Mayci Neeley, Author Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (288) 978-1-6680-9992-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 10/20/2025 Highest Rank 15 Highest Rank Date 10/20/2025 Average Rank 15.50 [details] Sales history for Told You So date, rank 10/20/2025, 15 03/30/2026, 16 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 9,836 YTD: 9,836	Oct 2025	9,836 9,836
16	-	1	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 23 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 10/20/2025 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 12/22/2025 Average Rank 17.71 [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 01/19/2026, 25 02/16/2026, 25 02/23/2026, 23 03/02/2026, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 9,481 YTD: 9,481	Oct 2025	9,481 9,481
17	-	1	Dear New York Brandon Stanton, Author St. Martin's Press, $42.00 (480) 978-1-250-27758-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 9,393 YTD: 9,393	Oct 2025	9,393 9,393
18	9	5	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: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,222 YTD: 77,089	Sep 2025	8,222 77,089
19	-	1	My Southern Kitchen: From Suppers to Celebrations, Recipes for Every Occasion Ivy Odom, Author, Editors of Southern Living, Author Abrams Books, $35.00 (272) 978-1-4197-7855-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,459 YTD: 6,459	Oct 2025	6,459 6,459
20	-	1	Misunderstood: A Memoir Allen Iverson, Author, Ray Beauchamp, With Gallery/13a, $30.00 (352) 978-1-4767-8439-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,188 YTD: 6,188	Oct 2025	6,188 6,188
21	-	1	Warhammer 40,000 Character Encyclopedia: Includes Lieutenant Titus Miniature Wade Pryce, Author DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), $27.99 979-8-217-12923-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,021 YTD: 6,021	Oct 2025	6,021 6,021
22	-	1	Team Intelligence: How Brilliant Leaders Unlock Collective Genius Jon Levy, Author Harper Business, $32.00 (288) 978-0-06-339957-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,014 YTD: 6,014	Oct 2025	6,014 6,014
23	-	1	To Die for: A Cookbook of Gravestone Recipes Rosie Grant, Author Harvest Publications, $24.99 (160) 978-0-06-342440-1 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 23 Initial Date 10/20/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 01/19/2026 Average Rank 15.00 [details] Sales history for To Die for: A Cookbook of Gravestone Recipes date, rank 10/20/2025, 23 01/19/2026, 4 01/26/2026, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,859 YTD: 5,859	Oct 2025	5,859 5,859
24	8	4	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: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,527 YTD: 48,947	Sep 2025	5,527 48,947
25	3	2	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: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,041 YTD: 30,997	Sep 2025	5,041 30,997

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Oct. 11, 2025; appearing in the Oct. 20, 2025, print edition of PW