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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	-	1	The Miracles Among Us: How God's Grace Plays a Role in Healing Marc Siegel , Author Harper Influence, $29.99 (272) 978-0-06-342628-3 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 12/01/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/01/2025 Average Rank 9.31 [details] Sales history for The Miracles Among Us: How God's Grace Plays a Role in Healing date, rank 12/01/2025, 1 12/08/2025, 3 12/15/2025, 2 12/22/2025, 6 12/29/2025, 9 01/05/2026, 13 01/12/2026, 7 01/19/2026, 9 01/26/2026, 16 02/16/2026, 16 02/23/2026, 13 03/02/2026, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 46,941 YTD: 46,941	Nov 2025	46,941 46,941
2	1	48	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: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 48 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 36,634 YTD: 2,481,397	Dec 2024	36,634 2,481,397
3	5	5	Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $35.00 (400) 978-0-593-49312-0 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 11/03/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/03/2025 Average Rank 8.00 [details] Sales history for Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice date, rank 11/03/2025, 1 11/10/2025, 2 11/17/2025, 6 11/24/2025, 5 12/01/2025, 3 12/08/2025, 8 12/15/2025, 10 12/22/2025, 19 01/05/2026, 15 01/12/2026, 3 01/19/2026, 6 01/26/2026, 12 02/09/2026, 18 02/16/2026, 7 02/23/2026, 3 03/02/2026, 3 03/09/2026, 7 03/16/2026, 7 03/23/2026, 4 03/30/2026, 13 04/06/2026, 21 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 21,923 YTD: 179,808	Oct 2025	21,923 179,808
4	4	7	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 22 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/20/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/17/2025 Average Rank 8.56 [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 04/06/2026, 10 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 20,579 YTD: 164,853	Oct 2025	20,579 164,853
5	-	1	The Greatest Sentence Ever Written Walter Isaacson, Author Simon & Schuster, $20.00 (80) 978-1-9821-8131-4 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 12/01/2025 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 12/01/2025 Average Rank 15.67 [details] Sales history for The Greatest Sentence Ever Written date, rank 12/01/2025, 5 12/08/2025, 15 12/15/2025, 16 12/22/2025, 20 12/29/2025, 23 01/05/2026, 20 01/12/2026, 16 03/02/2026, 10 03/09/2026, 16 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 14,927 YTD: 14,927	Nov 2025	14,927 14,927
6	3	4	The Pioneer Woman Cooks--The Essential Recipes: 125 Greatest Hits, New Twists, and Perfected Classics Ree Drummond, Author William Morrow & Company, $32.50 (384) 978-0-06-327663-5 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/10/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/10/2025 Average Rank 10.06 [details] Sales history for The Pioneer Woman Cooks--The Essential Recipes: 125 Greatest Hits, New Twists, and Perfected Classics date, rank 11/10/2025, 1 11/17/2025, 7 11/24/2025, 3 12/01/2025, 6 12/08/2025, 2 12/15/2025, 4 12/22/2025, 8 12/29/2025, 7 01/05/2026, 6 01/12/2026, 8 01/19/2026, 11 01/26/2026, 20 02/09/2026, 22 02/16/2026, 18 02/23/2026, 19 03/02/2026, 25 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 14,106 YTD: 94,059	Oct 2025	14,106 94,059
7	2	3	The Look Michelle Obama, Author, Meredith Koop, With, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Foreword by Crown Publishing Group (NY), $50.00 (304) 978-0-593-80070-6 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/17/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/24/2025 Average Rank 6.79 [details] Sales history for The Look date, rank 11/17/2025, 3 11/24/2025, 2 12/01/2025, 7 12/08/2025, 7 12/15/2025, 8 12/22/2025, 9 12/29/2025, 2 01/05/2026, 5 01/12/2026, 6 01/19/2026, 12 02/23/2026, 17 03/02/2026, 5 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 13,888 YTD: 67,007	Nov 2025	13,888 67,007
8	7	6	1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--And How It Shattered a Nation Andrew Ross Sorkin, Author Viking, $35.00 (592) 978-0-593-29696-7 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/27/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/12/2026 Average Rank 8.41 [details] Sales history for 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--And How It Shattered a Nation date, rank 10/27/2025, 2 11/03/2025, 4 11/10/2025, 8 11/17/2025, 8 11/24/2025, 7 12/01/2025, 8 12/08/2025, 6 12/15/2025, 5 12/22/2025, 3 12/29/2025, 4 01/05/2026, 2 01/12/2026, 1 01/19/2026, 5 01/26/2026, 10 02/09/2026, 14 02/16/2026, 10 02/23/2026, 12 03/09/2026, 23 03/16/2026, 22 03/23/2026, 21 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 13,653 YTD: 142,390	Oct 2025	13,653 142,390
9	8	2	The American Revolution: An Intimate History Geoffrey C Ward, Author, Kenneth Burns, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $80.00 (608) 978-0-525-65867-2 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 11/24/2025 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 11/24/2025 Average Rank 12.86 [details] Sales history for The American Revolution: An Intimate History date, rank 11/24/2025, 8 12/01/2025, 9 12/08/2025, 9 12/15/2025, 12 12/22/2025, 14 12/29/2025, 16 01/05/2026, 22 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 12,969 YTD: 22,341	Nov 2025	12,969 22,341
10	-	1	A Revolution of Common Sense: How Donald Trump Stormed Washington and Fought for Western Civilization Scott Jennings, Author William Morrow & Company, $32.00 (288) 978-0-06-347217-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 12,433 YTD: 12,433	Nov 2025	12,433 12,433
11	14	13	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: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 10,384 YTD: 68,066	Aug 2025	10,384 68,066
12	-	1	Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They're Too Much Cynthia Erivo, Author Flatiron Books, $28.99 (208) 978-1-250-42832-5 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 12/01/2025 Highest Rank 12 Highest Rank Date 12/01/2025 Average Rank 15.00 [details] Sales history for Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They're Too Much date, rank 12/01/2025, 12 12/08/2025, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,812 YTD: 8,812	Nov 2025	8,812 8,812
13	9	3	Notes on Being a Man Scott Galloway, Author Simon & Schuster, $29.00 (288) 978-1-6680-8435-9 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/17/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 11/17/2025 Average Rank 15.10 [details] Sales history for Notes on Being a Man date, rank 11/17/2025, 4 11/24/2025, 9 12/01/2025, 13 12/08/2025, 19 12/15/2025, 17 12/22/2025, 17 12/29/2025, 21 01/05/2026, 21 01/12/2026, 23 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,583 YTD: 50,602	Nov 2025	8,583 50,602
14	17	5	Delivering the Wow: Culture as Catalyst for Lasting Success Richard Fain, Author Fast Company Press, $28.95 (328) 978-1-63908-159-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 11/03/2025 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 11/03/2025 Average Rank 17.17 [details] Sales history for Delivering the Wow: Culture as Catalyst for Lasting Success date, rank 11/03/2025, 9 11/10/2025, 22 11/17/2025, 21 11/24/2025, 17 12/01/2025, 14 12/15/2025, 20 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,881 YTD: 45,039	Oct 2025	7,881 45,039
15	-	1	100 Rules for Living to 100: An Optimist's Guide to a Happy Life Dick Van Dyke, Author Grand Central Publishing, $29.00 (320) 978-1-5387-7790-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 12/01/2025 Highest Rank 15 Highest Rank Date 12/01/2025 Average Rank 18.00 [details] Sales history for 100 Rules for Living to 100: An Optimist's Guide to a Happy Life date, rank 12/01/2025, 15 01/12/2026, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,263 YTD: 7,263	Nov 2025	7,263 7,263
16	18	3	Heart Life Music Kenny Chesney, Author, Holly Gleason, Author William Morrow & Company, $32.50 (320) 978-0-06-342310-7 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/17/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/17/2025 Average Rank 12.12 [details] Sales history for Heart Life Music date, rank 11/17/2025, 1 11/24/2025, 18 12/01/2025, 16 12/08/2025, 14 12/15/2025, 9 12/22/2025, 23 12/29/2025, 15 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,862 YTD: 85,994	Nov 2025	6,862 85,994
17	21	9	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: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,752 YTD: 303,489	Sep 2025	6,752 303,489
18	12	7	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: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,617 YTD: 41,496	Oct 2025	6,617 41,496
19	30	4	Read Your Own Mind: Success Habits You Can Use Every Day from the World's Greatest Mind Reader Oz Pearlman, Author Viking, $30.00 (304) 979-8-217-05904-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 11/10/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 11/10/2025 Average Rank 12.75 [details] Sales history for Read Your Own Mind: Success Habits You Can Use Every Day from the World's Greatest Mind Reader date, rank 11/10/2025, 4 12/01/2025, 19 01/12/2026, 18 LAST WEEK: 30 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,573 YTD: 37,481	Oct 2025	6,573 37,481
20	38	10	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: 38 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,487 YTD: 73,625	Sep 2025	6,487 73,625
21	15	5	To Rescue the American Spirit: Teddy Roosevelt and the Birth of a Superpower Bret Baier, Author Mariner Books, $32.99 (400) 978-0-06-336075-4 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/03/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/03/2025 Average Rank 13.92 [details] Sales history for To Rescue the American Spirit: Teddy Roosevelt and the Birth of a Superpower date, rank 11/03/2025, 3 11/10/2025, 7 11/17/2025, 15 11/24/2025, 15 12/01/2025, 21 12/08/2025, 24 12/15/2025, 19 12/22/2025, 15 12/29/2025, 14 01/05/2026, 14 01/12/2026, 13 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,438 YTD: 68,849	Oct 2025	6,438 68,849
22	10	7	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: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,225 YTD: 91,395	Oct 2025	6,225 91,395
23	-	1	Foundations: Timeless Design That Feels Personal Nate Berkus, Author, Heather Summerville, With S&s/Simon Element, $45.00 (400) 978-1-6680-2613-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,110 YTD: 6,110	Nov 2025	6,110 6,110
24	23	7	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: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,809 YTD: 130,346	Sep 2025	5,809 130,346
25	27	5	Puzzle Mania: Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee, Minis and More! The New York Times Games, Author, Joel Fagliano, Author Authors Equity, $38.00 (272) 979-8-89331-048-1 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 11/03/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 01/05/2026 Average Rank 12.73 [details] Sales history for Puzzle Mania: Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee, Minis and More! date, rank 11/03/2025, 12 12/01/2025, 25 12/08/2025, 10 12/15/2025, 7 12/22/2025, 7 12/29/2025, 5 01/05/2026, 3 01/12/2026, 9 01/19/2026, 22 02/09/2026, 20 02/16/2026, 20 LAST WEEK: 27 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,682 YTD: 32,349	Oct 2025	5,682 32,349

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Nov. 22, 2025; appearing in the Dec. 1, 2025, print edition of PW