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1	1	53	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: 53 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 64,551 YTD: 2,812,799	Dec 2024	64,551 2,812,799
2	4	11	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: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 28,022 YTD: 258,328	Oct 2025	28,022 258,328
3	5	10	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: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 26,029 YTD: 140,593	Oct 2025	26,029 140,593
4	3	3	Stop, in the Name of God: Why Honoring the Sabbath Will Transform Your Life Charlie Kirk, Author Winning Team Publishing, $29.99 979-8-218-77792-0 Last rank 34 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 12/22/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/19/2026 Average Rank 5.89 [details] Sales history for Stop, in the Name of God: Why Honoring the Sabbath Will Transform Your Life date, rank 12/22/2025, 2 12/29/2025, 3 01/05/2026, 4 01/12/2026, 2 01/19/2026, 1 01/26/2026, 2 02/09/2026, 3 02/16/2026, 1 02/23/2026, 1 03/02/2026, 6 03/09/2026, 10 03/16/2026, 13 03/23/2026, 17 04/06/2026, 19 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Dec 2025 UNITS SOLD: 24,634 YTD: 126,719	Dec 2025	24,634 126,719
5	2	8	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: 8 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 18,192 YTD: 165,697	Nov 2025	18,192 165,697
6	7	9	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: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 17,918 YTD: 200,286	Oct 2025	17,918 200,286
7	8	18	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: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 15,297 YTD: 161,917	Aug 2025	15,297 161,917
8	10	15	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: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 14,971 YTD: 131,943	Sep 2025	14,971 131,943
9	13	15	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: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 14,847 YTD: 219,260	Sep 2025	14,847 219,260
10	6	12	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: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 13,349 YTD: 261,050	Oct 2025	13,349 261,050
11	12	14	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: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 12,894 YTD: 356,398	Sep 2025	12,894 356,398
12	11	12	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: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 12,598 YTD: 97,466	Oct 2025	12,598 97,466
13	9	6	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: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 11,321 YTD: 147,000	Nov 2025	11,321 147,000
14	14	10	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: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 11,312 YTD: 115,769	Oct 2025	11,312 115,769
15	26	10	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: 26 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 9,430 YTD: 227,525	Oct 2025	9,430 227,525
16	27	7	The Overthinker's Guide to Making Decisions: How to Make Decisions Without Losing Your Mind Joseph Nguyen, Author Authors Equity, $22.00 (192) 979-8-89331-066-5 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 12/08/2025 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 01/12/2026 Average Rank 16.00 [details] Sales history for The Overthinker's Guide to Making Decisions: How to Make Decisions Without Losing Your Mind date, rank 12/08/2025, 22 01/05/2026, 16 01/12/2026, 10 01/19/2026, 10 01/26/2026, 22 LAST WEEK: 27 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 9,136 YTD: 38,938	Nov 2025	9,136 38,938
17	29	5	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 22 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 04/28/2025 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 08/11/2025 Average Rank 15.08 [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 01/05/2026, 17 01/12/2026, 15 01/19/2026, 21 02/09/2026, 25 02/16/2026, 22 02/23/2026, 24 LAST WEEK: 29 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,892 YTD: 241,362	Mar 2025	7,892 241,362
18	18	12	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: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,633 YTD: 169,669	Sep 2025	7,633 169,669
19	19	16	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: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,353 YTD: 144,925	Sep 2025	7,353 144,925
20	23	6	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: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,971 YTD: 54,884	Nov 2025	6,971 54,884
21	21	8	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: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,572 YTD: 89,570	Nov 2025	6,572 89,570
22	16	7	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: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,544 YTD: 69,608	Nov 2025	6,544 69,608
23	28	2	Snoop Dogg's Treats to Eat: 55 Baking Recipes--Baking with (or Without) Weed Snoop Dogg, Author, Antonis Achilleos, Photographer Chronicle Books, $27.95 (176) 978-1-7972-1761-1 LAST WEEK: 28 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,512 YTD: 23,815	Oct 2025	6,512 23,815
24	33	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 24 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 07/21/2025 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 08/04/2025 Average Rank 19.86 [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 01/05/2026, 24 01/12/2026, 19 LAST WEEK: 33 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,194 YTD: 49,011	Jul 2025	6,194 49,011
25	-	3	Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor Christine Kuehn, Author Celadon Books, $29.99 (272) 978-1-250-34446-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 12/22/2025 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 12/22/2025 Average Rank 19.00 [details] Sales history for Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor date, rank 12/22/2025, 13 01/05/2026, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,042 YTD: 28,312	Nov 2025	6,042 28,312

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Dec. 27, 2025; appearing in the Jan. 5, 2026, print edition of PW