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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	-	1	Iron Flame (Wing and Claw ed.) Rebecca Yarros, Author Entangled: Red Tower Books, $32.99 (640) 978-1-64937-939-9 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/13/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/13/2025 Average Rank 16.60 [details] Sales history for Iron Flame (Wing and Claw ed.) date, rank 10/13/2025, 1 10/20/2025, 12 10/27/2025, 16 11/03/2025, 18 11/10/2025, 22 11/17/2025, 24 11/24/2025, 25 12/29/2025, 24 01/05/2026, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 52,562 YTD: 52,562	Sep 2025	52,562 52,562
2	-	1	Fourth Wing (Wing and Claw ed.) Rebecca Yarros, Author Entangled: Red Tower Books, $32.99 (528) 978-1-64937-929-0 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/13/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/13/2025 Average Rank 17.95 [details] Sales history for Fourth Wing (Wing and Claw ed.) date, rank 10/13/2025, 2 10/20/2025, 10 10/27/2025, 13 11/03/2025, 16 11/10/2025, 18 11/17/2025, 20 11/24/2025, 20 12/08/2025, 23 12/15/2025, 24 12/22/2025, 24 12/29/2025, 19 01/05/2026, 15 01/12/2026, 19 02/02/2026, 24 02/09/2026, 22 02/16/2026, 21 02/23/2026, 20 03/02/2026, 24 03/09/2026, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 52,040 YTD: 52,040	Sep 2025	52,040 52,040
3	1	2	Alchemised Senlinyu, Author Del Rey Books, $35.00 (1040) 978-0-593-97270-0 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/06/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/06/2025 Average Rank 5.84 [details] Sales history for Alchemised date, rank 10/06/2025, 1 10/13/2025, 3 10/20/2025, 5 10/27/2025, 6 11/03/2025, 6 11/10/2025, 5 11/17/2025, 3 11/24/2025, 5 12/01/2025, 10 12/08/2025, 2 12/15/2025, 4 12/22/2025, 5 12/29/2025, 6 01/05/2026, 5 01/12/2026, 2 01/19/2026, 4 01/26/2026, 8 02/02/2026, 8 02/09/2026, 9 02/16/2026, 7 02/23/2026, 7 03/02/2026, 8 03/09/2026, 5 03/16/2026, 10 03/23/2026, 9 03/30/2026, 10 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 44,491 YTD: 192,236	Sep 2025	44,491 192,236
4	2	4	The Secret of Secrets Dan Brown, Author Doubleday Books, $38.00 (688) 978-0-385-54689-8 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/22/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/22/2025 Average Rank 6.53 [details] Sales history for The Secret of Secrets date, rank 09/22/2025, 1 09/29/2025, 1 10/06/2025, 2 10/13/2025, 4 10/20/2025, 3 10/27/2025, 4 11/03/2025, 4 11/10/2025, 4 11/17/2025, 2 11/24/2025, 6 12/01/2025, 7 12/08/2025, 3 12/15/2025, 2 12/22/2025, 2 12/29/2025, 2 01/05/2026, 3 01/12/2026, 4 01/19/2026, 5 01/26/2026, 7 02/02/2026, 9 02/09/2026, 11 02/16/2026, 9 02/23/2026, 18 03/02/2026, 16 03/09/2026, 14 03/16/2026, 16 03/23/2026, 14 03/30/2026, 16 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 41,935 YTD: 318,995	Sep 2025	41,935 318,995
5	-	1	The Impossible Fortune: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery Richard Osman, Author Pamela Dorman Books, $30.00 (368) 978-0-593-65325-8 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 10/13/2025 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 10/13/2025 Average Rank 11.00 [details] Sales history for The Impossible Fortune: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery date, rank 10/13/2025, 5 10/20/2025, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 30,623 YTD: 30,623	Sep 2025	30,623 30,623
6	-	1	Denied Access: A Mitch Rapp Novel by Don Bentley Vince Flynn, Author, Don Bentley, Author Atria Books, $30.00 (352) 978-1-6680-4587-9 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/13/2025 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 10/13/2025 Average Rank 16.67 [details] Sales history for Denied Access: A Mitch Rapp Novel by Don Bentley date, rank 10/13/2025, 6 10/20/2025, 20 10/27/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 17,787 YTD: 17,787	Sep 2025	17,787 17,787
7	8	3	The Academy Elin Hilderbrand, Author, Shelby Cunningham, Author Little Brown and Company, $30.00 (432) 978-0-316-56785-5 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 09/29/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/29/2025 Average Rank 11.33 [details] Sales history for The Academy date, rank 09/29/2025, 2 10/06/2025, 8 10/13/2025, 7 10/20/2025, 14 10/27/2025, 11 11/03/2025, 15 11/10/2025, 21 11/17/2025, 22 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 14,700 YTD: 84,344	Sep 2025	14,700 84,344
8	-	1	The Portrait Danielle Steel, Author Delacorte Press, $29.00 (256) 978-0-593-49876-7 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/13/2025 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 10/13/2025 Average Rank 15.00 [details] Sales history for The Portrait date, rank 10/13/2025, 8 10/20/2025, 22 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 14,610 YTD: 14,610	Sep 2025	14,610 14,610
9	3	2	Tourist Season: The Seasons of Carnage Trilogy Brynne Weaver, Author Slowburn, $28.95 (368) 978-1-63893-210-9 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/06/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/06/2025 Average Rank 11.33 [details] Sales history for Tourist Season: The Seasons of Carnage Trilogy date, rank 10/06/2025, 3 10/13/2025, 9 10/20/2025, 15 10/27/2025, 17 11/03/2025, 19 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 14,016 YTD: 52,362	Sep 2025	14,016 52,362
10	9	2	Circle of Days Ken Follett, Author Grand Central Publishing, $40.00 (704) 978-1-5387-7277-5 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 10/06/2025 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 10/06/2025 Average Rank 16.20 [details] Sales history for Circle of Days date, rank 10/06/2025, 9 10/13/2025, 10 10/20/2025, 19 10/27/2025, 18 11/03/2025, 25 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 9,919 YTD: 33,112	Sep 2025	9,919 33,112
11	-	1	Heart the Lover Lily King, Author Grove Press, $28.00 (320) 978-0-8021-6517-6 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 10/13/2025 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 10/13/2025 Average Rank 19.60 [details] Sales history for Heart the Lover date, rank 10/13/2025, 11 11/17/2025, 23 12/29/2025, 25 01/05/2026, 22 01/12/2026, 18 01/19/2026, 20 01/26/2026, 16 02/02/2026, 20 02/09/2026, 17 02/16/2026, 18 03/02/2026, 20 03/09/2026, 19 03/16/2026, 21 03/23/2026, 22 03/30/2026, 22 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,948 YTD: 8,948	Sep 2025	8,948 8,948
12	-	1	What Stalks the Deep T Kingfisher, Author Tor Nightfire, $19.99 (192) 978-1-250-35492-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,864 YTD: 8,864	Sep 2025	8,864 8,864
13	-	1	Widow's Point: The Complete Haunting Richard Chizmar, Author, W H Chizmar, Author Gallery Books, $29.00 (336) 978-1-6680-5770-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,686 YTD: 8,686	Sep 2025	8,686 8,686
14	-	1	Crossroads of Ravens Andrzej Sapkowski, Author Orbit, $30.00 (400) 978-0-316-59773-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,828 YTD: 7,828	Sep 2025	7,828 7,828
15	-	2	Onyx Storm (Deluxe Limited Edition) Rebecca Yarros, Author Entangled: Red Tower Books, $32.99 (544) 978-1-64937-418-9 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 02/03/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/03/2025 Average Rank 10.53 [details] Sales history for Onyx Storm (Deluxe Limited Edition) date, rank 02/03/2025, 1 02/10/2025, 1 02/17/2025, 1 02/24/2025, 1 03/03/2025, 1 03/10/2025, 2 03/17/2025, 1 03/24/2025, 1 03/31/2025, 2 04/07/2025, 5 04/14/2025, 4 04/21/2025, 8 04/28/2025, 5 05/05/2025, 6 05/12/2025, 10 05/19/2025, 18 05/26/2025, 19 06/02/2025, 24 06/16/2025, 25 10/13/2025, 15 10/20/2025, 16 10/27/2025, 19 11/03/2025, 21 11/10/2025, 24 11/17/2025, 25 11/24/2025, 23 12/08/2025, 17 01/05/2026, 24 01/12/2026, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jan 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,779 YTD: 1,646,114	Jan 2025	7,779 1,646,114
16	-	1	Mrballen Presents: Where Nightmares Live: The Graphic Stories Ten Speed Press, Author Ten Speed Graphic, $25.99 (208) 978-0-593-83965-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,677 YTD: 7,677	Sep 2025	7,677 7,677
17	-	1	The Irish Goodbye Heather Aimee O'Neill, Author Henry Holt & Company, $28.99 (288) 978-1-250-40815-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,795 YTD: 6,795	Sep 2025	6,795 6,795
18	5	2	One Dark Window (Deluxe Limited Hardcover Edition) (Special) Rachel Gillig, Author Orbit, $32.00 (400) 978-0-316-59723-4 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 10/06/2025 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 10/06/2025 Average Rank 13.50 [details] Sales history for One Dark Window (Deluxe Limited Hardcover Edition) (Special) date, rank 10/06/2025, 5 10/13/2025, 18 10/20/2025, 21 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,003 YTD: 34,564	Sep 2025	6,003 34,564
19	12	2	What We Can Know Ian McEwan, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $30.00 (320) 978-0-593-80472-8 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 10/06/2025 Highest Rank 12 Highest Rank Date 10/06/2025 Average Rank 15.50 [details] Sales history for What We Can Know date, rank 10/06/2025, 12 10/13/2025, 19 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,630 YTD: 15,333	Sep 2025	5,630 15,333
20	22	18	Atmosphere: A Love Story Taylor Jenkins Reid, Author Ballantine Books, $30.00 (352) 978-0-593-15871-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 06/16/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/16/2025 Average Rank 10.65 [details] Sales history for Atmosphere: A Love Story date, rank 06/16/2025, 1 06/23/2025, 4 06/30/2025, 1 07/07/2025, 2 07/14/2025, 1 07/21/2025, 3 07/28/2025, 4 08/04/2025, 3 08/11/2025, 1 08/18/2025, 3 08/25/2025, 3 09/01/2025, 6 09/08/2025, 4 09/15/2025, 10 09/22/2025, 10 09/29/2025, 8 10/06/2025, 22 10/13/2025, 20 10/20/2025, 25 12/15/2025, 21 12/22/2025, 17 12/29/2025, 15 01/05/2026, 19 01/12/2026, 20 01/19/2026, 11 01/26/2026, 18 02/02/2026, 17 02/09/2026, 23 02/16/2026, 25 03/23/2026, 24 LAST WEEK: 22 WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,483 YTD: 245,996	Jun 2025	5,483 245,996
21	17	22	My Friends Fredrik Backman, Author Atria Books, $29.99 (448) 978-1-9821-1282-0 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 12.44 [details] Sales history for My Friends date, rank 05/19/2025, 3 05/26/2025, 6 06/02/2025, 6 06/09/2025, 7 06/16/2025, 9 06/23/2025, 10 06/30/2025, 8 07/07/2025, 8 07/14/2025, 9 07/21/2025, 11 07/28/2025, 13 08/04/2025, 10 08/11/2025, 10 08/18/2025, 6 08/25/2025, 4 09/01/2025, 7 09/08/2025, 5 09/15/2025, 13 09/22/2025, 11 09/29/2025, 9 10/06/2025, 17 10/13/2025, 21 12/15/2025, 23 12/22/2025, 18 12/29/2025, 18 01/05/2026, 18 01/12/2026, 23 01/19/2026, 22 01/26/2026, 22 02/02/2026, 18 02/09/2026, 24 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 22 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,367 YTD: 214,268	May 2025	5,367 214,268
22	6	2	Two Twisted Crowns (Deluxe Limited Hardcover Edition) (Special) Rachel Gillig, Author Orbit, $32.00 (448) 978-0-316-59722-7 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/06/2025 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 10/06/2025 Average Rank 17.33 [details] Sales history for Two Twisted Crowns (Deluxe Limited Hardcover Edition) (Special) date, rank 10/06/2025, 6 10/13/2025, 22 10/20/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,360 YTD: 32,929	Sep 2025	5,360 32,929
23	11	2	The Book of Bill Limited Collector's Edition Alex Hirsch, Author Hyperion Avenue, $40.00 (208) 978-1-368-11784-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 10/06/2025 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 10/06/2025 Average Rank 17.33 [details] Sales history for The Book of Bill Limited Collector's Edition date, rank 10/06/2025, 11 10/13/2025, 23 12/08/2025, 18 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,233 YTD: 16,898	Sep 2025	5,233 16,898
24	-	1	House of Rayne: Deluxe Limited Edition Harley Laroux, Author Kensington Publishing Corporation, $32.00 (416) 978-1-4967-5683-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,000 YTD: 5,000	Sep 2025	5,000 5,000
25	4	2	The Primal of Blood and Bone: A Blood and Ash Novel Jennifer L Armentrout, Author Blue Box Press, $31.99 (800) 978-1-963135-41-1 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/06/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 10/06/2025 Average Rank 11.67 [details] Sales history for The Primal of Blood and Bone: A Blood and Ash Novel date, rank 10/06/2025, 4 10/13/2025, 25 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,977 YTD: 39,505	Jun 2025	4,977 39,505

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