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1	2	23	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: 23 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 51,640 YTD: 1,561,678	Dec 2024	51,640 1,561,678
2	1	2	Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again Jake Tapper, Author, Alex Thompson, Author Penguin Press, $32.00 (352) 979-8-217-06067-2 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 06/02/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/02/2025 Average Rank 9.12 [details] Sales history for Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again date, rank 06/02/2025, 1 06/09/2025, 2 06/16/2025, 5 06/23/2025, 6 06/30/2025, 19 07/07/2025, 18 07/14/2025, 19 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 17,269 YTD: 71,040	May 2025	17,269 71,040
3	3	2	Baking Across America: A Vintage Recipe Road Trip B Dylan Hollis, Author DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), $35.00 (304) 978-0-7440-9760-3 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 06/02/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 06/02/2025 Average Rank 15.14 [details] Sales history for Baking Across America: A Vintage Recipe Road Trip date, rank 06/02/2025, 3 06/09/2025, 3 06/16/2025, 25 06/23/2025, 16 06/30/2025, 20 07/07/2025, 19 07/14/2025, 20 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,754 YTD: 27,327	May 2025	6,754 27,327
4	8	31	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: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 31 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,657 YTD: 134,880	Oct 2024	6,657 134,880
5	16	3	The #1 Dad Book: Be the Best Dad You Can Be—in One Hour James Patterson, Author Little Brown and Company, $25.00 (128) 978-0-316-58507-1 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/26/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 06/23/2025 Average Rank 7.67 [details] Sales history for The #1 Dad Book: Be the Best Dad You Can Be—in One Hour date, rank 05/26/2025, 5 06/02/2025, 16 06/09/2025, 5 06/16/2025, 4 06/23/2025, 2 06/30/2025, 14 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,443 YTD: 21,544	May 2025	6,443 21,544
6	5	4	We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life's 20 Questions Glennon Doyle, Author, Abby Wambach, Author, Amanda Doyle, Author Dial Press, $32.00 (496) 978-0-593-97764-4 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 10.71 [details] Sales history for We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life's 20 Questions date, rank 05/19/2025, 3 05/26/2025, 4 06/02/2025, 5 06/09/2025, 6 06/16/2025, 11 06/23/2025, 10 06/30/2025, 18 07/07/2025, 16 07/14/2025, 11 07/21/2025, 11 07/28/2025, 15 08/04/2025, 16 08/11/2025, 16 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,127 YTD: 65,325	May 2025	6,127 65,325
7	-	1	Coming Into View: How AI and Other Megatrends Will Shape Your Investments Joseph H Davis, Author Wiley, $28.00 (224) 978-1-394-35908-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,594 YTD: 5,594	May 2025	5,594 5,594
8	6	3	Mark Twain Ron Chernow, Author Penguin Press, $45.00 (1200) 978-0-525-56172-9 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/26/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/26/2025 Average Rank 10.40 [details] Sales history for Mark Twain date, rank 05/26/2025, 2 06/02/2025, 6 06/09/2025, 8 06/16/2025, 10 06/23/2025, 3 06/30/2025, 6 07/07/2025, 9 07/14/2025, 10 07/21/2025, 8 07/28/2025, 11 08/04/2025, 12 08/11/2025, 15 08/18/2025, 23 09/01/2025, 19 09/08/2025, 14 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,545 YTD: 34,004	May 2025	5,545 34,004
9	4	2	Uncommon Favor: Basketball, North Philly, My Mother, and the Life Lessons I Learned from All Three Dawn Staley, Author Atria/Black Privilege Publishing, $28.99 (256) 978-1-6680-2336-5 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 06/02/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 06/02/2025 Average Rank 12.00 [details] Sales history for Uncommon Favor: Basketball, North Philly, My Mother, and the Life Lessons I Learned from All Three date, rank 06/02/2025, 4 06/09/2025, 9 07/14/2025, 12 07/21/2025, 23 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,379 YTD: 16,941	May 2025	5,379 16,941
10	11	4	Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind Nate Bargatze, Author Grand Central Publishing, $30.00 (240) 978-1-5387-6846-4 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 12.73 [details] Sales history for Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind date, rank 05/19/2025, 4 05/26/2025, 9 06/02/2025, 11 06/09/2025, 10 06/16/2025, 16 06/23/2025, 5 06/30/2025, 10 07/07/2025, 15 07/14/2025, 14 08/04/2025, 22 08/11/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,373 YTD: 46,509	May 2025	4,373 46,509
11	13	11	Abundance Ezra Klein, Author, Derek Thompson, Author Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (304) 978-1-6680-2348-8 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 03/31/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 04/07/2025 Average Rank 11.16 [details] Sales history for Abundance date, rank 03/31/2025, 5 04/07/2025, 4 04/14/2025, 6 04/21/2025, 11 04/28/2025, 8 05/05/2025, 8 05/12/2025, 11 05/19/2025, 16 05/26/2025, 16 06/02/2025, 13 06/09/2025, 11 06/16/2025, 15 06/23/2025, 9 06/30/2025, 16 07/07/2025, 11 07/14/2025, 7 07/21/2025, 14 07/28/2025, 16 08/04/2025, 10 08/11/2025, 10 08/18/2025, 17 08/25/2025, 14 09/01/2025, 11 09/08/2025, 13 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,343 YTD: 110,496	Mar 2025	4,343 110,496
12	12	4	The Wishbone Kitchen Cookbook: Seasonal Recipes for Everyday Luxury and Elevated Entertaining Meredith Hayden, Author Ten Speed Press, $35.00 (288) 978-0-593-83595-1 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 9.50 [details] Sales history for The Wishbone Kitchen Cookbook: Seasonal Recipes for Everyday Luxury and Elevated Entertaining date, rank 05/19/2025, 2 05/26/2025, 7 06/02/2025, 12 06/09/2025, 12 06/16/2025, 7 06/23/2025, 7 06/30/2025, 8 07/07/2025, 6 07/14/2025, 8 07/21/2025, 5 07/28/2025, 9 08/04/2025, 8 08/11/2025, 12 08/18/2025, 19 08/25/2025, 12 09/01/2025, 15 09/08/2025, 17 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,238 YTD: 63,015	May 2025	4,238 63,015
13	-	1	Steve Martin Writes the Written Word: Collected Written Word Works by Steve Martin Steve Martin, Author Grand Central Publishing, $30.00 (432) 978-0-306-83573-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,193 YTD: 4,193	May 2025	4,193 4,193
14	15	4	Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity Eric Topol, Author Simon & Schuster, $32.50 (464) 978-1-6680-6766-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 07/07/2025 Average Rank 13.38 [details] Sales history for Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity date, rank 05/19/2025, 8 05/26/2025, 24 06/02/2025, 15 06/09/2025, 14 07/07/2025, 4 07/14/2025, 4 07/21/2025, 16 07/28/2025, 22 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,167 YTD: 21,650	May 2025	4,167 21,650
15	9	2	Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company Patrick McGee, Author Scribner Book Company, $32.00 (448) 978-1-6680-5337-9 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 06/02/2025 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 06/02/2025 Average Rank 12.00 [details] Sales history for Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company date, rank 06/02/2025, 9 06/09/2025, 15 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,960 YTD: 12,249	May 2025	3,960 12,249
16	10	3	On Character: Choices That Define a Life Stanley McChrystal, Author Portfolio, $30.00 (304) 978-0-593-85295-8 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 05/26/2025 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 06/02/2025 Average Rank 16.60 [details] Sales history for On Character: Choices That Define a Life date, rank 05/26/2025, 12 06/02/2025, 10 06/09/2025, 16 06/16/2025, 20 06/23/2025, 25 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,883 YTD: 15,691	May 2025	3,883 15,691
17	22	5	The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 Rick Atkinson, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $42.00 (880) 978-0-593-79918-5 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/12/2025 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 05/12/2025 Average Rank 17.70 [details] Sales history for The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 date, rank 05/12/2025, 5 05/19/2025, 21 05/26/2025, 23 06/02/2025, 22 06/09/2025, 17 06/23/2025, 15 06/30/2025, 22 07/07/2025, 13 07/14/2025, 17 07/21/2025, 22 LAST WEEK: 22 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,497 YTD: 31,985	Apr 2025	3,497 31,985
18	20	8	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: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,473 YTD: 139,853	Mar 2025	3,473 139,853
19	26	3	Metabolic Freedom: A 30-Day Guide to Restore Your Metabolism, Heal Hormones & Burn Fat Ben Azadi, Author Hay House LLC, $29.99 (320) 978-1-4019-9436-5 Last rank 37 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 05/26/2025 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 05/26/2025 Average Rank 16.67 [details] Sales history for Metabolic Freedom: A 30-Day Guide to Restore Your Metabolism, Heal Hormones & Burn Fat date, rank 05/26/2025, 6 06/09/2025, 19 07/07/2025, 25 LAST WEEK: 26 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,368 YTD: 16,508	May 2025	3,368 16,508
20	19	10	The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More Jefferson Fisher, Author Tarcher, $30.00 (304) 978-0-593-71872-8 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 03/31/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 03/31/2025 Average Rank 14.04 [details] Sales history for The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More date, rank 03/31/2025, 2 04/07/2025, 6 04/14/2025, 7 04/21/2025, 13 04/28/2025, 12 05/12/2025, 14 05/19/2025, 24 05/26/2025, 15 06/02/2025, 19 06/09/2025, 20 06/16/2025, 24 06/23/2025, 17 06/30/2025, 24 07/07/2025, 17 07/14/2025, 15 07/21/2025, 15 07/28/2025, 13 08/04/2025, 5 08/11/2025, 13 08/18/2025, 20 08/25/2025, 18 09/01/2025, 10 09/08/2025, 11 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,157 YTD: 126,123	Mar 2025	3,157 126,123
21	-	1	Life Is a Lazy Susan of Sht Sandwiches (Original) Angie Sullivan, Author, Welch & Sullivan, Author Hanover Square Press, $27.99 (304) 978-1-335-55098-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2025* UNITS SOLD: 2,937 YTD: 2,937	May 2025	2,937 2,937
22	-	1	Project Griddle: The Versatile Art of Grilling on a Flattop Steven Raichlen, Author Workman Publishing, $30.00 (264) 978-1-5235-2887-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,824 YTD: 3,444	Apr 2025	2,824 3,444
23	17	5	My Next Breath: A Memoir Jeremy Renner, Author Flatiron Books, $29.99 (224) 978-1-250-38353-2 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 05/12/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/12/2025 Average Rank 13.67 [details] Sales history for My Next Breath: A Memoir date, rank 05/12/2025, 4 05/19/2025, 11 05/26/2025, 17 06/02/2025, 17 06/09/2025, 23 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,799 YTD: 37,025	Apr 2025	2,799 37,025
24	23	6	The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life Suleika Jaouad, Author Random House, $31.00 (304) 978-0-593-73463-6 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 05/05/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/05/2025 Average Rank 16.21 [details] Sales history for The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life date, rank 05/05/2025, 3 05/12/2025, 8 05/19/2025, 13 05/26/2025, 19 06/02/2025, 23 06/09/2025, 24 06/23/2025, 23 06/30/2025, 25 07/07/2025, 20 07/14/2025, 13 07/21/2025, 13 07/28/2025, 18 08/04/2025, 11 08/11/2025, 11 08/18/2025, 15 08/25/2025, 23 09/01/2025, 22 09/08/2025, 18 LAST WEEK: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,581 YTD: 50,928	Apr 2025	2,581 50,928
25	25	28	The Serviceberry Robin Wall Kimmerer, Author, John Burgoyne, Illustrator Scribner Book Company, $20.00 (96) 978-1-6680-7224-0 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 12/02/2024 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 12/02/2024 Average Rank 15.79 [details] Sales history for The Serviceberry date, rank 12/02/2024, 4 12/09/2024, 6 12/16/2024, 14 12/23/2024, 9 12/30/2024, 15 01/06/2025, 10 01/13/2025, 6 01/20/2025, 9 01/27/2025, 13 02/03/2025, 8 02/10/2025, 8 02/17/2025, 14 02/24/2025, 10 03/03/2025, 11 03/10/2025, 12 03/17/2025, 24 03/24/2025, 18 03/31/2025, 25 05/05/2025, 25 05/12/2025, 23 06/02/2025, 25 06/09/2025, 25 06/23/2025, 19 07/07/2025, 21 07/14/2025, 16 07/21/2025, 21 08/04/2025, 18 08/11/2025, 21 08/18/2025, 25 08/25/2025, 20 09/01/2025, 17 09/08/2025, 21 LAST WEEK: 25 WEEKS ON LIST: 28 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,554 YTD: 81,441	Nov 2024	2,554 81,441

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended May 31, 2025; appearing in the June 9, 2025, print edition of PW