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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	-	1	The Avatar Jonathan Cahn, Author Frontline, $28.99 (304) 978-1-63641-520-8 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/15/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/15/2025 Average Rank 9.17 [details] Sales history for The Avatar date, rank 09/15/2025, 1 09/22/2025, 11 09/29/2025, 12 10/06/2025, 14 10/13/2025, 13 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 30,871 YTD: 30,871	Sep 2025	30,871 30,871
2	1	37	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: 37 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 29,653 YTD: 2,122,847	Dec 2024	29,653 2,122,847
3	-	1	Sally's Baking 101: Foolproof Recipes from Easy to Advanced Sally McKenney, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $32.99 (288) 978-0-593-58196-4 Last rank 36 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/15/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/15/2025 Average Rank 17.00 [details] Sales history for Sally's Baking 101: Foolproof Recipes from Easy to Advanced date, rank 09/15/2025, 3 09/22/2025, 17 12/08/2025, 25 12/15/2025, 23 12/22/2025, 25 12/29/2025, 22 02/23/2026, 15 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 28,436 YTD: 28,436	Sep 2025	28,436 28,436
4	-	1	Sister Wife: A Memoir of Faith, Family, and Finding Freedom Christine Brown Woolley, Author Gallery Books, $29.00 (320) 978-1-6680-7826-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/15/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 09/15/2025 Average Rank 7.00 [details] Sales history for Sister Wife: A Memoir of Faith, Family, and Finding Freedom date, rank 09/15/2025, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 17,802 YTD: 17,802	Sep 2025	17,802 17,802
5	-	1	Lions and Scavengers: The True Story of America (and Her Critics) Ben Shapiro, Author Threshold Editions, $30.00 (256) 978-1-6680-9788-5 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 09/15/2025 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 09/15/2025 Average Rank 14.50 [details] Sales history for Lions and Scavengers: The True Story of America (and Her Critics) date, rank 09/15/2025, 5 09/22/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 16,174 YTD: 16,174	Sep 2025	16,174 16,174
6	-	1	Mission Driven: The Path to a Life of Purpose Mike Hayes, Author Grand Central Publishing, $29.00 (256) 978-0-306-83651-0 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 09/15/2025 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 09/15/2025 Average Rank 13.50 [details] Sales history for Mission Driven: The Path to a Life of Purpose date, rank 09/15/2025, 6 09/22/2025, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 9,334 YTD: 9,334	Sep 2025	9,334 9,334
7	-	1	It Doesn't Have to Hurt: Your Smart Guide to a Pain-Free Life Sanjay Gupta, Author Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (400) 978-1-6680-1447-9 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 09/15/2025 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 09/15/2025 Average Rank 11.50 [details] Sales history for It Doesn't Have to Hurt: Your Smart Guide to a Pain-Free Life date, rank 09/15/2025, 7 09/22/2025, 16 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,973 YTD: 7,973	Sep 2025	7,973 7,973
8	4	45	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: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 45 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,719 YTD: 243,293	Oct 2024	6,719 243,293
9	-	1	You Bet Your Stretch Marks: Finding Beauty and Worth in the Ways Motherhood Marks Our Bodies and Souls Abbie Halberstadt, Author Harvest House Publishers, $22.99 (256) 978-0-7369-8677-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,755 YTD: 5,755	Sep 2025	5,755 5,755
10	3	2	Unbreakable: A Woman's Guide to Aging with Power Vonda Wright, Author Rodale Books, $28.00 (384) 978-0-593-73658-6 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 09/08/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/08/2025 Average Rank 7.00 [details] Sales history for Unbreakable: A Woman's Guide to Aging with Power date, rank 09/08/2025, 3 09/15/2025, 10 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,422 YTD: 18,829	Aug 2025	5,422 18,829
11	-	1	Christian Patriot: 12 Ways to Create One Nation Under God Taylor Marshall, Author, Harrison Butker, Foreword by Post Hill Press, $28.99 (248) 979-8-89565-185-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,057 YTD: 5,057	Sep 2025	5,057 5,057
12	6	6	On Power Mark R Levin, Author Threshold Editions, $26.99 (208) 978-1-9821-4619-1 Last rank 30 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 08/11/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/11/2025 Average Rank 7.38 [details] Sales history for On Power date, rank 08/11/2025, 2 08/18/2025, 3 08/25/2025, 7 09/01/2025, 4 09/08/2025, 6 09/15/2025, 12 09/29/2025, 23 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,812 YTD: 59,585	Jul 2025	4,812 59,585
13	-	1	Untitled DP CB Bimpy B, Author Union Square & Co., $35.00 (288) 978-1-4549-5678-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,706 YTD: 4,706	Sep 2025	4,706 4,706
14	-	1	The Blue Zones Kitchen One Pot Meals: 100 Recipes to Live to 100 Dan Buettner, Author National Geographic Society, $35.00 (256) 978-1-4262-2412-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,363 YTD: 4,363	Sep 2025	4,363 4,363
15	5	2	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: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,153 YTD: 8,713	Aug 2025	4,153 8,713
16	8	25	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: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 25 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,521 YTD: 200,100	Mar 2025	3,521 200,100
17	9	4	Tame Your Thoughts: Three Tools to Renew Your Mind and Transform Your Life Max Lucado, Author Thomas Nelson, $29.99 (240) 978-1-4002-5623-5 Last rank 33 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 08/25/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/25/2025 Average Rank 11.40 [details] Sales history for Tame Your Thoughts: Three Tools to Renew Your Mind and Transform Your Life date, rank 08/25/2025, 3 09/01/2025, 5 09/08/2025, 9 09/15/2025, 17 10/06/2025, 23 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,472 YTD: 20,102	Aug 2025	3,472 20,102
18	-	1	They All Came to Barneys Gene Pressman, Author Viking, $32.00 (320) 978-0-593-65479-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,347 YTD: 3,347	Sep 2025	3,347 3,347
19	-	1	Self-Made Maverick: Break Free of Conventional Business Wisdom for Lasting Success Reza Zahedi, Author Greenleaf Book Group Press, $26.95 (200) 979-8-88645-402-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,124 YTD: 3,124	Sep 2025	3,124 3,124
20	-	1	The Creative Shift: How to Power Up Your Organization by Making Space for New Ideas Andrew Robertson, Author Basic Venture, $30.00 (288) 978-1-5417-0524-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,093 YTD: 3,093	Sep 2025	3,093 3,093
21	-	1	The Sing! Hymnal (Hardcover) Keith Getty, Created by, Kristyn Getty, Created by, John Martin, Editor, Dan Kreider, Editor, Douglas Sean O'Donnell, Editor, Tommy Bailey, Contribution by, Matt Boswell, Contribution by, Bryan Fowler, Contribution by, Jordan Kauflin, Contribution by, Sandra McCracken, Contribution by, Matt Papa, Contribution by, Skye Peterson, Contribution by, Jonny Robinson, Contribution by, Ben Shive, Contribution by, Laura Story, Contribution by, Rich Thompson, Contribution by Crossway, $34.99 (912) 978-1-4335-9029-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,044 YTD: 3,044	Sep 2025	3,044 3,044
22	-	1	Chasing Evil: Shocking Crimes, Supernatural Forces, and an FBI Agent's Search for Hope and Justice Robert Hilland, Author, John Edward, Author St. Martin's Essentials, $32.00 (368) 978-1-250-29175-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 09/15/2025 Highest Rank 22 Highest Rank Date 09/15/2025 Average Rank 23.00 [details] Sales history for Chasing Evil: Shocking Crimes, Supernatural Forces, and an FBI Agent's Search for Hope and Justice date, rank 09/15/2025, 22 10/13/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,960 YTD: 2,960	Sep 2025	2,960 2,960
23	-	1	Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy, Author Scribner Book Company, $30.00 (352) 978-1-6680-9471-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,921 YTD: 2,921	Sep 2025	2,921 2,921
24	7	8	The Idaho Four: An American Tragedy James Patterson, Author, Vicky Ward, Author Little Brown and Company, $32.50 (448) 978-0-316-57285-9 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 07/28/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 07/28/2025 Average Rank 6.90 [details] Sales history for The Idaho Four: An American Tragedy date, rank 07/28/2025, 2 08/04/2025, 2 08/11/2025, 3 08/18/2025, 6 08/25/2025, 9 09/01/2025, 6 09/08/2025, 7 09/15/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,798 YTD: 75,890	Jul 2025	2,798 75,890
25	-	1	The Little Frog's Guide to Life: Love, Advice and Inspiration for Every Day from the Internet's Beloved Mushroom Frog Maybell Eequay, Author Summersdale, $11.99 (96) 978-1-83799-473-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,530 YTD: 2,530	Sep 2025	2,530 2,530

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Sept. 6, 2025; appearing in the Sept. 15, 2025, print edition of PW