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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	1	6	Dog Man: Big Jim Believes: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #14): From the Creator of Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey, Author, Dav Pilkey, Illustrator Graphix, $15.99 (224) 978-1-5461-7618-3 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/24/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/24/2025 Average Rank 1.09 [details] Sales history for Dog Man: Big Jim Believes: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #14): From the Creator of Captain Underpants date, rank 11/24/2025, 1 12/01/2025, 2 12/08/2025, 1 12/15/2025, 1 12/22/2025, 1 12/29/2025, 1 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 91,680 YTD: 700,899	Nov 2025	91,680 700,899
2	3	52	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 1 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 01/06/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/06/2025 Average Rank 2.04 [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, 3 01/13/2025, 1 01/20/2025, 1 01/27/2025, 2 02/03/2025, 3 02/10/2025, 2 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, 2 04/07/2025, 2 04/14/2025, 3 04/21/2025, 3 04/28/2025, 2 05/05/2025, 3 05/12/2025, 2 05/19/2025, 2 05/26/2025, 1 06/02/2025, 4 06/09/2025, 2 06/16/2025, 1 06/23/2025, 2 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, 2 08/25/2025, 1 09/01/2025, 3 09/08/2025, 3 09/15/2025, 5 09/22/2025, 4 09/29/2025, 4 10/06/2025, 4 10/13/2025, 9 10/20/2025, 4 10/27/2025, 7 11/03/2025, 6 11/10/2025, 8 11/17/2025, 9 11/24/2025, 5 12/01/2025, 6 12/08/2025, 3 12/15/2025, 3 12/22/2025, 3 12/29/2025, 2 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 52 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 77,936 YTD: 2,747,678	Dec 2024	77,936 2,747,678
3	2	9	Partypooper: a Side-Splitting Birthday Disaster from the #1 International Bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series (Book 20) Jeff Kinney, Author Amulet Books, $14.99 (224) 978-1-4197-8269-5 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/03/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/03/2025 Average Rank 1.88 [details] Sales history for Partypooper: a Side-Splitting Birthday Disaster from the #1 International Bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series (Book 20) date, rank 11/03/2025, 1 11/10/2025, 1 11/17/2025, 2 11/24/2025, 2 12/01/2025, 4 12/08/2025, 2 12/15/2025, 2 12/22/2025, 2 12/29/2025, 3 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 73,515 YTD: 762,075	Oct 2025	73,515 762,075
4	5	9	The Widow John Grisham, Author Doubleday Books, $32.00 (368) 978-0-385-54898-4 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 11/03/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/03/2025 Average Rank 3.17 [details] Sales history for The Widow date, rank 11/03/2025, 2 11/10/2025, 4 11/17/2025, 5 11/24/2025, 4 12/01/2025, 8 12/08/2025, 4 12/15/2025, 6 12/22/2025, 5 12/29/2025, 4 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 46,375 YTD: 428,793	Oct 2025	46,375 428,793
5	6	4	From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes from Tha Boss Dogg's Kitchen (Snoop Dogg Cookbook, Celebrity Cookbook with Soul Food Recipes) Snoop Dogg, Author, Ryan Ford, With Chronicle Books, $24.95 (192) 978-1-4521-7961-2 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 08/10/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/08/2024 Average Rank 5.45 [details] Sales history for From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes from Tha Boss Dogg's Kitchen (Snoop Dogg Cookbook, Celebrity Cookbook with Soul Food Recipes) date, rank 12/16/2024, 9 12/23/2024, 8 12/22/2025, 6 12/29/2025, 5 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 45,173 YTD: 188,016	Oct 2018	45,173 188,016
6	71	7	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 9 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/17/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/24/2025 Average Rank 5.56 [details] Sales history for The Look date, rank 11/17/2025, 6 12/29/2025, 6 LAST WEEK: 71 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 41,208 YTD: 147,424	Nov 2025	41,208 147,424
7	4	2	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 2 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 12/22/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 12/22/2025 Average Rank 4.00 [details] Sales history for Stop, in the Name of God: Why Honoring the Sabbath Will Transform Your Life date, rank 12/22/2025, 4 12/29/2025, 7 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Dec 2025 UNITS SOLD: 40,648 YTD: 98,055	Dec 2025	40,648 98,055
8	15	6	Murdle: Volume 1: 100 Elementary to Impossible Mysteries to Solve Using Logic, Skill, and the Power of Deduction G T Karber, Author St. Martin's Griffin, $16.00 (384) 978-1-250-89231-7 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 25 Initial Date 10/23/2023 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 12/25/2023 Average Rank 10.89 [details] Sales history for Murdle: Volume 1: 100 Elementary to Impossible Mysteries to Solve Using Logic, Skill, and the Power of Deduction date, rank 12/23/2024, 10 12/30/2024, 6 12/29/2025, 8 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Jun 2023 UNITS SOLD: 39,776 YTD: 416,421	Jun 2023	39,776 416,421
9	8	9	Eric Carle: Around the Farm Mark Rader, Author, Eric Carle, Illustrator, Leslie Gray Robbins, Narrated by P I Kids, $18.99 (24) 978-1-4508-0575-9 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 08/09/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/22/2025 Average Rank 14.96 [details] Sales history for Eric Carle: Around the Farm date, rank 12/22/2025, 8 12/29/2025, 9 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Oct 2011 UNITS SOLD: 39,093 YTD: 392,049	Oct 2011	39,093 392,049
10	7	15	The Secret of Secrets Dan Brown, Author Doubleday Books, $38.00 (688) 978-0-385-54689-8 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/22/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/22/2025 Average Rank 4.31 [details] Sales history for The Secret of Secrets date, rank 09/22/2025, 1 09/29/2025, 1 10/06/2025, 3 10/13/2025, 4 10/20/2025, 5 10/27/2025, 9 11/03/2025, 9 12/08/2025, 6 12/15/2025, 10 12/22/2025, 7 12/29/2025, 10 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 38,870 YTD: 614,849	Sep 2025	38,870 614,849

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Dec. 20, 2025

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