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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	-	1	Elon Musk Walter Isaacson, Author Simon & Schuster, $35.00 (688) 978-1-9821-8128-4 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/25/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/25/2023 Average Rank 9.57 [details] Sales history for Elon Musk date, rank 09/25/2023, 1 10/02/2023, 2 10/09/2023, 7 10/09/2023, 1 11/13/2023, 4 12/11/2023, 5 01/08/2024, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 92,560 YTD: 92,560	Sep 2023	92,560 92,560
2	-	1	Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier Arthur C Brooks, Author, Oprah Winfrey, Author Portfolio, $30.00 (272) 978-0-593-54540-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 09/25/2023 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/25/2023 Average Rank 14.00 [details] Sales history for Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier date, rank 09/25/2023, 2 10/02/2023, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 62,131 YTD: 62,131	Sep 2023	62,131 62,131
3	1	2	Holly Stephen King, Author Scribner Book Company, $30.00 (464) 978-1-6680-1613-8 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/18/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/18/2023 Average Rank 8.31 [details] Sales history for Holly date, rank 09/18/2023, 1 09/25/2023, 3 10/02/2023, 4 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 43,340 YTD: 151,366	Sep 2023	43,340 151,366
4	3	18	Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros, Author Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99 (512) 978-1-64937-404-2 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 05/15/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/05/2023 Average Rank 3.50 [details] Sales history for Fourth Wing date, rank 05/15/2023, 9 05/22/2023, 9 05/29/2023, 9 06/05/2023, 1 07/03/2023, 2 07/10/2023, 7 07/17/2023, 5 07/24/2023, 3 07/31/2023, 1 08/07/2023, 2 08/14/2023, 1 08/14/2023, 1 08/21/2023, 1 08/28/2023, 1 09/04/2023, 2 09/11/2023, 3 09/11/2023, 1 09/18/2023, 3 09/25/2023, 4 10/02/2023, 3 10/09/2023, 5 10/09/2023, 1 10/16/2023, 5 10/23/2023, 3 10/30/2023, 4 11/06/2023, 10 11/13/2023, 6 11/13/2023, 1 11/20/2023, 7 11/27/2023, 3 12/04/2023, 3 12/11/2023, 7 12/11/2023, 3 12/18/2023, 5 12/25/2023, 3 01/01/2024, 2 01/08/2024, 4 01/08/2024, 1 01/15/2024, 3 01/22/2024, 3 01/29/2024, 3 02/05/2024, 2 02/12/2024, 5 02/26/2024, 7 03/04/2024, 6 03/18/2024, 8 03/25/2024, 10 04/22/2024, 6 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: May 2023 UNITS SOLD: 32,343 YTD: 541,347	May 2023	32,343 541,347
5	-	1	Counting the Cost Jill Duggar, Author, Derick Dillard, With, Craig Borlase, With Gallery Books, $28.99 (288) 978-1-6680-2444-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/25/2023 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/09/2023 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for Counting the Cost date, rank 09/25/2023, 5 10/09/2023, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 31,203 YTD: 31,203	Sep 2023	31,203 31,203
6	2	2	Things We Left Behind Lucy Score, Author Bloom Books, $18.99 978-1-7282-7612-0 Last rank 50 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/18/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/18/2023 Average Rank 9.19 [details] Sales history for Things We Left Behind date, rank 09/18/2023, 2 09/25/2023, 6 10/02/2023, 8 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 27,863 YTD: 106,086	Sep 2023	27,863 106,086
7	-	1	Just Because Matthew McConaughey, Author, Renée Kurilla, Illustrator Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99 (32) 978-0-593-62203-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/25/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/25/2023 Average Rank 11.93 [details] Sales history for Just Because date, rank 09/25/2023, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 24,984 YTD: 24,984	Sep 2023	24,984 24,984
8	-	1	Code Red: A Mitch Rapp Novel by Kyle Mills Vince Flynn, Author, Kyle Mills, Author Atria Books, $29.99 (384) 978-1-9821-6499-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/25/2023 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/09/2023 Average Rank 11.00 [details] Sales history for Code Red: A Mitch Rapp Novel by Kyle Mills date, rank 09/25/2023, 8 10/09/2023, 2 11/13/2023, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 23,246 YTD: 23,246	Sep 2023	23,246 23,246
9	-	1	The Art of Home: A Designer Guide to Creating an Elevated Yet Approachable Home Shea McGee, Author Harper Horizon, $39.99 (408) 978-0-7852-3683-2 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/25/2023 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 07/29/2024 Average Rank 16.75 [details] Sales history for The Art of Home: A Designer Guide to Creating an Elevated Yet Approachable Home date, rank 09/25/2023, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 21,469 YTD: 21,469	Sep 2023	21,469 21,469
10	8	174	Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones James Clear, Author Avery Publishing Group, $27.00 (320) 978-0-7352-1129-2 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 10/29/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/17/2022 Average Rank 9.01 [details] Sales history for Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones date, rank 01/11/2021, 7 01/18/2021, 3 01/25/2021, 5 02/01/2021, 9 02/08/2021, 4 09/06/2021, 10 12/27/2021, 7 01/03/2022, 9 01/10/2022, 5 01/17/2022, 1 01/24/2022, 3 01/31/2022, 2 02/07/2022, 2 02/14/2022, 4 02/21/2022, 3 02/28/2022, 4 03/07/2022, 3 03/14/2022, 1 03/21/2022, 6 03/28/2022, 6 04/04/2022, 5 04/11/2022, 10 04/25/2022, 10 05/02/2022, 5 05/09/2022, 6 06/06/2022, 10 01/02/2023, 9 01/09/2023, 5 01/16/2023, 2 01/23/2023, 4 01/30/2023, 5 02/06/2023, 5 02/13/2023, 8 02/20/2023, 6 02/27/2023, 5 03/06/2023, 6 03/13/2023, 10 03/20/2023, 8 03/27/2023, 9 04/03/2023, 6 04/10/2023, 8 04/24/2023, 8 05/01/2023, 10 05/08/2023, 9 08/14/2023, 7 08/21/2023, 4 08/28/2023, 5 09/04/2023, 8 09/11/2023, 7 09/18/2023, 8 09/25/2023, 10 12/18/2023, 9 01/08/2024, 8 01/15/2024, 1 01/22/2024, 1 01/29/2024, 1 02/05/2024, 1 02/12/2024, 3 02/26/2024, 8 08/19/2024, 17 08/26/2024, 20 09/09/2024, 10 12/30/2024, 7 01/06/2025, 8 01/13/2025, 3 01/20/2025, 6 01/27/2025, 4 02/03/2025, 9 02/10/2025, 8 02/24/2025, 15 07/14/2025, 10 08/18/2025, 10 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 174 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 16,035 YTD: 823,750	Oct 2018	16,035 823,750

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Sep. 16, 2023; appearing in the Sep. 25, 2023, print edition of PW