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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	-	1	Great Big Beautiful Life Emily Henry, Author Berkley Books, $29.00 (416) 978-0-593-44129-9 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 05/05/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/05/2025 Average Rank 8.88 [details] Sales history for Great Big Beautiful Life date, rank 05/05/2025, 1 05/12/2025, 4 05/19/2025, 7 05/26/2025, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 137,474 YTD: 137,474	Apr 2025	137,474 137,474
2	1	6	Sunrise on the Reaping (a Hunger Games Novel) Suzanne Collins, Author Scholastic Press, $27.99 (400) 978-1-5461-7146-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/31/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/31/2025 Average Rank 3.30 [details] Sales history for Sunrise on the Reaping (a Hunger Games Novel) date, rank 03/31/2025, 1 04/07/2025, 1 04/14/2025, 1 04/21/2025, 2 04/28/2025, 1 05/05/2025, 2 05/12/2025, 3 05/19/2025, 3 05/26/2025, 5 06/02/2025, 6 06/09/2025, 6 06/16/2025, 6 06/23/2025, 5 06/30/2025, 3 07/07/2025, 2 07/14/2025, 3 07/21/2025, 7 07/28/2025, 9 08/04/2025, 3 08/11/2025, 6 08/18/2025, 8 08/25/2025, 5 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 64,709 YTD: 1,328,510	Mar 2025	64,709 1,328,510
3	2	18	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 2.03 [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 01/05/2026, 2 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 64,483 YTD: 1,261,179	Dec 2024	64,483 1,261,179
4	-	1	I Wish Someone Had Told Me . . .: The Best Advice for Building a Great Career and a Meaningful Life Dana Perino, Author Harper, $29.00 (304) 978-0-06-341147-0 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/05/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/05/2025 Average Rank 8.00 [details] Sales history for I Wish Someone Had Told Me . . .: The Best Advice for Building a Great Career and a Meaningful Life date, rank 05/05/2025, 4 05/12/2025, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 35,233 YTD: 35,233	Apr 2025	35,233 35,233
5	55	27	Lights Out: An Into Darkness Novel Navessa Allen, Author Zando - Slowburn, $19.00 (416) 978-1-63893-223-9 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 09/30/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/05/2025 Average Rank 7.48 [details] Sales history for Lights Out: An Into Darkness Novel date, rank 02/24/2025, 18 05/05/2025, 5 08/11/2025, 10 LAST WEEK: 55 WEEKS ON LIST: 27 PUB DATE: Aug 2024 UNITS SOLD: 28,512 YTD: 227,798	Aug 2024	28,512 227,798
6	-	1	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, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 24,514 YTD: 24,514	Apr 2025	24,514 24,514
7	4	2	The Perfect Divorce Jeneva Rose, Author Blackstone Publishing, $28.99 (304p) 979-8-8746-2093-6 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/28/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/28/2025 Average Rank 14.55 [details] Sales history for The Perfect Divorce date, rank 04/28/2025, 4 05/05/2025, 7 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 21,705 YTD: 86,558	Apr 2025	21,705 86,558
8	26	9	Oh, the Places You'll Go! Dr Seuss, Author Random House Trade, 978-0-679-80527-4 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 05/02/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/02/2022 Average Rank 7.24 [details] Sales history for Oh, the Places You'll Go! date, rank 05/09/2022, 4 05/16/2022, 7 05/23/2022, 1 05/30/2022, 1 06/06/2022, 1 06/13/2022, 7 06/20/2022, 9 04/24/2023, 7 05/01/2023, 8 05/08/2023, 3 05/15/2023, 6 05/22/2023, 2 05/29/2023, 1 06/05/2023, 1 06/12/2023, 2 06/19/2023, 4 04/29/2024, 9 05/06/2024, 5 05/13/2024, 8 05/20/2024, 2 05/27/2024, 1 06/03/2024, 2 06/10/2024, 3 06/17/2024, 6 05/05/2025, 8 05/12/2025, 6 05/19/2025, 6 05/26/2025, 2 06/02/2025, 2 06/09/2025, 5 06/16/2025, 4 LAST WEEK: 26 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Jan 1990 UNITS SOLD: 19,431 YTD: 139,164	Jan 1990	19,431 139,164
9	6	3	Fearless Lauren Roberts, Author Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99 (528) 978-1-6659-5546-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/21/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/21/2025 Average Rank 8.53 [details] Sales history for Fearless date, rank 04/21/2025, 1 04/28/2025, 6 05/05/2025, 9 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 17,394 YTD: 234,977	Apr 2025	17,394 234,977
10	8	2	Strangers in Time David Baldacci, Author Grand Central Publishing, $30.00 (432) 978-1-5387-4205-1 Last rank 32 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 04/28/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/28/2025 Average Rank 13.29 [details] Sales history for Strangers in Time date, rank 04/28/2025, 8 05/05/2025, 10 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 15,060 YTD: 47,639	Apr 2025	15,060 47,639

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Apr. 26, 2025; appearing in the May 5, 2025, print edition of PW