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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	2	21	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: 21 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 59,581 YTD: 1,457,769	Dec 2024	59,581 1,457,769
2	6	12	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: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Jan 1990 UNITS SOLD: 54,579 YTD: 264,502	Jan 1990	54,579 264,502
3	1	2	The Tenant Freida McFadden, Author Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99 (368) 978-1-4642-2731-8 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 6.93 [details] Sales history for The Tenant date, rank 05/19/2025, 1 05/26/2025, 3 06/02/2025, 8 06/09/2025, 9 06/16/2025, 9 06/23/2025, 9 06/30/2025, 5 07/07/2025, 5 07/14/2025, 5 07/21/2025, 10 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 47,426 YTD: 147,946	May 2025	47,426 147,946
4	-	1	A Curse Carved in Bone: Book Two of the Saga of the Unfated Danielle L Jensen, Author Del Rey Books, $32.00 (416) 978-0-593-59986-0 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/26/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/26/2025 Average Rank 7.50 [details] Sales history for A Curse Carved in Bone: Book Two of the Saga of the Unfated date, rank 05/26/2025, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 46,606 YTD: 46,606	May 2025	46,606 46,606
5	3	9	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 3.27 [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: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 39,819 YTD: 1,467,971	Mar 2025	39,819 1,467,971
6	-	1	The Emperor of Gladness Ocean Vuong, Author Penguin Press, $0.00 (416p) 978-0-593-83187-8 Last rank 38 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 05/26/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/26/2025 Average Rank 11.30 [details] Sales history for The Emperor of Gladness date, rank 05/26/2025, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 30,393 YTD: 30,393	May 2025	30,393 30,393
7	7	4	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: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 25,257 YTD: 248,561	Apr 2025	25,257 248,561
8	-	1	Can't Get Enough Kennedy Ryan, Author Forever, $17.99 (448) 978-1-5387-0685-5 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/26/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/26/2025 Average Rank 12.80 [details] Sales history for Can't Get Enough date, rank 05/26/2025, 8 06/09/2025, 15 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 25,083 YTD: 25,083	May 2025	25,083 25,083
9	16	2	One Golden Summer Carley Fortune, Author Berkley Books, $19.00 (336) 978-0-593-63891-0 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/07/2025 Average Rank 5.97 [details] Sales history for One Golden Summer date, rank 05/26/2025, 9 06/02/2025, 10 06/09/2025, 10 06/16/2025, 10 06/23/2025, 7 06/30/2025, 4 07/07/2025, 3 07/14/2025, 4 07/21/2025, 5 07/28/2025, 7 08/04/2025, 8 08/11/2025, 9 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 24,501 YTD: 72,609	May 2025	24,501 72,609
10	-	1	The Devils Joe Abercrombie, Author Tor Books, $29.99 (560) 978-1-250-88005-5 Last rank 28 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 05/26/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/26/2025 Average Rank 13.25 [details] Sales history for The Devils date, rank 05/26/2025, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 23,993 YTD: 23,993	May 2025	23,993 23,993

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended May 17, 2025; appearing in the May 26, 2025, print edition of PW