Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lists

Select Back Issue:

Bio & Autobio

(Click title for review)

Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units
1	Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning Liz Cheney, Author Little Brown and Company, $32.50 (384) 978-0-316-57206-4 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 12/18/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/18/2023 Average Rank 7.10 [details] Sales history for Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning date, rank 01/08/2024, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Dec 2023 UNITS SOLD: 269,794 YTD:	Dec 2023	269,794
2	The Woman in Me Britney Spears, Author Gallery Books, $32.99 (288) 978-1-6680-0904-8 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/06/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/06/2023 Average Rank 5.83 [details] Sales history for The Woman in Me date, rank 11/13/2023, 1 12/11/2023, 1 01/08/2024, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2023 UNITS SOLD: 151,744 YTD:	Oct 2023	151,744
3	My Name Is Barbra Barbra Streisand, Author Viking, $45.00 (1040) 978-0-525-42952-4 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/20/2023 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/20/2023 Average Rank 5.00 [details] Sales history for My Name Is Barbra date, rank 12/11/2023, 3 01/08/2024, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2023 UNITS SOLD: 83,284 YTD:	Nov 2023	83,284
4	Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir Matthew Perry, Author Flatiron Books, $29.99 (256) 978-1-250-86644-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 11/14/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/14/2022 Average Rank 5.93 [details] Sales history for Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir date, rank 12/12/2022, 2 01/09/2023, 3 02/13/2023, 6 03/13/2023, 9 11/13/2023, 5 12/11/2023, 2 01/08/2024, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 80,281 YTD:	Nov 2022	80,281
5	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 10/09/2023, 1 11/13/2023, 4 12/11/2023, 5 01/08/2024, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 65,462 YTD:	Sep 2023	65,462
6	Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones Dolly Parton, Author, Holly George-Warren, With, Rebecca Seaver, With Ten Speed Press, $50.00 (336) 978-1-9848-6212-9 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/30/2023 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 10/30/2023 Average Rank 14.69 [details] Sales history for Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones date, rank 11/13/2023, 9 12/11/2023, 8 01/08/2024, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2023 UNITS SOLD: 50,529 YTD:	Oct 2023	50,529
7	My Effin' Life Geddy Lee, Author Harper, $40.00 (512) 978-0-06-315941-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 11/27/2023 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/27/2023 Average Rank 12.29 [details] Sales history for My Effin' Life date, rank 12/11/2023, 4 01/08/2024, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2023 UNITS SOLD: 42,179 YTD:	Nov 2023	42,179
8	How To Survive A Freakin' Bear Attack: And 127 Other Survival Hacks You'll Hopefully Never Need Bill O'Neill, Author Lak Publishing, $12.90 (220) 978-1-64845-091-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 01/02/2023 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 01/08/2024 Average Rank 14.50 [details] Sales history for How To Survive A Freakin' Bear Attack: And 127 Other Survival Hacks You'll Hopefully Never Need date, rank 01/08/2024, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 41,057 YTD:	Oct 2022	41,057
9	The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music Dave Grohl, Author Dey Street Books, $21.99 (432) 978-0-06-307610-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 11/13/2023 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 01/01/2024 Average Rank 13.40 [details] Sales history for The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music date, rank 12/11/2023, 10 01/08/2024, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2023 UNITS SOLD: 39,416 YTD:	Oct 2023	39,416
10	Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life Arnold Schwarzenegger, Author Penguin Press, $28.00 (288) 978-0-593-65595-5 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/23/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/23/2023 Average Rank 11.12 [details] Sales history for Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life date, rank 11/13/2023, 2 12/11/2023, 6 01/08/2024, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2023 UNITS SOLD: 38,452 YTD:	Oct 2023	38,452

For analysis of this week's lists, click here.

To download a printable PDF of our overall top 10 bestsellers, click here.

Information supplied by Circana BookScan. Copyright © 2025 Circana. All rights reserved.

For the 4-week period ended 12-30-23

ADVERTISEMENT

More from pw

Summer Reads 2025

The Great Spring 2025 Book Preview

12 Genre-Stretching Works of Fiction

6 New Mysteries to Scratch That ‘White Lotus’ Itch

X

Stay ahead with

Tip Sheet!

Free newsletter: the hottest new books, features and more

X

X

Premium online access is only available to PW subscribers. If you have an active subscription and need to set up or change your password, please click here.

New to PW? To set up immediate access, click here.

NOTE: If you had a previous PW subscription, click here to reactivate your immediate access. PW site license members have access to PW’s subscriber-only website content. If working at an office location and you are not "logged in", simply close and relaunch your preferred browser. For off-site access, click here. To find out more about PW’s site license subscription options, please email Mike Popalardo at: mike@nextstepsmarketing.com.

To subscribe: click here.