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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	1	19	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 1.42 [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, 1 01/13/2025, 1 01/20/2025, 1 01/27/2025, 1 02/03/2025, 1 02/10/2025, 1 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, 1 04/07/2025, 1 04/14/2025, 1 04/21/2025, 1 04/28/2025, 1 05/05/2025, 1 05/12/2025, 1 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 19 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 60,916 YTD: 1,322,096	Dec 2024	60,916 1,322,096
2	-	1	Today Loves Food: Recipes from America's Favorite Kitchen The Today Show Family and Friends, Author, Ina Garten, Foreword by Abrams Books, $35.00 (240) 978-1-4197-7820-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/12/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/12/2025 Average Rank 5.00 [details] Sales history for Today Loves Food: Recipes from America's Favorite Kitchen date, rank 05/12/2025, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 23,629 YTD: 23,629	Apr 2025	23,629 23,629
3	2	2	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 2 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/05/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/05/2025 Average Rank 4.50 [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, 2 05/12/2025, 3 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 20,433 YTD: 55,666	Apr 2025	20,433 55,666
4	-	1	My Next Breath: A Memoir Jeremy Renner, Author Flatiron Books, $29.99 (224) 978-1-250-38353-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 05/12/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/12/2025 Average Rank 7.00 [details] Sales history for My Next Breath: A Memoir date, rank 05/12/2025, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 16,787 YTD: 16,787	Apr 2025	16,787 16,787
5	-	1	The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 Rick Atkinson, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $42.00 (880) 978-0-593-79918-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 16,001 YTD: 16,001	Apr 2025	16,001 16,001
6	4	2	Matriarch: Oprah's Book Club: A Memoir Tina Knowles, Author One World, $35.00 (432) 978-0-593-59740-8 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/05/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/05/2025 Average Rank 5.00 [details] Sales history for Matriarch: Oprah's Book Club: A Memoir date, rank 05/05/2025, 4 05/12/2025, 6 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 11,678 YTD: 23,082	Apr 2025	11,678 23,082
7	-	1	Uptown Girl: A Memoir Christie Brinkley, Author Harper Influence, $34.00 (416) 978-0-06-338575-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,906 YTD: 8,906	Apr 2025	8,906 8,906
8	3	2	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 3 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 05/05/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/05/2025 Average Rank 5.67 [details] Sales history for The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life date, rank 05/05/2025, 3 05/12/2025, 8 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,253 YTD: 32,767	Apr 2025	8,253 32,767
9	7	27	Don't Believe Everything You Think (Expanded Edition): Why Your Thinking Is the Beginning & End of Suffering Joseph Nguyen, Author Authors Equity, $22.00 (192) 979-8-89331-015-3 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 11/11/2024 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 01/13/2025 Average Rank 12.92 [details] Sales history for Don't Believe Everything You Think (Expanded Edition): Why Your Thinking Is the Beginning & End of Suffering date, rank 11/11/2024, 15 12/02/2024, 24 12/09/2024, 21 12/16/2024, 20 12/23/2024, 19 12/30/2024, 19 01/06/2025, 17 01/13/2025, 7 01/20/2025, 7 01/27/2025, 10 02/03/2025, 12 02/10/2025, 13 02/17/2025, 11 02/24/2025, 8 03/03/2025, 7 03/10/2025, 7 03/17/2025, 13 03/24/2025, 11 03/31/2025, 15 04/07/2025, 10 04/14/2025, 11 04/21/2025, 16 04/28/2025, 14 05/05/2025, 7 05/12/2025, 9 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 27 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 7,808 YTD: 103,709	Oct 2024	7,808 103,709
10	-	1	The Bible Says So: What We Get Right (and Wrong) about Scripture's Most Controversial Issues Daniel McClellan, Author St. Martin's Essentials, $30.00 (304) 978-1-250-34746-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,102 YTD: 7,102	Apr 2025	7,102 7,102
11	8	7	Abundance Ezra Klein, Author, Derek Thompson, Author Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (304) 978-1-6680-2348-8 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 03/31/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 04/07/2025 Average Rank 7.50 [details] Sales history for Abundance date, rank 03/31/2025, 5 04/07/2025, 4 04/14/2025, 6 04/21/2025, 11 04/28/2025, 8 05/05/2025, 8 05/12/2025, 11 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,996 YTD: 89,664	Mar 2025	6,996 89,664
12	-	1	The Greatest Comeback Ever: Inside Trump's Big Beautiful Campaign Joe Concha, Author Broadside Books, $32.99 (240) 978-0-06-343574-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,972 YTD: 6,972	Apr 2025	6,972 6,972
13	-	1	Snafu: The Definitive Guide to History's Greatest Screwups Ed Helms, Author Grand Central Publishing, $35.00 (256) 978-1-5387-6947-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,080 YTD: 6,080	Apr 2025	6,080 6,080
14	-	6	The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More Jefferson Fisher, Author Tarcher, $30.00 (304) 978-0-593-71872-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 03/31/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 03/31/2025 Average Rank 8.14 [details] Sales history for The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More date, rank 03/31/2025, 2 04/07/2025, 6 04/14/2025, 7 04/21/2025, 13 04/28/2025, 12 05/12/2025, 14 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,946 YTD: 109,200	Mar 2025	5,946 109,200
15	6	2	How to Giggle: A Guide to Taking Life Less Seriously Hannah Berner, Author, Paige Desorbo, Author S&s/Simon Element, $28.99 (224) 978-1-6680-5600-4 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 04/28/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/28/2025 Average Rank 7.50 [details] Sales history for How to Giggle: A Guide to Taking Life Less Seriously date, rank 04/28/2025, 2 05/05/2025, 6 05/12/2025, 15 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,918 YTD: 51,618	Apr 2025	5,918 51,618
16	-	1	Life-Changing Salads: 100 Plant-Based Salads and Dressings Beyond Your Wildest Greens Danielle Brown, Author DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), $35.00 (256) 978-0-593-96183-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,764 YTD: 5,764	Apr 2025	5,764 5,764
17	14	4	Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection John Green, Author Crash Course Books, $28.00 (208) 978-0-525-55657-2 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 04/28/2025 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 05/05/2025 Average Rank 17.33 [details] Sales history for Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection date, rank 04/28/2025, 21 05/05/2025, 14 05/12/2025, 17 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,759 YTD: 122,714	Mar 2025	5,759 122,714
18	-	1	Poets Square: A Memoir in Thirty Cats Courtney Gustafson, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $28.00 (256) 978-0-593-72761-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,704 YTD: 5,704	Apr 2025	5,704 5,704
19	12	18	The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and the Facts Mary Claire Haver, Author Rodale Books, $28.00 (288) 978-0-593-79625-2 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/13/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/13/2024 Average Rank 13.56 [details] Sales history for The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and the Facts date, rank 05/13/2024, 2 05/20/2024, 6 05/27/2024, 6 06/03/2024, 6 06/10/2024, 16 06/17/2024, 12 06/24/2024, 14 07/08/2024, 14 07/15/2024, 8 07/22/2024, 10 07/29/2024, 11 08/05/2024, 7 08/12/2024, 8 08/19/2024, 10 08/26/2024, 14 09/02/2024, 17 09/09/2024, 12 09/16/2024, 11 09/23/2024, 20 09/30/2024, 24 10/07/2024, 23 10/14/2024, 23 11/18/2024, 24 02/03/2025, 25 02/10/2025, 20 02/24/2025, 22 03/10/2025, 17 03/24/2025, 20 03/31/2025, 18 04/07/2025, 14 04/14/2025, 4 04/21/2025, 9 04/28/2025, 6 05/05/2025, 12 05/12/2025, 19 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,570 YTD: 88,609	Apr 2024	5,570 88,609
20	-	1	From Panic to Profit: Uncover Value, Boost Revenue, and Grow Your Business with the 80/20 Principle Bill Canady, Author Wiley, $28.00 (256) 978-1-394-33158-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,153 YTD: 5,153	Apr 2025	5,153 5,153
21	9	2	Hope: The Autobiography Pope Francis, Author, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Author, Carlo Musso, With, Richard Dixon, Translator Random House, $32.00 (320) 978-0-593-97877-1 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 01/27/2025 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 05/05/2025 Average Rank 15.50 [details] Sales history for Hope: The Autobiography date, rank 01/27/2025, 11 02/03/2025, 21 05/05/2025, 9 05/12/2025, 21 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jan 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,845 YTD: 36,782	Jan 2025	4,845 36,782
22	13	2	Conquering Crisis: Ten Lessons to Learn Before You Need Them William H McRaven, Author Grand Central Publishing, $26.00 (224) 978-1-5387-7174-7 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 05/05/2025 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 05/05/2025 Average Rank 17.50 [details] Sales history for Conquering Crisis: Ten Lessons to Learn Before You Need Them date, rank 05/05/2025, 13 05/12/2025, 22 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,439 YTD: 10,951	Apr 2025	4,439 10,951
23	25	24	The Serviceberry Robin Wall Kimmerer, Author, John Burgoyne, Illustrator Scribner Book Company, $20.00 (96) 978-1-6680-7224-0 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 12/02/2024 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 12/02/2024 Average Rank 12.95 [details] Sales history for The Serviceberry date, rank 12/02/2024, 4 12/09/2024, 6 12/16/2024, 14 12/23/2024, 9 12/30/2024, 15 01/06/2025, 10 01/13/2025, 6 01/20/2025, 9 01/27/2025, 13 02/03/2025, 8 02/10/2025, 8 02/17/2025, 14 02/24/2025, 10 03/03/2025, 11 03/10/2025, 12 03/17/2025, 24 03/24/2025, 18 03/31/2025, 25 05/05/2025, 25 05/12/2025, 23 LAST WEEK: 25 WEEKS ON LIST: 24 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,816 YTD: 69,620	Nov 2024	3,816 69,620
24	-	1	The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World William Dalrymple, Author Bloomsbury Publishing, $32.99 (432) 978-1-63973-414-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,751 YTD: 3,751	Apr 2025	3,751 3,751
25	19	51	Good Energy: Fix Your Metabolism to Feel Better Today and Prevent Disease Tomorrow Casey Means, Author, Calley Means, With Avery Publishing Group, $32.00 (400) 978-0-593-71264-1 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/27/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/27/2024 Average Rank 9.87 [details] Sales history for Good Energy: Fix Your Metabolism to Feel Better Today and Prevent Disease Tomorrow date, rank 05/27/2024, 1 06/03/2024, 8 06/10/2024, 3 06/17/2024, 14 06/24/2024, 15 07/08/2024, 17 07/15/2024, 13 07/22/2024, 16 08/05/2024, 19 08/12/2024, 22 08/26/2024, 15 09/02/2024, 1 09/09/2024, 4 09/16/2024, 2 09/23/2024, 1 09/30/2024, 2 10/07/2024, 3 10/14/2024, 6 10/21/2024, 10 10/28/2024, 7 11/04/2024, 11 11/11/2024, 6 11/18/2024, 6 11/25/2024, 6 12/02/2024, 6 12/09/2024, 14 12/16/2024, 13 12/23/2024, 15 12/30/2024, 10 01/06/2025, 13 01/13/2025, 4 01/20/2025, 6 01/27/2025, 9 02/03/2025, 5 02/10/2025, 6 02/17/2025, 10 02/24/2025, 5 03/03/2025, 10 03/10/2025, 9 03/17/2025, 20 03/24/2025, 14 03/31/2025, 22 04/07/2025, 17 04/14/2025, 23 05/05/2025, 19 05/12/2025, 25 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 51 PUB DATE: May 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,381 YTD: 82,175	May 2024	3,381 82,175

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended May 3, 2025; appearing in the May 12, 2025, print edition of PW