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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	1	2	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 1.44 [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 05/19/2025, 1 05/26/2025, 1 06/02/2025, 2 06/09/2025, 1 06/16/2025, 1 06/23/2025, 1 06/30/2025, 1 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 48,082 YTD: 1,719,026	Dec 2024	48,082 1,719,026
2	-	1	Behind the Badge Johnny Joey Jones, Author Harper Influence, $32.99 (256) 978-0-06-343210-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 12,647 YTD: 12,647	Jun 2025	12,647 12,647
3	-	1	Harry Potter School Years Scrapbook Editors of Thunder Bay Press, Author Thunder Bay Press, $22.99 (78) 978-1-6672-0620-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 10,646 YTD: 10,646	Jun 2025	10,646 10,646
4	-	1	Not My Type: One Woman vs. a President E Jean Carroll, Author St. Martin's Press, $30.00 (368) 978-1-250-38168-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,840 YTD: 6,840	Jun 2025	6,840 6,840
5	4	2	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 4 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 11/11/2024 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 06/09/2025 Average Rank 11.59 [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 05/19/2025, 10 05/26/2025, 8 06/02/2025, 8 06/09/2025, 4 06/16/2025, 9 06/23/2025, 4 06/30/2025, 5 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,731 YTD: 155,345	Oct 2024	6,731 155,345
6	3	2	Mark Twain Ron Chernow, Author Penguin Press, $45.00 (1200) 978-0-525-56172-9 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/26/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/26/2025 Average Rank 5.83 [details] Sales history for Mark Twain date, rank 05/26/2025, 2 06/02/2025, 6 06/09/2025, 8 06/16/2025, 10 06/23/2025, 3 06/30/2025, 6 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,977 YTD: 54,769	May 2025	4,977 54,769
7	-	1	We Might Just Make It After All: My Best Friendship with Kate Spade Elyce Arons, Author Gallery Books, $28.99 (304) 978-1-6680-6907-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,911 YTD: 4,911	Jun 2025	4,911 4,911
8	7	2	The Wishbone Kitchen Cookbook: Seasonal Recipes for Everyday Luxury and Elevated Entertaining Meredith Hayden, Author Ten Speed Press, $35.00 (288) 978-0-593-83595-1 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 7.50 [details] Sales history for The Wishbone Kitchen Cookbook: Seasonal Recipes for Everyday Luxury and Elevated Entertaining date, rank 05/19/2025, 2 05/26/2025, 7 06/02/2025, 12 06/09/2025, 12 06/16/2025, 7 06/23/2025, 7 06/30/2025, 8 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,678 YTD: 82,154	May 2025	4,678 82,154
9	-	1	History of the World in 500 People Charles Phillips, Author Thunder Bay Press, $27.99 (400) 978-1-6672-0521-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,343 YTD: 4,343	Jun 2025	4,343 4,343
10	5	2	Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind Nate Bargatze, Author Grand Central Publishing, $30.00 (240) 978-1-5387-6846-4 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 9.29 [details] Sales history for Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind date, rank 05/19/2025, 4 05/26/2025, 9 06/02/2025, 11 06/09/2025, 10 06/16/2025, 16 06/23/2025, 5 06/30/2025, 10 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,245 YTD: 62,427	May 2025	4,245 62,427
11	-	1	When the Stones Speak: The Remarkable Discovery of the City of David and What Israel's Enemies Don't Want You to Know Doron Spielman, Author Center Street, $30.00 (304) 978-1-5460-0925-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,147 YTD: 13,101	May 2025	4,147 13,101
12	11	2	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 11 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 04/28/2025 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 06/23/2025 Average Rank 16.78 [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 05/19/2025, 18 05/26/2025, 20 06/02/2025, 20 06/09/2025, 18 06/23/2025, 11 06/30/2025, 12 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,039 YTD: 162,621	Mar 2025	4,039 162,621
13	-	1	The Insight-Driven Leader: How High-Performing Companies Are Using Analytics to Unlock Business Value Jenny Dearborn, Author, Kelly Rider, Author Wiley, $30.00 (304) 978-1-394-30888-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,036 YTD: 4,036	Jun 2025	4,036 4,036
14	2	2	The #1 Dad Book: Be the Best Dad You Can Be—in One Hour James Patterson, Author Little Brown and Company, $25.00 (128) 978-0-316-58507-1 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/26/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 06/23/2025 Average Rank 7.67 [details] Sales history for The #1 Dad Book: Be the Best Dad You Can Be—in One Hour date, rank 05/26/2025, 5 06/02/2025, 16 06/09/2025, 5 06/16/2025, 4 06/23/2025, 2 06/30/2025, 14 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,022 YTD: 47,263	May 2025	4,022 47,263
15	-	1	History of the World in 500 Buildings Sophie Collins, Author Thunder Bay Press, $27.99 (400) 978-1-6672-0522-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,917 YTD: 3,917	Jun 2025	3,917 3,917
16	9	2	Abundance Ezra Klein, Author, Derek Thompson, Author Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (304) 978-1-6680-2348-8 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 03/31/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 04/07/2025 Average Rank 10.40 [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 05/19/2025, 16 05/26/2025, 16 06/02/2025, 13 06/09/2025, 11 06/16/2025, 15 06/23/2025, 9 06/30/2025, 16 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,879 YTD: 135,558	Mar 2025	3,879 135,558
17	-	1	God Chose Me: Untouchable Confidence for the Unstoppable Christian Charles Henry Metcalf, Author, Michael Todd, Foreword by Waterbrook Press, $26.00 (224) 978-0-593-60318-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,689 YTD: 3,689	Jun 2025	3,689 3,689
18	10	2	We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life's 20 Questions Glennon Doyle, Author, Abby Wambach, Author, Amanda Doyle, Author Dial Press, $32.00 (496) 978-0-593-97764-4 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 8.12 [details] Sales history for We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life's 20 Questions date, rank 05/19/2025, 3 05/26/2025, 4 06/02/2025, 5 06/09/2025, 6 06/16/2025, 11 06/23/2025, 10 06/30/2025, 18 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,526 YTD: 78,747	May 2025	3,526 78,747
19	6	2	Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again Jake Tapper, Author, Alex Thompson, Author Penguin Press, $32.00 (352) 979-8-217-06067-2 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 06/02/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/02/2025 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again date, rank 06/02/2025, 1 06/09/2025, 2 06/16/2025, 5 06/23/2025, 6 06/30/2025, 19 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,136 YTD: 91,163	May 2025	3,136 91,163
20	16	2	Baking Across America: A Vintage Recipe Road Trip B Dylan Hollis, Author DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), $35.00 (304) 978-0-7440-9760-3 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 06/02/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 06/02/2025 Average Rank 13.40 [details] Sales history for Baking Across America: A Vintage Recipe Road Trip date, rank 06/02/2025, 3 06/09/2025, 3 06/16/2025, 25 06/23/2025, 16 06/30/2025, 20 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,101 YTD: 38,313	May 2025	3,101 38,313
21	22	2	Daggerheart Core Set Spenser Starke, Author, Rowan Hall, Author, Matthew Mercer, Author Darrington Press, $59.99 (366) 979-8-9913841-0-0 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 06/23/2025 Highest Rank 21 Highest Rank Date 06/30/2025 Average Rank 21.50 [details] Sales history for Daggerheart Core Set date, rank 06/23/2025, 22 06/30/2025, 21 LAST WEEK: 22 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,015 YTD: 8,490	Jun 2025	3,015 8,490
22	15	2	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 rank 15 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/12/2025 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 05/12/2025 Average Rank 17.86 [details] Sales history for The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 date, rank 05/12/2025, 5 05/19/2025, 21 05/26/2025, 23 06/02/2025, 22 06/09/2025, 17 06/23/2025, 15 06/30/2025, 22 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,942 YTD: 42,221	Apr 2025	2,942 42,221
23	-	1	The Game Master's Book of Legendary Locations: 150+ Mythic Sites, Fables Ruins, Cursed Temples and Forgotten Lairs, Plus Dozens of Random Tables, Bbegs, F Jeff Ashworth, Author, Tim Baker, Author, Luke Eidenschink, Illustrator, Bima Kusuma, Illustrator, Phillip Sexton, Contribution by, Ben Egloff, Contribution by, Tristan Fishel, Contribution by, Jonah Fishel, Contribution by, Jeremy Brown, Contribution by, Alexander Lefort, Contribution by, Colby Whittaker, Contribution by, Edward Archibald, Contribution by, Sarah McCully, Contribution by, Jess Zafarris, Contribution by Media Lab Books, $24.99 (256) 978-1-964487-08-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,792 YTD: 2,792	Jun 2025	2,792 2,792
24	17	2	The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More Jefferson Fisher, Author Tarcher, $30.00 (304) 978-0-593-71872-8 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 03/31/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 03/31/2025 Average Rank 14.29 [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 05/19/2025, 24 05/26/2025, 15 06/02/2025, 19 06/09/2025, 20 06/16/2025, 24 06/23/2025, 17 06/30/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,672 YTD: 137,003	Mar 2025	2,672 137,003
25	23	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 23 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 05/05/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/05/2025 Average Rank 16.00 [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 05/19/2025, 13 05/26/2025, 19 06/02/2025, 23 06/09/2025, 24 06/23/2025, 23 06/30/2025, 25 LAST WEEK: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,530 YTD: 62,051	Apr 2025	2,530 62,051

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended June 21, 2025; appearing in the June 30, 2025, print edition of PW