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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	-	30	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 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 01/06/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/06/2025 Average Rank 1.38 [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 07/07/2025, 1 07/14/2025, 1 07/21/2025, 1 07/28/2025, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 30 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 42,796 YTD: 1,888,481	Dec 2024	42,796 1,888,481
2	-	1	The Idaho Four: An American Tragedy James Patterson, Author, Vicky Ward, Author Little Brown and Company, $32.50 (448) 978-0-316-57285-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 07/28/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 07/28/2025 Average Rank 2.50 [details] Sales history for The Idaho Four: An American Tragedy date, rank 07/28/2025, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 30,155 YTD: 30,155	Jul 2025	30,155 30,155
3	-	1	Arnietex: Over 100 Recipes for Mexican-American Cooking and Texas-Style BBQ Arnie Segovia, Author DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), $35.00 (224) 978-0-593-95864-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 13,486 YTD: 13,486	Jul 2025	13,486 13,486
4	-	38	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 0 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 11/11/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 07/14/2025 Average Rank 10.64 [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 07/07/2025, 3 07/14/2025, 2 07/21/2025, 3 07/28/2025, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 38 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 10,751 YTD: 190,594	Oct 2024	10,751 190,594
5	-	1	Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language Adam Aleksic, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $29.00 (256) 978-0-593-80407-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,302 YTD: 7,302	Jul 2025	7,302 7,302
6	-	2	Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America's Heartland Salena Zito, Author Center Street, $29.00 (256) 978-1-5460-0914-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 07/21/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 07/21/2025 Average Rank 4.67 [details] Sales history for Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America's Heartland date, rank 07/21/2025, 2 07/28/2025, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,229 YTD: 29,985	Jul 2025	7,229 29,985
7	-	1	The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century Tim Weiner, Author Mariner Books, $35.00 (336) 978-0-06-327018-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,426 YTD: 6,426	Jul 2025	6,426 6,426
8	-	1	Jfk: Public, Private, Secret J Randy Taraborrelli, Author St. Martin's Press, $33.00 (528) 978-1-250-34638-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,508 YTD: 5,508	Jul 2025	5,508 5,508
9	-	11	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 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 7.33 [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 07/07/2025, 6 07/14/2025, 8 07/21/2025, 5 07/28/2025, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,193 YTD: 103,010	May 2025	5,193 103,010
10	-	3	Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy: A Cookbook Tieghan Gerard, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $32.99 (288) 978-0-593-23257-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 12/02/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 12/02/2024 Average Rank 12.50 [details] Sales history for Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy: A Cookbook date, rank 12/02/2024, 3 12/09/2024, 9 12/16/2024, 12 12/23/2024, 12 12/30/2024, 7 01/06/2025, 15 01/13/2025, 19 01/20/2025, 24 02/24/2025, 23 07/21/2025, 10 07/28/2025, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,138 YTD: 55,283	Nov 2024	4,138 55,283
11	-	10	Mark Twain Ron Chernow, Author Penguin Press, $45.00 (1200) 978-0-525-56172-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/26/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/26/2025 Average Rank 7.30 [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 07/07/2025, 9 07/14/2025, 10 07/21/2025, 8 07/28/2025, 11 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,973 YTD: 70,842	May 2025	3,973 70,842
12	-	2	On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women's Sports Christine Brennan, Author Scribner Book Company, $29.99 (272) 978-1-6680-9019-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 07/21/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 07/21/2025 Average Rank 8.00 [details] Sales history for On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women's Sports date, rank 07/21/2025, 4 07/28/2025, 12 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,902 YTD: 15,265	Jul 2025	3,902 15,265
13	-	18	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 14.44 [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 07/07/2025, 17 07/14/2025, 15 07/21/2025, 15 07/28/2025, 13 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,874 YTD: 149,120	Mar 2025	3,874 149,120
14	-	18	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 0 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 04/28/2025 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 07/14/2025 Average Rank 15.23 [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 07/07/2025, 12 07/14/2025, 9 07/21/2025, 12 07/28/2025, 14 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,816 YTD: 176,920	Mar 2025	3,816 176,920
15	-	11	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 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 9.83 [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 07/07/2025, 16 07/14/2025, 11 07/21/2025, 11 07/28/2025, 15 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,700 YTD: 92,421	May 2025	3,700 92,421
16	-	18	Abundance Ezra Klein, Author, Derek Thompson, Author Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (304) 978-1-6680-2348-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 03/31/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 04/07/2025 Average Rank 10.74 [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 07/07/2025, 11 07/14/2025, 7 07/21/2025, 14 07/28/2025, 16 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,382 YTD: 149,468	Mar 2025	3,382 149,468
17	-	1	No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson Gardiner Harris, Author Random House, $32.00 (464) 978-0-593-22986-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,199 YTD: 18,055	Apr 2025	3,199 18,055
18	-	13	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 0 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 07/07/2025, 20 07/14/2025, 13 07/21/2025, 13 07/28/2025, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,118 YTD: 73,395	Apr 2025	3,118 73,395
19	-	5	Behind the Badge Johnny Joey Jones, Author Harper Influence, $32.99 (256) 978-0-06-343210-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 06/30/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 06/30/2025 Average Rank 6.80 [details] Sales history for Behind the Badge date, rank 06/30/2025, 2 07/07/2025, 2 07/14/2025, 5 07/21/2025, 6 07/28/2025, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,020 YTD: 36,644	Jun 2025	3,020 36,644
20	-	2	2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America Josh Dawsey, Author, Tyler Pager, Author, Isaac Arnsdorf, Author Penguin Press, $32.00 (416) 978-0-593-83253-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 07/21/2025 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 07/21/2025 Average Rank 13.50 [details] Sales history for 2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America date, rank 07/21/2025, 7 07/28/2025, 20 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,942 YTD: 9,416	Jul 2025	2,942 9,416
21	-	2	A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck Sophie Elmhirst, Author Riverhead Books, $28.00 (256) 978-0-593-85428-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 07/21/2025 Highest Rank 19 Highest Rank Date 07/21/2025 Average Rank 20.00 [details] Sales history for A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck date, rank 07/21/2025, 19 07/28/2025, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,863 YTD: 5,606	Jul 2025	2,863 5,606
22	-	10	Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity Eric Topol, Author Simon & Schuster, $32.50 (464) 978-1-6680-6766-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 07/07/2025 Average Rank 13.38 [details] Sales history for Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity date, rank 05/19/2025, 8 05/26/2025, 24 06/02/2025, 15 06/09/2025, 14 07/07/2025, 4 07/14/2025, 4 07/21/2025, 16 07/28/2025, 22 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,678 YTD: 43,442	May 2025	2,678 43,442
23	-	2	Turkuaz Kitchen: 75 Recipes for Savory and Sweet Doughs Betül Tunç, Author Ten Speed Press, $35.00 (288) 978-1-9848-6222-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/18/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/18/2024 Average Rank 13.50 [details] Sales history for Turkuaz Kitchen: 75 Recipes for Savory and Sweet Doughs date, rank 11/18/2024, 2 07/21/2025, 24 07/28/2025, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,594 YTD: 22,330	Nov 2024	2,594 22,330
24	-	4	I Want to Trust You, But I Don't: Moving Forward When You're Skeptical of Others, Afraid of What God Will Allow, and Doubtful of Your Own Discernment Lysa TerKeurst, Author Thomas Nelson, $29.99 (256) 978-1-4002-1182-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/21/2024 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 10/21/2024 Average Rank 20.40 [details] Sales history for I Want to Trust You, But I Don't: Moving Forward When You're Skeptical of Others, Afraid of What God Will Allow, and Doubtful of Your Own Discernment date, rank 10/21/2024, 5 10/28/2024, 22 11/04/2024, 22 11/11/2024, 25 01/13/2025, 17 01/20/2025, 18 01/27/2025, 23 02/03/2025, 17 02/10/2025, 19 02/17/2025, 25 03/10/2025, 19 03/17/2025, 25 03/24/2025, 25 07/21/2025, 20 07/28/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,380 YTD: 56,721	Oct 2024	2,380 56,721
25	-	4	The Simple Path to Wealth (Revised & Expanded 2025 Edition): Your Road Map to Financial Independence and a Rich, Free Life (College Graduation Gift) Jl Collins, Author Authors Equity, $30.00 (320) 979-8-89331-047-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 06/02/2025 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 07/14/2025 Average Rank 15.20 [details] Sales history for The Simple Path to Wealth (Revised & Expanded 2025 Edition): Your Road Map to Financial Independence and a Rich, Free Life (College Graduation Gift) date, rank 06/02/2025, 21 07/07/2025, 7 07/14/2025, 6 07/21/2025, 17 07/28/2025, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,361 YTD: 21,255	May 2025	2,361 21,255

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended July 19, 2025; appearing in the July 28, 2025, print edition of PW