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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	1	34	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 1.35 [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 08/04/2025, 1 08/11/2025, 1 08/18/2025, 1 08/25/2025, 1 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 34 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 33,609 YTD: 2,028,747	Dec 2024	33,609 2,028,747
2	-	1	Mistakes That Made Me a Millionaire: How to Transform Setbacks Into Extraordinary Success Kim Perell, Author Matt Holt Books, $30.00 (240) 978-1-63774-712-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 08/25/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/25/2025 Average Rank 4.50 [details] Sales history for Mistakes That Made Me a Millionaire: How to Transform Setbacks Into Extraordinary Success date, rank 08/25/2025, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 12,005 YTD: 12,005	Aug 2025	12,005 12,005
3	-	1	Tame Your Thoughts: Three Tools to Renew Your Mind and Transform Your Life Max Lucado, Author Thomas Nelson, $29.99 (240) 978-1-4002-5623-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 9,260 YTD: 9,260	Aug 2025	9,260 9,260
4	-	1	Cudi: The Memoir Scott Kid Cudi Mescudi, Author Simon & Schuster, $29.99 (272) 978-1-6682-0133-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,028 YTD: 8,028	Aug 2025	8,028 8,028
5	4	42	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 2 Highest Rank Date 07/14/2025 Average Rank 9.97 [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 08/04/2025, 3 08/11/2025, 4 08/18/2025, 4 08/25/2025, 5 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 42 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 7,406 YTD: 221,663	Oct 2024	7,406 221,663
6	-	1	Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything: A Memoir Alyson Stoner, Author St. Martin's Press, $30.00 (320) 978-1-250-35349-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,579 YTD: 5,579	Aug 2025	5,579 5,579
7	3	3	On Power Mark R Levin, Author Threshold Editions, $26.99 (208) 978-1-9821-4619-1 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 08/11/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/11/2025 Average Rank 3.50 [details] Sales history for On Power date, rank 08/11/2025, 2 08/18/2025, 3 08/25/2025, 7 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,551 YTD: 46,201	Jul 2025	5,551 46,201
8	-	1	The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces Seth Harp, Author Viking, $30.00 (368) 978-0-593-65508-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,495 YTD: 4,495	Aug 2025	4,495 4,495
9	6	5	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 6 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 07/28/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 07/28/2025 Average Rank 4.57 [details] Sales history for The Idaho Four: An American Tragedy date, rank 07/28/2025, 2 08/04/2025, 2 08/11/2025, 3 08/18/2025, 6 08/25/2025, 9 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,105 YTD: 65,382	Jul 2025	4,105 65,382
10	-	1	The Happiness Files: Insights on Work and Life by Arthur C. Brooks Arthur C Brooks, Author Harvard Business Review Press, $30.00 (272) 979-8-89279-226-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,805 YTD: 3,805	Aug 2025	3,805 3,805
11	13	22	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 13 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 04/28/2025 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 08/11/2025 Average Rank 13.82 [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 08/04/2025, 7 08/11/2025, 6 08/18/2025, 13 08/25/2025, 11 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 22 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,108 YTD: 190,205	Mar 2025	3,108 190,205
12	19	15	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 19 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 8.69 [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 08/04/2025, 8 08/11/2025, 12 08/18/2025, 19 08/25/2025, 12 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,592 YTD: 113,529	May 2025	2,592 113,529
13	-	1	One Nation Always Under God: Profiles in Christian Courage Anon9780063435865, Author Broadside Books, $32.99 (272) 978-0-06-343586-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,454 YTD: 13,679	Aug 2025	2,454 13,679
14	17	22	Abundance Ezra Klein, Author, Derek Thompson, Author Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (304) 978-1-6680-2348-8 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 03/31/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 04/07/2025 Average Rank 11.09 [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 08/04/2025, 10 08/11/2025, 10 08/18/2025, 17 08/25/2025, 14 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 22 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,262 YTD: 159,839	Mar 2025	2,262 159,839
15	9	2	Are You Mad at Me?: How to Stop Focusing on What Others Think and Start Living for You Meg Josephson, Author Gallery Books, $30.00 (304) 978-1-6680-8246-1 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 08/18/2025 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 08/18/2025 Average Rank 12.00 [details] Sales history for Are You Mad at Me?: How to Stop Focusing on What Others Think and Start Living for You date, rank 08/18/2025, 9 08/25/2025, 15 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,202 YTD: 6,601	Aug 2025	2,202 6,601
16	-	1	The Undiscovered Country: Triumph, Tragedy, and the Shaping of the American West Paul Andrew Hutton, Author Dutton, $35.00 (576) 978-1-5247-4613-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,172 YTD: 2,882	Aug 2025	2,172 2,882
17	-	1	The Black Family Who Built America: The McKissacks, Two Centuries of Daring Pioneers Cheryl McKissack Daniel, Author, Nick Chiles, With Atria/Black Privilege Publishing, $28.99 (288) 978-1-6680-3399-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,134 YTD: 2,134	Aug 2025	2,134 2,134
18	20	22	The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More Jefferson Fisher, Author Tarcher, $30.00 (304) 978-0-593-71872-8 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 03/31/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 03/31/2025 Average Rank 14.36 [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 08/04/2025, 5 08/11/2025, 13 08/18/2025, 20 08/25/2025, 18 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 22 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,090 YTD: 159,422	Mar 2025	2,090 159,422
19	-	1	Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America Robert B Reich, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $30.00 (416) 978-0-593-80328-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,025 YTD: 15,443	Aug 2025	2,025 15,443
20	25	39	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 15.58 [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 06/02/2025, 25 06/09/2025, 25 06/23/2025, 19 07/07/2025, 21 07/14/2025, 16 07/21/2025, 21 08/04/2025, 18 08/11/2025, 21 08/18/2025, 25 08/25/2025, 20 LAST WEEK: 25 WEEKS ON LIST: 39 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 1,970 YTD: 105,457	Nov 2024	1,970 105,457
21	14	2	Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run Peter Ames Carlin, Author Doubleday Books, $30.00 (304) 978-0-385-55153-3 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 08/18/2025 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 08/18/2025 Average Rank 17.50 [details] Sales history for Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run date, rank 08/18/2025, 14 08/25/2025, 21 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 1,938 YTD: 4,553	Aug 2025	1,938 4,553
22	11	2	King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation Scott Anderson, Author Doubleday Books, $35.00 (512) 978-0-385-54807-6 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 08/18/2025 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 08/18/2025 Average Rank 16.50 [details] Sales history for King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation date, rank 08/18/2025, 11 08/25/2025, 22 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 1,894 YTD: 6,074	Aug 2025	1,894 6,074
23	15	17	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 15 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 05/05/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/05/2025 Average Rank 15.76 [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 08/04/2025, 11 08/11/2025, 11 08/18/2025, 15 08/25/2025, 23 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 1,891 YTD: 83,260	Apr 2025	1,891 83,260
24	26	7	Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy: A Cookbook Tieghan Gerard, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $32.99 (288) 978-0-593-23257-6 Last rank 26 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 12/02/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 12/02/2024 Average Rank 14.47 [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 08/04/2025, 21 08/11/2025, 22 08/25/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: 26 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 1,842 YTD: 62,620	Nov 2024	1,842 62,620
25	30	4	Keep It Simple, Y'All: Easy Dinners from Your Barefoot Neighbor: A Cookbook Matthew Bounds, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $29.99 (144) 979-8-217-03415-4 Last rank 30 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 12/02/2024 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 07/21/2025 Average Rank 16.67 [details] Sales history for Keep It Simple, Y'All: Easy Dinners from Your Barefoot Neighbor: A Cookbook date, rank 12/02/2024, 16 07/21/2025, 9 08/25/2025, 25 LAST WEEK: 30 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 1,837 YTD: 36,541	Nov 2024	1,837 36,541

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Aug. 16, 2025; appearing in the Aug. 25, 2025, print edition of PW