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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	1	50	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 2.05 [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 09/01/2025, 1 09/08/2025, 1 09/15/2025, 2 09/22/2025, 2 09/29/2025, 1 10/06/2025, 2 10/13/2025, 2 10/20/2025, 1 10/27/2025, 3 11/03/2025, 2 11/10/2025, 3 11/17/2025, 5 11/24/2025, 1 12/01/2025, 2 12/08/2025, 1 12/15/2025, 1 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 50 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 57,624 YTD: 2,609,261	Dec 2024	57,624 2,609,261
2	3	3	The Miracles Among Us: How God's Grace Plays a Role in Healing Marc Siegel , Author Harper Influence, $29.99 (272) 978-0-06-342628-3 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 12/01/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/01/2025 Average Rank 2.75 [details] Sales history for The Miracles Among Us: How God's Grace Plays a Role in Healing date, rank 12/01/2025, 1 12/08/2025, 3 12/15/2025, 2 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 23,678 YTD: 91,390	Nov 2025	23,678 91,390
3	5	9	How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will John Kennedy, Author Broadside Books, $29.99 (192) 978-0-06-342816-4 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/20/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/17/2025 Average Rank 4.70 [details] Sales history for How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will date, rank 10/20/2025, 8 10/27/2025, 5 11/03/2025, 8 11/10/2025, 5 11/17/2025, 2 11/24/2025, 4 12/01/2025, 4 12/08/2025, 5 12/15/2025, 3 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 21,188 YTD: 200,205	Oct 2025	21,188 200,205
4	2	6	The Pioneer Woman Cooks--The Essential Recipes: 125 Greatest Hits, New Twists, and Perfected Classics Ree Drummond, Author William Morrow & Company, $32.50 (384) 978-0-06-327663-5 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/10/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/10/2025 Average Rank 4.62 [details] Sales history for The Pioneer Woman Cooks--The Essential Recipes: 125 Greatest Hits, New Twists, and Perfected Classics date, rank 11/10/2025, 1 11/17/2025, 7 11/24/2025, 3 12/01/2025, 6 12/08/2025, 2 12/15/2025, 4 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 18,894 YTD: 139,211	Oct 2025	18,894 139,211
5	6	8	1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--And How It Shattered a Nation Andrew Ross Sorkin, Author Viking, $35.00 (592) 978-0-593-29696-7 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/27/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/27/2025 Average Rank 5.80 [details] Sales history for 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--And How It Shattered a Nation date, rank 10/27/2025, 2 11/03/2025, 4 11/10/2025, 8 11/17/2025, 8 11/24/2025, 7 12/01/2025, 8 12/08/2025, 6 12/15/2025, 5 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 18,209 YTD: 172,955	Oct 2025	18,209 172,955
6	4	15	Guinness World Records 2026 Guinness World Records, Author Guinness World Records, $29.95 (256) 978-1-913484-75-0 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 09/08/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 12/08/2025 Average Rank 15.55 [details] Sales history for Guinness World Records 2026 date, rank 09/08/2025, 5 09/15/2025, 15 09/22/2025, 25 09/29/2025, 21 10/06/2025, 25 10/13/2025, 22 11/17/2025, 23 11/24/2025, 14 12/01/2025, 11 12/08/2025, 4 12/15/2025, 6 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 18,044 YTD: 100,758	Aug 2025	18,044 100,758
7	10	7	Puzzle Mania: Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee, Minis and More! The New York Times Games, Author, Joel Fagliano, Author Authors Equity, $38.00 (272) 979-8-89331-048-1 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 11/03/2025 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 12/15/2025 Average Rank 13.50 [details] Sales history for Puzzle Mania: Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee, Minis and More! date, rank 11/03/2025, 12 12/01/2025, 25 12/08/2025, 10 12/15/2025, 7 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 18,002 YTD: 61,019	Oct 2025	18,002 61,019
8	7	5	The Look Michelle Obama, Author, Meredith Koop, With, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Foreword by Crown Publishing Group (NY), $50.00 (304) 978-0-593-80070-6 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/17/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/24/2025 Average Rank 5.50 [details] Sales history for The Look date, rank 11/17/2025, 3 11/24/2025, 2 12/01/2025, 7 12/08/2025, 7 12/15/2025, 8 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 13,333 YTD: 92,325	Nov 2025	13,333 92,325
9	14	5	Heart Life Music Kenny Chesney, Author, Holly Gleason, Author William Morrow & Company, $32.50 (320) 978-0-06-342310-7 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/17/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/17/2025 Average Rank 9.83 [details] Sales history for Heart Life Music date, rank 11/17/2025, 1 11/24/2025, 18 12/01/2025, 16 12/08/2025, 14 12/15/2025, 9 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 12,424 YTD: 102,621	Nov 2025	12,424 102,621
10	8	7	Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $35.00 (400) 978-0-593-49312-0 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 11/03/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/03/2025 Average Rank 5.40 [details] Sales history for Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice date, rank 11/03/2025, 1 11/10/2025, 2 11/17/2025, 6 11/24/2025, 5 12/01/2025, 3 12/08/2025, 8 12/15/2025, 10 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 9,880 YTD: 201,101	Oct 2025	9,880 201,101
11	44	3	The Way of the Wildflower: Gospel Meditations to Unburden Your Anxious Soul Ruth Chou Simons, Author Thomas Nelson, $29.99 (224) 978-1-4002-4441-6 Last rank 44 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 10/27/2025 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 12/15/2025 Average Rank 12.00 [details] Sales history for The Way of the Wildflower: Gospel Meditations to Unburden Your Anxious Soul date, rank 10/27/2025, 13 12/15/2025, 11 LAST WEEK: 44 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 9,383 YTD: 35,584	Oct 2025	9,383 35,584
12	9	4	The American Revolution: An Intimate History Geoffrey C Ward, Author, Kenneth Burns, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $80.00 (608) 978-0-525-65867-2 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 11/24/2025 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 11/24/2025 Average Rank 9.50 [details] Sales history for The American Revolution: An Intimate History date, rank 11/24/2025, 8 12/01/2025, 9 12/08/2025, 9 12/15/2025, 12 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 9,180 YTD: 42,317	Nov 2025	9,180 42,317
13	20	9	The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald John U Bacon, Author Liveright Publishing Corporation, $35.00 (432) 978-1-324-09464-7 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 10/20/2025 Highest Rank 12 Highest Rank Date 11/24/2025 Average Rank 17.33 [details] Sales history for The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald date, rank 10/20/2025, 16 10/27/2025, 25 11/24/2025, 12 12/01/2025, 18 12/08/2025, 20 12/15/2025, 13 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,996 YTD: 56,970	Oct 2025	8,996 56,970
14	21	12	Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love: A Cookbook Samin Nosrat, Author, Aya Brackett, Photographer Random House, $45.00 (464) 978-1-9848-5778-1 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 09/29/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/29/2025 Average Rank 13.12 [details] Sales history for Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love: A Cookbook date, rank 09/29/2025, 3 10/06/2025, 9 10/13/2025, 8 10/20/2025, 24 12/01/2025, 20 12/08/2025, 21 12/15/2025, 14 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,984 YTD: 88,585	Sep 2025	8,984 88,585
15	12	12	Poems & Prayers Matthew McConaughey, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $29.00 (208) 978-1-9848-6210-5 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 09/29/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/29/2025 Average Rank 9.58 [details] Sales history for Poems & Prayers date, rank 09/29/2025, 2 10/06/2025, 3 10/13/2025, 4 10/20/2025, 7 10/27/2025, 8 11/03/2025, 15 11/10/2025, 13 11/24/2025, 24 12/08/2025, 12 12/15/2025, 15 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,655 YTD: 178,778	Sep 2025	8,655 178,778
16	15	3	The Greatest Sentence Ever Written Walter Isaacson, Author Simon & Schuster, $20.00 (80) 978-1-9821-8131-4 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 12/01/2025 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 12/01/2025 Average Rank 12.00 [details] Sales history for The Greatest Sentence Ever Written date, rank 12/01/2025, 5 12/08/2025, 15 12/15/2025, 16 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,335 YTD: 30,572	Nov 2025	8,335 30,572
17	19	5	Notes on Being a Man Scott Galloway, Author Simon & Schuster, $29.00 (288) 978-1-6680-8435-9 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/17/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 11/17/2025 Average Rank 11.50 [details] Sales history for Notes on Being a Man date, rank 11/17/2025, 4 11/24/2025, 9 12/01/2025, 13 12/08/2025, 19 12/15/2025, 17 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,978 YTD: 64,475	Nov 2025	7,978 64,475
18	-	1	This Year: 365 Songs Elucidated and Illustrated: Selected Mountain Goats Lyrics, 1991-2024 John Darnielle, Author MCD, $36.00 (608) 978-0-374-60649-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,941 YTD: 7,941	Dec 2025	7,941 7,941
19	24	7	To Rescue the American Spirit: Teddy Roosevelt and the Birth of a Superpower Bret Baier, Author Mariner Books, $32.99 (400) 978-0-06-336075-4 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/03/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/03/2025 Average Rank 13.88 [details] Sales history for To Rescue the American Spirit: Teddy Roosevelt and the Birth of a Superpower date, rank 11/03/2025, 3 11/10/2025, 7 11/17/2025, 15 11/24/2025, 15 12/01/2025, 21 12/08/2025, 24 12/15/2025, 19 LAST WEEK: 24 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,664 YTD: 81,899	Oct 2025	7,664 81,899
20	-	6	Delivering the Wow: Culture as Catalyst for Lasting Success Richard Fain, Author Fast Company Press, $28.95 (328) 978-1-63908-159-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 11/03/2025 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 11/03/2025 Average Rank 17.17 [details] Sales history for Delivering the Wow: Culture as Catalyst for Lasting Success date, rank 11/03/2025, 9 11/10/2025, 22 11/17/2025, 21 11/24/2025, 17 12/01/2025, 14 12/15/2025, 20 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,526 YTD: 55,049	Oct 2025	7,526 55,049
21	16	9	Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit Brené Brown, Author Random House, $32.00 (448) 978-1-9848-5574-9 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 10/13/2025 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 10/13/2025 Average Rank 17.78 [details] Sales history for Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit date, rank 10/13/2025, 7 10/20/2025, 14 10/27/2025, 12 11/03/2025, 18 11/17/2025, 25 11/24/2025, 23 12/01/2025, 24 12/08/2025, 16 12/15/2025, 21 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,711 YTD: 144,182	Sep 2025	6,711 144,182
22	11	11	107 Days Kamala Harris, Author Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (320) 978-1-6682-1165-6 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/06/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/06/2025 Average Rank 10.14 [details] Sales history for 107 Days date, rank 10/06/2025, 1 10/13/2025, 1 10/20/2025, 6 10/27/2025, 4 11/03/2025, 13 11/10/2025, 12 11/17/2025, 18 11/24/2025, 21 12/01/2025, 17 12/08/2025, 11 12/15/2025, 22 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,667 YTD: 319,878	Sep 2025	6,667 319,878
23	25	3	Sally's Baking 101: Foolproof Recipes from Easy to Advanced Sally McKenney, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $32.99 (288) 978-0-593-58196-4 Last rank 25 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/15/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/15/2025 Average Rank 14.80 [details] Sales history for Sally's Baking 101: Foolproof Recipes from Easy to Advanced date, rank 09/15/2025, 3 09/22/2025, 17 12/08/2025, 25 12/15/2025, 23 LAST WEEK: 25 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,507 YTD: 72,270	Sep 2025	6,507 72,270
24	32	13	Confronting Evil: Assessing the Worst of the Worst Bill O'Reilly, Author, Josh Hammer, Author St. Martin's Press, $32.00 (304) 978-1-250-37404-2 Last rank 32 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 09/22/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/22/2025 Average Rank 13.27 [details] Sales history for Confronting Evil: Assessing the Worst of the Worst date, rank 09/22/2025, 3 09/29/2025, 5 10/06/2025, 8 10/13/2025, 9 10/20/2025, 18 10/27/2025, 20 11/03/2025, 22 11/10/2025, 24 12/15/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: 32 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,357 YTD: 120,144	Sep 2025	6,357 120,144
25	29	9	The Promise of Heaven: 31 Reasons to Get Excited about Your Eternal Home David Jeremiah, Author Thomas Nelson, $29.99 (240) 978-1-4003-4521-2 Last rank 29 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/20/2025 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 10/20/2025 Average Rank 12.62 [details] Sales history for The Promise of Heaven: 31 Reasons to Get Excited about Your Eternal Home date, rank 10/20/2025, 5 10/27/2025, 7 11/03/2025, 6 11/10/2025, 10 11/17/2025, 16 11/24/2025, 10 12/01/2025, 22 12/15/2025, 25 LAST WEEK: 29 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,914 YTD: 102,240	Oct 2025	5,914 102,240

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Dec. 6, 2025; appearing in the Dec. 15, 2025, print edition of PW