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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 1.46 [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 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 53,116 YTD: 1,670,044	Dec 2024	53,116 1,670,044
2	4	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 4 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/26/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 06/23/2025 Average Rank 6.40 [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 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 11,299 YTD: 43,171	May 2025	11,299 43,171
3	10	2	Mark Twain Ron Chernow, Author Penguin Press, $45.00 (1200) 978-0-525-56172-9 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/26/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/26/2025 Average Rank 5.80 [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 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,751 YTD: 49,781	May 2025	7,751 49,781
4	9	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 9 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 11/11/2024 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 06/09/2025 Average Rank 11.81 [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 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 7,406 YTD: 148,607	Oct 2024	7,406 148,607
5	16	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 16 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 9.17 [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 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,748 YTD: 58,139	May 2025	6,748 58,139
6	5	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 5 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 06/02/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/02/2025 Average Rank 3.40 [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 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,204 YTD: 88,019	May 2025	6,204 88,019
7	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 7.43 [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 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,152 YTD: 77,469	May 2025	6,152 77,469
8	-	1	Rich Girl Nation: Taking Charge of Our Financial Futures Katie Gatti Tassin, Author Portfolio, $30.00 (304) 978-0-593-71886-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,531 YTD: 5,531	Jun 2025	5,531 5,531
9	15	2	Abundance Ezra Klein, Author, Derek Thompson, Author Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (304) 978-1-6680-2348-8 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 03/31/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 04/07/2025 Average Rank 10.00 [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 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,472 YTD: 131,674	Mar 2025	5,472 131,674
10	11	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 11 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 6.71 [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 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,442 YTD: 75,218	May 2025	4,442 75,218
11	26	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 26 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 04/28/2025 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 06/23/2025 Average Rank 17.38 [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 LAST WEEK: 26 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,155 YTD: 158,576	Mar 2025	4,155 158,576
12	-	1	Trump's Triumph: America's Greatest Comeback Newt Gingrich, Author Center Street, $30.00 (304) 978-1-5460-0879-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,931 YTD: 16,521	Jun 2025	3,931 16,521
13	-	1	A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir Jacinda Ardern, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $32.00 (352) 978-0-593-72869-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,775 YTD: 13,378	Jun 2025	3,775 13,378
14	-	1	Down to the Wire: The Outlandish Tale of How I Quit Gambling to Win Big Rich Galgano, Author Greenleaf Book Group Press, $28.95 (448) 979-8-88645-381-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,753 YTD: 3,753	Jun 2025	3,753 3,753
15	31	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 31 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/12/2025 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 05/12/2025 Average Rank 17.17 [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 LAST WEEK: 31 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,536 YTD: 39,279	Apr 2025	3,536 39,279
16	25	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 25 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 06/02/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 06/02/2025 Average Rank 11.75 [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 LAST WEEK: 25 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,522 YTD: 35,191	May 2025	3,522 35,191
17	24	2	The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More Jefferson Fisher, Author Tarcher, $30.00 (304) 978-0-593-71872-8 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 03/31/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 03/31/2025 Average Rank 13.54 [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 LAST WEEK: 24 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,050 YTD: 134,317	Mar 2025	3,050 134,317
18	-	1	Floored: A Woman's Guide to Pelvic Floor Health at Every Age and Stage (Original) Sara Reardon, Author Park Row, $30.00 (320) 978-0-7783-1053-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,895 YTD: 2,895	Jun 2025	2,895 2,895
19	38	2	The Serviceberry Robin Wall Kimmerer, Author, John Burgoyne, Illustrator Scribner Book Company, $20.00 (96) 978-1-6680-7224-0 Last rank 38 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 12/02/2024 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 12/02/2024 Average Rank 14.21 [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 LAST WEEK: 38 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,772 YTD: 86,664	Nov 2024	2,772 86,664
20	-	1	Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream Megan Greenwell, Author Dey Street Books, $29.99 (400) 978-0-06-329935-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,733 YTD: 2,733	Jun 2025	2,733 2,733
21	2	2	Principles: Investment and Economic Ray Dalio, Author Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $35.00 (592) 978-1-5011-2406-8 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 06/16/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 06/16/2025 Average Rank 11.50 [details] Sales history for Principles: Investment and Economic date, rank 06/16/2025, 2 06/23/2025, 21 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,650 YTD: 15,567	Jun 2025	2,650 15,567
22	27	2	Daggerheart Core Set Spenser Starke, Author, Rowan Hall, Author, Matthew Mercer, Author Darrington Press, $59.99 (366) 979-8-9913841-0-0 LAST WEEK: 27 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,581 YTD: 5,475	Jun 2025	2,581 5,475
23	36	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 36 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 05/05/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/05/2025 Average Rank 14.88 [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 LAST WEEK: 36 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,549 YTD: 59,521	Apr 2025	2,549 59,521
24	-	1	John and Paul: A Love Story in Songs Ian Leslie, Author Celadon Books, $30.00 (448) 978-1-250-86954-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 04/21/2025 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 04/21/2025 Average Rank 21.00 [details] Sales history for John and Paul: A Love Story in Songs date, rank 04/21/2025, 14 04/28/2025, 25 06/23/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,542 YTD: 23,750	Apr 2025	2,542 23,750
25	20	2	On Character: Choices That Define a Life Stanley McChrystal, Author Portfolio, $30.00 (304) 978-0-593-85295-8 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 05/26/2025 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 06/02/2025 Average Rank 16.60 [details] Sales history for On Character: Choices That Define a Life date, rank 05/26/2025, 12 06/02/2025, 10 06/09/2025, 16 06/16/2025, 20 06/23/2025, 25 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,515 YTD: 21,817	May 2025	2,515 21,817

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended June 14, 2025; appearing in the June 23, 2025, print edition of PW