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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	5	47	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 9 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 01/06/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/06/2025 Average Rank 2.01 [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 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 47 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 33,330 YTD: 2,444,763	Dec 2024	33,330 2,444,763
2	3	2	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 3 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/17/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/24/2025 Average Rank 3.67 [details] Sales history for The Look date, rank 11/17/2025, 3 11/24/2025, 2 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 19,501 YTD: 52,344	Nov 2025	19,501 52,344
3	7	3	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 7 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/10/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/10/2025 Average Rank 4.00 [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 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 17,764 YTD: 79,953	Oct 2025	17,764 79,953
4	2	6	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 2 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/20/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/17/2025 Average Rank 5.00 [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 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 17,465 YTD: 144,274	Oct 2025	17,465 144,274
5	6	4	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 6 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 11/03/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/03/2025 Average Rank 3.83 [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 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 16,301 YTD: 157,885	Oct 2025	16,301 157,885
6	-	1	Something from Nothing: A Cookbook Alison Roman, Author Clarkson Potter Publishers, $37.99 (320) 978-1-9848-2641-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 14,516 YTD: 14,516	Nov 2025	14,516 14,516
7	8	5	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 8 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/27/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/27/2025 Average Rank 5.57 [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 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 13,440 YTD: 127,996	Oct 2025	13,440 127,996
8	-	1	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 WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 9,372 YTD: 9,372	Nov 2025	9,372 9,372
9	4	2	Notes on Being a Man Scott Galloway, Author Simon & Schuster, $29.00 (288) 978-1-6680-8435-9 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/17/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 11/17/2025 Average Rank 6.67 [details] Sales history for Notes on Being a Man date, rank 11/17/2025, 4 11/24/2025, 9 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 9,234 YTD: 41,642	Nov 2025	9,234 41,642
10	16	6	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 16 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/20/2025 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 10/20/2025 Average Rank 9.00 [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 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,998 YTD: 85,169	Oct 2025	8,998 85,169
11	-	1	Today Loves Food: Recipes from America's Favorite Kitchen The Today Show Family and Friends, Author, Ina Garten, Foreword by Abrams Books, $35.00 (240) 978-1-4197-7820-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/12/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/12/2025 Average Rank 10.00 [details] Sales history for Today Loves Food: Recipes from America's Favorite Kitchen date, rank 05/12/2025, 2 05/26/2025, 13 08/18/2025, 16 11/24/2025, 11 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,430 YTD: 56,130	Apr 2025	8,430 56,130
12	32	6	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 32 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 10/20/2025 Highest Rank 12 Highest Rank Date 11/24/2025 Average Rank 17.67 [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 LAST WEEK: 32 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,363 YTD: 34,880	Oct 2025	8,363 34,880
13	-	1	Rise and Renew: A 30-Day Devotional to Heal a Hurting Heart, Overcome Emotional Pain, and Grow in Your Faith - Interactive Devotions with Bible Verses Candace Cameron Bure, Author Zondervan, $26.99 (208) 978-0-310-46640-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,104 YTD: 8,104	Nov 2025	8,104 8,104
14	23	12	Guinness World Records 2026 Guinness World Records, Author Guinness World Records, $29.95 (256) 978-1-913484-75-0 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 09/08/2025 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 09/08/2025 Average Rank 18.75 [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 LAST WEEK: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,010 YTD: 57,682	Aug 2025	8,010 57,682
15	15	4	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 15 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/03/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/03/2025 Average Rank 9.40 [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 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,467 YTD: 62,411	Oct 2025	7,467 62,411
16	-	1	Star of the Show: My Life on Stage Dolly Parton, Author, Tom Roland, With Ten Speed Press, $55.00 (336) 978-1-9848-6313-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,383 YTD: 7,383	Nov 2025	7,383 7,383
17	21	4	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 21 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 11/03/2025 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 11/03/2025 Average Rank 17.25 [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 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,163 YTD: 37,103	Oct 2025	7,163 37,103
18	1	2	Heart Life Music Kenny Chesney, Author, Holly Gleason, Author William Morrow & Company, $32.50 (320) 978-0-06-342310-7 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/17/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/17/2025 Average Rank 6.67 [details] Sales history for Heart Life Music date, rank 11/17/2025, 1 11/24/2025, 18 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,651 YTD: 75,845	Nov 2025	6,651 75,845
19	13	2	Untitled 5124: - Random House Group, Author Random House, $30.00 978-1-101-87512-4 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 11/17/2025 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 11/17/2025 Average Rank 16.00 [details] Sales history for Untitled 5124: - date, rank 11/17/2025, 13 11/24/2025, 19 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,504 YTD: 16,125	Nov 2025	6,504 16,125
20	-	1	Guided: The Secret Path to an Illuminated Life Laura Lynne Jackson, Author Dial Press, $30.00 (256) 978-0-593-72957-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,478 YTD: 6,478	Nov 2025	6,478 6,478
21	18	8	107 Days Kamala Harris, Author Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (320) 978-1-6682-1165-6 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/06/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/06/2025 Average Rank 8.36 [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 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,464 YTD: 296,403	Sep 2025	6,464 296,403
22	-	1	This Angry Pen of Mine: Recovering the Journals of Layne Staley Layne Staley, Author Weldon Owen, $40.00 (208) 979-8-88674-320-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,136 YTD: 6,136	Nov 2025	6,136 6,136
23	25	6	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 25 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 10/13/2025 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 10/13/2025 Average Rank 16.50 [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 LAST WEEK: 25 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,931 YTD: 124,537	Sep 2025	5,931 124,537
24	29	9	Poems & Prayers Matthew McConaughey, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $29.00 (208) 978-1-9848-6210-5 Last rank 29 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 09/29/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/29/2025 Average Rank 8.80 [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 LAST WEEK: 29 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,610 YTD: 154,478	Sep 2025	5,610 154,478
25	-	1	The Alchemy Journal Suleika Jaouad, Author Random House, $19.99 979-8-217-15397-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,241 YTD: 5,241	Nov 2025	5,241 5,241

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Nov. 15, 2025; appearing in the Nov. 24, 2025, print edition of PW