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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	1	31	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 1.37 [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, 3 01/13/2025, 1 01/20/2025, 1 01/27/2025, 2 02/03/2025, 3 02/10/2025, 2 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, 2 04/07/2025, 2 04/14/2025, 3 04/21/2025, 3 04/28/2025, 2 05/05/2025, 3 05/12/2025, 2 05/19/2025, 2 05/26/2025, 1 06/02/2025, 4 06/09/2025, 2 06/16/2025, 1 06/23/2025, 2 06/30/2025, 1 07/07/2025, 1 07/14/2025, 1 07/21/2025, 1 07/28/2025, 1 08/04/2025, 1 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 31 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 36,463 YTD: 1,924,944	Dec 2024	36,463 1,924,944
2	-	1	Not Quite Dead Yet: A GMA Book Club Pick Holly Jackson, Author Bantam, $28.00 (400) 978-0-593-97705-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 08/04/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/04/2025 Average Rank 1.50 [details] Sales history for Not Quite Dead Yet: A GMA Book Club Pick date, rank 08/04/2025, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 16,929 YTD: 16,929	Jul 2025	16,929 16,929
3	9	19	Sunrise on the Reaping (a Hunger Games Novel) Suzanne Collins, Author Scholastic Press, $27.99 (400) 978-1-5461-7146-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/31/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/31/2025 Average Rank 2.38 [details] Sales history for Sunrise on the Reaping (a Hunger Games Novel) date, rank 03/31/2025, 1 04/07/2025, 1 04/14/2025, 1 04/21/2025, 2 04/28/2025, 1 05/05/2025, 2 05/12/2025, 3 05/19/2025, 3 05/26/2025, 5 06/02/2025, 6 06/09/2025, 6 06/16/2025, 6 06/23/2025, 5 06/30/2025, 3 07/07/2025, 2 07/14/2025, 3 07/21/2025, 7 07/28/2025, 9 08/04/2025, 3 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 19 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 14,924 YTD: 1,761,936	Mar 2025	14,924 1,761,936
4	-	1	The Hamptons Lawyer: A Jane Smith Thriller James Patterson, Author, Mike Lupica, Author Little Brown and Company, $30.00 (400) 978-0-316-56993-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 08/04/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/04/2025 Average Rank 3.00 [details] Sales history for The Hamptons Lawyer: A Jane Smith Thriller date, rank 08/04/2025, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 14,635 YTD: 14,635	Jul 2025	14,635 14,635
5	8	4	Do Not Disturb Freida McFadden, Author Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99 (288) 978-1-4642-2728-8 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 07/14/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/14/2025 Average Rank 3.12 [details] Sales history for Do Not Disturb date, rank 07/14/2025, 2 07/21/2025, 4 07/28/2025, 8 08/04/2025, 5 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 14,368 YTD: 82,301	Jul 2025	14,368 82,301
6	5	6	Project Hail Mary Andy Weir, Author Ballantine Books, $20.00 (496) 978-0-593-13522-8 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 24 Initial Date 10/17/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/14/2022 Average Rank 8.23 [details] Sales history for Project Hail Mary date, rank 11/14/2022, 1 12/12/2022, 1 01/09/2023, 1 02/13/2023, 1 03/13/2023, 1 04/10/2023, 2 05/08/2023, 1 06/05/2023, 3 07/03/2023, 2 08/14/2023, 3 09/11/2023, 2 10/09/2023, 3 11/13/2023, 2 12/11/2023, 4 01/08/2024, 1 07/14/2025, 9 07/28/2025, 5 08/04/2025, 6 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 14,302 YTD: 158,875	Oct 2022	14,302 158,875
7	3	2	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 2 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 07/28/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 07/28/2025 Average Rank 3.50 [details] Sales history for The Idaho Four: An American Tragedy date, rank 07/28/2025, 3 08/04/2025, 7 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 13,699 YTD: 43,854	Jul 2025	13,699 43,854
8	7	12	One Golden Summer Carley Fortune, Author Berkley Books, $19.00 (336) 978-0-593-63891-0 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/07/2025 Average Rank 4.78 [details] Sales history for One Golden Summer date, rank 05/26/2025, 9 06/02/2025, 10 06/09/2025, 10 06/16/2025, 10 06/23/2025, 7 06/30/2025, 4 07/07/2025, 3 07/14/2025, 4 07/21/2025, 5 07/28/2025, 7 08/04/2025, 8 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 13,373 YTD: 284,972	May 2025	13,373 284,972
9	6	7	Caught Up: Into Darkness Trilogy Navessa Allen, Author Zando - Slowburn, $19.00 (352) 978-1-63893-225-3 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 06/23/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/23/2025 Average Rank 4.00 [details] Sales history for Caught Up: Into Darkness Trilogy date, rank 06/23/2025, 1 06/30/2025, 2 07/07/2025, 8 07/14/2025, 8 07/28/2025, 6 08/04/2025, 9 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 13,278 YTD: 230,341	Jun 2025	13,278 230,341
10	29	68	The Nightingale Kristin Hannah, Author St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99 (592) 978-1-250-08040-0 Last rank 29 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 05/08/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/08/2017 Average Rank 15.09 [details] Sales history for The Nightingale date, rank 08/04/2025, 10 LAST WEEK: 29 WEEKS ON LIST: 68 PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 12,115 YTD: 306,841	Apr 2017	12,115 306,841

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended July 26, 2025; appearing in the Aug. 4, 2025, print edition of PW