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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	-	1	The Tenant Freida McFadden, Author Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99 (368) 978-1-4642-2731-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 1.00 [details] Sales history for The Tenant date, rank 05/19/2025, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 100,520 YTD: 100,520	May 2025	100,520 100,520
2	2	20	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 1.43 [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 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 76,075 YTD: 1,398,188	Dec 2024	76,075 1,398,188
3	3	8	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 1.44 [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 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 48,464 YTD: 1,428,152	Mar 2025	48,464 1,428,152
4	-	1	Shield of Sparrows (Deluxe Limited Edition) Devney Perry, Author Entangled: Red Tower Books, $32.99 978-1-64937-851-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 2.50 [details] Sales history for Shield of Sparrows (Deluxe Limited Edition) date, rank 05/19/2025, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 45,628 YTD: 45,628	May 2025	45,628 45,628
5	-	1	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 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 3.50 [details] Sales history for The Wishbone Kitchen Cookbook: Seasonal Recipes for Everyday Luxury and Elevated Entertaining date, rank 05/19/2025, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 43,487 YTD: 43,487	May 2025	43,487 43,487
6	6	11	Oh, the Places You'll Go! Dr Seuss, Author Random House Trade, 978-0-679-80527-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 05/02/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/02/2022 Average Rank 7.28 [details] Sales history for Oh, the Places You'll Go! date, rank 05/09/2022, 4 05/16/2022, 7 05/23/2022, 1 05/30/2022, 1 06/06/2022, 1 06/13/2022, 7 06/20/2022, 9 04/24/2023, 7 05/01/2023, 8 05/08/2023, 3 05/15/2023, 6 05/22/2023, 2 05/29/2023, 1 06/05/2023, 1 06/12/2023, 2 06/19/2023, 4 04/29/2024, 9 05/06/2024, 5 05/13/2024, 8 05/20/2024, 2 05/27/2024, 1 06/03/2024, 2 06/10/2024, 3 06/17/2024, 6 05/05/2025, 8 05/12/2025, 6 05/19/2025, 6 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Jan 1990 UNITS SOLD: 40,916 YTD: 209,924	Jan 1990	40,916 209,924
7	4	3	Great Big Beautiful Life Emily Henry, Author Berkley Books, $29.00 (416) 978-0-593-44129-9 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 05/05/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/05/2025 Average Rank 2.67 [details] Sales history for Great Big Beautiful Life date, rank 05/05/2025, 1 05/12/2025, 4 05/19/2025, 7 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 40,175 YTD: 223,304	Apr 2025	40,175 223,304
8	-	1	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 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 5.50 [details] Sales history for We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life's 20 Questions date, rank 05/19/2025, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 36,996 YTD: 36,996	May 2025	36,996 36,996
9	-	1	My Friends Fredrik Backman, Author Atria Books, $29.99 (448) 978-1-9821-1282-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for My Friends date, rank 05/19/2025, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 30,803 YTD: 30,803	May 2025	30,803 30,803
10	7	2	Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt, Author Ecco Press, $19.99 (384) 978-0-06-320416-4 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 05/12/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/12/2025 Average Rank 5.25 [details] Sales history for Remarkably Bright Creatures date, rank 05/12/2025, 7 05/19/2025, 10 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 30,361 YTD: 56,588	Apr 2025	30,361 56,588

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended May 10, 2025; appearing in the May 19, 2025, print edition of PW