Top trending books on Open Library: August 25, 2026

Rich Dad, Poor Dad is the mover on Open Library Trending Books for August 25, 2026, jumping from #4 on August 24 to #1. The Psychology of Money, yesterday's #1, falls to #5. Self-help still occupies five of the top six slots. Public-domain and children's classics fill 7 through 10, replacing yesterday's thrillers A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and Haunting Adeline.

Rich Dad, Poor Dad : Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter
The personal-finance title rises from #4 to #1. No August 25 reprint or lawsuit headline was required to explain the jump. It is a catalog staple reclaiming the lead on this Open Library snapshot.
The 48 Laws of Power : Robert Greene
Holds #2, same as August 24. Greene remains the only author with two books on this August 25 list until The Laws of Human Nature dropped off. Rank is unchanged.
How to Win Friends and Influence People : Dale Carnegie
A new #3. The 1936 self-help classic was not on August 24's list. Late-August career reading is the seasonal why, not a new edition announcement.
Atomic Habits : James Clear
Falls from #3 to #4. Rank change is one slot. The habit title stays inside the self-help block.
The Psychology of Money : Morgan Housel
Falls from #1 to #5, a 4-rank drop. It is still in the top 10. No widely reported 2026 revision was dated August 25.
The Prince : Niccolo Machiavelli
A new #6. The political-theory staple joins Carnegie as a catalog classic entering from outside yesterday's list. No stage revival was matched to the rank.
The War of the Worlds : H. G. Wells
A new #7. The 1898 novel is the first fiction title after six nonfiction rows. No 2026 screen adaptation headline was required beyond the Open Library rank.
Le petit prince : Antoine de Saint-Exupery
A new #8. The French title string is the API row, not an English translation rename. Children's and school lists often lift it in late August.
The Secret Garden : Frances Hodgson Burnett
A new #9. Another children's classic entering as thrillers exit. Rank is a back-to-school catalog move.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone : J. K. Rowling
Rises from #8 on August 24 to #10 after other titles reshuffled around it. It is the only holdover fiction title from yesterday's bottom three.

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What changed on Open Library since yesterday

New in the top 10 versus August 24: How to Win Friends and Influence People (#3), The Prince (#6), The War of the Worlds (#7), Le petit prince (#8), The Secret Garden (#9). Drop-offs: The Laws of Human Nature (#5), A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (#6), Haunting Adeline (#7), Animal Farm (#9), Wuthering Heights (#10). Big movers: Rich Dad, Poor Dad from #4 to #1; The Psychology of Money from #1 to #5; Atomic Habits from #3 to #4; Harry Potter from #8 to #10. The 48 Laws of Power holds #2.

What today's Open Library books reveal

Finance and power manuals retook the lead from yesterday's mixed thriller-and-habit board. Rich Dad at #1 plus Carnegie at #3 plus Machiavelli at #6 is a career-reading cluster. Greene holds #2 while his Human Nature title exits.

Wells, Saint-Exupery, Burnett, and Rowling are the fiction floor. Holly Jackson and H. D. Carlton are the thriller exits. For reading-traffic tooling next to Wikipedia, see best Wikipedia trend research tools.

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This ranked list is the August 25, 2026 get_top_trends snapshot for type Open Library Trending Books with limit 10. Library and publishing teams that watch daily catalog ranks can call the same feed. The generating call:

{
  "type": "Open Library Trending Books",
  "limit": 10
}

See the Open Library Trending Books API page for source notes.