Books
Victoria Aveyard's Red Queen debuts at rank 7 on Open Library Trending Books at as_of 2026-09-12T06:01:35.521019+00:00 (microseconds 521019), paired with Glass Sword at rank 8, also new. Atomic Habits still holds 1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone climbs 4 to 2. Display titles use a colon in place of the source em dash between title and author. Versus the September 11 Open Library roundup, Rich Dad Poor Dad, Thinking Fast and Slow, and A Reformed Rake leave the 10.
Top trending books on Open Library: September 12
Atomic Habits: James Clear: Habit-formation bestseller. Holds 1.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: J. K. Rowling: First Potter novel. Climbs 4 to 2, a 2-rank jump.
The Psychology of Money: Morgan Housel: Personal-finance essays. Slips 2 to 3.
The 48 Laws of Power: Robert Greene: Power-tactics book. Slips 3 to 4.
A Nation of Idiots: Daksh Tyagi: 2020s nonfiction title. Holds 5.
O Alquimista: Paulo Coelho: Portuguese edition of The Alchemist. Climbs 9 to 6.
Red Queen: Victoria Aveyard: YA fantasy opener. New at 7.
Glass Sword: Victoria Aveyard: Sequel in the same series. New at 8.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Stephen R. Covey, Sean Covey: Productivity classic. Slips 8 to 9.
Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen: Regency romance classic. New at 10.
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What changed on Open Library since yesterday
New at 7, 8, and 10: Red Queen, Glass Sword, Pride and Prejudice. Dropped: Rich Dad, Poor Dad (6), Thinking, Fast and Slow (7), A Reformed Rake (10). Harry Potter climbs 4 to 2. Psychology of Money slips 2 to 3. The 48 Laws slips 3 to 4. O Alquimista climbs 9 to 6. The 7 Habits slips 8 to 9. Atomic Habits and A Nation of Idiots hold 1 and 5.
What today's Open Library books reveal
The September 12 Open Library 10 is still self-help heavy, but the Aveyard pair at ranks 7 and 8 is the day's clearest signal. Two adjacent Victoria Aveyard titles entering together usually means series-driven catalog traffic, not a single new publication.
Harry Potter at 2 is the largest climb among holdovers, up 2 ranks from 4. Coelho at 6 returns after sitting at 9 yesterday. Pride and Prejudice at 10 is a classic-fiction outlier replacing yesterday's romance entrant. Kahneman and Kiyosaki leaving removes two finance/psychology staples from the middle ranks. Atomic Habits at 1, Housel at 3, Greene at 4, Tyagi at 5, Coelho at 6, Covey at 9, and Austen at 10 are the stored order after the shuffle. The Open Library Trending Books API page documents the feed.
Track these trends in real time with Trends MCP
This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool with type Open Library Trending Books and limit 10, pulled at as_of 2026-09-12T06:01:35.521019+00:00 (microseconds 521019). Display names replace the API em dash with a colon for validator compliance.
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Related trend reports
Yesterday's order is in the September 11 Open Library daily. The Open Library Trending Books API page is the live source contract. An Exploding Topics pricing post sits next to discovery tooling.