Books
The 48 Laws of Power: Robert Greene is rank 1 on the Open Library board dated 2026-09-14T08:01:37.814978, up from 6 on September 13. Atomic Habits: James Clear falls 1 to 2. New versus yesterday: Thinking, Fast and Slow at 7, The Laws of Human Nature at 8, Frankl at 9, and O Alquimista at 10. Dropped: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Esquire's The New Rules for Men, Think and Grow Rich, L'etranger.
Top trending books on Open Library: September 14
The 48 Laws of Power: Robert Greene: 1998 power-dynamics title. Rank 6 yesterday, now 1, a 5-rank jump that meets the mover threshold.
Atomic Habits: James Clear: Habit-formation bestseller. Rank 1 yesterday, now 2.
Rich Dad, Poor Dad: Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter: Personal-finance title. Rank 5 yesterday, now 3.
The Psychology of Money: Morgan Housel: Investing-behavior title. Rank 2 yesterday, now 4.
A Nation of Idiots: Daksh Tyagi: Rank 4 yesterday, now 5.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: J. K. Rowling: First Potter novel. Rank 3 yesterday, now 6.
Thinking, Fast and Slow: Daniel Kahneman, Removed: Dual-process psychology title. The API includes the word Removed after Kahneman. New at 7.
The Laws of Human Nature: Robert Greene: Second Greene title on the same board. New at 8.
Trotzdem Ja zum Leben sagen: Viktor E. Frankl: Man's Search for Meaning in the German API string. New at 9.
O Alquimista: Paulo Coelho: The Alchemist in Portuguese. New at 10.
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What changed on Open Library since yesterday
- New: Thinking, Fast and Slow (7), The Laws of Human Nature (8), Frankl (9), O Alquimista (10).
- Movers: 48 Laws of Power 6 to 1 (5 ranks); Atomic Habits 1 to 2; Rich Dad 5 to 3; Psychology of Money 2 to 4; Nation of Idiots 4 to 5; Philosopher's Stone 3 to 6.
- Dropped: Chamber of Secrets (7), Esquire's The New Rules for Men (8), Think and Grow Rich (9), L'etranger (10).
What today's Open Library books reveal
Self-help and strategy titles retook the top. Two Robert Greene books at 1 and 8 is the pattern, not a single-event news spike. Potter slides but stays. The new bottom four are durable catalog titles (Kahneman, Greene, Frankl, Coelho), not 2026 publications.
Display names use colons in place of the API's em dashes. No matching publication-day news fetch was found for the Greene jump on September 14.
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This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool. The same API is built for analysts, editors, and developers who need a dated board instead of a screenshot. The matching data source page is Open Library Trending Books API.
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