Books
How to Win Friends and Influence People is new at 6 on Open Library Trending Books dated 2026-09-22T06:01:41.162893. Pride and Prejudice is new at 9. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is new at 8. Atomic Habits still holds 1. The 48 Laws of Power climbs 3 to 2, swapping ahead of Rich Dad, Poor Dad, which falls 4 to 3. Display titles use a colon between book and author; the stored API rows use an em dash that is not copied into this page. Animal Farm, The Laws of Human Nature, and The Hunger Games drop off.
Top trending books on Open Library: September 22
Atomic Habits: James Clear: Habit-formation title. Holds 1. Same rank as September 21.
The 48 Laws of Power: Robert Greene: Strategy title. Climbs 3 to 2.
Rich Dad, Poor Dad: Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter: Personal-finance title. Falls 4 to 3.
The Psychology of Money: Morgan Housel: Investing essays. Falls 2 to 4.
Esquire's The New Rules for Men: Esquire: 2016 Hearst etiquette book (OL34627046M). Climbs 9 to 5. Open Library showed a January 16, 2026 catalog touch, not a 2026 reprint.
How to Win Friends and Influence People: Dale Carnegie: Classic self-help. New at 6.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: J. K. Rowling: First Harry Potter novel. Falls 5 to 7.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Stephen R. Covey: Productivity title. New at 8.
Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen: 1813 novel. New at 9.
Nineteen Eighty-Four: George Orwell: Dystopian novel. Falls 7 to 10. Animal Farm, yesterday's rank 6, leaves while this Orwell title stays.
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What changed on Open Library since yesterday
- New: How to Win Friends and Influence People (6), The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (8), Pride and Prejudice (9).
- Movers: none at 5-plus. 48 Laws 3 to 2. Psychology of Money 2 to 4. Esquire 9 to 5 (4 ranks). Harry Potter 5 to 7. 1984 7 to 10.
- Dropped: Animal Farm (6), The Laws of Human Nature (8), The Hunger Games (10).
What today's Open Library books reveal
The live 10 is a self-help-plus-canon board. Clear, Greene, Kiyosaki, Housel, Carnegie, and Covey occupy 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8. Austen at 9 and Orwell at 10 are the literature tail. Harry Potter sliding 5 to 7 is the children's-canon leftover.
Esquire climbing 9 to 5 is a catalog-activity bump on a 2016 title, not a new edition. The Open Library Trending Books API stamp 2026-09-22T06:01:41.162893 swapped three self-help/canon names onto a board that still starts with Atomic Habits.
Track these trends in real time with Trends MCP
This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool. The same API is built for librarians and developers who need a dated board instead of a screenshot. get_growth was skipped: these rows are book titles, not keyword sources. The matching data source page is Open Library Trending Books API.
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