Books
Atomic Habits: James Clear still leads Open Library Trending Books on stamp 2026-09-24T06:01:41.734023, the same rank 1 as September 23. The 48 Laws of Power climbs 5 to 2. The Psychology of Money returns at 6 after dropping off yesterday, and O Alquimista is new at 9.
Top trending books on Open Library: September 24
Atomic Habits: James Clear: Habit-formation bestseller. Holds 1 on stamp 2026-09-24T06:01:41.734023. Display uses a colon in place of the API dash punctuation.
The 48 Laws of Power: Robert Greene: Strategy classic. Climbs 5 to 2 (plus 3).
How to Win Friends and Influence People: Dale Carnegie: 1936 self-help. Holds 3 after climbing 6 to 3 yesterday.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Stephen R. Covey: Covey classic. Falls 2 to 4 after yesterday's plus-6 climb from 8.
Rich Dad, Poor Dad: Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter: Personal-finance title. Climbs 7 to 5.
The Psychology of Money: Morgan Housel: Investing essays. New at 6 (was 4 on September 22, dropped on September 23).
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Jeff Kinney: Middle-grade series. New at 7. No widely reported 2026 reprint trigger identified for September 24 beyond the live rank.
Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen: 1813 novel. Falls 4 to 8.
O Alquimista: Paulo Coelho: Portuguese listing of The Alchemist. New at 9.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: J. K. Rowling: First Potter novel. Falls 6 to 10.
The live ranked board beyond today's top 10 is available via the Trends MCP API. Get your free API key
What changed on Open Library since yesterday
- New: The Psychology of Money (6), Diary of a Wimpy Kid (7), O Alquimista (9).
- Movers: The 48 Laws of Power 5 to 2 (plus 3). The 7 Habits 2 to 4. Rich Dad 7 to 5. Pride and Prejudice 4 to 8. Harry Potter 6 to 10.
- Unchanged rank: Atomic Habits at 1, How to Win Friends at 3.
- Dropped: Esquire's The New Rules for Men (8), Metamorphosis (9), The Prince (10).
What today's Open Library trends reveal
The catalog is a self-help core with one children's series and one translated novel. Atomic Habits at 1, Carnegie at 3, Covey at 4, Kiyosaki at 5, and Housel at 6 are money-and-habit titles. Greene at 2 is the strategy add-on.
Esquire, Kafka, and Machiavelli exit after one-day or two-day stays. Wimpy Kid at 7 and O Alquimista at 9 are the only non-English-self-help entrants. The Open Library trending books API is the matching data-source page.
Track these trends in real time with Trends MCP
This list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends call below. The tool is for catalog analysts who need a dated Open Library rank snapshot.
{
"type": "Open Library Trending Books",
"limit": 10
}