Books
Atomic Habits by James Clear remains rank 1 on Open Library Trending Books for September 28, 2026, snapshot 2026-09-28T08:01:35.772891, matching September 27. How to Win Friends and Influence People is a new entrant at rank 4. Pride and Prejudice is new at rank 6. The Love Hypothesis holds rank 3, the same slot as yesterday, while the Prime Video film sits at IMDb rank 4 and Google Trends rank 6. Thinking, Fast and Slow and The 7 Habits dropped off.
Top trending books on Open Library: September 28
Atomic Habits: James Clear
Habit-formation bestseller still at rank 1. Rank 1. Recurring Open Library fixture; no new edition bulletin was required. Display uses a colon, not the API em dash.
The 48 Laws of Power: Robert Greene
Strategy title holding rank 2. Same slot as September 27.
The Love Hypothesis: Ali Hazelwood
STEM rom-com novel holding rank 3. Hollywood Reporter dated the Prime Video film to September 23, 2026, which is the same-week screen trigger next to this catalog row. get_growth on google search for the love hypothesis: 7D plus 1011.11 percent (9.0 to 100.0).
How to Win Friends and Influence People: Dale Carnegie
Classic self-help title, new at rank 4. It displaces Harry Potter, which slides to 5. No widely reported 2026 reprint bulletin was found; the row is a catalog rotation.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: J. K. Rowling
First Potter novel at rank 5 after rank 4, down 1.
Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen
Classic novel, new at rank 6. No widely reported 2026 screen trigger was found in the fetch.
Think and Grow Rich: Napoleon Hill
Self-help title at rank 7 after rank 8, up 1.
The Psychology of Money: Morgan Housel
Finance title at rank 8 after rank 9, up 1.
Rich Dad, Poor Dad: Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter
Personal-finance title at rank 9 after rank 6, down 3.
The Laws of Human Nature: Robert Greene
Greene's later title at rank 10 after rank 5, down 5. The 5-rank drop is the largest holdover move. Greene still occupies two slots (2 and 10).
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What changed on Open Library since yesterday
New entrants: How to Win Friends (4), Pride and Prejudice (6). Holdovers: Atomic Habits 1, 48 Laws 2, Love Hypothesis 3, Harry Potter 4 to 5, Think and Grow Rich 8 to 7, Psychology of Money 9 to 8, Rich Dad 6 to 9, Laws of Human Nature 5 to 10. Drop-offs: Thinking, Fast and Slow (7), The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (10). Big mover: Laws of Human Nature down 5. as_of 2026-09-28T08:01:35.772891 versus 2026-09-27T08:01:39.492347.
What today's Open Library trends reveal
The September 28 Open Library ten is still a self-help stack with one film-tied novel. Ranks 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, and 10 are advice titles. Love Hypothesis at 3 is the only row with a dated 2026 screen event (Prime Video, September 23). Carnegie and Austen entering at 4 and 6 replaced Kahneman and Covey, which is a classics-for-modern-advice swap rather than a new-release spike.
Track these trends in real time with Trends MCP
This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool on September 28, 2026. The call is for analysts who need a dated snapshot of a live board rather than a keyword time series. The matching data source page is Open Library trending books API.
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Film overlap is on Open Library trending vs IMDb MOVIEmeter.