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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	1	4	Dog Man: Big Jim Believes: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #14): From the Creator of Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey, Author, Dav Pilkey, Illustrator Graphix, $15.99 (224) 978-1-5461-7618-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/24/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/24/2025 Average Rank 1.12 [details] Sales history for Dog Man: Big Jim Believes: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #14): From the Creator of Captain Underpants date, rank 11/24/2025, 1 12/01/2025, 2 12/08/2025, 1 12/15/2025, 1 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 85,385 YTD: 519,425	Nov 2025	85,385 519,425
2	2	7	Partypooper: a Side-Splitting Birthday Disaster from the #1 International Bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series (Book 20) Jeff Kinney, Author Amulet Books, $14.99 (224) 978-1-4197-8269-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/03/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/03/2025 Average Rank 1.79 [details] Sales history for Partypooper: a Side-Splitting Birthday Disaster from the #1 International Bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series (Book 20) date, rank 11/03/2025, 1 11/10/2025, 1 11/17/2025, 2 11/24/2025, 2 12/01/2025, 4 12/08/2025, 2 12/15/2025, 2 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 66,072 YTD: 619,966	Oct 2025	66,072 619,966
3	3	50	The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking about Mel Robbins, Author Hay House LLC, $29.99 (336) 978-1-4019-7136-6 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 01/06/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/06/2025 Average Rank 2.05 [details] Sales history for The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking about date, rank 01/06/2025, 3 01/13/2025, 1 01/20/2025, 1 01/27/2025, 2 02/03/2025, 3 02/10/2025, 2 02/17/2025, 1 02/24/2025, 1 03/03/2025, 1 03/10/2025, 1 03/17/2025, 1 03/24/2025, 1 03/31/2025, 2 04/07/2025, 2 04/14/2025, 3 04/21/2025, 3 04/28/2025, 2 05/05/2025, 3 05/12/2025, 2 05/19/2025, 2 05/26/2025, 1 06/02/2025, 4 06/09/2025, 2 06/16/2025, 1 06/23/2025, 2 06/30/2025, 1 07/07/2025, 1 07/14/2025, 1 07/21/2025, 1 07/28/2025, 1 08/04/2025, 1 08/11/2025, 1 08/18/2025, 2 08/25/2025, 1 09/01/2025, 3 09/08/2025, 3 09/15/2025, 5 09/22/2025, 4 09/29/2025, 4 10/06/2025, 4 10/13/2025, 9 10/20/2025, 4 10/27/2025, 7 11/03/2025, 6 11/10/2025, 8 11/17/2025, 9 11/24/2025, 5 12/01/2025, 6 12/08/2025, 3 12/15/2025, 3 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 50 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 57,624 YTD: 2,609,261	Dec 2024	57,624 2,609,261
4	11	4	The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition [With Light Girl Doll] Carol V Aebersold, Author, Chanda A Bell, Author, Coe Steinwart, Illustrator Cca & B, $37.95 978-0-9843651-7-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 12/17/2012 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/16/2019 Average Rank 7.72 [details] Sales history for The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition [With Light Girl Doll] date, rank 12/17/2012, 5 12/09/2013, 8 12/16/2013, 4 12/15/2014, 4 12/07/2015, 7 12/14/2015, 4 12/16/2019, 9 12/13/2021, 7 12/12/2022, 7 12/09/2024, 4 12/16/2024, 5 12/15/2025, 4 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 47,291 YTD: 95,705	Sep 2020	47,291 95,705
5	19	4	The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition [With Light Boy Doll] Carol V Aebersold, Author CCA, 978-0-9769907-0-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 11/26/2012 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/16/2013 Average Rank 6.67 [details] Sales history for The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition [With Light Boy Doll] date, rank 11/26/2012, 9 12/03/2012, 3 12/10/2012, 2 12/17/2012, 2 12/24/2012, 3 12/02/2013, 9 12/09/2013, 2 12/16/2013, 2 12/23/2013, 5 12/08/2014, 7 12/15/2014, 2 12/22/2014, 10 12/07/2015, 3 12/14/2015, 3 12/14/2020, 9 12/13/2021, 5 12/09/2024, 8 12/16/2024, 6 12/15/2025, 5 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 46,921 YTD: 92,045	Sep 2020	46,921 92,045
6	4	7	The Widow John Grisham, Author Doubleday Books, $32.00 (368) 978-0-385-54898-4 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 11/03/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/03/2025 Average Rank 3.29 [details] Sales history for The Widow date, rank 11/03/2025, 2 11/10/2025, 4 11/17/2025, 5 11/24/2025, 4 12/01/2025, 8 12/08/2025, 4 12/15/2025, 6 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 46,277 YTD: 333,862	Oct 2025	46,277 333,862
7	-	1	Crowntide (Lightlark #4) Alex Aster, Author Amulet, $24.99 (384) 978-1-4197-8571-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 12/15/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 12/15/2025 Average Rank 5.00 [details] Sales history for Crowntide (Lightlark #4) date, rank 12/15/2025, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2025 UNITS SOLD: 42,785 YTD: 42,785	Dec 2025	42,785 42,785
8	12	4	The Book of Unusual Knowledge Publications International Ltd, Author Publications International, Ltd., $14.98 (704) 978-1-4508-4580-9 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Apr 2012 UNITS SOLD: 34,929 YTD: 202,383	Apr 2012	34,929 202,383
9	-	1	Until He Comes: 365 Daily Devotions as We Await His Return Amir Tsarfati, Author, Barry Stagner, Author Harvest Prophecy, $22.99 (384) 978-0-7369-9201-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 12/15/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/15/2025 Average Rank 5.00 [details] Sales history for Until He Comes: 365 Daily Devotions as We Await His Return date, rank 12/15/2025, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2025 UNITS SOLD: 31,740 YTD: 31,740	Dec 2025	31,740 31,740
10	6	13	The Secret of Secrets Dan Brown, Author Doubleday Books, $38.00 (688) 978-0-385-54689-8 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/22/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/22/2025 Average Rank 4.14 [details] Sales history for The Secret of Secrets date, rank 09/22/2025, 1 09/29/2025, 1 10/06/2025, 3 10/13/2025, 4 10/20/2025, 5 10/27/2025, 9 11/03/2025, 9 12/08/2025, 6 12/15/2025, 10 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 29,657 YTD: 543,413	Sep 2025	29,657 543,413

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Dec. 6, 2025; appearing in the Dec. 15, 2025, print edition of PW