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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	-	5	Dog Man: Big Jim Begins: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #13): From the Creator of Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey, Author, Dav Pilkey, Illustrator Graphix, $14.99 (224) 978-1-338-89645-9 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 12/16/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/16/2024 Average Rank 1.45 [details] Sales history for Dog Man: Big Jim Begins: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #13): From the Creator of Captain Underpants date, rank 12/16/2024, 1 12/30/2024, 1 01/06/2025, 2 01/13/2025, 1 01/20/2025, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 40,742 YTD: 664,916	Dec 2024	40,742 664,916
2	-	2	Escaping Peril: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #8) Tui T Sutherland, Author, Mike Holmes, Illustrator Graphix, $12.99 (224) 978-1-339-00123-4 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 01/06/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/06/2025 Average Rank 3.00 [details] Sales history for Escaping Peril: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #8) date, rank 01/06/2025, 1 01/13/2025, 2 01/20/2025, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 22,290 YTD: 111,021	Dec 2024	22,290 111,021
3	-	11	Hot Mess (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 19) Jeff Kinney, Author Amulet Books, $14.99 (224) 978-1-4197-6695-4 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/04/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/04/2024 Average Rank 1.90 [details] Sales history for Hot Mess (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 19) date, rank 11/04/2024, 1 11/11/2024, 1 11/18/2024, 1 11/25/2024, 2 12/02/2024, 1 12/09/2024, 1 12/16/2024, 2 12/30/2024, 2 01/06/2025, 3 01/13/2025, 3 01/20/2025, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 17,447 YTD: 765,498	Oct 2024	17,447 765,498
4	-	17	Impossible Creatures Ashley MacKenzie, Illustrator, Katherine Rundell, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99 (368) 978-0-593-80986-0 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 09/23/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/23/2024 Average Rank 8.28 [details] Sales history for Impossible Creatures date, rank 09/23/2024, 1 09/30/2024, 3 10/07/2024, 5 10/14/2024, 15 10/21/2024, 11 10/28/2024, 14 11/04/2024, 15 11/11/2024, 18 11/18/2024, 22 11/25/2024, 9 12/02/2024, 4 12/09/2024, 2 12/16/2024, 5 12/30/2024, 4 01/06/2025, 4 01/13/2025, 4 01/20/2025, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 8,203 YTD: 209,297	Sep 2024	8,203 209,297
5	-	48	If Only I Had Told Her Laura Nowlin, Author Sourcebooks Fire, $11.99 (300) 978-1-7282-7622-9 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 02/19/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/19/2024 Average Rank 5.40 [details] Sales history for If Only I Had Told Her date, rank 02/19/2024, 1 02/26/2024, 1 03/04/2024, 1 03/11/2024, 1 03/18/2024, 1 03/25/2024, 1 04/01/2024, 2 04/08/2024, 2 04/15/2024, 2 04/22/2024, 2 04/29/2024, 2 05/06/2024, 2 05/13/2024, 3 05/20/2024, 3 05/27/2024, 3 06/10/2024, 2 06/17/2024, 2 06/24/2024, 2 07/08/2024, 3 07/15/2024, 5 07/22/2024, 5 07/29/2024, 5 08/05/2024, 5 08/12/2024, 7 08/19/2024, 5 08/26/2024, 2 09/02/2024, 4 09/09/2024, 3 09/16/2024, 4 09/23/2024, 5 09/30/2024, 6 10/07/2024, 9 10/14/2024, 16 10/21/2024, 8 10/28/2024, 10 11/04/2024, 13 11/11/2024, 11 11/18/2024, 16 11/25/2024, 11 12/02/2024, 11 12/09/2024, 8 12/16/2024, 13 12/30/2024, 8 01/06/2025, 8 01/13/2025, 5 01/20/2025, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 48 PUB DATE: Feb 2024 UNITS SOLD: 7,956 YTD: 692,840	Feb 2024	7,956 692,840
6	-	15	Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess Rick Riordan, Author Disney Hyperion, $19.99 (336) 978-1-368-10763-1 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/07/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/07/2024 Average Rank 4.56 [details] Sales history for Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess date, rank 10/07/2024, 1 10/14/2024, 2 10/21/2024, 1 10/28/2024, 1 11/04/2024, 4 11/11/2024, 4 11/18/2024, 9 11/25/2024, 6 12/02/2024, 6 12/09/2024, 5 12/16/2024, 7 12/30/2024, 5 01/06/2025, 7 01/13/2025, 6 01/20/2025, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 7,768 YTD: 258,603	Sep 2024	7,768 258,603
7	-	42	Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #12): From the Creator of Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey, Author, Dav Pilkey, Illustrator Graphix, $14.99 (240) 978-1-338-89643-5 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/01/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/01/2024 Average Rank 2.59 [details] Sales history for Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #12): From the Creator of Captain Underpants date, rank 04/01/2024, 1 04/08/2024, 1 04/15/2024, 1 04/22/2024, 1 04/29/2024, 1 05/06/2024, 1 05/13/2024, 1 05/20/2024, 1 05/27/2024, 1 06/10/2024, 1 06/17/2024, 1 06/24/2024, 1 07/08/2024, 2 07/15/2024, 4 07/22/2024, 3 07/29/2024, 3 08/05/2024, 3 08/12/2024, 2 08/19/2024, 1 08/26/2024, 1 09/02/2024, 2 09/09/2024, 1 09/16/2024, 2 09/23/2024, 2 09/30/2024, 2 10/07/2024, 3 10/14/2024, 4 10/21/2024, 3 10/28/2024, 2 11/04/2024, 5 11/11/2024, 2 11/18/2024, 5 11/25/2024, 5 12/02/2024, 2 12/09/2024, 3 12/16/2024, 4 12/30/2024, 3 01/06/2025, 5 01/13/2025, 7 01/20/2025, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 42 PUB DATE: Mar 2024 UNITS SOLD: 7,137 YTD: 1,273,926	Mar 2024	7,137 1,273,926
8	-	1	Dating and Dragons Kristy Boyce, Author Delacorte Romance, $12.99 (336) 978-0-593-89920-5 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 01/13/2025 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 01/13/2025 Average Rank 8.00 [details] Sales history for Dating and Dragons date, rank 01/13/2025, 8 01/20/2025, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,878 YTD: 6,878	Dec 2024	6,878 6,878
9	-	2	Our Fault Mercedes Ron, Author Bloom Books, $12.99 (448) 978-1-7282-9079-9 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 02/26/2024 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 02/26/2024 Average Rank 13.00 [details] Sales history for Our Fault date, rank 02/26/2024, 7 03/04/2024, 23 01/13/2025, 9 01/20/2025, 13 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Feb 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,742 YTD: 64,731	Feb 2024	6,742 64,731
10	-	8	Skyshade (the Lightlark Saga Book 3) Alex Aster, Author Harry N. Abrams, $22.99 (384) 978-1-4197-7378-5 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/25/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/25/2024 Average Rank 7.11 [details] Sales history for Skyshade (the Lightlark Saga Book 3) date, rank 11/25/2024, 1 12/02/2024, 3 12/09/2024, 4 12/16/2024, 12 12/30/2024, 14 01/06/2025, 9 01/13/2025, 10 01/20/2025, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,021 YTD: 125,160	Nov 2024	6,021 125,160
11	-	27	Reckless Lauren Roberts, Author Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99 (512) 978-1-6659-5543-0 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 07/15/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/15/2024 Average Rank 9.97 [details] Sales history for Reckless date, rank 07/15/2024, 1 07/22/2024, 1 07/29/2024, 1 08/05/2024, 2 08/12/2024, 3 08/19/2024, 4 08/26/2024, 4 09/02/2024, 5 09/09/2024, 4 09/16/2024, 7 09/23/2024, 6 09/30/2024, 7 10/07/2024, 12 10/14/2024, 19 10/21/2024, 10 10/28/2024, 17 11/04/2024, 16 11/11/2024, 19 11/18/2024, 23 11/25/2024, 15 12/02/2024, 20 12/09/2024, 18 12/30/2024, 24 01/06/2025, 14 01/13/2025, 11 01/20/2025, 11 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 27 PUB DATE: Jul 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,409 YTD: 313,245	Jul 2024	5,409 313,245
12	-	9	If He Had Been with Me (Collector's Edition) (Special) Laura Nowlin, Author Sourcebooks Fire, $25.99 (416) 978-1-4642-3102-5 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/18/2024 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 11/18/2024 Average Rank 12.56 [details] Sales history for If He Had Been with Me (Collector's Edition) (Special) date, rank 11/18/2024, 6 11/25/2024, 10 12/02/2024, 13 12/09/2024, 9 12/16/2024, 19 12/30/2024, 16 01/06/2025, 11 01/13/2025, 12 01/20/2025, 17 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,325 YTD: 61,180	Nov 2024	5,325 61,180
13	-	14	Nothing Like the Movies Lynn Painter, Author Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99 (368) 978-1-6659-4713-8 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/14/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/14/2024 Average Rank 11.13 [details] Sales history for Nothing Like the Movies date, rank 10/14/2024, 1 10/21/2024, 4 10/28/2024, 7 11/04/2024, 8 11/11/2024, 5 11/18/2024, 14 11/25/2024, 17 12/02/2024, 18 12/09/2024, 10 12/16/2024, 18 12/30/2024, 13 01/06/2025, 12 01/13/2025, 13 01/20/2025, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,064 YTD: 113,290	Oct 2024	5,064 113,290
14	-	11	Nightbane (the Lightlark Saga Book 2): Volume 2 Alex Aster, Author Amulet Books, $13.99 (432) 978-1-4197-6091-4 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/04/2024 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 11/04/2024 Average Rank 14.11 [details] Sales history for Nightbane (the Lightlark Saga Book 2): Volume 2 date, rank 11/04/2024, 7 11/11/2024, 8 11/18/2024, 12 11/25/2024, 12 12/02/2024, 17 12/09/2024, 19 01/06/2025, 22 01/13/2025, 14 01/20/2025, 16 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,967 YTD: 59,018	Oct 2024	4,967 59,018
15	-	14	Betting on You (Reprint) Lynn Painter, Author Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99 (448) 978-1-6659-2124-4 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/14/2024 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 10/14/2024 Average Rank 17.78 [details] Sales history for Betting on You (Reprint) date, rank 10/14/2024, 5 10/21/2024, 14 10/28/2024, 19 11/04/2024, 23 11/11/2024, 22 12/09/2024, 24 01/06/2025, 24 01/13/2025, 15 01/20/2025, 14 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,941 YTD: 60,998	Oct 2024	4,941 60,998
16	-	5	The Party Natasha Preston, Author Delacorte Press, $14.99 (352) 978-0-593-70408-0 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 12/16/2024 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 12/16/2024 Average Rank 15.40 [details] Sales history for The Party date, rank 12/16/2024, 14 12/30/2024, 17 01/06/2025, 15 01/13/2025, 16 01/20/2025, 15 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,776 YTD: 31,831	Dec 2024	4,776 31,831
17	-	8	Games Untold Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Author Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99 (368) 978-0-316-57371-9 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 11/25/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/25/2024 Average Rank 14.22 [details] Sales history for Games Untold date, rank 11/25/2024, 3 12/02/2024, 9 12/09/2024, 15 12/16/2024, 17 12/30/2024, 21 01/06/2025, 19 01/13/2025, 17 01/20/2025, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,357 YTD: 70,557	Nov 2024	4,357 70,557
18	-	1	This Song Is (Not) for You Laura Nowlin, Author Sourcebooks Fire, $12.99 (240) 978-1-4642-1878-1 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 01/13/2025 Highest Rank 18 Highest Rank Date 01/13/2025 Average Rank 18.00 [details] Sales history for This Song Is (Not) for You date, rank 01/13/2025, 18 01/20/2025, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,342 YTD: 4,342	Dec 2024	4,342 4,342
19	-	36	Powerful: A Powerless Story Lauren Roberts, Author Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99 (256) 978-1-6659-6630-6 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 05/13/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 05/13/2024 Average Rank 10.54 [details] Sales history for Powerful: A Powerless Story date, rank 05/13/2024, 2 05/20/2024, 5 05/27/2024, 4 06/10/2024, 7 06/17/2024, 6 06/24/2024, 6 07/08/2024, 6 07/15/2024, 6 07/22/2024, 6 07/29/2024, 6 08/05/2024, 8 08/12/2024, 10 08/19/2024, 11 08/26/2024, 11 09/02/2024, 11 09/09/2024, 13 09/16/2024, 18 09/23/2024, 15 09/30/2024, 13 10/07/2024, 20 10/21/2024, 23 01/13/2025, 19 01/20/2025, 20 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 36 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,339 YTD: 204,000	Apr 2024	4,339 204,000
20	-	11	Spectacular: A Caraval Holiday Novella Stephanie Garber, Author, Rosie Fowinkle, Illustrator Flatiron Books, $20.99 (224) 978-1-250-89340-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 11/04/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/04/2024 Average Rank 16.33 [details] Sales history for Spectacular: A Caraval Holiday Novella date, rank 11/04/2024, 2 11/11/2024, 6 11/18/2024, 18 11/25/2024, 22 12/02/2024, 23 12/09/2024, 22 01/06/2025, 25 01/13/2025, 20 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,337 YTD: 67,991	Oct 2024	4,337 67,991
21	-	9	A Study in Drowning Collector's Deluxe Limited Edition Ava Reid, Author HarperCollins, $21.99 (432) 978-0-06-341941-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 11/18/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/18/2024 Average Rank 10.86 [details] Sales history for A Study in Drowning Collector's Deluxe Limited Edition date, rank 11/18/2024, 2 11/25/2024, 8 12/02/2024, 14 12/09/2024, 14 01/06/2025, 13 01/13/2025, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,723 YTD: 71,361	Nov 2024	3,723 71,361
22	-	16	Kristy and the Walking Disaster: A Graphic Novel (the Baby-Sitters Club #16) Ellen T Crenshaw, Illustrator Graphix, $12.99 (160) 978-1-338-83555-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 09/30/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/30/2024 Average Rank 10.31 [details] Sales history for Kristy and the Walking Disaster: A Graphic Novel (the Baby-Sitters Club #16) date, rank 09/30/2024, 1 10/07/2024, 7 10/14/2024, 13 10/21/2024, 9 10/28/2024, 8 11/04/2024, 10 11/11/2024, 9 11/18/2024, 15 11/25/2024, 13 12/02/2024, 12 12/09/2024, 11 12/16/2024, 10 12/30/2024, 7 01/06/2025, 10 01/13/2025, 22 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,746 YTD: 125,856	Sep 2024	3,746 125,856
23	-	2	Heavenly Tyrant (Iron Widow, Book 2) Xiran Jay Zhao, Author Tundra Books (NY), $20.99 (544) 978-0-7352-6998-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 01/06/2025 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 01/06/2025 Average Rank 14.50 [details] Sales history for Heavenly Tyrant (Iron Widow, Book 2) date, rank 01/06/2025, 6 01/13/2025, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,571 YTD: 18,779	Dec 2024	3,571 18,779
24	-	11	Lightlark: Collector's Edition (the Lightlark Saga Book 1): Volume 1 Alex Aster, Author Amulet Books, $34.99 (432) 978-1-4197-7879-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 11/04/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/04/2024 Average Rank 15.80 [details] Sales history for Lightlark: Collector's Edition (the Lightlark Saga Book 1): Volume 1 date, rank 11/04/2024, 3 11/11/2024, 7 11/18/2024, 24 11/25/2024, 21 01/13/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,519 YTD: 57,905	Oct 2024	3,519 57,905
25	-	25	Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1 Erin Hunter, Author, Natalie Riess, Illustrator, Sara Goetter, Illustrator Harperalley, $15.99 (272) 978-0-06-320387-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 07/29/2024 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 07/29/2024 Average Rank 15.21 [details] Sales history for Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1 date, rank 07/29/2024, 4 08/05/2024, 12 08/12/2024, 9 08/19/2024, 10 08/26/2024, 10 09/02/2024, 13 09/09/2024, 12 09/16/2024, 16 09/30/2024, 17 10/07/2024, 17 11/11/2024, 25 12/09/2024, 25 12/30/2024, 18 01/13/2025, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 25 PUB DATE: Jul 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,497 YTD: 99,511	Jul 2024	3,497 99,511

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Jan. 4, 2025; appearing in the Jan. 13, 2025, print edition of PW