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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2023 YTD
1	-	7	The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (a Hunger Games Novel) Suzanne Collins, Author Scholastic Press, $16.99 (528) 978-1-339-01657-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 08/14/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/14/2023 Average Rank 2.12 [details] Sales history for The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (a Hunger Games Novel) date, rank 08/14/2023, 1 08/21/2023, 1 08/28/2023, 1 09/04/2023, 2 09/11/2023, 2 09/18/2023, 4 09/25/2023, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Aug 2023 UNITS SOLD: 9,087 YTD: 95,263	Aug 2023	9,087 95,263
2	-	3	The Brothers Hawthorne Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Author Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99 (416) 978-0-316-48077-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/11/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/11/2023 Average Rank 1.50 [details] Sales history for The Brothers Hawthorne date, rank 09/11/2023, 1 09/18/2023, 2 09/25/2023, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 2023 UNITS SOLD: 7,754 YTD: 60,315	Aug 2023	7,754 60,315
3	-	25	Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #11): From the Creator of Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey, Author, Dav Pilkey, Illustrator Graphix, $14.99 (240) 978-1-338-80191-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/10/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/10/2023 Average Rank 2.47 [details] Sales history for Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #11): From the Creator of Captain Underpants date, rank 04/10/2023, 1 04/17/2023, 1 04/24/2023, 1 05/01/2023, 1 05/08/2023, 1 05/15/2023, 2 05/22/2023, 1 05/29/2023, 1 06/05/2023, 1 06/12/2023, 2 06/19/2023, 1 06/26/2023, 1 07/03/2023, 1 07/10/2023, 1 07/17/2023, 2 07/24/2023, 2 07/31/2023, 1 08/07/2023, 1 08/14/2023, 3 08/21/2023, 2 08/28/2023, 2 09/04/2023, 3 09/11/2023, 3 09/18/2023, 6 09/25/2023, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 25 PUB DATE: Mar 2023 UNITS SOLD: 7,247 YTD: 909,256	Mar 2023	7,247 909,256
4	-	2	Hooky Volume 3 Míriam Bonastre Tur, Author, Míriam Bonastre Tur, Illustrator Clarion Books, $15.99 (400) 978-0-358-69357-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 09/18/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/18/2023 Average Rank 5.00 [details] Sales history for Hooky Volume 3 date, rank 09/18/2023, 1 09/25/2023, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 6,703 YTD: 22,470	Sep 2023	6,703 22,470
5	-	14	Divine Rivals Rebecca Ross, Author Wednesday Books, $18.99 (368) 978-1-250-85743-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 25 Initial Date 07/31/2023 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/28/2023 Average Rank 8.83 [details] Sales history for Divine Rivals date, rank 07/31/2023, 25 08/28/2023, 3 09/04/2023, 4 09/11/2023, 6 09/18/2023, 10 09/25/2023, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Apr 2023 UNITS SOLD: 5,414 YTD: 48,084	Apr 2023	5,414 48,084
6	-	3	A Thousand Boy Kisses Tillie Cole, Author Bloom Books, $12.99 (320) 978-1-72829-708-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 09/11/2023 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 09/11/2023 Average Rank 5.33 [details] Sales history for A Thousand Boy Kisses date, rank 09/11/2023, 5 09/18/2023, 5 09/25/2023, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 2023 UNITS SOLD: 5,022 YTD: 17,780	Aug 2023	5,022 17,780
7	-	3	Secrets Never Die Vincent Ralph, Author Wednesday Books, $12.00 (368) 978-1-250-88215-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 09/11/2023 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 09/25/2023 Average Rank 9.00 [details] Sales history for Secrets Never Die date, rank 09/11/2023, 12 09/18/2023, 8 09/25/2023, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 2023 UNITS SOLD: 4,766 YTD: 13,912	Aug 2023	4,766 13,912
8	-	47	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Book 17 Jeff Kinney, Author Amulet Books, $14.99 (224) 978-1-4197-6294-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 11/07/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/07/2022 Average Rank 5.75 [details] Sales history for Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Book 17 date, rank 11/07/2022, 1 11/14/2022, 1 11/21/2022, 1 11/28/2022, 1 12/05/2022, 1 12/12/2022, 2 12/19/2022, 1 12/26/2022, 1 01/02/2023, 1 01/09/2023, 4 01/16/2023, 5 01/23/2023, 3 01/30/2023, 1 02/06/2023, 2 02/13/2023, 3 02/20/2023, 2 02/27/2023, 2 03/06/2023, 2 03/13/2023, 2 03/20/2023, 3 03/27/2023, 2 04/03/2023, 1 04/10/2023, 2 04/17/2023, 2 04/24/2023, 3 05/01/2023, 3 05/08/2023, 3 05/15/2023, 11 05/22/2023, 5 05/29/2023, 4 06/05/2023, 6 06/12/2023, 10 06/19/2023, 9 06/26/2023, 10 07/03/2023, 10 07/10/2023, 10 07/17/2023, 12 07/24/2023, 10 07/31/2023, 15 08/07/2023, 18 08/14/2023, 15 08/21/2023, 19 08/28/2023, 16 09/04/2023, 15 09/11/2023, 19 09/18/2023, 19 09/25/2023, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 47 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 4,004 YTD: 260,277	Oct 2022	4,004 260,277
9	-	2	This Winter Alice Oseman, Author Scholastic Press, $17.99 (128) 978-1-338-88513-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/18/2023 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/18/2023 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for This Winter date, rank 09/18/2023, 3 09/25/2023, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 3,842 YTD: 15,048	Sep 2023	3,842 15,048
10	-	2	Five Nights at Freddy's: Fazbear Frights Graphic Novel Collection Vol. 3 Scott Cawthon, Author, Kelly Parra, Author, Andrea Waggener, Author, Christopher Hastings, Adapted by, Diana Camero, Illustrator, Didi Esmeralda, Illustrator, Coryn MacPherson, Illustrator Graphix, $14.99 (192) 978-1-338-86042-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 09/18/2023 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 09/25/2023 Average Rank 10.50 [details] Sales history for Five Nights at Freddy's: Fazbear Frights Graphic Novel Collection Vol. 3 date, rank 09/18/2023, 11 09/25/2023, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 3,603 YTD: 7,299	Sep 2023	3,603 7,299
11	-	11	The Bad Guys in Let the Games Begin! (the Bad Guys #17) Aaron Blabey, Author Scholastic Paperbacks, $6.99 (192) 978-1-338-89271-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 07/17/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/17/2023 Average Rank 7.00 [details] Sales history for The Bad Guys in Let the Games Begin! (the Bad Guys #17) date, rank 07/17/2023, 1 07/24/2023, 3 07/31/2023, 4 08/07/2023, 6 08/14/2023, 6 08/21/2023, 5 08/28/2023, 8 09/04/2023, 9 09/11/2023, 14 09/18/2023, 14 09/25/2023, 11 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Jul 2023 UNITS SOLD: 3,110 YTD: 80,407	Jul 2023	3,110 80,407
12	-	11	Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas Megan Shepherd, Author Disney Press, $18.99 (304) 978-1-368-09421-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 07/31/2023 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 08/14/2023 Average Rank 13.22 [details] Sales history for Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas date, rank 07/31/2023, 19 08/07/2023, 11 08/14/2023, 9 08/21/2023, 11 08/28/2023, 14 09/04/2023, 13 09/11/2023, 13 09/18/2023, 17 09/25/2023, 12 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Jul 2023 UNITS SOLD: 2,977 YTD: 33,270	Jul 2023	2,977 33,270
13	-	29	One of Us Is Lying Karen M McManus, Author Delacorte Press, $12.99 (416) 978-1-5247-1475-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 24 Initial Date 03/13/2023 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 06/05/2023 Average Rank 11.38 [details] Sales history for One of Us Is Lying date, rank 03/13/2023, 24 03/20/2023, 14 03/27/2023, 9 04/03/2023, 9 04/10/2023, 11 04/17/2023, 15 04/24/2023, 13 05/01/2023, 10 05/08/2023, 12 05/15/2023, 23 05/22/2023, 12 05/29/2023, 12 06/05/2023, 5 06/12/2023, 12 06/19/2023, 10 06/26/2023, 8 07/03/2023, 8 07/10/2023, 8 07/17/2023, 11 07/24/2023, 11 07/31/2023, 13 08/07/2023, 8 08/14/2023, 10 08/21/2023, 9 08/28/2023, 6 09/04/2023, 8 09/11/2023, 11 09/18/2023, 15 09/25/2023, 13 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 29 PUB DATE: Feb 2023 UNITS SOLD: 2,907 YTD: 110,380	Feb 2023	2,907 110,380
14	-	8	The Final Gambit Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Author Little Brown and Company, $11.99 (400) 978-0-316-37102-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 08/07/2023 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/07/2023 Average Rank 7.12 [details] Sales history for The Final Gambit date, rank 08/07/2023, 3 08/14/2023, 5 08/21/2023, 3 08/28/2023, 4 09/04/2023, 6 09/11/2023, 10 09/18/2023, 12 09/25/2023, 14 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Jul 2023 UNITS SOLD: 2,902 YTD: 42,908	Jul 2023	2,902 42,908
15	-	33	As Good as Dead: The Finale to a Good Girl's Guide to Murder Holly Jackson, Author Ember, $12.99 (480) 978-0-593-37988-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 02/13/2023 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 02/13/2023 Average Rank 9.88 [details] Sales history for As Good as Dead: The Finale to a Good Girl's Guide to Murder date, rank 02/13/2023, 2 02/20/2023, 5 02/27/2023, 5 03/06/2023, 6 03/13/2023, 9 03/20/2023, 10 03/27/2023, 6 04/03/2023, 7 04/10/2023, 9 04/17/2023, 13 04/24/2023, 6 05/01/2023, 7 05/08/2023, 9 05/15/2023, 18 05/22/2023, 10 05/29/2023, 8 06/05/2023, 11 06/12/2023, 13 06/19/2023, 12 06/26/2023, 5 07/03/2023, 7 07/10/2023, 7 07/17/2023, 10 07/24/2023, 8 07/31/2023, 11 08/07/2023, 12 08/14/2023, 12 08/21/2023, 12 08/28/2023, 13 09/04/2023, 12 09/11/2023, 16 09/18/2023, 20 09/25/2023, 15 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 33 PUB DATE: Jan 2023 UNITS SOLD: 2,612 YTD: 154,559	Jan 2023	2,612 154,559
16	-	11	Karen's Haircut: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #7) Ann M Martin, Author, Katy Farina, Illustrator Graphix, $12.99 (144) 978-1-338-76262-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 07/17/2023 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 07/17/2023 Average Rank 9.73 [details] Sales history for Karen's Haircut: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #7) date, rank 07/17/2023, 3 07/24/2023, 5 07/31/2023, 6 08/07/2023, 9 08/14/2023, 7 08/21/2023, 6 08/28/2023, 9 09/04/2023, 10 09/11/2023, 15 09/18/2023, 21 09/25/2023, 16 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Jul 2023 UNITS SOLD: 2,603 YTD: 53,729	Jul 2023	2,603 53,729
17	-	42	Cat Kid Comic Club #4: Collaborations Dav Pilkey, Author, Dav Pilkey, Illustrator Graphix, $12.99 (224) 978-1-338-84662-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 12/12/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/12/2022 Average Rank 6.62 [details] Sales history for Cat Kid Comic Club #4: Collaborations date, rank 12/12/2022, 1 12/19/2022, 2 12/26/2022, 2 01/02/2023, 2 01/09/2023, 3 01/16/2023, 4 01/23/2023, 2 01/30/2023, 2 02/06/2023, 1 02/13/2023, 4 02/20/2023, 1 02/27/2023, 1 03/06/2023, 1 03/13/2023, 1 03/20/2023, 2 03/27/2023, 1 04/03/2023, 3 04/10/2023, 3 04/17/2023, 3 04/24/2023, 2 05/01/2023, 2 05/08/2023, 4 05/15/2023, 9 05/22/2023, 4 05/29/2023, 5 06/05/2023, 4 06/12/2023, 9 06/19/2023, 7 06/26/2023, 9 07/03/2023, 9 07/10/2023, 9 07/17/2023, 13 07/24/2023, 13 07/31/2023, 16 08/07/2023, 20 08/14/2023, 20 08/21/2023, 17 08/28/2023, 15 09/04/2023, 16 09/11/2023, 21 09/25/2023, 17 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 42 PUB DATE: Nov 2022 UNITS SOLD: 2,529 YTD: 259,831	Nov 2022	2,529 259,831
18	-	28	Five Nights at Freddy's: Fazbear Frights Graphic Novel Collection #2 Scott Cawthon, Author, Andrea Waggener, Author, Carly Anne West, Author, Christopher Hastings, Adapted by, Didi Esmeralda, Illustrator, Coryn MacPherson, Illustrator, Anthony Morris, Illustrator Graphix, $14.99 (192) 978-1-338-79270-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 03/20/2023 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 04/10/2023 Average Rank 18.04 [details] Sales history for Five Nights at Freddy's: Fazbear Frights Graphic Novel Collection #2 date, rank 03/20/2023, 11 03/27/2023, 14 04/03/2023, 11 04/10/2023, 10 04/17/2023, 14 04/24/2023, 12 05/01/2023, 11 05/08/2023, 14 05/15/2023, 25 05/22/2023, 21 05/29/2023, 21 06/05/2023, 17 06/12/2023, 22 06/19/2023, 21 06/26/2023, 22 07/03/2023, 24 07/10/2023, 24 08/14/2023, 24 08/21/2023, 20 08/28/2023, 20 09/04/2023, 17 09/11/2023, 18 09/18/2023, 22 09/25/2023, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 28 PUB DATE: Mar 2023 UNITS SOLD: 2,462 YTD: 80,367	Mar 2023	2,462 80,367
19	-	25	Once Upon a Broken Heart Stephanie Garber, Author Flatiron Books, $12.99 (432) 978-1-250-26840-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 04/10/2023 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 04/10/2023 Average Rank 21.42 [details] Sales history for Once Upon a Broken Heart date, rank 04/10/2023, 4 04/24/2023, 20 05/01/2023, 25 05/08/2023, 24 07/03/2023, 23 07/10/2023, 23 07/24/2023, 23 08/21/2023, 24 09/04/2023, 23 09/11/2023, 24 09/18/2023, 25 09/25/2023, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 25 PUB DATE: Mar 2023 UNITS SOLD: 2,387 YTD: 61,357	Mar 2023	2,387 61,357
20	-	20	The One and Only Ruby Katherine Applegate, Author HarperCollins, $18.99 (320) 978-0-06-308008-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 05/15/2023 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 05/15/2023 Average Rank 12.21 [details] Sales history for The One and Only Ruby date, rank 05/15/2023, 3 05/22/2023, 3 05/29/2023, 3 06/05/2023, 3 06/12/2023, 6 06/19/2023, 4 06/26/2023, 6 07/03/2023, 6 07/10/2023, 11 07/17/2023, 15 07/24/2023, 15 07/31/2023, 17 08/07/2023, 21 08/14/2023, 22 08/21/2023, 21 08/28/2023, 22 09/04/2023, 24 09/25/2023, 20 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: May 2023 UNITS SOLD: 2,383 YTD: 118,198	May 2023	2,383 118,198
21	-	2	Hotel Magnifique Emily J Taylor, Author Razorbill, $12.99 (400) 978-0-593-40453-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 09/18/2023 Highest Rank 18 Highest Rank Date 09/18/2023 Average Rank 19.50 [details] Sales history for Hotel Magnifique date, rank 09/18/2023, 18 09/25/2023, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2023 UNITS SOLD: 2,287 YTD: 6,872	Aug 2023	2,287 6,872
22	-	1	The 156-Story Treehouse: Holiday Havoc! Andy Griffiths, Author, Terry Denton, Illustrator Feiwel & Friends, $14.99 (288) 978-1-250-85018-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 2,176 YTD: 2,176	Sep 2023	2,176 2,176
23	-	20	The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure Rick Riordan, Author, Mark Oshiro, Author Disney Hyperion, $19.99 (480) 978-1-368-08115-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/15/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/15/2023 Average Rank 6.60 [details] Sales history for The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure date, rank 05/15/2023, 1 05/22/2023, 2 05/29/2023, 2 06/05/2023, 2 06/12/2023, 4 06/19/2023, 2 06/26/2023, 3 07/03/2023, 2 07/10/2023, 2 07/17/2023, 6 07/24/2023, 6 07/31/2023, 7 08/07/2023, 10 08/14/2023, 11 08/21/2023, 7 08/28/2023, 10 09/04/2023, 11 09/11/2023, 17 09/25/2023, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: May 2023 UNITS SOLD: 2,135 YTD: 175,928	May 2023	2,135 175,928
24	-	20	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, Book 1) J. K. Rowling, Author, Mary Grandpré, Illustrator Scholastic Inc., $12.99 (320) 978-1-338-87892-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: May 2023 UNITS SOLD: 2,121 YTD: 38,343	May 2023	2,121 38,343
25	-	18	The Naturals Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Author Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $10.99 (352) 978-0-316-54062-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 23 Initial Date 08/21/2023 Highest Rank 20 Highest Rank Date 09/11/2023 Average Rank 23.00 [details] Sales history for The Naturals date, rank 08/21/2023, 23 08/28/2023, 25 09/04/2023, 22 09/11/2023, 20 09/18/2023, 23 09/25/2023, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: May 2023 UNITS SOLD: 2,107 YTD: 33,510	May 2023	2,107 33,510

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Sep. 16, 2023; appearing in the Sep. 25, 2023, print edition of PW

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