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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	-	1	Talons of Power: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #9) Tui T Sutherland, Author, Mike Holmes, Illustrator Graphix, $14.99 (240) 978-1-339-00126-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2025 UNITS SOLD: 86,609 YTD: 86,609	Dec 2025	86,609 86,609
2	-	8	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 1.13 [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, 1 12/08/2025, 1 12/15/2025, 1 12/22/2025, 1 12/29/2025, 1 01/05/2026, 1 01/12/2026, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 26,132 YTD: 793,474	Nov 2025	26,132 793,474
3	-	11	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 2.00 [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, 1 11/24/2025, 2 12/01/2025, 2 12/08/2025, 2 12/15/2025, 2 12/22/2025, 2 12/29/2025, 2 01/05/2026, 2 01/12/2026, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 21,061 YTD: 838,492	Oct 2025	21,061 838,492
4	-	1	Vortex of the Chaos Dragon: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #30) Tracey West, Author, Graham Howells, Illustrator Scholastic Inc., $6.99 (96) 978-1-339-02249-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2025 UNITS SOLD: 15,813 YTD: 16,266	Dec 2025	15,813 16,266
5	-	42	Sunrise on the Reaping (a Hunger Games Novel) Suzanne Collins, Author Scholastic Press, $27.99 (400) 978-1-5461-7146-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/31/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/31/2025 Average Rank 3.30 [details] Sales history for Sunrise on the Reaping (a Hunger Games Novel) date, rank 03/31/2025, 1 04/07/2025, 1 04/14/2025, 1 04/21/2025, 2 04/28/2025, 1 05/05/2025, 1 05/12/2025, 1 05/19/2025, 1 06/02/2025, 1 06/09/2025, 1 06/16/2025, 1 06/23/2025, 1 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, 3 08/18/2025, 1 08/25/2025, 1 09/01/2025, 1 09/08/2025, 1 09/15/2025, 4 09/22/2025, 5 09/29/2025, 2 10/06/2025, 2 10/13/2025, 11 10/20/2025, 7 10/27/2025, 5 11/03/2025, 5 11/10/2025, 6 11/17/2025, 12 11/24/2025, 9 12/01/2025, 5 12/08/2025, 3 12/15/2025, 4 12/22/2025, 3 12/29/2025, 3 01/05/2026, 3 01/12/2026, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 42 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 11,771 YTD: 2,012,627	Mar 2025	11,771 2,012,627
6	-	1	Powerless (Reprint) Lauren Roberts, Author Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99 (528) 978-1-6659-5489-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2025 UNITS SOLD: 10,572 YTD: 10,572	Dec 2025	10,572 10,572
7	-	9	Darkstalker: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire: Legends Graphic Novel) Tui T Sutherland, Author, Jake Parker, Illustrator Graphix, $14.99 (256) 978-1-339-00129-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 11/17/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/17/2025 Average Rank 4.55 [details] Sales history for Darkstalker: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire: Legends Graphic Novel) date, rank 11/17/2025, 2 11/24/2025, 3 12/01/2025, 3 12/08/2025, 4 12/15/2025, 5 12/22/2025, 4 12/29/2025, 4 01/05/2026, 4 01/12/2026, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 9,936 YTD: 187,632	Nov 2025	9,936 187,632
8	-	5	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 6.67 [details] Sales history for Crowntide (Lightlark #4) date, rank 12/15/2025, 3 12/22/2025, 6 12/29/2025, 9 01/05/2026, 7 01/12/2026, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Dec 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,947 YTD: 83,044	Dec 2025	8,947 83,044
9	-	9	Sunrise on the Reaping: Collector's Gift Edition (the Hunger Games) Suzanne Collins, Author Scholastic Press, $32.99 (400) 979-8-225-01928-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 11/17/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/17/2025 Average Rank 7.67 [details] Sales history for Sunrise on the Reaping: Collector's Gift Edition (the Hunger Games) date, rank 11/17/2025, 3 11/24/2025, 10 12/01/2025, 8 12/08/2025, 6 12/15/2025, 15 12/22/2025, 7 12/29/2025, 6 01/05/2026, 5 01/12/2026, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,507 YTD: 90,095	Nov 2025	6,507 90,095
10	-	14	Grim and Oro: Dueling Crowns Edition (a Lightlark Saga Deluxe Companion Book) Alex Aster, Author Harry N. Abrams, $34.99 (504) 978-1-4197-8562-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/13/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/13/2025 Average Rank 13.40 [details] Sales history for Grim and Oro: Dueling Crowns Edition (a Lightlark Saga Deluxe Companion Book) date, rank 10/13/2025, 1 10/20/2025, 6 10/27/2025, 9 11/03/2025, 14 11/10/2025, 16 11/17/2025, 25 11/24/2025, 17 12/01/2025, 22 12/08/2025, 9 12/15/2025, 11 12/22/2025, 18 12/29/2025, 24 01/05/2026, 13 01/12/2026, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,647 YTD: 108,390	Sep 2025	5,647 108,390
11	-	1	Meet Cute: Count Down to Valentine's Day Jennifer L Armentrout, Author, Katie Cotugno, Author, Jocelyn Davies, Author, Huntley Fitzpatrick, Author, Nina Lacour, Author, Emery Lord, Author, Katharine McGee, Author, Kass Morgan, Author, Julie Murphy, Author, Meredith Russo, Author, Sara Shepard, Author, Nicola Yoon, Author, Ibi Zoboi, Author Clarion Books, $15.99 (352) 978-0-06-348114-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,436 YTD: 7,140	Dec 2025	5,436 7,140
12	-	14	Fake Skating Lynn Painter, Author Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99 (432) 978-1-6659-2126-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 10/13/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/27/2025 Average Rank 11.29 [details] Sales history for Fake Skating date, rank 10/13/2025, 4 10/20/2025, 5 10/27/2025, 3 11/03/2025, 6 11/10/2025, 12 11/17/2025, 16 11/24/2025, 14 12/01/2025, 13 12/08/2025, 12 12/15/2025, 20 12/22/2025, 16 12/29/2025, 13 01/05/2026, 12 01/12/2026, 12 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,209 YTD: 94,056	Sep 2025	5,209 94,056
13	-	12	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, Book 4) (Interactive Illustrated Edition) J. K. Rowling, Author, Karl James Mountford, Illustrator, Jess Tice-Gilbert, Not Available Scholastic Inc., $49.99 (608) 978-1-5461-5441-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 10/27/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/27/2025 Average Rank 5.62 [details] Sales history for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, Book 4) (Interactive Illustrated Edition) date, rank 10/27/2025, 1 11/03/2025, 2 11/10/2025, 3 11/17/2025, 7 11/24/2025, 5 12/01/2025, 7 12/08/2025, 8 12/15/2025, 7 12/22/2025, 5 12/29/2025, 5 01/05/2026, 6 01/12/2026, 13 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,198 YTD: 159,393	Oct 2025	5,198 159,393
14	-	5	The Obsession Natasha Preston, Author Delacorte Press, $14.99 (320) 979-8-217-02800-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 12/15/2025 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 01/05/2026 Average Rank 12.00 [details] Sales history for The Obsession date, rank 12/15/2025, 14 12/22/2025, 12 12/29/2025, 11 01/05/2026, 9 01/12/2026, 14 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Dec 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,174 YTD: 32,748	Dec 2025	5,174 32,748
15	-	39	Fearless Lauren Roberts, Author Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99 (528) 978-1-6659-5546-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/21/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/21/2025 Average Rank 8.53 [details] Sales history for Fearless date, rank 04/21/2025, 1 04/28/2025, 3 05/05/2025, 2 05/12/2025, 2 05/19/2025, 2 06/02/2025, 2 06/09/2025, 2 06/16/2025, 4 06/23/2025, 3 06/30/2025, 3 07/07/2025, 3 07/14/2025, 3 07/21/2025, 2 07/28/2025, 3 08/04/2025, 4 08/11/2025, 9 08/18/2025, 6 08/25/2025, 5 09/01/2025, 4 09/08/2025, 8 09/15/2025, 16 09/22/2025, 17 09/29/2025, 19 10/06/2025, 17 11/24/2025, 19 12/01/2025, 21 12/08/2025, 16 12/15/2025, 24 12/29/2025, 23 01/05/2026, 16 01/12/2026, 15 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 39 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,108 YTD: 426,985	Apr 2025	5,108 426,985
16	-	14	Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #3 Erin Hunter, Author, Natalie Riess, Illustrator, Sara Goetter, Illustrator Harperalley, $15.99 (272) 978-0-06-320393-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 10/13/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/13/2025 Average Rank 7.47 [details] Sales history for Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #3 date, rank 10/13/2025, 2 10/20/2025, 2 10/27/2025, 2 11/03/2025, 4 11/10/2025, 5 11/17/2025, 11 11/24/2025, 7 12/01/2025, 9 12/08/2025, 10 12/15/2025, 13 12/22/2025, 9 12/29/2025, 7 01/05/2026, 8 01/12/2026, 16 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,100 YTD: 141,315	Sep 2025	5,100 141,315
17	-	1	A Waffle Lot of Love! (a Narwhal and Jelly Book #10) Ben Clanton, Author Tundra Books (NY), $12.99 (96) 978-1-77488-453-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,900 YTD: 4,900	Dec 2025	4,900 4,900
18	-	18	Fearful: a Powerless Story Lauren Roberts, Author Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, $16.99 (256) 978-1-6659-7107-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/15/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/15/2025 Average Rank 12.93 [details] Sales history for Fearful: a Powerless Story date, rank 09/15/2025, 1 09/22/2025, 1 09/29/2025, 1 10/06/2025, 3 10/13/2025, 14 10/20/2025, 17 10/27/2025, 13 11/03/2025, 21 11/10/2025, 22 11/24/2025, 24 12/01/2025, 23 12/08/2025, 13 01/05/2026, 22 01/12/2026, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,700 YTD: 127,339	Sep 2025	4,700 127,339
19	-	16	Nothing Like the Movies (Reprint) Lynn Painter, Author Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99 (464) 978-1-6659-4714-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/15/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/15/2025 Average Rank 16.67 [details] Sales history for Nothing Like the Movies (Reprint) date, rank 09/15/2025, 3 09/22/2025, 11 09/29/2025, 12 10/06/2025, 12 10/20/2025, 24 10/27/2025, 20 11/03/2025, 20 11/24/2025, 22 12/08/2025, 18 12/29/2025, 22 01/05/2026, 17 01/12/2026, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,617 YTD: 71,388	Sep 2025	4,617 71,388
20	-	1	Avatar, the Last Airbender: The Awakening of Roku (Chronicles of the Avatar Book 6): Volume 6 Randy Ribay, Author Amulet Books, $21.99 (368) 978-1-4197-8066-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,947 YTD: 3,947	Dec 2025	3,947 3,947
21	-	15	From the World of Percy Jackson: The Court of the Dead: A Nico Di Angelo Adventure Rick Riordan, Author, Mark Oshiro, Author Disney Hyperion, $21.99 (448) 978-1-368-10911-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/06/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/06/2025 Average Rank 12.75 [details] Sales history for From the World of Percy Jackson: The Court of the Dead: A Nico Di Angelo Adventure date, rank 10/06/2025, 1 10/13/2025, 5 10/20/2025, 10 10/27/2025, 8 11/03/2025, 13 11/10/2025, 15 11/17/2025, 20 11/24/2025, 21 12/01/2025, 16 12/08/2025, 14 12/15/2025, 17 12/22/2025, 14 12/29/2025, 10 01/05/2026, 11 01/12/2026, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,825 YTD: 108,295	Sep 2025	3,825 108,295
22	-	30	A Good Girl's Guide to Murder: Deluxe Edition Holly Jackson, Author Delacorte Press, $14.99 (416) 979-8-217-11677-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 17 Initial Date 06/23/2025 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 08/04/2025 Average Rank 16.78 [details] Sales history for A Good Girl's Guide to Murder: Deluxe Edition date, rank 06/23/2025, 17 06/30/2025, 15 07/07/2025, 13 07/14/2025, 16 07/21/2025, 17 07/28/2025, 13 08/04/2025, 11 08/11/2025, 15 08/18/2025, 13 08/25/2025, 12 09/01/2025, 11 09/08/2025, 11 09/15/2025, 24 09/22/2025, 24 09/29/2025, 25 12/08/2025, 25 01/05/2026, 18 01/12/2026, 22 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 30 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,644 YTD: 85,079	Jun 2025	3,644 85,079
23	-	39	Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #2 Erin Hunter, Author, Natalie Riess, Illustrator, Sara Goetter, Illustrator Harperalley, $15.99 (272) 978-0-06-320390-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 04/21/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 04/21/2025 Average Rank 11.64 [details] Sales history for Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #2 date, rank 04/21/2025, 3 04/28/2025, 6 05/05/2025, 5 05/12/2025, 4 05/19/2025, 6 06/02/2025, 4 06/09/2025, 4 06/16/2025, 8 06/23/2025, 4 06/30/2025, 4 07/07/2025, 4 07/14/2025, 6 07/21/2025, 4 07/28/2025, 4 08/04/2025, 6 08/11/2025, 13 08/18/2025, 8 08/25/2025, 7 09/01/2025, 6 09/08/2025, 10 09/15/2025, 19 09/22/2025, 21 09/29/2025, 17 10/06/2025, 18 10/13/2025, 25 10/20/2025, 23 10/27/2025, 15 11/03/2025, 18 11/10/2025, 17 11/17/2025, 22 11/24/2025, 18 12/01/2025, 18 12/08/2025, 17 12/15/2025, 21 12/22/2025, 11 12/29/2025, 12 01/05/2026, 14 01/12/2026, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 39 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,561 YTD: 194,676	Apr 2025	3,561 194,676
24	-	9	If Only I Had Told Her (Collector's Edition) Laura Nowlin, Author Sourcebooks Fire, $25.99 (416) 978-1-4642-5452-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 11/17/2025 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 11/17/2025 Average Rank 18.83 [details] Sales history for If Only I Had Told Her (Collector's Edition) date, rank 11/17/2025, 13 11/24/2025, 16 12/01/2025, 20 12/08/2025, 20 01/05/2026, 20 01/12/2026, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,532 YTD: 36,915	Nov 2025	3,532 36,915
25	-	13	Jessi Ramsey, Pet-Sitter: A Graphic Novel (the Baby-Sitters Club #18) Ellen T Crenshaw, Adapted by, Ellen T Crenshaw, Illustrator, Ann M Martin, Author Graphix, $12.99 (144) 978-1-338-83565-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/20/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/20/2025 Average Rank 10.00 [details] Sales history for Jessi Ramsey, Pet-Sitter: A Graphic Novel (the Baby-Sitters Club #18) date, rank 10/20/2025, 1 10/27/2025, 4 11/03/2025, 7 11/10/2025, 7 11/17/2025, 15 11/24/2025, 12 12/01/2025, 10 12/08/2025, 11 12/15/2025, 12 12/22/2025, 8 12/29/2025, 8 01/05/2026, 10 01/12/2026, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,490 YTD: 96,134	Oct 2025	3,490 96,134

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Jan. 3, 2026; appearing in the Jan. 12, 2026, print edition of PW