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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	-	6	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 1.08 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 91,680 YTD: 700,899	Nov 2025	91,680 700,899
2	-	9	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 1.89 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 73,515 YTD: 762,075	Oct 2025	73,515 762,075
3	-	40	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 3.28 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 40 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 30,245 YTD: 1,976,594	Mar 2025	30,245 1,976,594
4	-	7	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 4.33 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 21,578 YTD: 160,600	Nov 2025	21,578 160,600
5	-	10	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 4.91 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 14,593 YTD: 142,592	Oct 2025	14,593 142,592
6	-	7	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 7.86 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 12,064 YTD: 69,464	Nov 2025	12,064 69,464
7	-	12	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 6.77 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 9,832 YTD: 128,283	Sep 2025	9,832 128,283
8	-	11	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 8.64 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 9,741 YTD: 85,470	Oct 2025	9,741 85,470
9	-	3	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 6.25 [details] Sales history for Crowntide (Lightlark #4) date, rank 12/15/2025, 3 12/22/2025, 6 12/29/2025, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Dec 2025 UNITS SOLD: 9,420 YTD: 63,771	Dec 2025	9,420 63,771
10	-	13	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 12.29 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,067 YTD: 97,470	Sep 2025	7,067 97,470
11	-	3	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 11 Highest Rank Date 12/29/2025 Average Rank 12.33 [details] Sales history for The Obsession date, rank 12/15/2025, 14 12/22/2025, 12 12/29/2025, 11 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Dec 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,988 YTD: 20,122	Dec 2025	6,988 20,122
12	-	37	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 11.27 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 37 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,935 YTD: 185,365	Apr 2025	6,935 185,365
13	-	12	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 11.17 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,630 YTD: 81,965	Sep 2025	6,630 81,965
14	-	12	Twilight: Deluxe Collector's Edition (Special) Stephenie Meyer, Author Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $40.00 (416) 978-0-316-58688-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/13/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/13/2025 Average Rank 13.31 [details] Sales history for Twilight: Deluxe Collector's Edition (Special) date, rank 10/13/2025, 3 10/20/2025, 4 10/27/2025, 7 11/03/2025, 16 11/10/2025, 14 11/17/2025, 17 11/24/2025, 13 12/01/2025, 11 12/08/2025, 22 12/15/2025, 22 12/22/2025, 22 12/29/2025, 14 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,184 YTD: 91,394	Sep 2025	6,184 91,394
15	-	17	Impossible Creatures Katherine Rundell, Author, Ashley MacKenzie, Illustrator Yearling Books, $11.99 (384) 978-0-593-80989-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 09/15/2025 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 09/29/2025 Average Rank 15.82 [details] Sales history for Impossible Creatures date, rank 09/15/2025, 10 09/22/2025, 7 09/29/2025, 5 10/06/2025, 6 10/13/2025, 21 10/27/2025, 25 11/10/2025, 24 12/01/2025, 25 12/15/2025, 23 12/22/2025, 13 12/29/2025, 15 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,022 YTD: 65,642	Aug 2025	6,022 65,642
16	-	5	Growing Home Beth Ferry, Author, Terry Fan, Illustrator, Eric Fan, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99 (272) 978-1-6659-4248-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 12/01/2025 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 12/01/2025 Average Rank 16.00 [details] Sales history for Growing Home date, rank 12/01/2025, 14 12/15/2025, 19 12/22/2025, 15 12/29/2025, 16 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,002 YTD: 36,956	May 2025	6,002 36,956
17	-	3	Dork Diaries 1 Full-Color Edition: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life Rachel Renée Russell, Author, Rachel Renée Russell, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks, $15.99 (376) 978-1-6659-8838-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 24 Initial Date 12/22/2025 Highest Rank 17 Highest Rank Date 12/29/2025 Average Rank 20.50 [details] Sales history for Dork Diaries 1 Full-Color Edition: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life date, rank 12/22/2025, 24 12/29/2025, 17 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,751 YTD: 19,392	Nov 2025	5,751 19,392
18	-	7	The Last Kids on Earth and the Destructor's Lair Max Brallier, Author, Douglas Holgate, Illustrator Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99 (272) 978-0-593-40527-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 11/17/2025 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 11/17/2025 Average Rank 15.71 [details] Sales history for The Last Kids on Earth and the Destructor's Lair date, rank 11/17/2025, 8 11/24/2025, 11 12/01/2025, 12 12/08/2025, 19 12/15/2025, 25 12/22/2025, 17 12/29/2025, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,472 YTD: 37,899	Nov 2025	5,472 37,899
19	-	14	The Poisoned King Katherine Rundell, Author, Ashley MacKenzie, Illustrator Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99 (368) 978-0-593-80990-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 09/22/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/22/2025 Average Rank 15.80 [details] Sales history for The Poisoned King date, rank 09/22/2025, 2 09/29/2025, 3 10/06/2025, 7 10/13/2025, 18 10/20/2025, 22 10/27/2025, 19 11/10/2025, 25 12/08/2025, 23 12/22/2025, 20 12/29/2025, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,136 YTD: 66,692	Sep 2025	5,136 66,692
20	-	5	The Last Straw (Special Disney+ Cover Edition) (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #3) Jeff Kinney, Author Amulet Books, $15.99 (224) 978-1-4197-8830-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 12/01/2025 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 12/15/2025 Average Rank 17.00 [details] Sales history for The Last Straw (Special Disney+ Cover Edition) (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #3) date, rank 12/01/2025, 15 12/08/2025, 15 12/15/2025, 10 12/22/2025, 25 12/29/2025, 20 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,898 YTD: 26,602	Nov 2025	4,898 26,602
21	-	7	The Reappearance of Rachel Price Holly Jackson, Author Delacorte Press, $14.99 (464) 978-0-593-37423-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 11/24/2025 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 11/24/2025 Average Rank 14.50 [details] Sales history for The Reappearance of Rachel Price date, rank 11/24/2025, 8 12/29/2025, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,896 YTD: 26,316	Nov 2025	4,896 26,316
22	-	14	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 16.40 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,853 YTD: 61,330	Sep 2025	4,853 61,330
23	-	37	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 8.09 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 37 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,823 YTD: 416,298	Apr 2025	4,823 416,298
24	-	12	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 13.69 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,746 YTD: 96,564	Sep 2025	4,746 96,564
25	-	1	Howl's Moving Castle Deluxe Limited Edition Diana Wynne Jones, Author Greenwillow Books, $25.99 (352) 978-0-06-341646-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 09/22/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 09/22/2025 Average Rank 13.25 [details] Sales history for Howl's Moving Castle Deluxe Limited Edition date, rank 09/22/2025, 4 09/29/2025, 10 10/06/2025, 14 12/29/2025, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,637 YTD: 43,247	Sep 2025	4,637 43,247

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Dec. 20, 2025