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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
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, 1 12/08/2025, 1 12/15/2025, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 85,385 YTD: 519,425	Nov 2025	85,385 519,425
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, 1 11/24/2025, 2 12/01/2025, 2 12/08/2025, 2 12/15/2025, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 66,072 YTD: 619,966	Oct 2025	66,072 619,966
3	-	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, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2025 UNITS SOLD: 42,785 YTD: 42,785	Dec 2025	42,785 42,785
4	-	38	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 3.29 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 38 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 20,109 YTD: 1,923,727	Mar 2025	20,109 1,923,727
5	-	5	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 4.43 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 17,947 YTD: 118,519	Nov 2025	17,947 118,519
6	-	10	A Heart for Christmas: Advent Romance Sophie Jomain, Author Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $22.99 (388) 978-1-6659-9039-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 10/13/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 11/10/2025 Average Rank 8.30 [details] Sales history for A Heart for Christmas: Advent Romance date, rank 10/13/2025, 12 10/20/2025, 21 10/27/2025, 11 11/03/2025, 12 11/10/2025, 4 11/17/2025, 4 11/24/2025, 4 12/01/2025, 4 12/08/2025, 5 12/15/2025, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 14,318 YTD: 101,692	Sep 2025	14,318 101,692
7	-	8	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 4.89 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 12,077 YTD: 115,910	Oct 2025	12,077 115,910
8	-	53	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 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 12/16/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/16/2024 Average Rank 3.97 [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 01/27/2025, 1 02/03/2025, 1 02/10/2025, 1 02/17/2025, 1 02/24/2025, 1 03/03/2025, 2 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, 4 04/28/2025, 4 05/05/2025, 3 05/12/2025, 3 05/19/2025, 5 06/02/2025, 3 06/09/2025, 3 06/16/2025, 3 06/23/2025, 2 06/30/2025, 2 07/07/2025, 2 07/14/2025, 2 07/21/2025, 3 07/28/2025, 2 08/04/2025, 2 08/11/2025, 7 08/18/2025, 4 08/25/2025, 3 09/01/2025, 2 09/08/2025, 4 09/15/2025, 8 09/22/2025, 8 09/29/2025, 6 10/06/2025, 5 10/13/2025, 13 10/20/2025, 11 11/03/2025, 8 11/10/2025, 8 11/17/2025, 14 11/24/2025, 6 12/01/2025, 6 12/08/2025, 7 12/15/2025, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 53 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 11,320 YTD: 644,874	Dec 2024	11,320 644,874
9	-	1	Better in Black: Ten Stories of Shadowhunter Romance Cassandra Clare, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, $24.99 (464) 979-8-217-22570-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2025 UNITS SOLD: 9,091 YTD: 9,091	Dec 2025	9,091 9,091
10	-	3	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 13.33 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 8,741 YTD: 17,390	Nov 2025	8,741 17,390
11	-	10	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 12.36 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,549 YTD: 87,025	Sep 2025	7,549 87,025
12	-	9	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 8.78 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,514 YTD: 66,502	Oct 2025	7,514 66,502
13	-	10	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 6.55 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,402 YTD: 109,631	Sep 2025	7,402 109,631
14	-	1	The Obsession Natasha Preston, Author Delacorte Press, $14.99 (320) 979-8-217-02800-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,396 YTD: 7,396	Dec 2025	7,396 7,396
15	-	5	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 8.40 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,040 YTD: 47,963	Nov 2025	7,040 47,963
16	-	1	Keeper of the Lost Cities the Graphic Novel Part 2: Volume 1 Shannon Messenger, Author, Celina Frenn, Adapted by, Valeria Tenaga Romanazzi, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks, $17.99 (336) 978-1-5344-6339-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,587 YTD: 5,587	Dec 2025	5,587 5,587
17	-	11	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 12.33 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,304 YTD: 84,904	Sep 2025	5,304 84,904
18	-	1	The Super Jump Between Worlds!: A Branches Book (Press Start! #17) Thomas Flintham, Author, Thomas Flintham, Illustrator Scholastic Inc., $6.99 (80) 978-1-5461-8357-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,906 YTD: 4,906	Dec 2025	4,906 4,906
19	-	3	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 16.50 [details] Sales history for Growing Home date, rank 12/01/2025, 14 12/15/2025, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,827 YTD: 25,829	May 2025	4,827 25,829
20	-	10	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 10.50 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,617 YTD: 70,158	Sep 2025	4,617 70,158
21	-	35	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 11.26 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 35 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,431 YTD: 172,613	Apr 2025	4,431 172,613
22	-	10	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 12.45 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,263 YTD: 80,801	Sep 2025	4,263 80,801
23	-	15	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 16.22 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,151 YTD: 53,941	Aug 2025	4,151 53,941
24	-	35	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 7.61 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 35 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,006 YTD: 407,714	Apr 2025	4,006 407,714
25	-	5	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 15.00 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Nov 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,002 YTD: 27,543	Nov 2025	4,002 27,543

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