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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	-	1	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 11.91 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 30,462 YTD: 30,462	Sep 2025	30,462 30,462
2	-	28	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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 28 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,959 YTD: 1,857,341	Mar 2025	6,959 1,857,341
3	-	4	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 11.85 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,071 YTD: 72,498	Sep 2025	6,071 72,498
4	-	4	Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories: Deluxe Collector's Edition: From the Creator of Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney, Author Harry N. Abrams, $17.99 (224) 978-1-4197-8602-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 09/08/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/08/2025 Average Rank 6.50 [details] Sales history for Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories: Deluxe Collector's Edition: From the Creator of Diary of a Wimpy Kid date, rank 09/08/2025, 2 09/15/2025, 6 09/22/2025, 6 09/29/2025, 4 10/06/2025, 4 10/13/2025, 9 10/20/2025, 9 10/27/2025, 6 11/03/2025, 9 11/10/2025, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,710 YTD: 30,241	Aug 2025	5,710 30,241
5	-	43	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 3.91 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 43 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,031 YTD: 570,431	Dec 2024	5,031 570,431
6	-	4	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 15.38 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,837 YTD: 22,557	Aug 2025	4,837 22,557
7	-	3	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 14.88 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,615 YTD: 24,606	Sep 2025	4,615 24,606
8	-	3	Falling Like Leaves Misty Wilson, Author Margaret K. McElderry Books, $12.99 (352) 978-1-6659-7519-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 09/15/2025 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 09/15/2025 Average Rank 15.78 [details] Sales history for Falling Like Leaves date, rank 09/15/2025, 5 09/22/2025, 10 09/29/2025, 11 10/06/2025, 8 10/13/2025, 19 10/20/2025, 20 10/27/2025, 22 11/03/2025, 24 11/10/2025, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,094 YTD: 20,105	Sep 2025	4,094 20,105
9	-	8	The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby: Color Edition (from the Creator of Dog Man) (Color) Dav Pilkey, Author, Dav Pilkey, Illustrator Graphix, $14.99 (144) 978-1-338-68785-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 08/18/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/08/2025 Average Rank 11.08 [details] Sales history for The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby: Color Edition (from the Creator of Dog Man) (Color) date, rank 08/18/2025, 14 08/25/2025, 10 09/01/2025, 10 09/08/2025, 3 09/15/2025, 9 09/22/2025, 9 09/29/2025, 9 10/06/2025, 9 10/13/2025, 15 10/20/2025, 18 10/27/2025, 10 11/03/2025, 15 11/10/2025, 13 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,877 YTD: 32,554	Aug 2025	3,877 32,554
10	-	3	Investigators: Case Files John Patrick Green, Author, Steve Behling, Author, Chris Fenoglio, Illustrator First Second, $12.99 (208) 978-1-250-22322-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/22/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/22/2025 Average Rank 11.25 [details] Sales history for Investigators: Case Files date, rank 09/22/2025, 3 09/29/2025, 8 10/06/2025, 10 10/13/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,651 YTD: 21,997	Sep 2025	3,651 21,997
11	-	4	Immortal Dark Tigest Girma, Author Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $12.99 (448) 978-0-316-57039-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 09/15/2025 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 10/06/2025 Average Rank 13.25 [details] Sales history for Immortal Dark date, rank 09/15/2025, 14 09/22/2025, 15 09/29/2025, 13 10/06/2025, 11 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,594 YTD: 15,293	Aug 2025	3,594 15,293
12	-	4	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 15.78 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,298 YTD: 20,929	Sep 2025	3,298 20,929
13	-	49	Hot Mess (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 19) Jeff Kinney, Author Amulet Books, $14.99 (224) 978-1-4197-6695-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/04/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/04/2024 Average Rank 6.75 [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 01/27/2025, 3 02/03/2025, 3 02/10/2025, 4 02/17/2025, 5 02/24/2025, 3 03/03/2025, 5 03/10/2025, 3 03/17/2025, 5 03/24/2025, 4 03/31/2025, 5 04/07/2025, 7 04/14/2025, 6 04/21/2025, 7 04/28/2025, 7 05/05/2025, 10 05/12/2025, 8 05/19/2025, 13 06/02/2025, 7 06/09/2025, 6 06/16/2025, 9 06/23/2025, 9 06/30/2025, 7 07/07/2025, 8 07/14/2025, 11 07/21/2025, 8 07/28/2025, 9 08/04/2025, 8 08/11/2025, 14 08/18/2025, 9 08/25/2025, 11 09/01/2025, 7 09/08/2025, 9 09/15/2025, 21 09/22/2025, 16 09/29/2025, 16 10/06/2025, 13 10/13/2025, 23 10/20/2025, 25 10/27/2025, 17 11/03/2025, 11 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 49 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,096 YTD: 214,988	Oct 2024	3,096 214,988
14	-	3	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 9.33 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,955 YTD: 18,279	Sep 2025	2,955 18,279
15	-	21	The Summer I Turned Pretty (Deluxe Edition) (Reissue) Jenny Han, Author Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99 (304) 978-1-6659-8323-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/01/2025 Average Rank 10.90 [details] Sales history for The Summer I Turned Pretty (Deluxe Edition) (Reissue) date, rank 05/19/2025, 7 06/02/2025, 8 06/09/2025, 9 06/16/2025, 14 06/23/2025, 6 06/30/2025, 10 07/07/2025, 18 07/14/2025, 21 07/21/2025, 13 07/28/2025, 7 08/04/2025, 7 08/11/2025, 11 08/18/2025, 7 08/25/2025, 9 09/01/2025, 3 09/08/2025, 5 09/15/2025, 13 09/22/2025, 20 09/29/2025, 15 10/06/2025, 15 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 21 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,941 YTD: 77,498	May 2025	2,941 77,498
16	-	1	A Steeping of Blood Hafsah Faizal, Author Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr), $20.99 (384) 978-0-374-38942-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,824 YTD: 2,824	Sep 2025	2,824 2,824
17	-	25	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 7.07 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 25 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,730 YTD: 380,790	Apr 2025	2,730 380,790
18	-	25	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 10.97 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 25 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,707 YTD: 135,857	Apr 2025	2,707 135,857
19	-	4	Thorn Season Deluxe Limited Edition Kiera Azar, Author Storytide, $24.99 (464) 978-0-06-346477-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 09/15/2025 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 09/15/2025 Average Rank 13.00 [details] Sales history for Thorn Season Deluxe Limited Edition date, rank 09/15/2025, 7 09/22/2025, 12 09/29/2025, 14 10/06/2025, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,660 YTD: 15,734	Sep 2025	2,660 15,734
20	-	17	Karen's Ghost: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #11) Dk Yingst, Adapted by, Dk Yingst, Illustrator, Ann M Martin, Author Graphix, $12.99 (144) 978-1-339-00510-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 06/16/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 06/16/2025 Average Rank 15.95 [details] Sales history for Karen's Ghost: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #11) date, rank 06/16/2025, 2 06/23/2025, 8 06/30/2025, 9 07/07/2025, 14 07/14/2025, 19 07/21/2025, 18 07/28/2025, 15 08/04/2025, 15 08/11/2025, 19 08/18/2025, 16 08/25/2025, 13 09/01/2025, 12 09/08/2025, 12 09/15/2025, 23 09/22/2025, 22 09/29/2025, 18 10/06/2025, 20 10/27/2025, 24 11/03/2025, 22 11/10/2025, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,596 YTD: 56,801	Jun 2025	2,596 56,801
21	-	2	Pocket Bear Katherine Applegate, Author Feiwel & Friends, $17.99 (256) 978-1-250-90436-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 09/22/2025 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 09/22/2025 Average Rank 17.00 [details] Sales history for Pocket Bear date, rank 09/22/2025, 13 10/06/2025, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,544 YTD: 10,088	Sep 2025	2,544 10,088
22	-	6	It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Charles M Schulz, Author Simon Spotlight, $7.99 (22) 978-1-6659-7220-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,459 YTD: 13,852	Jul 2025	2,459 13,852
23	-	1	Scarlet Morning ND Stevenson, Author, ND Stevenson, Illustrator Quill Tree Books, $19.99 (432) 978-0-06-321034-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,312 YTD: 2,312	Sep 2025	2,312 2,312
24	-	12	Hour of the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas Megan Shepherd, Author Random House/Disney, $19.99 (368) 978-1-368-08930-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 08/04/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/04/2025 Average Rank 12.30 [details] Sales history for Hour of the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas date, rank 08/04/2025, 3 08/11/2025, 10 08/18/2025, 11 08/25/2025, 8 09/01/2025, 5 09/08/2025, 6 09/15/2025, 17 09/22/2025, 19 09/29/2025, 20 10/06/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,279 YTD: 47,465	Jul 2025	2,279 47,465
25	-	4	Troubling Tonsils! Aaron Reynolds, Author, Peter Brown, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99 (88) 978-1-6659-6108-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 09/15/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/15/2025 Average Rank 18.33 [details] Sales history for Troubling Tonsils! date, rank 09/15/2025, 2 09/22/2025, 18 09/29/2025, 22 10/06/2025, 25 11/03/2025, 23 11/10/2025, 20 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,252 YTD: 18,399	Sep 2025	2,252 18,399

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Sept. 27, 2025; appearing in the Oct. 6, 2025, print edition of PW