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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	-	1	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 12/23/2024, 1 12/30/2024, 1 01/06/2025, 2 01/13/2025, 2 01/20/2025, 3 01/27/2025, 3 02/03/2025, 6 02/10/2025, 7 02/17/2025, 6 02/24/2025, 4 03/03/2025, 3 03/10/2025, 3 03/17/2025, 5 03/24/2025, 3 03/31/2025, 9 04/07/2025, 9 04/14/2025, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 234,478 YTD: 234,478	Dec 2024	234,478 234,478
2	-	1	Wind and Truth: Book Five of the Stormlight Archive Brandon Sanderson, Author Tor Books, $39.99 (1248) 978-1-250-31918-0 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 12/16/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/16/2024 Average Rank 9.00 [details] Sales history for Wind and Truth: Book Five of the Stormlight Archive date, rank 12/16/2024, 2 12/23/2024, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 121,998 YTD: 121,998	Dec 2024	121,998 121,998
3	1	7	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, 2 12/09/2024, 1 12/16/2024, 3 12/23/2024, 2 12/30/2024, 2 01/06/2025, 5 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 65,672 YTD: 559,035	Oct 2024	65,672 559,035
4	-	1	Unraveled Book 9.5 Shannon Messenger, Author Aladdin Paperbacks, $21.99 (416) 978-1-6659-6741-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 12/16/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 12/16/2024 Average Rank 8.50 [details] Sales history for Unraveled Book 9.5 date, rank 12/16/2024, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 48,933 YTD: 49,720	Nov 2024	48,933 49,720
5	4	5	The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition [With Light Girl Doll] Carol V Aebersold, Author, Chanda A Bell, Author, Coe Steinwart, Illustrator Cca & B, $37.95 978-0-9843651-7-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 12/17/2012 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/16/2019 Average Rank 7.72 [details] Sales history for The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition [With Light Girl Doll] date, rank 12/17/2012, 5 12/09/2013, 8 12/16/2013, 4 12/15/2014, 4 12/07/2015, 7 12/14/2015, 4 12/16/2019, 9 12/13/2021, 7 12/12/2022, 7 12/09/2024, 4 12/16/2024, 5 12/15/2025, 4 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 39,777 YTD: 116,228	Sep 2020	39,777 116,228
6	8	5	The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition [With Light Boy Doll] Carol V Aebersold, Author CCA, 978-0-9769907-0-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 11/26/2012 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/16/2013 Average Rank 6.67 [details] Sales history for The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition [With Light Boy Doll] date, rank 11/26/2012, 9 12/03/2012, 3 12/10/2012, 2 12/17/2012, 2 12/24/2012, 3 12/02/2013, 9 12/09/2013, 2 12/16/2013, 2 12/23/2013, 5 12/08/2014, 7 12/15/2014, 2 12/22/2014, 10 12/07/2015, 3 12/14/2015, 3 12/14/2020, 9 12/13/2021, 5 12/09/2024, 8 12/16/2024, 6 12/15/2025, 5 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 38,605 YTD: 98,852	Sep 2020	38,605 98,852
7	9	4	James Percival Everett, Author Doubleday Books, $28.00 (320) 978-0-385-55036-9 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 04/01/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/23/2024 Average Rank 10.37 [details] Sales history for James date, rank 12/09/2024, 9 12/16/2024, 7 12/23/2024, 3 12/30/2024, 3 01/06/2025, 4 01/13/2025, 5 01/20/2025, 9 01/27/2025, 10 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Mar 2024 UNITS SOLD: 38,014 YTD: 337,239	Mar 2024	38,014 337,239
8	10	44	The Women Kristin Hannah, Author St. Martin's Press, $30.00 (480) 978-1-250-17863-3 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 02/19/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/19/2024 Average Rank 3.57 [details] Sales history for The Women date, rank 02/19/2024, 1 02/26/2024, 1 03/04/2024, 2 03/11/2024, 1 03/18/2024, 1 03/25/2024, 1 04/01/2024, 2 04/08/2024, 3 04/15/2024, 3 04/22/2024, 2 04/29/2024, 2 05/06/2024, 3 05/13/2024, 6 05/20/2024, 3 05/27/2024, 3 06/03/2024, 3 06/10/2024, 4 06/17/2024, 7 06/24/2024, 6 07/08/2024, 3 07/15/2024, 4 07/22/2024, 4 07/29/2024, 4 08/05/2024, 5 08/12/2024, 10 08/19/2024, 10 08/26/2024, 11 09/02/2024, 10 09/09/2024, 6 12/09/2024, 10 12/16/2024, 8 12/23/2024, 5 12/30/2024, 4 01/06/2025, 7 01/13/2025, 7 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 44 PUB DATE: Feb 2024 UNITS SOLD: 33,245 YTD: 1,361,614	Feb 2024	33,245 1,361,614
9	47	4	From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes from Tha Boss Dogg's Kitchen (Snoop Dogg Cookbook, Celebrity Cookbook with Soul Food Recipes) Snoop Dogg, Author, Ryan Ford, With Chronicle Books, $24.95 (192) 978-1-4521-7961-2 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 08/10/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/08/2024 Average Rank 5.45 [details] Sales history for From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes from Tha Boss Dogg's Kitchen (Snoop Dogg Cookbook, Celebrity Cookbook with Soul Food Recipes) date, rank 12/16/2024, 9 12/23/2024, 8 12/22/2025, 6 12/29/2025, 5 LAST WEEK: 47 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 32,819 YTD: 179,532	Oct 2018	32,819 179,532
10	-	1	Quicksilver Callie Hart, Author Forever, $21.99 (624) 978-1-5387-7419-9 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 12/16/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/16/2024 Average Rank 12.14 [details] Sales history for Quicksilver date, rank 12/16/2024, 10 02/24/2025, 16 06/09/2025, 17 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 30,442 YTD: 30,442	Dec 2024	30,442 30,442

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Dec. 7, 2024; appearing in the Dec. 15, 2024, print edition of PW