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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2026 YTD
1	-	1	The Night We Met (Deluxe Edition) Abby Jimenez, Author Forever, $30.00 (400) 978-1-5387-5922-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/06/2026 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/06/2026 Average Rank 1.00 [details] Sales history for The Night We Met (Deluxe Edition) date, rank 04/06/2026, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Mar 2026 UNITS SOLD: 70,570 YTD: 70,570	Mar 2026	70,570 70,570
2	2	40	Project Hail Mary Andy Weir, Author Ballantine Books, $20.00 (496) 978-0-593-13522-8 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 24 Initial Date 10/17/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/14/2022 Average Rank 7.38 [details] Sales history for Project Hail Mary date, rank 11/14/2022, 1 12/12/2022, 1 01/09/2023, 1 02/13/2023, 1 03/13/2023, 1 04/10/2023, 2 05/08/2023, 1 06/05/2023, 3 07/03/2023, 2 08/14/2023, 3 09/11/2023, 2 10/09/2023, 3 11/13/2023, 2 12/11/2023, 4 01/08/2024, 1 07/14/2025, 9 07/28/2025, 5 08/04/2025, 6 08/11/2025, 5 08/18/2025, 7 08/25/2025, 4 02/23/2026, 8 03/02/2026, 7 03/09/2026, 6 03/16/2026, 4 03/23/2026, 3 03/30/2026, 2 04/06/2026, 2 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 40 PUB DATE: Oct 2022 UNITS SOLD: 69,068 YTD: 315,824	Oct 2022	69,068 315,824
3	1	18	Theo of Golden Allen Levi, Author Atria Books, $20.00 (400) 978-1-6682-3651-2 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 25 Initial Date 11/24/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/22/2025 Average Rank 3.76 [details] Sales history for Theo of Golden date, rank 01/05/2026, 8 01/12/2026, 6 01/19/2026, 5 01/26/2026, 7 02/02/2026, 7 02/09/2026, 3 02/16/2026, 2 02/23/2026, 2 03/02/2026, 2 03/09/2026, 1 03/16/2026, 2 03/23/2026, 2 03/30/2026, 1 04/06/2026, 3 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: Oct 2025 UNITS SOLD: 50,978 YTD: 470,277	Oct 2025	50,978 470,277
4	5	6	It's Not Easy Being a Bunny Marilyn Sadler, Author Random House Books for Young Readers, $9.99 (48) 978-0-394-86102-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 04/01/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/05/2021 Average Rank 5.63 [details] Sales history for It's Not Easy Being a Bunny date, rank 04/06/2020, 6 04/20/2020, 8 03/29/2021, 5 04/05/2021, 2 04/12/2021, 5 04/04/2022, 10 04/11/2022, 7 04/18/2022, 4 04/25/2022, 2 04/10/2023, 6 04/17/2023, 2 03/18/2024, 4 03/25/2024, 3 04/01/2024, 3 04/08/2024, 2 04/07/2025, 4 04/14/2025, 4 04/21/2025, 7 04/28/2025, 9 03/23/2026, 7 03/30/2026, 5 04/06/2026, 4 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Sep 1983 UNITS SOLD: 34,582 YTD: 130,540	Sep 1983	34,582 130,540
5	6	5	How to Catch the Easter Bunny Adam Wallace, Author, Andy Elkerton, Illustrator Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, $10.99 (40) 978-1-4926-3817-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 04/09/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/18/2022 Average Rank 8.45 [details] Sales history for How to Catch the Easter Bunny date, rank 04/05/2021, 6 04/11/2022, 8 04/18/2022, 2 04/17/2023, 6 04/01/2024, 7 04/08/2024, 7 04/07/2025, 6 04/14/2025, 6 03/30/2026, 6 04/06/2026, 5 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Feb 2017 UNITS SOLD: 32,013 YTD: 101,264	Feb 2017	32,013 101,264
6	3	3	Judge Stone James Patterson, Author, Viola Davis, Author Little Brown and Company, $32.00 (432) 978-0-316-57983-4 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/23/2026 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/23/2026 Average Rank 2.33 [details] Sales history for Judge Stone date, rank 03/23/2026, 1 03/30/2026, 3 04/06/2026, 6 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Mar 2026 UNITS SOLD: 28,755 YTD: 125,574	Mar 2026	28,755 125,574
7	7	20	The Correspondent Virginia Evans, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $28.00 (304) 978-0-593-79843-0 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 23 Initial Date 09/08/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/05/2026 Average Rank 7.00 [details] Sales history for The Correspondent date, rank 12/22/2025, 9 01/05/2026, 5 01/12/2026, 8 01/19/2026, 6 01/26/2026, 9 02/02/2026, 8 02/09/2026, 7 02/16/2026, 7 03/02/2026, 8 03/09/2026, 9 03/30/2026, 7 04/06/2026, 7 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 25,704 YTD: 270,640	Apr 2025	25,704 270,640
8	-	1	Hunt the Villain (Standard Edition) Rina Kent, Author Bloom Books, $18.99 978-1-4642-7925-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 04/06/2026 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/06/2026 Average Rank 5.00 [details] Sales history for Hunt the Villain (Standard Edition) date, rank 04/06/2026, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Mar 2026 UNITS SOLD: 23,467 YTD: 23,467	Mar 2026	23,467 23,467
9	8	6	Little Blue Truck's Springtime Jill McElmurry, Illustrator, Alice Schertle, Author Houghton Mifflin, $12.99 (16) 978-0-544-93809-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 01/15/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/15/2018 Average Rank 6.42 [details] Sales history for Little Blue Truck's Springtime date, rank 03/26/2018, 8 04/02/2018, 7 04/09/2018, 7 04/01/2019, 9 04/08/2019, 6 04/15/2019, 4 04/22/2019, 4 04/29/2019, 5 04/06/2020, 3 04/13/2020, 1 04/20/2020, 6 03/29/2021, 4 04/05/2021, 4 04/12/2021, 6 03/28/2022, 9 04/04/2022, 8 04/11/2022, 9 04/18/2022, 8 04/25/2022, 5 04/03/2023, 9 04/10/2023, 4 04/17/2023, 3 04/01/2024, 8 04/08/2024, 9 03/30/2026, 8 04/06/2026, 9 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Jan 2018 UNITS SOLD: 19,744 YTD: 100,953	Jan 2018	19,744 100,953
10	10	5	Bluey: Hooray, It's Easter!: A Lift-The-Flap Book Penguin Young Readers Licenses, Author Penguin Young Readers Licenses, $9.99 (12) 978-0-593-75084-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 02/26/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 04/21/2025 Average Rank 9.48 [details] Sales history for Bluey: Hooray, It's Easter!: A Lift-The-Flap Book date, rank 03/30/2026, 10 04/06/2026, 10 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Jan 2024 UNITS SOLD: 18,156 YTD: 69,081	Jan 2024	18,156 69,081

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Mar. 28, 2026; appearing in the Apr. 6, 2026, print edition of PW