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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	-	6	Sunrise on the Reaping (a Hunger Games Novel) Suzanne Collins, Author Scholastic Press, $27.99 (400) 978-1-5461-7146-1 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/31/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/31/2025 Average Rank 1.38 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 64,709 YTD: 1,328,510	Mar 2025	64,709 1,328,510
2	-	3	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 3.67 [details] Sales history for Fearless date, rank 04/21/2025, 1 04/28/2025, 3 05/05/2025, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 17,394 YTD: 234,977	Apr 2025	17,394 234,977
3	-	21	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 2.89 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 21 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 10,262 YTD: 422,092	Dec 2024	10,262 422,092
4	-	2	Watch Me Deluxe Limited Edition Tahereh Mafi, Author Storytide, $24.99 (368) 978-0-06-342518-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 04/28/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/28/2025 Average Rank 3.67 [details] Sales history for Watch Me Deluxe Limited Edition date, rank 04/28/2025, 2 05/05/2025, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 9,375 YTD: 50,057	Apr 2025	9,375 50,057
5	-	3	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 5.75 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,854 YTD: 40,766	Apr 2025	6,854 40,766
6	-	43	Reckless Lauren Roberts, Author Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99 (512) 978-1-6659-5543-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 07/15/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/15/2024 Average Rank 11.36 [details] Sales history for Reckless date, rank 07/15/2024, 1 07/22/2024, 1 07/29/2024, 1 08/05/2024, 2 08/12/2024, 3 08/19/2024, 4 08/26/2024, 4 09/02/2024, 5 09/09/2024, 4 09/16/2024, 7 09/23/2024, 6 09/30/2024, 7 10/07/2024, 12 10/14/2024, 19 10/21/2024, 10 10/28/2024, 17 11/04/2024, 16 11/11/2024, 19 11/18/2024, 23 11/25/2024, 15 12/02/2024, 20 12/09/2024, 18 12/30/2024, 24 01/06/2025, 14 01/13/2025, 11 01/20/2025, 11 01/27/2025, 12 02/03/2025, 12 02/10/2025, 11 02/17/2025, 19 02/24/2025, 14 03/03/2025, 20 03/10/2025, 14 03/17/2025, 20 03/24/2025, 16 03/31/2025, 21 04/07/2025, 12 04/14/2025, 15 04/21/2025, 9 04/28/2025, 10 05/05/2025, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 43 PUB DATE: Jul 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,957 YTD: 56,822	Jul 2024	4,957 56,822
7	-	40	Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1 Erin Hunter, Author, Natalie Riess, Illustrator, Sara Goetter, Illustrator Harperalley, $15.99 (272) 978-0-06-320387-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 07/29/2024 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 07/29/2024 Average Rank 15.36 [details] Sales history for Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1 date, rank 07/29/2024, 4 08/05/2024, 12 08/12/2024, 9 08/19/2024, 10 08/26/2024, 10 09/02/2024, 13 09/09/2024, 12 09/16/2024, 16 09/30/2024, 17 10/07/2024, 17 11/11/2024, 25 12/09/2024, 25 12/30/2024, 18 01/13/2025, 25 01/27/2025, 19 02/03/2025, 16 02/10/2025, 12 02/17/2025, 24 03/03/2025, 17 03/10/2025, 13 03/31/2025, 18 04/07/2025, 16 04/21/2025, 15 04/28/2025, 14 05/05/2025, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 40 PUB DATE: Jul 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,855 YTD: 51,235	Jul 2024	4,855 51,235
8	-	8	Mallory and the Trouble with Twins: A Graphic Novel (the Baby-Sitters Club #17) Arley Nopra, Adapted by, Arley Nopra, Illustrator, Ann M Martin, Author Graphix, $12.99 (176) 978-1-338-83561-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 03/17/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 03/17/2025 Average Rank 5.25 [details] Sales history for Mallory and the Trouble with Twins: A Graphic Novel (the Baby-Sitters Club #17) date, rank 03/17/2025, 3 03/24/2025, 3 03/31/2025, 4 04/07/2025, 4 04/14/2025, 5 04/21/2025, 6 04/28/2025, 9 05/05/2025, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,598 YTD: 73,398	Mar 2025	4,598 73,398
9	-	4	The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Author, Scott McCloud, Author Graphix, $14.99 (288) 978-1-338-77721-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 04/14/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 04/14/2025 Average Rank 5.75 [details] Sales history for The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel date, rank 04/14/2025, 4 04/21/2025, 5 04/28/2025, 5 05/05/2025, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,474 YTD: 33,707	Apr 2025	4,474 33,707
10	-	27	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 3.25 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 27 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,463 YTD: 133,518	Oct 2024	4,463 133,518
11	-	12	Powerful (Special Edition): A Powerless Story Lauren Roberts, Author Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $16.99 (240) 978-1-6659-8183-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 02/17/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 02/17/2025 Average Rank 11.00 [details] Sales history for Powerful (Special Edition): A Powerless Story date, rank 02/17/2025, 2 02/24/2025, 8 03/03/2025, 9 03/10/2025, 9 03/17/2025, 14 03/24/2025, 11 03/31/2025, 17 04/07/2025, 13 04/14/2025, 17 04/21/2025, 8 04/28/2025, 13 05/05/2025, 11 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,826 YTD: 59,765	Feb 2025	3,826 59,765
12	-	2	My Return to the Walter Boys Ali Novak, Author Sourcebooks Fire, $14.99 (325) 978-1-4642-3022-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 04/28/2025 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 04/28/2025 Average Rank 10.00 [details] Sales history for My Return to the Walter Boys date, rank 04/28/2025, 8 05/05/2025, 12 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,744 YTD: 13,207	Apr 2025	3,744 13,207
13	-	4	A Curse for True Love Stephanie Garber, Author Flatiron Books, $13.99 (400) 978-1-250-85121-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 04/14/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/14/2025 Average Rank 10.75 [details] Sales history for A Curse for True Love date, rank 04/14/2025, 2 04/21/2025, 10 04/28/2025, 18 05/05/2025, 13 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,584 YTD: 27,270	Apr 2025	3,584 27,270
14	-	12	The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: Deluxe Edition (a Hunger Games Novel) Suzanne Collins, Author Scholastic Press, $18.99 (528) 978-1-5461-7189-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 02/17/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 04/07/2025 Average Rank 11.17 [details] Sales history for The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: Deluxe Edition (a Hunger Games Novel) date, rank 02/17/2025, 14 02/24/2025, 7 03/03/2025, 14 03/10/2025, 12 03/17/2025, 17 03/24/2025, 12 03/31/2025, 7 04/07/2025, 3 04/14/2025, 7 04/21/2025, 11 04/28/2025, 16 05/05/2025, 14 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,535 YTD: 56,996	Feb 2025	3,535 56,996
15	-	12	The Hunger Games: Deluxe Edition Suzanne Collins, Author Scholastic Press, $16.99 (384) 978-1-5461-7186-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 02/17/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 02/24/2025 Average Rank 8.83 [details] Sales history for The Hunger Games: Deluxe Edition date, rank 02/17/2025, 7 02/24/2025, 4 03/03/2025, 8 03/10/2025, 8 03/17/2025, 11 03/24/2025, 8 03/31/2025, 9 04/07/2025, 5 04/14/2025, 8 04/21/2025, 12 04/28/2025, 11 05/05/2025, 15 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,410 YTD: 63,875	Feb 2025	3,410 63,875
16	-	18	Escaping Peril: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #8) Tui T Sutherland, Author, Mike Holmes, Illustrator Graphix, $12.99 (224) 978-1-339-00123-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 01/06/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/06/2025 Average Rank 6.28 [details] Sales history for Escaping Peril: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #8) date, rank 01/06/2025, 1 01/13/2025, 2 01/20/2025, 2 01/27/2025, 2 02/03/2025, 2 02/10/2025, 2 02/17/2025, 6 02/24/2025, 5 03/03/2025, 6 03/10/2025, 5 03/31/2025, 8 04/07/2025, 11 04/14/2025, 9 04/21/2025, 14 04/28/2025, 12 05/05/2025, 16 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,393 YTD: 118,619	Dec 2024	3,393 118,619
17	-	1	Voice of the Ocean Kelsey Impicciche, Author Blackstone Publishing, $19.99 (400) 979-8-212-98090-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,392 YTD: 3,392	Apr 2025	3,392 3,392
18	-	10	Rebel Witch: The Crimson Moth: Book 2 Kristen Ciccarelli, Author Wednesday Books, $20.00 (464) 978-1-250-86692-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 03/03/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/03/2025 Average Rank 9.70 [details] Sales history for Rebel Witch: The Crimson Moth: Book 2 date, rank 03/03/2025, 1 03/10/2025, 4 03/17/2025, 8 03/24/2025, 7 03/31/2025, 11 04/07/2025, 10 04/14/2025, 14 04/21/2025, 22 05/05/2025, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,926 YTD: 75,648	Feb 2025	2,926 75,648
19	-	2	The Revenant Games (Reprint) Margie Fuston, Author Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99 (432) 978-1-6659-3442-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 04/28/2025 Highest Rank 19 Highest Rank Date 04/28/2025 Average Rank 19.00 [details] Sales history for The Revenant Games (Reprint) date, rank 04/28/2025, 19 05/05/2025, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,808 YTD: 15,379	Apr 2025	2,808 15,379
20	-	4	Karen's Prize: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #10) Shauna J Grant, Adapted by, Shauna J Grant, Illustrator, Ann M Martin, Author Graphix, $12.99 (144) 978-1-339-00507-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 04/21/2025 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 04/21/2025 Average Rank 16.00 [details] Sales history for Karen's Prize: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #10) date, rank 04/21/2025, 13 04/28/2025, 15 05/05/2025, 20 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,740 YTD: 20,602	Apr 2025	2,740 20,602
21	-	30	Betting on You (Reprint) Lynn Painter, Author Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99 (448) 978-1-6659-2124-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 10/14/2024 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 10/14/2024 Average Rank 18.54 [details] Sales history for Betting on You (Reprint) date, rank 10/14/2024, 5 10/21/2024, 14 10/28/2024, 19 11/04/2024, 23 11/11/2024, 22 12/09/2024, 24 01/06/2025, 24 01/13/2025, 15 01/20/2025, 14 01/27/2025, 18 02/03/2025, 13 02/10/2025, 14 02/17/2025, 21 02/24/2025, 15 03/03/2025, 18 03/10/2025, 17 03/17/2025, 19 03/24/2025, 15 03/31/2025, 23 04/07/2025, 18 04/14/2025, 23 04/21/2025, 25 04/28/2025, 25 05/05/2025, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 30 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,423 YTD: 44,706	Oct 2024	2,423 44,706
22	-	12	Catching Fire: Deluxe Edition (the Hunger Games, Book Two) Suzanne Collins, Author Scholastic Press, $16.99 (400) 978-1-5461-7187-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 02/17/2025 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 02/24/2025 Average Rank 14.92 [details] Sales history for Catching Fire: Deluxe Edition (the Hunger Games, Book Two) date, rank 02/17/2025, 11 02/24/2025, 6 03/03/2025, 15 03/10/2025, 16 03/17/2025, 21 03/24/2025, 17 03/31/2025, 14 04/07/2025, 8 04/14/2025, 12 04/21/2025, 17 04/28/2025, 20 05/05/2025, 22 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,376 YTD: 45,205	Feb 2025	2,376 45,205
23	-	33	Impossible Creatures Ashley MacKenzie, Illustrator, Katherine Rundell, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99 (368) 978-0-593-80986-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 09/23/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/23/2024 Average Rank 10.23 [details] Sales history for Impossible Creatures date, rank 09/23/2024, 1 09/30/2024, 3 10/07/2024, 5 10/14/2024, 15 10/21/2024, 11 10/28/2024, 14 11/04/2024, 15 11/11/2024, 18 11/18/2024, 22 11/25/2024, 9 12/02/2024, 4 12/09/2024, 2 12/16/2024, 5 12/30/2024, 4 01/06/2025, 4 01/13/2025, 4 01/20/2025, 6 01/27/2025, 8 02/03/2025, 6 02/10/2025, 7 02/17/2025, 16 02/24/2025, 12 03/03/2025, 10 03/10/2025, 10 03/31/2025, 15 04/07/2025, 15 04/21/2025, 19 04/28/2025, 17 05/05/2025, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 33 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,299 YTD: 62,012	Sep 2024	2,299 62,012
24	-	30	Nothing Like the Movies Lynn Painter, Author Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99 (368) 978-1-6659-4713-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/14/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/14/2024 Average Rank 15.00 [details] Sales history for Nothing Like the Movies date, rank 10/14/2024, 1 10/21/2024, 4 10/28/2024, 7 11/04/2024, 8 11/11/2024, 5 11/18/2024, 14 11/25/2024, 17 12/02/2024, 18 12/09/2024, 10 12/16/2024, 18 12/30/2024, 13 01/06/2025, 12 01/13/2025, 13 01/20/2025, 19 01/27/2025, 17 02/03/2025, 19 02/10/2025, 17 02/24/2025, 22 03/03/2025, 22 03/10/2025, 25 03/24/2025, 18 04/07/2025, 23 04/14/2025, 21 05/05/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 30 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,212 YTD: 39,679	Oct 2024	2,212 39,679
25	-	12	Wings of Starlight Allison Saft, Author Disney Press, $18.99 (400) 978-1-368-09845-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 02/17/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 02/17/2025 Average Rank 10.78 [details] Sales history for Wings of Starlight date, rank 02/17/2025, 3 02/24/2025, 11 03/03/2025, 7 03/10/2025, 11 03/31/2025, 6 04/07/2025, 6 04/14/2025, 10 04/21/2025, 18 05/05/2025, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,153 YTD: 58,993	Feb 2025	2,153 58,993

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Apr. 26, 2025; appearing in the May 5, 2025, print edition of PW