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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	-	2	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 2.19 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 26,049 YTD: 1,667,012	Mar 2025	26,049 1,667,012
2	-	2	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 2.91 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 7,669 YTD: 494,313	Dec 2024	7,669 494,313
3	-	2	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 3.08 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,857 YTD: 320,759	Apr 2025	6,857 320,759
4	-	2	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 5.18 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,224 YTD: 83,781	Apr 2025	5,224 83,781
5	-	2	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 13.38 [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 05/12/2025, 5 05/19/2025, 9 06/02/2025, 5 06/09/2025, 5 06/16/2025, 10 06/23/2025, 5 06/30/2025, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,227 YTD: 89,139	Jul 2024	4,227 89,139
6	-	2	A Study in Drowning Ava Reid, Author HarperCollins, $15.99 (384) 978-0-06-321151-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 06/16/2025 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 06/16/2025 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for A Study in Drowning date, rank 06/16/2025, 5 06/23/2025, 7 06/30/2025, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,942 YTD: 12,846	Jun 2025	3,942 12,846
7	-	2	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 4.09 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,872 YTD: 166,839	Oct 2024	3,872 166,839
8	-	1	Aphmau: Searching for Home: A Graphic Novel Aphmau, Author, Cacciatore, Michela, Illustrator HarperCollins, $23.99 (208) 978-0-06-328808-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,739 YTD: 3,739	Jun 2025	3,739 3,739
9	-	2	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 6.33 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,700 YTD: 16,730	Jun 2025	3,700 16,730
10	-	2	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 6 Highest Rank Date 06/23/2025 Average Rank 9.00 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,683 YTD: 28,050	May 2025	3,683 28,050
11	-	2	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 7.67 [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 05/12/2025, 9 05/19/2025, 14 06/02/2025, 6 06/09/2025, 7 06/16/2025, 15 06/23/2025, 11 06/30/2025, 11 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,595 YTD: 105,145	Mar 2025	3,595 105,145
12	-	2	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 11.25 [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 05/12/2025, 6 05/19/2025, 10 06/02/2025, 9 06/09/2025, 11 06/16/2025, 16 06/23/2025, 10 06/30/2025, 12 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jul 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,537 YTD: 88,825	Jul 2024	3,537 88,825
13	-	2	The Summer of Broken Rules (Collector's Edition) K L Walther, Author Sourcebooks Fire, $15.99 (416) 978-1-4642-4788-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 20 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 12 Highest Rank Date 06/23/2025 Average Rank 16.83 [details] Sales history for The Summer of Broken Rules (Collector's Edition) date, rank 05/19/2025, 20 06/02/2025, 20 06/09/2025, 15 06/16/2025, 21 06/23/2025, 12 06/30/2025, 13 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,494 YTD: 23,078	May 2025	3,494 23,078
14	-	2	The Wild Robot Protects: Volume 3 Peter Brown, Author Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99 (304) 978-0-316-66944-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 10.50 [details] Sales history for The Wild Robot Protects: Volume 3 date, rank 05/19/2025, 4 06/02/2025, 12 06/09/2025, 8 06/16/2025, 12 06/23/2025, 13 06/30/2025, 14 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,410 YTD: 32,095	May 2025	3,410 32,095
15	-	2	A Good Girl's Guide to Murder: Deluxe Edition Holly Jackson, Author Delacorte Press, $14.99 (416) 979-8-217-11677-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 17 Initial Date 06/23/2025 Highest Rank 15 Highest Rank Date 06/30/2025 Average Rank 16.00 [details] Sales history for A Good Girl's Guide to Murder: Deluxe Edition date, rank 06/23/2025, 17 06/30/2025, 15 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,399 YTD: 6,589	Jun 2025	3,399 6,589
16	-	2	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 11.47 [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 05/12/2025, 16 05/19/2025, 22 06/02/2025, 14 06/09/2025, 13 06/16/2025, 17 06/23/2025, 14 06/30/2025, 16 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,157 YTD: 90,579	Feb 2025	3,157 90,579
17	-	2	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 13.63 [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 05/12/2025, 14 05/19/2025, 16 06/02/2025, 21 06/09/2025, 22 06/16/2025, 22 06/23/2025, 15 06/30/2025, 17 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,141 YTD: 84,653	Feb 2025	3,141 84,653
18	-	2	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 18.90 [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 06/02/2025, 22 06/09/2025, 21 06/16/2025, 23 06/23/2025, 19 06/30/2025, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,082 YTD: 66,000	Oct 2024	3,082 66,000
19	-	2	Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods Rick Riordan, Author Disney Hyperion, $9.99 (288) 978-1-368-09826-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 16 Highest Rank Date 06/09/2025 Average Rank 18.33 [details] Sales history for Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods date, rank 05/19/2025, 19 06/02/2025, 18 06/09/2025, 16 06/16/2025, 18 06/23/2025, 20 06/30/2025, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,791 YTD: 21,618	May 2025	2,791 21,618
20	-	2	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 10.80 [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 05/12/2025, 10 05/19/2025, 8 06/02/2025, 11 06/09/2025, 12 06/23/2025, 24 06/30/2025, 20 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,677 YTD: 61,797	Apr 2025	2,677 61,797
21	-	2	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 8.83 [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 05/12/2025, 12 06/02/2025, 17 06/09/2025, 18 06/23/2025, 22 06/30/2025, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,666 YTD: 142,915	Dec 2024	2,666 142,915
22	-	2	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 12.78 [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 05/12/2025, 13 05/19/2025, 12 06/09/2025, 14 06/16/2025, 19 06/23/2025, 16 06/30/2025, 22 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,651 YTD: 83,055	Feb 2025	2,651 83,055
23	-	2	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 13.93 [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 05/12/2025, 15 05/19/2025, 17 06/02/2025, 15 06/09/2025, 17 06/16/2025, 25 06/30/2025, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,512 YTD: 83,779	Feb 2025	2,512 83,779
24	-	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 17.00 [details] Sales history for My Return to the Walter Boys date, rank 04/28/2025, 8 05/05/2025, 12 05/12/2025, 11 05/19/2025, 15 06/02/2025, 19 06/09/2025, 19 06/16/2025, 24 06/23/2025, 21 06/30/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,478 YTD: 37,861	Apr 2025	2,478 37,861
25	-	2	How to Train Your Dragon Cressida Cowell, Author Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $9.99 (304) 978-0-316-58711-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,448 YTD: 11,449	May 2025	2,448 11,449

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended June 21, 2025; appearing in the June 30, 2025, print edition of PW