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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	-	2	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 1.00 [details] Sales history for Fearful: a Powerless Story date, rank 09/15/2025, 1 09/22/2025, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 14,622 YTD: 58,508	Sep 2025	14,622 58,508
2	-	1	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 WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 14,148 YTD: 14,148	Sep 2025	14,148 14,148
3	-	1	Investigators: Case Files John Patrick Green, Author, Steve Behling, Author, Chris Fenoglio, Illustrator First Second, $12.99 (208) 978-1-250-22322-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 13,820 YTD: 13,820	Sep 2025	13,820 13,820
4	-	1	Howl's Moving Castle Deluxe Limited Edition Diana Wynne Jones, Author Greenwillow Books, $25.99 (352) 978-0-06-341646-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 11,253 YTD: 11,253	Sep 2025	11,253 11,253
5	-	26	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 2.62 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 26 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,662 YTD: 1,841,225	Mar 2025	7,662 1,841,225
6	-	3	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 4.67 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,827 YTD: 19,179	Aug 2025	5,827 19,179
7	-	2	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 7 Highest Rank Date 09/22/2025 Average Rank 8.50 [details] Sales history for Impossible Creatures date, rank 09/15/2025, 10 09/22/2025, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,986 YTD: 11,230	Aug 2025	4,986 11,230
8	-	41	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 3.12 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 41 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,815 YTD: 558,961	Dec 2024	4,815 558,961
9	-	6	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 9.17 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,755 YTD: 24,475	Aug 2025	4,755 24,475
10	-	2	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 7.50 [details] Sales history for Falling Like Leaves date, rank 09/15/2025, 5 09/22/2025, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,488 YTD: 12,364	Sep 2025	4,488 12,364
11	-	2	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 7.00 [details] Sales history for Nothing Like the Movies (Reprint) date, rank 09/15/2025, 3 09/22/2025, 11 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,403 YTD: 14,051	Sep 2025	4,403 14,051
12	-	2	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 9.50 [details] Sales history for Thorn Season Deluxe Limited Edition date, rank 09/15/2025, 7 09/22/2025, 12 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,136 YTD: 9,708	Sep 2025	4,136 9,708
13	-	1	Pocket Bear Katherine Applegate, Author Feiwel & Friends, $17.99 (256) 978-1-250-90436-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,938 YTD: 3,938	Sep 2025	3,938 3,938
14	-	1	Blood Moon Britney S Lewis, Author Page Street YA, $18.99 (384) 979-8-89003-229-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,937 YTD: 3,937	Sep 2025	3,937 3,937
15	-	2	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 14 Highest Rank Date 09/15/2025 Average Rank 14.50 [details] Sales history for Immortal Dark date, rank 09/15/2025, 14 09/22/2025, 15 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,818 YTD: 8,214	Aug 2025	3,818 8,214
16	-	47	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 5.58 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 47 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,109 YTD: 207,587	Oct 2024	3,109 207,587
17	-	23	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 4.80 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 23 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,012 YTD: 375,433	Apr 2025	3,012 375,433
18	-	2	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 10.00 [details] Sales history for Troubling Tonsils! date, rank 09/15/2025, 2 09/22/2025, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,953 YTD: 14,265	Sep 2025	2,953 14,265
19	-	10	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 9.88 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,952 YTD: 42,497	Jul 2025	2,952 42,497
20	-	19	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 10.44 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 19 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,903 YTD: 71,181	May 2025	2,903 71,181
21	-	23	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 7.17 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 23 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,888 YTD: 130,059	Apr 2025	2,888 130,059
22	-	15	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 14.47 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,784 YTD: 51,269	Jun 2025	2,784 51,269
23	-	11	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Stenciled Edges) (Harry Potter, Book 1) J. K. Rowling, Author, Mary Grandpré, Illustrator Scholastic Inc., $14.99 (320) 978-1-5461-4850-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/14/2024 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 10/14/2024 Average Rank 20.70 [details] Sales history for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Stenciled Edges) (Harry Potter, Book 1) date, rank 10/14/2024, 8 11/11/2024, 20 12/02/2024, 22 12/30/2024, 23 07/28/2025, 21 08/04/2025, 22 08/25/2025, 23 09/01/2025, 24 09/08/2025, 21 09/22/2025, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,383 YTD: 52,319	Oct 2024	2,383 52,319
24	-	14	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 11 Highest Rank Date 08/04/2025 Average Rank 15.14 [details] Sales history for A Good Girl's Guide to Murder: Deluxe Edition date, rank 06/23/2025, 17 06/30/2025, 15 07/07/2025, 13 07/14/2025, 16 07/21/2025, 17 07/28/2025, 13 08/04/2025, 11 08/11/2025, 15 08/18/2025, 13 08/25/2025, 12 09/01/2025, 11 09/08/2025, 11 09/15/2025, 24 09/22/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,164 YTD: 42,462	Jun 2025	2,164 42,462
25	-	9	Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas Shea Ernshaw, Author Random House/Disney, $10.99 (336) 978-1-368-11598-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 08/04/2025 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 09/08/2025 Average Rank 17.60 [details] Sales history for Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas date, rank 08/04/2025, 18 08/25/2025, 16 09/01/2025, 16 09/08/2025, 13 09/22/2025, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,145 YTD: 23,486	Jul 2025	2,145 23,486

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Sept. 13, 2025; appearing in the Sept. 22, 2025, print edition of PW