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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	1	24	Sunrise on the Reaping (a Hunger Games Novel) Suzanne Collins, Author Scholastic Press, $27.99 (400) 978-1-5461-7146-1 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/31/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/31/2025 Average Rank 2.53 [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 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 24 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 10,213 YTD: 1,824,076	Mar 2025	10,213 1,824,076
2	-	1	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 WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,727 YTD: 6,727	Aug 2025	6,727 6,727
3	17	4	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 17 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 08/18/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/08/2025 Average Rank 9.25 [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 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,301 YTD: 14,696	Aug 2025	5,301 14,696
4	8	39	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 8 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 12/16/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/16/2024 Average Rank 2.95 [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 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 39 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,637 YTD: 549,049	Dec 2024	4,637 549,049
5	3	17	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 3 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/01/2025 Average Rank 9.69 [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 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,384 YTD: 64,321	May 2025	4,384 64,321
6	5	8	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 5 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 08/04/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/04/2025 Average Rank 7.17 [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 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,509 YTD: 35,983	Jul 2025	3,509 35,983
7	-	1	Dream by the Shadows (Standard Edition) Logan Karlie, Author Christy Ottaviano Books-Little Brown and Hachette, $22.99 (352) 978-0-316-58815-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,349 YTD: 3,349	Aug 2025	3,349 3,349
8	4	21	Fearless Lauren Roberts, Author Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99 (528) 978-1-6659-5546-1 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/21/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/21/2025 Average Rank 3.78 [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 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 21 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,187 YTD: 368,857	Apr 2025	3,187 368,857
9	15	45	Hot Mess (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 19) Jeff Kinney, Author Amulet Books, $14.99 (224) 978-1-4197-6695-4 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/04/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/04/2024 Average Rank 5.09 [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 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 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 45 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,156 YTD: 201,478	Oct 2024	3,156 201,478
10	13	21	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 13 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 04/21/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 04/21/2025 Average Rank 5.95 [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 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 21 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,141 YTD: 124,028	Apr 2025	3,141 124,028
11	8	12	A Good Girl's Guide to Murder: Deluxe Edition Holly Jackson, Author Delacorte Press, $14.99 (416) 979-8-217-11677-5 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 17 Initial Date 06/23/2025 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 08/04/2025 Average Rank 13.67 [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 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,849 YTD: 37,628	Jun 2025	2,849 37,628
12	19	13	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 19 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 06/16/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 06/16/2025 Average Rank 13.23 [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 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Jun 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,675 YTD: 45,739	Jun 2025	2,675 45,739
13	10	7	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 10 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 08/04/2025 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 09/08/2025 Average Rank 15.75 [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 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,615 YTD: 18,868	Jul 2025	2,615 18,868
14	9	5	Immortal Consequences I V Marie, Author Delacorte Press, $21.99 (512) 978-0-593-89880-2 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 08/11/2025 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 08/11/2025 Average Rank 13.25 [details] Sales history for Immortal Consequences date, rank 08/11/2025, 5 08/18/2025, 12 08/25/2025, 22 09/08/2025, 14 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,479 YTD: 17,803	Jul 2025	2,479 17,803
15	7	5	A Theory of Dreaming Deluxe Limited Edition: Sequel to a Study in Drowning Ava Reid, Author HarperCollins, $24.99 (416) 978-0-06-343292-5 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 08/11/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/11/2025 Average Rank 6.40 [details] Sales history for A Theory of Dreaming Deluxe Limited Edition: Sequel to a Study in Drowning date, rank 08/11/2025, 1 08/25/2025, 4 09/01/2025, 9 09/08/2025, 15 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Jul 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,430 YTD: 41,917	Jul 2025	2,430 41,917
16	-	1	Warriors Super Edition: Stormclan's Folly Erin Hunter, Author HarperCollins, $21.99 (464) 978-0-06-335741-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Aug 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,411 YTD: 2,411	Aug 2025	2,411 2,411
17	6	13	We Were Liars: Deluxe Edition E Lockhart, Author Delacorte Press, $14.99 (320) 979-8-217-11807-6 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 07/07/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 07/14/2025 Average Rank 6.90 [details] Sales history for We Were Liars: Deluxe Edition date, rank 07/07/2025, 6 07/14/2025, 4 07/21/2025, 5 07/28/2025, 5 08/04/2025, 5 08/11/2025, 8 08/18/2025, 5 08/25/2025, 6 09/01/2025, 8 09/08/2025, 17 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,407 YTD: 47,124	May 2025	2,407 47,124
18	11	17	We'll Always Have Summer (Deluxe Edition) (Reissue) Jenny Han, Author Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99 (320) 978-1-6659-8324-2 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 25 Initial Date 06/02/2025 Highest Rank 16 Highest Rank Date 08/04/2025 Average Rank 20.50 [details] Sales history for We'll Always Have Summer (Deluxe Edition) (Reissue) date, rank 06/02/2025, 25 08/04/2025, 16 08/11/2025, 24 08/18/2025, 23 09/01/2025, 17 09/08/2025, 18 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,385 YTD: 39,139	May 2025	2,385 39,139
19	16	17	It's Not Summer Without You (Deluxe Edition) (Reissue) Jenny Han, Author Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99 (320) 978-1-6659-8322-8 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 25 Initial Date 06/23/2025 Highest Rank 19 Highest Rank Date 08/04/2025 Average Rank 22.17 [details] Sales history for It's Not Summer Without You (Deluxe Edition) (Reissue) date, rank 06/23/2025, 25 08/04/2025, 19 08/11/2025, 25 08/18/2025, 22 09/01/2025, 23 09/08/2025, 19 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,237 YTD: 37,634	May 2025	2,237 37,634
20	23	17	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 23 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/19/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 05/19/2025 Average Rank 15.47 [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 07/07/2025, 16 07/14/2025, 22 07/21/2025, 16 07/28/2025, 16 08/04/2025, 20 08/18/2025, 25 08/25/2025, 21 09/01/2025, 13 09/08/2025, 20 LAST WEEK: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: May 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,212 YTD: 58,076	May 2025	2,212 58,076
21	32	9	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 32 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/14/2024 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 10/14/2024 Average Rank 20.44 [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 LAST WEEK: 32 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,105 YTD: 47,610	Oct 2024	2,105 47,610
22	25	51	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 25 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 09/23/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/23/2024 Average Rank 12.06 [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 05/12/2025, 23 06/09/2025, 24 07/28/2025, 25 08/25/2025, 19 09/01/2025, 14 09/08/2025, 22 LAST WEEK: 25 WEEKS ON LIST: 51 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,096 YTD: 102,029	Sep 2024	2,096 102,029
23	27	26	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 27 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 03/17/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 03/17/2025 Average Rank 10.72 [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 07/07/2025, 12 07/14/2025, 14 07/21/2025, 14 07/28/2025, 12 08/04/2025, 14 08/11/2025, 20 08/18/2025, 15 08/25/2025, 14 09/01/2025, 15 09/08/2025, 23 LAST WEEK: 27 WEEKS ON LIST: 26 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,067 YTD: 133,459	Mar 2025	2,067 133,459
24	27	20	My Return to the Walter Boys Ali Novak, Author Sourcebooks Fire, $14.99 (325) 978-1-4642-3022-6 Last rank 27 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 04/28/2025 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 04/28/2025 Average Rank 18.18 [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 07/21/2025, 23 09/08/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: 27 WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 1,987 YTD: 56,534	Apr 2025	1,987 56,534
25	31	47	Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess Rick Riordan, Author Disney Hyperion, $19.99 (336) 978-1-368-10763-1 Last rank 31 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/07/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/07/2024 Average Rank 10.77 [details] Sales history for Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess date, rank 10/07/2024, 1 10/14/2024, 2 10/21/2024, 1 10/28/2024, 1 11/04/2024, 4 11/11/2024, 4 11/18/2024, 9 11/25/2024, 6 12/02/2024, 6 12/09/2024, 5 12/16/2024, 7 12/30/2024, 5 01/06/2025, 7 01/13/2025, 6 01/20/2025, 7 01/27/2025, 9 02/03/2025, 9 02/10/2025, 9 02/17/2025, 20 02/24/2025, 18 03/03/2025, 16 03/10/2025, 18 03/17/2025, 18 03/31/2025, 22 04/07/2025, 20 07/21/2025, 25 07/28/2025, 19 09/01/2025, 22 09/08/2025, 25 LAST WEEK: 31 WEEKS ON LIST: 47 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 1,950 YTD: 81,414	Sep 2024	1,950 81,414

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Aug. 30, 2025; appearing in the Sept. 8, 2025, print edition of PW