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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	1	3	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 1.00 [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 12/23/2024, 1 12/30/2024, 1 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 144,645 YTD: 548,414	Dec 2024	144,645 548,414
2	2	9	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 1.53 [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, 2 12/09/2024, 1 12/16/2024, 3 12/23/2024, 2 12/30/2024, 2 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 76,493 YTD: 705,805	Oct 2024	76,493 705,805
3	3	6	James Percival Everett, Author Doubleday Books, $28.00 (320) 978-0-385-55036-9 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 04/01/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/23/2024 Average Rank 12.65 [details] Sales history for James date, rank 12/09/2024, 9 12/16/2024, 7 12/23/2024, 3 12/30/2024, 3 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Mar 2024 UNITS SOLD: 70,017 YTD: 459,960	Mar 2024	70,017 459,960
4	5	46	The Women Kristin Hannah, Author St. Martin's Press, $30.00 (480) 978-1-250-17863-3 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 02/19/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/19/2024 Average Rank 3.49 [details] Sales history for The Women date, rank 02/19/2024, 1 02/26/2024, 1 03/04/2024, 2 03/11/2024, 1 03/18/2024, 1 03/25/2024, 1 04/01/2024, 2 04/08/2024, 3 04/15/2024, 3 04/22/2024, 2 04/29/2024, 2 05/06/2024, 3 05/13/2024, 6 05/20/2024, 3 05/27/2024, 3 06/03/2024, 3 06/10/2024, 4 06/17/2024, 7 06/24/2024, 6 07/08/2024, 3 07/15/2024, 4 07/22/2024, 4 07/29/2024, 4 08/05/2024, 5 08/12/2024, 10 08/19/2024, 10 08/26/2024, 11 09/02/2024, 10 09/09/2024, 6 12/09/2024, 10 12/16/2024, 8 12/23/2024, 5 12/30/2024, 4 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 46 PUB DATE: Feb 2024 UNITS SOLD: 52,855 YTD: 1,455,159	Feb 2024	52,855 1,455,159
5	21	103	The Housemaid Freida McFadden, Author Grand Central Publishing, $12.99 (336) 978-1-5387-4257-0 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 11/07/2022 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/22/2024 Average Rank 8.30 [details] Sales history for The Housemaid date, rank 07/17/2023, 10 07/31/2023, 9 08/28/2023, 9 09/11/2023, 8 01/15/2024, 9 01/22/2024, 8 06/10/2024, 10 06/24/2024, 10 07/08/2024, 4 07/15/2024, 3 07/22/2024, 1 07/29/2024, 2 08/05/2024, 4 08/12/2024, 7 08/19/2024, 7 08/26/2024, 6 09/02/2024, 5 09/09/2024, 5 09/23/2024, 10 10/21/2024, 5 10/28/2024, 6 11/11/2024, 8 12/30/2024, 5 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 103 PUB DATE: Aug 2022 UNITS SOLD: 46,425 YTD: 1,102,375	Aug 2022	46,425 1,102,375
6	10	6	Murdle: Volume 1: 100 Elementary to Impossible Mysteries to Solve Using Logic, Skill, and the Power of Deduction G T Karber, Author St. Martin's Griffin, $16.00 (384) 978-1-250-89231-7 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 25 Initial Date 10/23/2023 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 12/25/2023 Average Rank 11.06 [details] Sales history for Murdle: Volume 1: 100 Elementary to Impossible Mysteries to Solve Using Logic, Skill, and the Power of Deduction date, rank 12/23/2024, 10 12/30/2024, 6 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Jun 2023 UNITS SOLD: 42,412 YTD: 384,323	Jun 2023	42,412 384,323
7	12	240	Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones James Clear, Author Avery Publishing Group, $27.00 (320) 978-0-7352-1129-2 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 10/29/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/17/2022 Average Rank 9.11 [details] Sales history for Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones date, rank 01/11/2021, 7 01/18/2021, 3 01/25/2021, 5 02/01/2021, 9 02/08/2021, 4 09/06/2021, 10 12/27/2021, 7 01/03/2022, 9 01/10/2022, 5 01/17/2022, 1 01/24/2022, 3 01/31/2022, 2 02/07/2022, 2 02/14/2022, 4 02/21/2022, 3 02/28/2022, 4 03/07/2022, 3 03/14/2022, 1 03/21/2022, 6 03/28/2022, 6 04/04/2022, 5 04/11/2022, 10 04/25/2022, 10 05/02/2022, 5 05/09/2022, 6 06/06/2022, 10 01/02/2023, 9 01/09/2023, 5 01/16/2023, 2 01/23/2023, 4 01/30/2023, 5 02/06/2023, 5 02/13/2023, 8 02/20/2023, 6 02/27/2023, 5 03/06/2023, 6 03/13/2023, 10 03/20/2023, 8 03/27/2023, 9 04/03/2023, 6 04/10/2023, 8 04/24/2023, 8 05/01/2023, 10 05/08/2023, 9 08/14/2023, 7 08/21/2023, 4 08/28/2023, 5 09/04/2023, 8 09/11/2023, 7 09/18/2023, 8 09/25/2023, 10 12/18/2023, 9 01/08/2024, 8 01/15/2024, 1 01/22/2024, 1 01/29/2024, 1 02/05/2024, 1 02/12/2024, 3 02/26/2024, 8 08/19/2024, 17 08/26/2024, 20 09/09/2024, 10 12/30/2024, 7 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 240 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 40,099 YTD: 948,606	Oct 2018	40,099 948,606
8	7	10	The Far Side(r) 2025 Off-The-Wall Day-To-Day Calendar Gary Larson, Author Andrews McMeel Publishing, $17.99 (640) 978-1-5248-9055-1 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 12/23/2024 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 12/23/2024 Average Rank 7.50 [details] Sales history for The Far Side(r) 2025 Off-The-Wall Day-To-Day Calendar date, rank 12/23/2024, 7 12/30/2024, 8 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Jun 2024 UNITS SOLD: 38,263 YTD: 177,557	Jun 2024	38,263 177,557
9	17	5	The Backyard Bird Chronicles Amy Tan, Author, David Allen Sibley, Foreword by Knopf Publishing Group, $35.00 (320) 978-0-593-53613-1 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/06/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/30/2024 Average Rank 12.76 [details] Sales history for The Backyard Bird Chronicles date, rank 12/30/2024, 9 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Apr 2024 UNITS SOLD: 37,538 YTD: 196,856	Apr 2024	37,538 196,856
10	19	14	Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros, Author Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99 (544) 978-1-64937-737-1 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/30/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/30/2024 Average Rank 3.38 [details] Sales history for Fourth Wing date, rank 09/30/2024, 1 10/07/2024, 5 10/14/2024, 5 10/21/2024, 8 11/11/2024, 9 12/09/2024, 3 12/30/2024, 10 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 36,526 YTD: 438,191	Sep 2024	36,526 438,191

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Dec. 21, 2024

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