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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	-	13	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 2.24 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 25,903 YTD: 261,537	Dec 2024	25,903 261,537
2	-	50	Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #12): From the Creator of Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey, Author, Dav Pilkey, Illustrator Graphix, $14.99 (240) 978-1-338-89643-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/01/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/01/2024 Average Rank 2.67 [details] Sales history for Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #12): From the Creator of Captain Underpants date, rank 04/01/2024, 1 04/08/2024, 1 04/15/2024, 1 04/22/2024, 1 04/29/2024, 1 05/06/2024, 1 05/13/2024, 1 05/20/2024, 1 05/27/2024, 1 06/10/2024, 1 06/17/2024, 1 06/24/2024, 1 07/08/2024, 2 07/15/2024, 4 07/22/2024, 3 07/29/2024, 3 08/05/2024, 3 08/12/2024, 2 08/19/2024, 1 08/26/2024, 1 09/02/2024, 2 09/09/2024, 1 09/16/2024, 2 09/23/2024, 2 09/30/2024, 2 10/07/2024, 3 10/14/2024, 4 10/21/2024, 3 10/28/2024, 2 11/04/2024, 5 11/11/2024, 2 11/18/2024, 5 11/25/2024, 5 12/02/2024, 2 12/09/2024, 3 12/16/2024, 4 12/30/2024, 3 01/06/2025, 5 01/13/2025, 7 01/20/2025, 5 01/27/2025, 4 02/03/2025, 4 02/10/2025, 3 02/17/2025, 4 02/24/2025, 2 03/03/2025, 4 03/10/2025, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 50 PUB DATE: Mar 2024 UNITS SOLD: 11,089 YTD: 75,083	Mar 2024	11,089 75,083
3	-	19	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 2.36 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 19 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 8,129 YTD: 75,642	Oct 2024	8,129 75,642
4	-	2	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 2.33 [details] Sales history for Rebel Witch: The Crimson Moth: Book 2 date, rank 03/03/2025, 1 03/10/2025, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 7,824 YTD: 45,638	Feb 2025	7,824 45,638
5	-	10	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 3.58 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,736 YTD: 77,327	Dec 2024	6,736 77,327
6	-	2	Investigators: Agents of S.U.I.T.: Wild Ghost Chase John Patrick Green, Author, Christopher Hastings, Author, Pat Lewis, Illustrator First Second, $12.99 (208) 978-1-250-85240-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 03/03/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 03/03/2025 Average Rank 4.50 [details] Sales history for Investigators: Agents of S.U.I.T.: Wild Ghost Chase date, rank 03/03/2025, 3 03/10/2025, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,680 YTD: 19,328	Feb 2025	4,680 19,328
7	-	26	The Wild Robot Peter Brown, Author Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $9.99 (320) 978-0-316-58109-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 09/16/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/28/2024 Average Rank 9.29 [details] Sales history for The Wild Robot date, rank 09/16/2024, 21 09/23/2024, 8 09/30/2024, 5 10/07/2024, 11 10/14/2024, 12 10/21/2024, 5 10/28/2024, 3 11/04/2024, 6 11/11/2024, 3 11/18/2024, 8 11/25/2024, 7 12/02/2024, 7 12/09/2024, 12 12/16/2024, 9 12/30/2024, 9 01/06/2025, 20 01/20/2025, 9 01/27/2025, 6 02/03/2025, 10 02/10/2025, 6 02/17/2025, 13 02/24/2025, 13 03/03/2025, 13 03/10/2025, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 26 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,355 YTD: 33,257	Sep 2024	4,355 33,257
8	-	4	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 6.75 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,940 YTD: 23,515	Feb 2025	3,940 23,515
9	-	4	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 7.00 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,937 YTD: 27,459	Feb 2025	3,937 27,459
10	-	25	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 8.72 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 25 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,674 YTD: 33,989	Sep 2024	3,674 33,989
11	-	4	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 8.00 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,095 YTD: 28,820	Feb 2025	3,095 28,820
12	-	4	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 7 Highest Rank Date 02/24/2025 Average Rank 11.75 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,946 YTD: 16,941	Feb 2025	2,946 16,941
13	-	32	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 15.70 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 32 PUB DATE: Jul 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,901 YTD: 21,314	Jul 2024	2,901 21,314
14	-	35	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 10.86 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 35 PUB DATE: Jul 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,864 YTD: 24,524	Jul 2024	2,864 24,524
15	-	16	Skyshade (the Lightlark Saga Book 3) Alex Aster, Author Harry N. Abrams, $22.99 (384) 978-1-4197-7378-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/25/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/25/2024 Average Rank 10.44 [details] Sales history for Skyshade (the Lightlark Saga Book 3) date, rank 11/25/2024, 1 12/02/2024, 3 12/09/2024, 4 12/16/2024, 12 12/30/2024, 14 01/06/2025, 9 01/13/2025, 10 01/20/2025, 10 01/27/2025, 11 02/03/2025, 8 02/10/2025, 8 02/17/2025, 23 02/24/2025, 17 03/03/2025, 21 03/10/2025, 15 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,812 YTD: 25,767	Nov 2024	2,812 25,767
16	-	4	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 12.00 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,743 YTD: 17,334	Feb 2025	2,743 17,334
17	-	22	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 17.25 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 22 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,740 YTD: 22,871	Oct 2024	2,740 22,871
18	-	23	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 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/07/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/07/2024 Average Rank 7.48 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 23 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,700 YTD: 27,093	Sep 2024	2,700 27,093
19	-	1	A Tempest of Tea Hafsah Faizal, Author Square Fish, $14.99 (352) 978-1-250-82499-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,660 YTD: 2,660	Feb 2025	2,660 2,660
20	-	4	Mockingjay: Deluxe Edition (the Hunger Games, Book Three) Suzanne Collins, Author Scholastic Press, $16.99 (400) 978-1-5461-7188-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 02/17/2025 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 02/24/2025 Average Rank 15.25 [details] Sales history for Mockingjay: Deluxe Edition (the Hunger Games, Book Three) date, rank 02/17/2025, 12 02/24/2025, 10 03/03/2025, 19 03/10/2025, 20 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,481 YTD: 15,940	Feb 2025	2,481 15,940
21	-	19	Nightbane (the Lightlark Saga Book 2): Volume 2 Alex Aster, Author Amulet Books, $13.99 (432) 978-1-4197-6091-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/04/2024 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 11/04/2024 Average Rank 15.93 [details] Sales history for Nightbane (the Lightlark Saga Book 2): Volume 2 date, rank 11/04/2024, 7 11/11/2024, 8 11/18/2024, 12 11/25/2024, 12 12/02/2024, 17 12/09/2024, 19 01/06/2025, 22 01/13/2025, 14 01/20/2025, 16 01/27/2025, 15 02/03/2025, 17 02/10/2025, 18 03/03/2025, 25 03/10/2025, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 19 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,403 YTD: 20,153	Oct 2024	2,403 20,153
22	-	16	The New Girl: A Graphic Novel (the New Girl #1) Cassandra Calin, Author, Cassandra Calin, Illustrator Graphix, $12.99 (272) 978-1-338-76245-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 25 Initial Date 12/30/2024 Highest Rank 20 Highest Rank Date 02/10/2025 Average Rank 22.17 [details] Sales history for The New Girl: A Graphic Novel (the New Girl #1) date, rank 12/30/2024, 25 02/03/2025, 22 02/10/2025, 20 02/24/2025, 21 03/03/2025, 23 03/10/2025, 22 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: Jun 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,377 YTD: 18,257	Jun 2024	2,377 18,257
23	-	19	Lightlark: Collector's Edition (the Lightlark Saga Book 1): Volume 1 Alex Aster, Author Amulet Books, $34.99 (432) 978-1-4197-7879-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 11/04/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/04/2024 Average Rank 14.00 [details] Sales history for Lightlark: Collector's Edition (the Lightlark Saga Book 1): Volume 1 date, rank 11/04/2024, 3 11/11/2024, 7 11/18/2024, 24 11/25/2024, 21 01/13/2025, 24 01/27/2025, 7 02/03/2025, 7 02/10/2025, 13 03/03/2025, 11 03/10/2025, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 19 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,229 YTD: 23,864	Oct 2024	2,229 23,864
24	-	20	Dork Diaries 16: Tales from a Not-So-Bratty Little Sister Rachel Renée Russell, Author, Rachel Renée Russell, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks, $14.99 (240) 978-1-6659-7460-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 10/28/2024 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 10/28/2024 Average Rank 18.93 [details] Sales history for Dork Diaries 16: Tales from a Not-So-Bratty Little Sister date, rank 10/28/2024, 9 11/04/2024, 9 11/11/2024, 17 11/18/2024, 21 11/25/2024, 19 12/02/2024, 16 12/09/2024, 21 12/16/2024, 20 01/06/2025, 21 01/27/2025, 21 02/03/2025, 23 02/10/2025, 19 02/24/2025, 25 03/10/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,140 YTD: 17,802	Oct 2024	2,140 17,802
25	-	22	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 13.76 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 22 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,132 YTD: 20,401	Oct 2024	2,132 20,401

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Mar. 1, 2025; appearing in the Mar. 10, 2025, print edition of PW