Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lists

Select Back Issue:

Children's Frontlist Fiction

(Click title for review)

Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	-	3	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 1.00 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 117,524 YTD: 1,054,136	Mar 2025	117,524 1,054,136
2	-	1	A Curse for True Love Stephanie Garber, Author Flatiron Books, $13.99 (400) 978-1-250-85121-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 14,165 YTD: 14,165	Apr 2025	14,165 14,165
3	-	18	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 2.83 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 17,847 YTD: 370,361	Dec 2024	17,847 370,361
4	-	1	The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Author, Scott McCloud, Author Graphix, $14.99 (288) 978-1-338-77721-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 9,098 YTD: 9,098	Apr 2025	9,098 9,098
5	-	5	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 3.80 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,853 YTD: 52,434	Mar 2025	6,853 52,434
6	-	24	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 2.82 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 24 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,329 YTD: 112,023	Oct 2024	6,329 112,023
7	-	9	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 10.33 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,190 YTD: 43,432	Feb 2025	6,190 43,432
8	-	9	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 7.56 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 5,449 YTD: 50,113	Feb 2025	5,449 50,113
9	-	15	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 4.73 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,643 YTD: 105,328	Dec 2024	4,643 105,328
10	-	9	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 7.71 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,455 YTD: 50,928	Feb 2025	4,455 50,928
11	-	1	A Thousand Years Christina Perri, Author, Joy Hwang Ruiz, Illustrator Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99 (32) 978-0-593-62259-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,936 YTD: 3,936	Apr 2025	3,936 3,936
12	-	9	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 13.33 [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 03/17/2025, 21 03/24/2025, 17 03/31/2025, 14 04/07/2025, 8 04/14/2025, 12 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,736 YTD: 35,927	Feb 2025	3,736 35,927
13	-	1	Murtagh: The World of Eragon Christopher Paolini, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99 (704) 978-0-593-65089-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,518 YTD: 3,518	Apr 2025	3,518 3,518
14	-	7	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 7.12 [details] Sales history for Rebel Witch: The Crimson Moth: Book 2 date, rank 03/03/2025, 1 03/10/2025, 4 03/17/2025, 8 03/24/2025, 7 03/31/2025, 11 04/07/2025, 10 04/14/2025, 14 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,418 YTD: 67,559	Feb 2025	3,418 67,559
15	-	40	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 11.59 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 40 PUB DATE: Jul 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,315 YTD: 40,181	Jul 2024	3,315 40,181
16	-	9	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 9 Highest Rank Date 04/07/2025 Average Rank 16.67 [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 03/17/2025, 24 03/24/2025, 21 03/31/2025, 19 04/07/2025, 9 04/14/2025, 16 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,193 YTD: 32,517	Feb 2025	3,193 32,517
17	-	9	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 11.11 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,131 YTD: 44,358	Feb 2025	3,131 44,358
18	-	1	Olivetti Allie Millington, Author Square Fish, $8.99 (272) 978-1-250-32692-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,865 YTD: 2,865	Apr 2025	2,865 2,865
19	-	21	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 12.05 [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 03/24/2025, 24 04/07/2025, 19 04/14/2025, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 21 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,582 YTD: 37,454	Nov 2024	2,582 37,454
20	-	31	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 10.41 [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 03/31/2025, 16 04/07/2025, 22 04/14/2025, 20 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 31 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,576 YTD: 49,484	Sep 2024	2,576 49,484
21	-	27	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 14.62 [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 03/24/2025, 18 04/07/2025, 23 04/14/2025, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 27 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,458 YTD: 32,424	Oct 2024	2,458 32,424
22	-	5	Our Infinite Fates: Deluxe Limited Edition Laura Steven, Author Wednesday Books, $20.00 (352) 978-1-250-33388-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 03/24/2025 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 03/24/2025 Average Rank 15.25 [details] Sales history for Our Infinite Fates: Deluxe Limited Edition date, rank 03/24/2025, 6 03/31/2025, 12 04/07/2025, 21 04/14/2025, 22 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,365 YTD: 25,062	Mar 2025	2,365 25,062
23	-	27	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 17.81 [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 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 27 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,362 YTD: 36,644	Oct 2024	2,362 36,644
24	-	1	Escape the Pizzaplex (Five Nights at Freddy's Interactive Novel #3) Scott Cawthon, Author, Lyndsay Ely, Author Scholastic Inc., $12.99 (256) 978-1-5461-3291-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,339 YTD: 2,339	Apr 2025	2,339 2,339
25	-	21	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 22.89 [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 03/17/2025, 23 04/07/2025, 25 04/14/2025, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 21 PUB DATE: Jun 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,327 YTD: 30,535	Jun 2024	2,327 30,535

For analysis of this week's lists, click here.

To download a printable PDF of our overall top 10 bestsellers, click here.

Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Apr. 5, 2025; appearing in the Apr. 14, 2025, print edition of PW