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NYTimes Best Sellers: Children's Middle Grade Hardcover

New York Times API Dev Portal, opens in a new windowAuthoritatively ranked lists of books sold in the United States. Find more lists of chart-topping books on our New York Times Best Seller Lists page.

Most links below are to print books; check Overdrive for eBooks. Book covers provided by Syndetics depending on availability.

Find Troubling Tonsils! in LINKcat
#1
1 weeks on the list
by Aaron Reynolds | Simon & Schuster

Charlie Marmot's infected tonsils have disappeared before surgery! (Ages 6 to 9)

Find Wonder in LINKcat
#2
509 weeks on the list
by R.J. Palacio | Knopf

A boy with a facial deformity starts school. (Ages 8 to 12)

Find Hurricane Heist in LINKcat
#3
1 weeks on the list
by James Ponti | Aladdin

After a hurricane exposes a body from a cold case, four young sleuths investigate. (Ages 8 to 12)

Find Refugee in LINKcat
#4
300 weeks on the list
by Alan Gratz | Scholastic

Three children in three different conflicts look for safe haven. (Ages 9 to 12)

Find Impossible Creatures in LINKcat
#5
52 weeks on the list
by Katherine Rundell | Knopf

A young boy is enlisted to save a place where magical creatures reside. (Ages 10 and up)

Find The Last Resort in LINKcat
#6
1 weeks on the list
by Erin Entrada Kelly | Scholastic

After the death of her grandfather, Lila communicates with his ghost and he tells her he was murdered. (Ages 8 to 12)

Find Dream in LINKcat
#7
2 weeks on the list
by Barbara O'Connor | Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Idalee Lovett dreams of becoming a country songwriter. (Ages 8 to 12)

Find Odder in LINKcat
#8
120 weeks on the list
by Katherine Applegate | Feiwel & Friends

After a shark attack, Odder recuperates at the aquarium with the scientists who raised her. (Ages 8 to 12)

Find The School For Thieves in LINKcat
#9
2 weeks on the list
by Peter Burns | Aladdin

A young pickpocket named Tom is invited to an elite school for thieves. (Ages 10 and up)

Find Spooky Lakes in LINKcat
#10
7 weeks on the list
by Geo Rutherford | Abrams

Geo takes you to 25 mysterious lakes around the world. (Ages 8 to 11)