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NYTimes Best Sellers: Children's & Young Adult Series

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 The Hunger Games in LINKcat
#1
377 weeks on the list
by Suzanne Collins | Scholastic

In a dystopia, a girl fights for survival on live TV. (Ages 12 and up)

Find The Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy in LINKcat
#2
133 weeks on the list
by Jenny Han | Simon & Schuster

A beach house, summer love and enduring friendships. (Ages 12 and up)

Find Boys Of Tommen in LINKcat
#3
40 weeks on the list
by Chloe Walsh | Bloom

In Ireland, friends at the private school Tommen College prepare for adulthood. (Ages 16 to 18)

Find The Powerless Trilogy in LINKcat
#4
50 weeks on the list
by Lauren Roberts | Simon & Schuster

A story of forbidden love between Paedyn, an Ordinary, and Kai, an Elite, in the kingdom of Ilya. (Ages 14 and up)

Find Diary Of A Wimpy Kid in LINKcat
#5
850 weeks on the list
by Jeff Kinney | Amulet

The travails and challenges of adolescence. (Ages 9 to 12)

Find Percy Jackson & The Olympians in LINKcat
#6
783 weeks on the list
by Rick Riordan | Disney-Hyperion

A boy battles mythological monsters. (Ages 9 to 12)

Find The Wild Robot in LINKcat
#7
75 weeks on the list
by Peter Brown | Little, Brown

Roz the robot adapts to her surroundings on a remote, wild island. (Ages 7 to 12)

Find Once Upon A Broken Heart in LINKcat
#8
26 weeks on the list
by Stephanie Garber | Flatiron

The story of Evangeline Fox, Jacks, the Prince of Hearts and the pursuit of true love. (Ages 13 to 18)

Find Harry Potter in LINKcat
#9
849 weeks on the list
by J.K. Rowling | Scholastic

A wizard hones his conjuring skills in the service of fighting evil. (Ages 10 and up)

Find A Good Girl'S Guide To Murder in LINKcat
#10
191 weeks on the list
by Holly Jackson | Delacorte

Pippa Fitz-Amobi solves murderous crimes. (Ages 14 and up)