Trending Middle Grade Best Sellers Snapshot -- August 2023 (Novels, Graphic Novels, and Book Series)

Included in this post are lists from different sources to provide a snapshot of the most popular trending middle grade fiction (novels, graphic novels and book series) for August 2023.

Notably, Amazon accounts for some 60%-70% of US book sales, and dominates the marketplace. Therefore, books trending on other best seller lists should theoretically also show up somewhere on the various Amazon Most Sold listings.

Here are the lists below with the titles appearing on multiple lists highlighted:


Amazon's Best Children's Books of 2023 So Far: Ages 9 to 12

1) The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris
Hardcover

2) Greenwild: The World Behind the Door (Greenwild, 1)
Pari Thomson
Hardcover

3) The Labors of Hercules Beal
Gary D. Schmidt
Hardcover

4) The One and Only Ruby
Katherine Applegate
Hardcover

5) Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes #1)
Rex Ogle, Dave Valeza
Paperback

6) The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
Beth Lincoln, Claire Powell
Hardcover

7) My Selma: True Stories of a Southern Childhood at the Height of the Civil Rights Movement
Willie Mae Brown
Hardcover

8) From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star (Nico Di Angelo Adventures)
Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro
Hardcover

9)  The Superteacher Project
Gordon Korman
Hardcover

10)  Finally Seen
Kelly Yang
Hardcover 

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Amazon Charts
The Top 20 Most Sold & Most Read Books of the Week
Week of August 27, 2023

9)  We'll Always Have Summer
by Jenny Han
Kindle Unlimited
Ages: 12+

10)  The Summer I Turned Pretty
by Jenny Han
Kindle Unlimited
Ages" 12+

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The New York Times(R) Middle Grade Hardcover Best Seller List
Week of August 27, 2023

1) THE SUN AND THE STAR
by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro

2) REFUGEE
by Alan Gratz

3) WONDER
by R.J. Palacio

4) ODDER
by Katherine Applegate. Illustrated by Charles Santoso

5) THE SWIFTS
by Beth Lincoln. Illustrated by Claire Powell

6) TWO DEGREES
by Alan Gratz

7) SKANDAR AND THE UNICORN THIEF
by A.F. Steadman

8) WORST BROOMMATE EVER!
by Wanda Coven. Illustrated by Anna Abramskaya

9) GROUND ZERO (Historical Fiction)
by Alan Gratz

10) THE COMPLETE COOKBOOK FOR YOUNG CHEFS
(Non-Fiction)
by America's Test Kitchen Kids

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The New York Times(R) Middle Grade Paperback Best Seller List
July 2023 (Trailing one month)

1) A LONG WALK TO WATER
by Linda Sue Park

2) THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN
by Katherine Applegate. Illustrated by Patricia Castelao

3) RESTART
by Gordon Korman

4) OUT OF MY MIND
by Sharon M. Draper

5) FISH IN A TREE
by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

6) BROWN GIRL DREAMING
by Jacqueline Woodson

7) WISH
by Barbara O'Connor

8) THE CROSSOVER
by Kwame Alexander

9) A WOLF CALLED WANDER
by Rosanne Parry. Illustrated by Mónica Armiño

10) THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON
by Kelly Barnhill

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From Barnes and Noble's Top 20 Bestselling Books

6) The Chalice of the Gods (B&N Exclusive Edition) (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)
by Rick Riordan

16) Hooky Volume 3 (Signed Book)
by Míriam Bonastre Tur, Míriam Bonastre Tur (Illustrator)

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Summary 

-Two of the 12+ age intended Summer Series novels by Jenny Han made it on to Amazon's Most Sold and Read list (although not fully MG titles).

-Special edition middle grade books exclusive to Barnes and Noble appear to sell well on their platform as two middle grade series books made Barnes and Noble's Top 20 Bestsellers List.

 -Percy Jackson series books are reliably trending popular.