This blog post contains information from the best seller lists of Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and the New York Times for novels, graphic novels, and book series for middle-grade readers for the month of October, 2023.
Notably, Amazon accounts for some 60%-70% of US book sales, and dominates the marketplace. Therefore, books trending on other best seller lists could theoretically also show up somewhere on the Amazon Most Sold listings.
Below are the lists with 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
Hardcover
2) Greenwild: The World Behind the Door
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
of October 29, 2023
7) Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
No Brainer
By Jeff Kinney
MG 8-12
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The New York Times(R) Middle Grade Hardcover Best Seller List
Week of October 29, 2023
1) THE HARRY POTTER WIZARDING ALMANAC
by J.K. Rowling.
2) THE PUPPETS OF SPELHORST
by Kate DiCamillo. Illustrated by Julie Morstad
3) WINGS OF FIRE: A GUIDE TO THE DRAGON WORLD
by Tui T. Sutherland. Illustrated by Joy Ang
4) THE SUN AND THE STAR
by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro
5) THE OFFICIAL HARRY POTTER COOKBOOK
by Joanna Farrow
6) WONDER
by R.J. Palacio
7) REFUGEE
by Alan Gratz
8) WRECKER
by Carl Hiaasen
9) A HORSE NAMED SKY
by Rosanne Parry. Illustrated by Kirbi Fagan
10) ODDER
by Katherine Applegate. Illustrated by Charles Santoso
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The New York Times(R) Middle Grade Paperback Best Seller List
October 2023
1) A LONG WALK TO WATER
by Linda Sue Park
2) WISH
by Barbara O'Connor
3) RESTART
by Gordon Korman
4) FISH IN A TREE
by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
5) OUT OF MY MIND
by Sharon M. Draper
6) PONY
by R.J. Palacio
7) A WOLF CALLED WANDER
by Rosanne Parry. Illustrated by Mónica Armiño
8) BROWN GIRL DREAMING
by Jacqueline Woodson
9) PAX
Sara Pennypacker. Illustrated by Jon Klassen
10) WHEN YOU TRAP A TIGER
by Tae Keller
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From Barnes and Noble's Top 20 Bestselling Books
There are no middle-grade bestsellers on this list.
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Summary
--Rick Riordan's The Sun and the Star continues to have strong month-to-month sales.
--Jeff Kinney's latest Wimpy Kid book makes a top ten appearance on Amazon Charts.
--Many new titles have appeared on the best seller lists within the last week of October. Lets see how they pan out for the remainder of 2023.
