There are 41 books in the New York Times Chapter Books Best Sellers 2008 list. Here are the 41 books ranked from 1 to 41.
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1. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
Weeks on the list: 29
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by: Jeff Kinney Release date: Apr 01, 2007 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The travails of adolescence, in cartoons.
2. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Weeks on the list: 29
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by: Jeff Kinney Release date: Feb 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
How Greg embarrassed himself on his vacation; a sequel to “Diary of a Wimpy Kid.”
3. The Invention Of Hugo Cabret
Weeks on the list: 27
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by: Brian Selznick Release date: Jan 01, 2007 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A novel “in words and pictures”; an orphaned thief must decipher his father’s last message.
4. The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian
Weeks on the list: 19
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by: Sherman Alexie. Release date: Sep 12, 2007 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A boy leaves his reservation for an all-white school.
5. The Maze Of Bones
Weeks on the list: 13
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by: Rick Riordan Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A brother and sister hunt for the source of their family’s power; Book 1 of a new series, “The 39 Clues.”
6. The Hunger Games
Weeks on the list: 13
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by: Suzanne Collins Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
In a dystopian future, a girl fights for survival on live TV.
7. The Graveyard Book
Weeks on the list: 11
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by: Neil Gaiman Release date: Sep 30, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
To avoid a killer, a boy lives in a cemetery.
8. Lock And Key
Weeks on the list: 10
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by: Sarah Dessen Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A free-spirited high school girl is sent to live with her wealthy older sister.
9. The Magician
Weeks on the list: 10
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by: Michael Scott Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Twins must stop an evil sorcerer; a sequel to “The Alchemyst.”
10. The Dangerous Days Of Daniel X
Weeks on the list: 10
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by: James Patterson , Michael Ledwidge Release date: Jul 21, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A boy with secret powers seeks revenge on his parents’ killers.
11. Paula Deen’S My First Cookbook
Weeks on the list: 10
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by: Paula Deen , Martha Nesbit Release date: Oct 07, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Recipes for the very young.
12. The Mysterious Benedict Society And The Perilous Journey
Weeks on the list: 9
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by: Trenton Lee Stewart Release date: May 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The society has one week to save Mr. Benedict.
13. Identical
Weeks on the list: 9
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by: Ellen Hopkins Release date: Aug 26, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Incest and drug abuse come between twin daughters in a political family.
14. Seekers: The Quest Begins
Weeks on the list: 7
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by: Erin Hunter Release date: May 27, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The adventures of three bear cubs.
15. Kiss My Math
Weeks on the list: 7
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by: Danica McKellar Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A girls’ guide to pre-algebra.
16. The Way We Work
Weeks on the list: 7
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by: David Macaulay , Richard Walker Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Getting to know the human body.
17. The Penderwicks On Gardam Street
Weeks on the list: 6
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by: Jeanne Birdsall Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Four sisters intervene in their father’s dating life; a sequel to “The Penderwicks.”
18. The Clone Wars
Weeks on the list: 6
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by: Jason Fry Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A visual guide to the new “Star Wars” movie.
19. Thirteen Reasons Why
Weeks on the list: 5
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by: Jay Asher Release date: Jan 01, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
After Clay’s crush kills herself, cassettes arrive at his doorstep enumerating the reasons.
20. Nick Of Time
Weeks on the list: 5
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by: Ted Bell Release date: May 13, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
On the eve of World War II, a British boy travels back to the early 1800s.
21. Little Brother
Weeks on the list: 5
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by: Cory Doctorow Release date: Apr 29, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A teenage hacker takes on the government after a terrorist attack turns America into a police state.
22. Warriors: Cats Of The Clans
Weeks on the list: 5
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by: Erin Hunter Release date: Oct 06, 2009 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A guide to the characters in the Warriors series.
23. Kenny And The Dragon
Weeks on the list: 5
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by: Tony DiTerlizzi Release date: Jan 01, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A rabbit’s dragon friend is considered a public enemy.
24. Burning Up
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: Joe, Kevin , Nick Jonas Release date: Nov 18, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The Jonas Brothers band on tour, in words and pictures.
25. Paper Towns
Weeks on the list: 3
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by: John Green Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
After a night of mischief, the girl Quentin loves disappears.
26. Tweak
Weeks on the list: 2
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by: Nic Sheff Release date: Feb 19, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A memoir of a teenager’s methamphetamine addiction.
27. Ink Exchange
Weeks on the list: 2
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by: Melissa Marr Release date: Apr 29, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A tattoo leads a girl into a parallel world.
28. Rumors
Weeks on the list: 2
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by: Anna Godbersen Release date: Jun 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Manhattan socialites in the 1890s; a sequel to “The Luxe.”
29. The Willoughbys
Weeks on the list: 2
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by: Lois Lowry Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Two wicked parents and their precocious children parody the conventions of children’s literature.
30. The Summoning
Weeks on the list: 2
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by: Kelley Armstrong Release date: Jul 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
When she starts seeing ghosts, a girl is confined to a suspicious group home.
31. Ghostgirl
Weeks on the list: 2
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by: Tonya Hurley Release date: Aug 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
She may be dead, but Charlotte Usher is still determined to be part of the popular crowd.
32. Nation
Weeks on the list: 2
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by: Terry Pratchett Release date: Sep 30, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Two young survivors of a tsunami slowly forge a new society.
33. Free To Be . . . You And Me
Weeks on the list: 2
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by: Marlo Thomas , Friends Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
New illustrations for the classic collection of stories, poems and songs, in honor of its 35th anniversary.
34. One False Note
Weeks on the list: 2
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by: Gordon Korman Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A brother and sister seek the source of their family’s power.
35. How To Talk To Girls
Weeks on the list: 2
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by: Alec Greven Release date: Dec 16, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
“A crush is like a love disease,” and other wise tidbits.
36. The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian
Weeks on the list: 1
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by: Sherman Alexie Release date: Sep 12, 2007 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A boy leaves his reservation for an all-white school.
37. The Big Field
Weeks on the list: 1
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by: Mike Lupica Release date: Sep 12, 2007 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
With the championship on the line, a hot prospect replaces Hutch as shortstop.
38. The Luxe
Weeks on the list: 1
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by: Anna Godbersen Release date: Dec 01, 2007 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Intrigue among Manhattan’s young social set, circa 1899.
39. The NixieS Song
Weeks on the list: 1
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by: Tony DiTerlizzi , Holly Black Find in Library Check on Amazon |
Fire-breathing giants are on the rampage in Florida.
40. Savvy
Weeks on the list: 1
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by: Ingrid Law Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A girl waits to learn what her amazing talent will be.
41. The Kingdom On The Waves
Weeks on the list: 1
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by: M T Anderson Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A boy joins the revolutionary cause in 1775 America; a sequel to “Octavian Nothing.”
Last updated on December 8, 2021
