There are 62 books in the New York Times Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover Best Sellers 2016 list. Here are the 30 books ranked from 1 to 30.
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1. Wonder
Weeks on the list: 52
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by: R.J. Palacio Release date: Jan 01, 2012 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A boy with a facial deformity starts school.
2. Pax
Weeks on the list: 42
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by: Sara Pennypacker. Release date: Apr 02, 2019 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
3. The Sword Of Summer
Weeks on the list: 39
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by: Rick Riordan Release date: Oct 06, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A homeless teenager sets out to retrieve an ancient Norse sword.
4. The Hidden Oracle
Weeks on the list: 32
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by: Rick Riordan Release date: May 03, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Cast out of Olympus, Apollo, now a mortal teenager with acne, sets out to restore his tarnished reputation.
5. Auggie & Me
Weeks on the list: 21
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by: RJ Palacio Release date: Jan 01, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A collection of three “Wonder” stories.
6. Gravity Falls: Journal 3
Weeks on the list: 20
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by: Rob Renzetti and Alex Hirsch Find in Library Check on Amazon |
More monsters and mysteries.
7. Fish In A Tree
Weeks on the list: 19
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by: Lynda Mullaly Hunt Release date: Jan 01, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
8. Return To The Isle Of The Lost
Weeks on the list: 18
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by: Melissa de la Cruz Release date: May 24, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Mysterious messages compel recently reformed villains to return to their island home.
9. The Misadventures Of Max Crumbly: Locker Hero
Weeks on the list: 17
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by: Rachel Renée Russell Release date: Jun 07, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Doug the bully is only one of Max’s problems in the formidable halls of middle school.
10. The Crossover
Weeks on the list: 16
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by: Kwame Alexander Release date: Jan 01, 2019 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
11. Crenshaw
Weeks on the list: 15
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by: Katherine Applegate Release date: Sep 26, 2017 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
12. Dog Man
Weeks on the list: 15
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by: Dav Pilkey Release date: Aug 03, 2021 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A dog’s head is combined with a policeman’s body to create this hybrid supercop hound.
13. Jacky Ha-Ha
Weeks on the list: 14
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by: James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein Release date: Mar 21, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The quick-witted title character offers glimpses of her life in the 1990s.
14. The Isle Of The Lost
Weeks on the list: 14
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by: Melissa de la Cruz Release date: May 05, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Children of famous villains band together to retrieve the Dragon’s Eye; a Descendants novel.
15. Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics
Weeks on the list: 13
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by: Chris Grabenstein Release date: Jan 01, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Competing teams complete feats of mental athleticism while trying to solve the mystery of the missing books.
16. Demigods And Magicians
Weeks on the list: 13
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by: Rick Riordan Release date: Apr 05, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The title characters team up to take down an array of bizarre creatures.
17. Robots Go Wild
Weeks on the list: 12
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by: James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein Release date: Nov 23, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A sequel features a boy and his robot attempting to help a bedridden sister.
18. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Weeks on the list: 11
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by: Greg Rucka Release date: Dec 18, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A franchise finds a third life.
19. The Terrible Two Get Worse
Weeks on the list: 11
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by: Mac Barnett and Jory John Release date: Jan 12, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Pranksters face a new challenge when a former principal returns to the job.
20. Women In Science
Weeks on the list: 10
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by: Rachel Ignotofsky Release date: Jan 01, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Fifty women who have transformed science and technology.
21. The Hammer Of Thor
Weeks on the list: 10
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by: Rick Riordan Release date: Oct 04, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Magnus Chase and his friends must stave off destruction by finding Thor’s signature accessory.
22. Raymie Nightingale
Weeks on the list: 9
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by: Kate DiCamillo Release date: Jan 01, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A baton-twirling 10-year-old hatches a plan to lure her father back home.
23. The Wild Robot
Weeks on the list: 9
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by: Peter Brown Release date: Jan 07, 2020 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
24. Booked
Weeks on the list: 6
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by: Kwame Alexander Release date: Apr 05, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A gifted eighth grader daydreams about girls and the soccer field.
25. The Secret Keepers
Weeks on the list: 6
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by: Trenton Lee Stewart Release date: Sep 27, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Finding a magic invisibility watch sets Reuben on the path of adventure.
26. The Terrible Two
Weeks on the list: 5
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by: Mac Barnett and Jory John Release date: Jan 13, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
When a practiced rascal moves to a cowtown, a prank war at his new school is on.
27. Serafina And The Twisted Staff
Weeks on the list: 5
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by: Robert Beatty Release date: Jul 12, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The title girl grapples with an evil force and the animal disappearances it has caused.
28. The Last Kids On Earth And The Zombie Parade
Weeks on the list: 5
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by: Max Brallier Release date: Jan 01, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Jack investigates why the walking dead are disappearing, before he and his friends are next.
29. The War That Saved My Life
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Release date: Jan 01, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Siblings escape a cruel mother when they’re shipped out of London during World War II.
30. The Gutsy Girl
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: Caroline Paul Release date: Mar 01, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A girl’s guide to exhilaration.
Last updated on November 25, 2021
