New York Times Children’s Middle Grade Paperback Best Sellers 2016 Complete List Page 1

There are 34 books in the New York Times Children’s Middle Grade Paperback Best Sellers 2016 list. Here are the 34 books ranked from 1 to 34.

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1. A Long Walk To Water

Weeks on the list: 52

by: Linda Sue Park
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2. The One And Only Ivan

Weeks on the list: 52

by: Katherine Applegate.
Release date: Jan 06, 2015
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3. Out Of My Mind

Weeks on the list: 52

by: Sharon M. Draper
Release date: May 01, 2012
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4. Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’S Library

Weeks on the list: 51

by: Chris Grabenstein
Release date: Jan 01, 2013
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A group of kids find themselves locked in a futuristic library.

5. The Care And Keeping Of You

Weeks on the list: 39

by: Valorie Schaefer
Release date: Feb 26, 2013
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Advice on the changing body for younger girls.

6. I Am Malala

Weeks on the list: 24

by: Malala Yousafzai with Patricia McCormick
Release date: Jun 14, 2016
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7. Counting By 7S

Weeks on the list: 22

by: Holly Goldberg Sloan
Release date: Jan 01, 2013
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Willow, 12, has a hard time making friends after her adoptive parents die in a car accident.

8. Serafina And The Black Cloak

Weeks on the list: 22

by: Robert Beatty
Release date: Jul 14, 2015
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In 1899, children go missing at a sumptuous Vanderbilt estate.

9. Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods

Weeks on the list: 22

by: Rick Riordan
Release date: Aug 19, 2014
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The title hero offers a personal tour of the pantheon.

10. The Bfg

Weeks on the list: 21

by: Roald Dahl
Release date: May 17, 2016
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11. Flora And Ulysses

Weeks on the list: 21

by: Kate DiCamillo.
Release date: Sep 13, 2016
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12. Story Thieves

Weeks on the list: 21

by: James Riley
Release date: Dec 15, 2015
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13. The War That Saved My Life

Weeks on the list: 19

by: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Release date: Jan 01, 2015
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Siblings escape a cruel mother when they’re shipped out of London during World War II.

14. House Of Robots

Weeks on the list: 19

by: James Patterson Chris Grabenstein
Release date: Nov 24, 2014
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A robot signs up for a fifth-grade class.

15. Inside Out And Back Again

Weeks on the list: 12

by: Thanhha Lai
Release date: Jan 02, 2013
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16. The Fourteenth Goldfish

Weeks on the list: 12

by: Jennifer L Holm
Release date: Jan 01, 2014
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A cranky boy resembles Ellie’s grandfather.

17. The Care And Keeping Of You 2

Weeks on the list: 9

by: Cara Natterson
Release date: Jan 01, 2013
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Advice to guide girls through the next steps of growing up.

18. The Princess In Black

Weeks on the list: 8

by: Shannon Hale Dean Hale
Release date: Jan 01, 2014
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Princess Magnolia’s alter ego.

19. Brown Girl Dreaming

Weeks on the list: 6

by: Jacqueline Woodson
Release date: Jan 01, 2016
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20. Book Scavenger

Weeks on the list: 5

by: Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
Release date: Apr 12, 2016
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21. Finding Dory

Weeks on the list: 5

by: Rom House/Disney staff
Release date: Jan 01, 2016
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22. Circus Mirandus

Weeks on the list: 5

by: Cassie Beasley
Release date: Jan 01, 2015
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Micah sets off for a magical circus in order to find the man he hopes can save his grandfather’s life.

23. Where The Mountain Meets The Moon

Weeks on the list: 3

by: Grace Lin
Release date: Jul 01, 2009
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Traditional folktales embroider a Chinese girl’s adventures.

24. Bad Magic

Weeks on the list: 3

by: Pseudonymous Bosch
Release date: Sep 22, 2015
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25. Greenglass House

Weeks on the list: 2

by: Kate Milford
Release date: Jan 01, 2014
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A rambling smuggler’s inn is chocked with secrets.

26. A Snicker Of Magic

Weeks on the list: 2

by: Natalie Lloyd
Release date: Apr 28, 2015
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27. The Night Gardener

Weeks on the list: 2

by: Jonathan Auxier
Release date: May 05, 2015
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28. Stella By Starlight

Weeks on the list: 2

by: Sharon M Draper
Release date: Jan 06, 2015
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29. Goosebumps Movie Novel

Weeks on the list: 2

by: Edited R L Stine
Release date: Aug 25, 2015
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30. Masterminds

Weeks on the list: 1

by: Gordon Korman
Release date: Feb 02, 2016
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31. Space Case

Weeks on the list: 1

by: Stuart Gibbs
Release date: Oct 13, 2015
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32. Jack

Weeks on the list: 1

by: Liesl Shurtliff
Release date: Jan 01, 2015
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33. The Boys In The Boat

Weeks on the list: 1

by: Daniel James Brown
Release date: Jun 04, 2013
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The story of the American rowers who pursued gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. Originally published in 2013.

34. Hidden Figures

Weeks on the list: 1

by: Margot Lee Shetterly
Release date: Sep 06, 2016
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he story, based in part on interviews, of the black women mathematicians who were hired as “computers” by the precursor of NASA during World War II. The basis of the forthcoming movie.

Last updated on November 28, 2021