New York Times Children’S Series Best Sellers 2016 Complete List Page 1

There are 63 books in the New York Times Children’s Series Best Sellers 2016 list. Here are the 30 books ranked from 1 to 30.

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1. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid

Weeks on the list: 52

by: and Jeff Kinney
Release date: Oct 26, 2021
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The travails and challenges of adolescence.

2. Harry Potter

Weeks on the list: 52

by: J.K. Rowling
Release date: Oct 26, 2021
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A wizard hones his conjuring skills in the service of fighting evil.

3. Miss Peregrine’S Peculiar Children

Weeks on the list: 52

by: Ransom Riggs
Release date: Jan 01, 2015
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The peculiar children try to save their beloved headmistress.

4. Dork Diaries

Weeks on the list: 39

by: Rachel Renée Russell
Release date: Jun 02, 2009
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Reflections of a junior Samuel Pepys of the female variety.

5. Percy Jackson & The Olympians

Weeks on the list: 39

by: Rick Riordan
Release date: Jun 03, 2014
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A boy battles mythological monsters.

6. Giver Quartet

Weeks on the list: 37

by: Lois Lowry
Release date: Jan 01, 2012
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Exploring human connections in a postapocalyptic world.

7. The Maze Runner

Weeks on the list: 22

by: James Dashner
Release date: Jan 01, 2011
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Teenagers remember nothing of their past.

8. Big Nate

Weeks on the list: 17

by: Lincoln Peirce
Release date: Oct 19, 2010
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Where Nate goes, trouble is sure to follow.

9. Lunar Chronicles

Weeks on the list: 17

by: Marissa Meyer
Release date: Feb 04, 2014
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Cinderella meets science fiction in this intergalactic struggle.

10. I Survived

Weeks on the list: 15

by: Lauren Tarshis
Release date: Jan 01, 2014
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One boy’s tale of living through dangerous historical events.

11. 5Th Wave

Weeks on the list: 14

by: Rick Yancey
Release date: Jan 01, 2014
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A resistance force of teenage soldiers rises up when invaders threaten life on Earth.

12. Middle School

Weeks on the list: 13

by: James Patterson and others
Release date: Mar 18, 2013
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More adventures with Rafe.

13. The Land Of Stories

Weeks on the list: 12

by: Chris Colfer
Release date: Oct 18, 2016
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An anthology revisits classic rhymes and fairy tale favorites.

14. The Selection

Weeks on the list: 11

by: Kiera Cass
Release date: Apr 24, 2012
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For 35 girls, a chance to escape a life laid out since birth.

15. Divergent

Weeks on the list: 9

by: Veronica Roth
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A girl must prove her mettle in a dystopia split into five factions.

16. Magic Tree House

Weeks on the list: 8

by: Mary Pope Osborne.
Release date: Jan 01, 2001
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Children travel in time.

17. Throne Of Glass

Weeks on the list: 8

by: Sarah J. Maas
Release date: Sep 02, 2014
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Celaena must face the truth about her heritage while battling evil forces threatening her realm.

18. The Mortal Instruments

Weeks on the list: 7

by: Cassandra Clare
Release date: Mar 24, 2009
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A girl battles the forces of darkness.

19. Rush Revere

Weeks on the list: 6

by: Rush Limbaugh with Kathryn Adams Limbaugh
Release date: Oct 28, 2014
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Time travel with exceptional Americans.

20. Wings Of Fire

Weeks on the list: 6

by: Tui T. Sutherland
Release date: Sep 01, 2015
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Only the five dragonets of destiny can unite the seven warring dragon tribes.

21. Theodore Boone

Weeks on the list: 5

by: John Grisham
Release date: Jan 01, 2012
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The adventures of a kid lawyer.

22. The Royals

Weeks on the list: 5

by: Erin Watt
Release date: Oct 16, 2016
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Rags-to-riches Ella learns to hold her own in Reed Royal’s decadently privileged world.

23. I Am Number Four

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Pittacus Lore
Release date: Aug 03, 2010
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Unbeknowst to Earth dwellers, members of another civilization live among them.

24. Who Was/Is . . . ?

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Jim Gigliotti and others various illustrators
Release date: Jan 01, 2015
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Biographies of famous people.

25. Descendants

Weeks on the list: 4

by: various authors
Release date: May 05, 2015
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On a quest of redemption, the children of evil villains start to realize that being good isn’t so bad.

26. Princess In Black

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Shannon Hale and Dean Hale
Release date: Feb 01, 2016
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Magnolia summons her superhero secret identity when the kingdom needs her help.

27. Reckoners

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Brandon Sanderson
Release date: Feb 16, 2016
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An orphan joins the resistance when the Epics use their superpowers for criminal means.

28. Heroes Of Olympus

Weeks on the list: 3

by: Rick Riordan
Release date: Oct 02, 2012
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A new generation of demigods embarks on adventures.

29. I Funny

Weeks on the list: 3

by: James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein
Release date: Dec 10, 2012
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Jamie Grimm is on a mission to become the world’s greatest stand-up comedian.

30. Michael Vey

Weeks on the list: 3

by: Richard Paul Evans
Release date: Sep 17, 2013
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Michael and his friends must disrupt the Elgen’s plans to rule the world.

Last updated on November 27, 2021