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#5 on the Children’s & Young Adult Series list for 2025-05-25. Last week it was ranked 3. It has been on the list for 843 week(s).

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Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.

2) A good girl's guide to murder

Author

Jackson, Holly

Series

Good girl's guide to murder volume 1

Notes

#10 on the Children’s & Young Adult Series list for 2025-05-25. Last week it was ranked 9. It has been on the list for 185 week(s).

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As her senior capstone project, Pippa Fitz-Amobi is determined to find the real killer in a closed, local murder case, but not everyone wants her meddling in the past.

3) Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone

Author

Rowling, J. K

Series

Harry Potter (Original series) volume 1

Notes

#8 on the Children’s & Young Adult Series list for 2025-05-25. Last week it was ranked 6. It has been on the list for 842 week(s).

Formats:

Book, Audiobook on CD

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Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.

4) The Hunger Games

Author

Collins, Suzanne

Series

Hunger Games trilogy volume 1

Notes

#1 on the Children’s & Young Adult Series list for 2025-05-25. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 370 week(s).

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"The Hunger Games as you've never seen it before--in a remarkable illustrated edition. Even at the age of sixteen, Katniss Everdeen knows it takes hard work, keen observation, and inner fortitude to survive in the world. Her home, District 12, is under the merciless rule of the Capitol, continually forced to pay after losing a long-ago civil war in the nation of Panem. One of the ways the Capitol keeps control is its annual Hunger Games, a televised...

5) The last Olympian

Author

Riordan, Rick

Series

Percy Jackson & the Olympians volume 5

Notes

#6 on the Children’s & Young Adult Series list for 2025-05-25. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 776 week(s).

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The long-awaited prophecy surrounding Percy Jackson's sixteenth birthday unfolds as he leads an army of young demigods to stop Kronos in his advance on New York City, while the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster, Typhon.

6) Powerless

Author

Roberts, Lauren

Notes

#2 on the Children’s & Young Adult Series list for 2025-05-25. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 43 week(s).

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In a kingdom divided by extraordinary powers and a strict caste system, Paedyn Gray, a young girl with no abilities, must hide her ordinary nature as she navigates a forbidden romance with a powerful prince and must participate in the perilous Purging Trials that could reveal her true identity.

7) Taming 7

Author

Walsh, Chloe (Fiction writer)

Series

Boys of Tommen volume 5

Notes

#9 on the Children’s & Young Adult Series list for 2025-05-25. Last week it was ranked 8. It has been on the list for 33 week(s).

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"Tommen's cheekiest lad, Gerard 'Gibsie' Gibson, has always been a comedian, but most people don't see what lurks beneath the surface. He is haunted by events of the past and he uses humor to cope, hiding his true self from the world. Claire Biggs, the epitome of sunshine, has always loved Gibsie, her brother's friend and her favorite neighbor. She has always seen a side to him that no one else seems to notice. She becomes determined to tame her...

8) They both die at the end

Author

Silvera, Adam

Series

Death-Cast volume 1

Notes

#7 on the Children’s & Young Adult Series list for 2025-05-25. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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In a near-future New York City where a service alerts people on the day they will die, teenagers Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio meet using the Last Friend app and are faced with the challenge of living a lifetime on their End Day.

9) We'll always have summer

Author

Han, Jenny

Series

Summer novels (Jenny Han) volume 3

Notes

#4 on the Children’s & Young Adult Series list for 2025-05-25. Last week it was ranked 4. It has been on the list for 126 week(s).

Formats:

Book, Audiobook on CD

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The summer after her first year of college, Isobel "Belly" Conklin is faced with a choice between Jeremiah and Conrad Fisher, brothers she has always loved, when Jeremiah proposes marriage and Conrad confesses that he still loves her.

10) The wild robot

Author

Brown, Peter

Series

Wild robot volume 1

Notes

#3 on the Children’s & Young Adult Series list for 2025-05-25. Last week it was ranked 5. It has been on the list for 68 week(s).

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Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants.