ListsEditorialMiddle Grade Paperback
📚Partner list

Middle Grade Paperback

Data from The New York Times · Updated weekly · Week of May 16

The New York Times Middle Grade Paperback bestseller list, week of May 16, 2026.

10 books
THE AMAZING GENERATION by Jonathan Haidt and Catherine Price
RESTART by Gordon Korman
River of Spirits by Shana Targosz
WHAT CAN I SAY? by Catherine Newman
A LONG WALK TO WATER by Linda Sue Park
All 10On your shelf 0At your libraryNot yet read 10
Sort: RankSort: A–ZSort: Released
1
THE AMAZING GENERATION by Jonathan Haidt and Catherine Price
THE AMAZING GENERATION
by Jonathan Haidt and Catherine Price
Weeks on list
5
2
RESTART by Gordon Korman
RESTART
by Gordon Korman
Weeks on list
64
3
River of Spirits by Shana Targosz
River of Spirits
by Shana Targosz
Weeks on list
1
4
WHAT CAN I SAY? by Catherine Newman
WHAT CAN I SAY?
by Catherine Newman
Weeks on list
3
5
A LONG WALK TO WATER by Linda Sue Park
A LONG WALK TO WATER
by Linda Sue Park
Weeks on list
78
6
I AM REBEL by Ross Montgomery
I AM REBEL
by Ross Montgomery
Weeks on list
7
7
IMPOSSIBLE CREATURES by Katherine Rundell
IMPOSSIBLE CREATURES
by Katherine Rundell
Weeks on list
8
8
WISH by Barbara O'Connor
WISH
by Barbara O'Connor
Weeks on list
73
9
ODDER by Katherine Applegate
ODDER
by Katherine Applegate
Weeks on list
1
10
AWAY by Megan E. Freeman
AWAY
by Megan E. Freeman
Weeks on list
2