The 100 bestselling kids & YA books of 2023
We've run the reports and crunched the numbers. Here are our 100 bestselling kids & YA books from the past year.
- The 169-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton (illus.)
- Welcome to Country by Aunty Joy Murphy & Lisa Kennedy (illus.)
- Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography by Wendy Loggia & Elisa Chavarri (illus.)
- If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang
- Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell
- No Words by Maryam Master
- Artichoke to Zucchini by Alice Oehr
- No Brainer (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 18) by Jeff Kinney
- Completely Normal (and Other Lies) by Biffy James
- Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea (The Adventures of Dog Man, Book 11) by Dav Pilkey
- Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox & Judy Horacek (illus.)
- Possum Magic (40th Anniversary Edition) by Mem Fox & Julie Vivas (illus.)
- Welcome to Sex! by Dr Melissa Kang & Yumi Stynes
- Songlines: First Knowledges for Younger Readers by Margo Neale, Lynne Kelly & Blak Douglas (illus.)
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods by Rick Riordan
- A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
- Heartstopper: Volume Five by Alice Oseman
- Moon Rising (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, Book Six) by Tui T. Sutherland & Mike Holmes (illus.)
- The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass
- Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
- Wilam: A Birrarung Story by Andrew Kelly, Aunty Joy Murphy & Lisa Kennedy (illus.)
- Pasta! by Felice Arena & Beatrice Cerocchi (illus.)
- The Sugarcane Kids and the Red-bottomed Boat by Charlie Archbold
- Off to the Market by Alice Oehr
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
- Magic Beach by Alison Lester
- Ghost Book by Remy Lai
- Kissed by the Moon by Alison Lester
- Friday Barnes 11: Last Chance by R.A. Spratt
- Evie and Rhino by Neridah McMullin & Astred Hicks (illus.)
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
- The Sun and the Star (From the World of Percy Jackson) by Rick Riordan & Mark Oshiro
- The Jolly Christmas Postman by Allan Ahlberg & Janet Ahlberg
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins
- Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy by Lynley Dodd
- Murder Most Unladylike (A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery, Book 1) by Robin Stevens
- Come Together: Things Every Aussie Kid Should Know about the First Peoples by Isaiah Firebrace, Jaelyn Biumaiwai & Keisha Leon
- The Bad Guys Episode 17: Let the Games Begin! by Aaron Blabey
- A Hunger of Thorns by Lili Wilkinson
- Grace Notes by Karen Comer
- One of Us is Back by Karen M. McManus
- The Blunders by David Walliams & Adam Stower (illus.)
- Robodog by David Walliams & Adam Stower (illus.)
- My Strange Shrinking Parents by Zeno Sworder
- Kimmi: Queen of the Dingoes by Favel Parrett
- Found in Melbourne by Joanne O'Callaghan
- Barefoot Kids by Scott Pape
- The Bookseller’s Apprentice by Amelia Mellor
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling
- Mim and the Baffling Bully (The Travelling Bookshop, Book 1) by Katrina Nannestad & Cheryl Orsini (illus.)
- A Life Song by Jane Godwin & Anna Walker (illus.)
- With a Little Sprinkle of Courage by Jackie Case
- The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
- If I Was a Horse by Sophie Blackall
- The Explorer by Katherine Rundell
- Winter Turning: The Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire, Book Seven) by Tui T. Sutherland & Mike Holmes (illus.)
- Bluey: Little Library by Bluey
- Ember and the Island of Lost Creatures by Jason Pamment
- Starting School by Jane Godwin & Anna Walker (illus.)
- The 156-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton (illus.)
- The World’s Worst Monsters by David Walliams & Adam Stower (illus.)
- The Isles of the Gods by Amie Kaufman
- Tiny Tradies by Tami Sussman & Tom Jellett (illus.)
- The Skull by Jon Klassen
- We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen & Helen Oxenbury (illus.)
- Noticing by Kobi Yamada & Elise Hurst (illus.)
- It’s the Sound of the Thing by Maxine Beneba Clarke
- Ultrawild by Steve Mushin
- The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr
- Aussie Water Babies by Chren Byng & Julia Murray
- Scar Town by Tristan Bancks
- Pax by Sara Pennypacker
- Sunshine on Vinegar Street by Karen Comer
- Diper Överlöde (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 17) by Jeff Kinney
- August and Jones by Pip Harry
- What to Do When You’re Not Sure What to Do by Davina Bell & Hilary Jean Tapper (illus.)
- Floof by Heidi McKinnon
- Eddie Woo’s Wonderful World of STEM by Eddie Woo & Alissa Dinallo (illus.)
- Maybe by Kobi Yamada & Gabriella Barouch (illus.)
- Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French & Bruce Whatley (illus.)
- Magic Beach by Alison Lester
- Sink or Swim (Wolf Girl, Book 9) by Anh Do
- Cat Kid Comic Club 5: Influencers by Dav Pilkey
- Inkflower by Suzy Zail
- The Way of Dog by Zana Fraillon
- Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill
- Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown & Clement Hurd (illus.)
- Imagine by Alison Lester
- Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
- Real Pigeons Fight Crime by Andrew McDonald & Ben Wood (illus.)
- Story Orchestra: I Can Play by Katy Flint
- The Girl & the Galdurian by Tim Probert
- Cat of Death! (Cat on the Run: Episode 1) by Aaron Blabey
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor
- Scythe by Neal Shusterman
- Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden
- Bluey: Swim School by Bluey
- Spice Road by Maiya Ibrahim
Please note this list combines sales from all Readings shops and our website. Where applicable, different editions of titles have been combined to reflect total sales of each title. The list covers sales from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023.