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.


  1. The 169-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton (illus.)
  2. Welcome to Country by Aunty Joy Murphy & Lisa Kennedy (illus.)
  3. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography by Wendy Loggia & Elisa Chavarri (illus.)
  4. If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang
  5. Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell
  6. No Words by Maryam Master
  7. Artichoke to Zucchini by Alice Oehr
  8. No Brainer (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 18) by Jeff Kinney
  9. Completely Normal (and Other Lies) by Biffy James
  10. Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea (The Adventures of Dog Man, Book 11) by Dav Pilkey
  11. Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox & Judy Horacek (illus.)
  12. Possum Magic (40th Anniversary Edition) by Mem Fox & Julie Vivas (illus.)
  13. Welcome to Sex! by Dr Melissa Kang & Yumi Stynes
  14. Songlines: First Knowledges for Younger Readers by Margo Neale, Lynne Kelly & Blak Douglas (illus.)
  15. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods by Rick Riordan
  16. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
  17. Heartstopper: Volume Five by Alice Oseman
  18. Moon Rising (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, Book Six) by Tui T. Sutherland & Mike Holmes (illus.)
  19. The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass
  20. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
  21. Wilam: A Birrarung Story by Andrew Kelly, Aunty Joy Murphy & Lisa Kennedy (illus.)
  22. Pasta! by Felice Arena & Beatrice Cerocchi (illus.)
  23. The Sugarcane Kids and the Red-bottomed Boat by Charlie Archbold
  24. Off to the Market by Alice Oehr
  25. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
  26. Magic Beach by Alison Lester
  27. Ghost Book by Remy Lai
  28. Kissed by the Moon by Alison Lester
  29. Friday Barnes 11: Last Chance by R.A. Spratt
  30. Evie and Rhino by Neridah McMullin & Astred Hicks (illus.)
  31. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
  32. The Sun and the Star (From the World of Percy Jackson) by Rick Riordan & Mark Oshiro
  33. The Jolly Christmas Postman by Allan Ahlberg & Janet Ahlberg
  34. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins
  35. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy by Lynley Dodd
  36. Murder Most Unladylike (A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery, Book 1) by Robin Stevens
  37. Come Together: Things Every Aussie Kid Should Know about the First Peoples by Isaiah Firebrace, Jaelyn Biumaiwai & Keisha Leon
  38. The Bad Guys Episode 17: Let the Games Begin! by Aaron Blabey
  39. A Hunger of Thorns by Lili Wilkinson
  40. Grace Notes by Karen Comer
  41. One of Us is Back by Karen M. McManus
  42. The Blunders by David Walliams & Adam Stower (illus.)
  43. Robodog by David Walliams & Adam Stower (illus.)
  44. My Strange Shrinking Parents by Zeno Sworder
  45. Kimmi: Queen of the Dingoes by Favel Parrett
  46. Found in Melbourne by Joanne O'Callaghan
  47. Barefoot Kids by Scott Pape
  48. The Bookseller’s Apprentice by Amelia Mellor
  49. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling
  50. Mim and the Baffling Bully (The Travelling Bookshop, Book 1) by Katrina Nannestad & Cheryl Orsini (illus.)
  51. A Life Song by Jane Godwin & Anna Walker (illus.)
  52. With a Little Sprinkle of Courage by Jackie Case
  53. The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
  54. The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
  55. If I Was a Horse by Sophie Blackall
  56. The Explorer by Katherine Rundell
  57. Winter Turning: The Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire, Book Seven) by Tui T. Sutherland & Mike Holmes (illus.)
  58. Bluey: Little Library by Bluey
  59. Ember and the Island of Lost Creatures by Jason Pamment
  60. Starting School by Jane Godwin & Anna Walker (illus.)
  61. The 156-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton (illus.)
  62. The World’s Worst Monsters by David Walliams & Adam Stower (illus.)
  63. The Isles of the Gods by Amie Kaufman
  64. Tiny Tradies by Tami Sussman & Tom Jellett (illus.)
  65. The Skull by Jon Klassen
  66. We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen & Helen Oxenbury (illus.)
  67. Noticing by Kobi Yamada & Elise Hurst (illus.)
  68. It’s the Sound of the Thing by Maxine Beneba Clarke
  69. Ultrawild by Steve Mushin
  70. The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr
  71. Aussie Water Babies by Chren Byng & Julia Murray
  72. Scar Town by Tristan Bancks
  73. Pax by Sara Pennypacker
  74. Sunshine on Vinegar Street by Karen Comer
  75. Diper Överlöde (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 17) by Jeff Kinney
  76. August and Jones by Pip Harry
  77. What to Do When You’re Not Sure What to Do by Davina Bell & Hilary Jean Tapper (illus.)
  78. Floof by Heidi McKinnon
  79. Eddie Woo’s Wonderful World of STEM by Eddie Woo & Alissa Dinallo (illus.)
  80. Maybe by Kobi Yamada & Gabriella Barouch (illus.)
  81. Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French & Bruce Whatley (illus.)
  82. Magic Beach by Alison Lester
  83. Sink or Swim (Wolf Girl, Book 9) by Anh Do
  84. Cat Kid Comic Club 5: Influencers by Dav Pilkey
  85. Inkflower by Suzy Zail
  86. The Way of Dog by Zana Fraillon
  87. Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill
  88. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown & Clement Hurd (illus.)
  89. Imagine by Alison Lester
  90. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
  91. Real Pigeons Fight Crime by Andrew McDonald & Ben Wood (illus.)
  92. Story Orchestra: I Can Play by Katy Flint
  93. The Girl & the Galdurian by Tim Probert
  94. Cat of Death! (Cat on the Run: Episode 1) by Aaron Blabey
  95. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  96. The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor
  97. Scythe by Neal Shusterman
  98. Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden
  99. Bluey: Swim School by Bluey
  100. 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.

Cover image for The 169-Storey Treehouse

The 169-Storey Treehouse

Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton

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