Surprising no one, our #1 bestseller for May was the long-awaited latest installment of Jessica Townsend's gripping fantasy series, Nevermoor!
Also making the list this month are young adult novels covering topics from global pandemics to knights with secret identities, to dangerous romantasy adventures and a return to The Hunger Games! There are also several graphic novels for young readers, including the second installment of the hugely popular Big Trouble series.
May's list includes the beautiful picture book The Truck Cat, which was read in libraries, schools and bookshops across the country for the 2025 National Simultaneous Storytime. There was also lots of love for sweet picture books exploring accessibility & equality, accepting your family as they are, and the joy of trains!
1. Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow: Nevermoor 4 by Jessica Townsend
2. Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel) by Suzanne Collins
3. All Better Now by Neal Shusterman
4. Lady’s Knight by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner
5. The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
6. The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel by Raina Telgemeier & Scott McCloud
7. The Wild Robot (The Wild Robot, Book 1) by Peter Brown
8. The Truck Cat by Deborah Frenkel, illustrated by Danny Snell
9. True South by Gisela Ervin-Ward
10. Wandering Wild by Lynette Noni
11. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #2 by Erin Hunter
12. The Train at the End of My Street by Tom Jellett
13. Fearless (Powerless, Book 3) by Lauren Roberts
14. Big Trouble with an Old Fart: Volume 2 by Lachlann Carter, illustrated by Douglas Holgate
15. Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox, illustrated by Judy Horacek
16. Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
17. The World We Can Build by Sally Rippin & Eliza Hull, illustrated by Daniel Gray-Barnett
18. My Mum is a Bird by Angie Cui, illustrated by Evie Barrow
19. Powerless (Powerless, Book 1) by Lauren Roberts
20. Blind Spot by Robyn Dennison
