We've run the reports and crunched the numbers – here are our 100 bestselling kids & YA books from the past year!
This year's top 100 includes:
- 53 works from Australian authors, over half of the year's total!
- The 2024 winners of the Readings Children's Prize, the Readings Young Adult Prize and the Gab Williams Prize
- All three books in the Wild Robot series ... so far
- 13 books with screen adaptations
- 4 titles by Mem Fox
Find the full list below, and keep an eye on our blog for the 100 bestselling adult books of 2024, which will be shared later this week!
- The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
- Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography by Wendy Loggia & Elisa Chavarri (illus.)
- Wurrtoo by Tylissa Elisara & Dylan Finney (illus.)
- The Land of Lost Things (Adventures Unlimited, Book 1) by Andy Griffiths & Bill Hope (illus.)
- Kissed by the Moon by Alison Lester
- Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell
- Meerkat Mayhem by Mem Fox & Judy Horacek (illus.)
- The Scarlet Shedder (Dog Man, Book 12) by Dav Pilkey
- Possum Magic by Mem Fox & Julie Vivas (illus.)
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
- Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat by Li Chen
- Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox & Judy Horacek (illus.)
- Taylor Swift by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Borghild Fallberg (illus.)
- Hot Mess (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 19) by Jeff Kinney
- The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot 3) by Peter Brown
- Outlaw Girls by Emily Gale & Nova Weetman
- Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Book 1) by Rick Riordan
- Scar Town by Tristan Bancks
- Imagine by Alison Lester
- The Midwatch by Judith Rossell
- The Wild Robot Escapes (The Wild Robot, Book 2) by Peter Brown
- A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
- A Way Home by Emily Brewin
- One Of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
- I Hope This Doesn’t Find You by Ann Liang
- Magic Beach by Alison Lester
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
- Waverider (Amulet, Book Nine) by Kazu Kibuishi
- Artichoke to Zucchini by Alice Oehr
- If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang
- If He Had Been with Me by Laura Nowlin
- Big Trouble with Angry Chairs (Big Trouble, Book 1) by Lachlann Carter & Douglas Holgate (illus.)
- Big Jim Begins (The Adventures of Dog Man, Book 13) by Dav Pilkey
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan
- Winter Turning: The Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire, Book 7) by Tui T. Sutherland & Mike Holmes (illus.)
- Found in Melbourne by Joanne O'Callaghan & Kori Song (illus.)
- Off to the Nursery by Alice Oehr
- Rod Campbell’s Aussie Animals by Rod Campbell
- Bluey: Little Library by Bluey
- All the Beautiful Things by Katrina Nannestad
- Ten Little Fingers & Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox & Helen Oxenbury (illus.)
- The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson
- Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy by Lynley Dodd
- Completely Normal (and Other Lies) by Biffy James
- Murder Most Unladylike: A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery by Robin Stevens
- My Family and Other Suspects by Kate Emery
- Super Sleuth by David Walliams & Adam Stower (illus.)
- Scythe by Neal Shusterman
- Spies in the Sky by Beverley McWilliams
- Powerless (Powerless, Book 1) by Lauren Roberts
- No Words by Maryam Master
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters (Book 2) by Rick Riordan
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
- Bluey: Cricket by Bluey
- No Brainer (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 18) by Jeff Kinney
- Ultrawild by Steve Mushin
- The Lost Book of Magic by Amelia Mellor
- Starting School by Jane Godwin & Anna Walker (illus.)
- Such Charming Liars by Karen M. McManus
- Cat Kid Comic Club 5: Influencers by Dav Pilkey
- The Glass Horse of Venice by Arnold Zable & Anita Lester (illus.)
- Ghost Book by Remy Lai
- Once by Morris Gleitzman
- Lightfall: The Dark Times by Tim Probert
- Mim and the Baffling Bully (The Travelling Bookshop, Book 1) by Katrina Nannestad & Cheryl Orsini (illus.)
- The Jolly Christmas Postman by Allan Ahlberg & Janet Ahlberg
- Real Pigeons Fight Crime (Real Pigeons, Book 1) by Andrew McDonald & Ben Wood (illus.)
- Landovel by Emily Rodda
- Heartstopper: Volume Five by Alice Oseman
- Class Party (School of Monsters, Volume 1) by Sally Rippin & Chris Kennett (illus.)
- Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French & Bruce Whatley (illus.)
- We Didn’t Think It Through by Gary Lonesborough
- Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
- The Night War by Kimberley Brubaker Bradley
- Keeper of the Lost Cities (Keeper of Lost Cities, Book 1) by Shannon Messenger
- If You Run Out of Words by Felicita Sala
- Escaping Peril: The Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire, Book Eight) by Tui Sutherland & Mike Holmes (illus.)
- War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
- Songlines: First Knowledges for Younger Readers by Margo Neale, Lynne Kelly & Blak Douglas (illus.)
- The Bad Guys Episode 19: The Serpent and the Beast by Aaron Blabey
- Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill
- Gymnastica Fantastica! by Briony Stewart
- Stella & Marigold by Annie Barrows & Sophie Blackall (illus.)
- The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks by Katie Kirby
- Gus and the Missing Boy by Troy Hunter
- Where to Hide a Star by Oliver Jeffers
- Jonty Gentoo: The Adventures of a Penguin by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler (illus.)
- The Truck Cat by Deborah Frenkel & Danny Snell (illus.)
- Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
- Hide and Seek (Wolf Girl, Book 11) by Anh Do & Lachlan Creagh (illus.)
- Floof by Heidi McKinnon
- Real Pigeons Power Up (Real Pigeons, Book 12) by Andrew McDonald & Ben Wood (illus.)
- The Tiny Gardeners by Kat Macleod
- Tweet by Morris Gleitzman
- Laughter is the Best Ending by Maryam Master & Astrid Hicks (illus.)
- The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass
- Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody by Patrick Ness & Tim Miller (illus.)
- The 113th Assistant Librarian by Stuart Wilson
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 2024 to 31 December 2024.
