For week ending January 9, 2011, here are the New York Times Top Selling Children's / YA Books. For more information and all top 10's that made the NY Times Bestseller lists, check out their site: NYTimes.
Suzanne Collins continues to hold onto the Children's Series #1 position, with THE HUNGER GAMES trilogy.
In Paperback - two new books grace the top 10: WHEN YOU REACH ME, by Rebecca Stead in the #5 position, and IDENTICAL, by Ellen Hopkins taking over the #6 spot.
Making a move: Ally Condie's MATCHED has jumped up to the #3 position, from last week's #9. While I thought the foundation for the book was an interesting concept - it was a bit slow moving for me at times - check out my full review here on my blog
Children's Series
| This Week | Children's Series | Weeks on List | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins. (Scholastic, hardcover and paper) In a dystopian society a girl fights for survival on live TV. (Ages 12 and up) | 19 | |
| 2 | DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney. (Abrams, hardcover only) The travails of adolescence, in cartoons. (Ages 9 to 12) | 103 | |
| 3 | VAMPIRE ACADEMY, by Richelle Mead. (Razorbill, paper only) Undead boarding school. (Ages 12 and up) | 38 | |
| 4 | BLUE BLOODS, by Melissa de la Cruz. (Hyperion, hardcover and paper) Young and privileged vampires are having a blood feud. (Ages 14 and up) | 18 | |
| 5 | PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion, hardcover and paper) Battling mythological monsters. (Ages 9 to 12) | 182 | |
| 6 | HARRY POTTER, by J. K. Rowling. (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic, hardcover and paper) A young wizard hones his skills while fighting evil. (Ages 10 and up) | 240 | |
| 7 | PRETTY LITTLE LIARS, by Sara Shepard. (HarperTeen, hardcover and paper) Four girls less perfect than they seem. (Ages 14 and up) | 31 | |
| 8 | THE TWILIGHT SAGA, by Stephenie Meyer. (Megan Tingley/Little, Brown, hardcover and paper) Vampires and werewolves in school. (Ages 12 and up) | 178 | |
| 9 | HOUSE OF NIGHT, by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast. (St. Martin’s, hardcover and paper) Vampires in school. (Ages 14 and up) | 109 | |
| 10 | WARRIORS, by Erin Hunter. (HarperCollins, hardcover and paper) Four clans of cat warriors aspire to meet up with the StarClan. (Ages 10 to 14) | 97 |
Children's Paperback Books
| This Week | Children's Paperback Books | Weeks on List | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WITCH AND WIZARD, by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet. (Little, Brown, $9.99.) One of each, a sister and brother, flex their new powers. (Ages 10 and up) | 9 | |
| 2 | FALLEN, by Lauren Kate. (Delacorte, $9.99.) Love is thwarted at a boarding school with an unusual student body. (Ages 12 and up) | 14 | |
| 3 | HUSH, HUSH, by Becca Fitzpatrick. (Simon & Schuster, $17.99.) A love story of immortals and ancient battles. (Ages 14 and up) | 14 | |
| 4 | THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. (Knopf, $11.99.) A girl saves books from Nazi burning. (Ages 14 and up) | 173 | |
| 5 | WHEN YOU REACH ME, by Rebecca Stead. (Yearling, $6.99.) A sixth-grade girl in New York City begins receiving mysterious notes. (Ages 9 and up) | 1 | |
| 6 | IDENTICAL, by Ellen Hopkins. (McElderry/Simon & Schuster, $10.99.) Identical twins alternate in recounting family secrets and destructive behavior. (Ages 14 and up) | 1 | |
| 7 | THE GRAVEYARD BOOK, by Neil Gaiman. Illustrated by Dave McKean. (HarperCollins, $7.99.) To avoid a killer, a boy lives in a cemetery. (Ages 10 and up) | 14 | |
| 8 | BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. (Little, Brown, $17.99.) A secret wrapped in a Southern Gothic novel. (Ages 12 and up) | 10 | |
| 9 | THE MAZE RUNNER, by James Dashner. (Delacorte, $9.99.) A stone wall imprisons teenagers who live by their wits and have no memories. (Ages 12 and up) | 12 | |
| 10 | SHIVER, by Maggie Stiefvater. (Scholastic, $8.99.) Love among the lupine. (Ages 13 and up) | 25 |
Children's Chapter Books
| This Week | Children's Chapter Books | Weeks on List | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE GIFT, by James Patterson and Ned Rust. (Little, Brown, $17.99.) A sister and brother flex their new powers; a Witch and Wizard book. (Ages 10 and up) | 3 | |
| 2 | THE LOST HERO, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion, $18.99.) A return to Camp Half-Blood and semi-divine characters old and new. (Ages 10 and up) | 12 | |
| 3 | MATCHED, by Ally Condie. (Dutton, $17.99.) In this dystopian romance, a girl rebels against a deterministic future society. (Ages 12 and up) | 5 | |
| 4 | THE RED PYRAMID, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion, $17.99.) Ancient gods (this time from Egypt) and a mortal family meet. (Ages 10 and up) | 35 | |
| 5 | TORMENT, by Lauren Kate. (Delacorte, $17.99.) A novel about the nephilim, the children of humans and fallen angels. (Ages 12 and up) | 12 | |
| 6 | THE LYING GAME, by Sara Shepard. (HarperTeen, $16.99.) A long-lost twin impersonates her dead sister to try to solve her murder. (Ages 14 and up) | 2 | |
| 7 | CRESCENDO, by Becca Fitzpatrick. (Simon & Schuster, $18.99.) A world where the truth is sought and feared; a sequel to “Hush, Hush.” (Ages 14 and up) | 9 | |
| 8 | CLOCKWORK ANGEL, by Cassandra Clare. (McElderry/Simon & Schuster, $19.99.) Victorian England proves a treacherous place. (Ages 14 and up) | 13 | |
| 9 | SAPPHIQUE, by Catherine Fisher. (Dial/Penguin, $17.99.) In the sequel to "Incarceron," Finn makes it Outside to discover it is a prison of another kind. (Ages 14 and up) | 1 | |
| 10 | HARRY POTTER FILM WIZARDRY, by Brian Sibley. (Collins Design/HarperCollins, $39.99.) Deep background, subtext and behind-the-screen details from the moviemakers. (Ages 18 and up) | 11 |