Most Popular Childrens Books of the 2020s

Discover popular Childrens books from the 2020s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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Dog Man #14

Dog Man: Big Jim Believes

Dav Pilkey

Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics

November 11, 2025

9.4/10 100 awaiting ratings

Dog Man #12

Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder

Dav Pilkey

Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics

March 19, 2024

10/10 1 ratings

Cat Kid Comic Club #5

Cat Kid Comic Club: Influencers

Dav Pilkey

Childrens · Graphic Novels · Comics

November 28, 2023

10/10 1 ratings

Dog Man #13

Dog Man: Big Jim Begins

Dav Pilkey

Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics

December 3, 2024

8.8/10 340 awaiting ratings

Daughter of the Deep #1

Daughter of the Deep

Rick Riordan

Fantasy · Childrens · Adventure

October 26, 2021

8.3/10 8 ratings

The Bad Guys #19

The Bad Guys in the Serpent and the Beast

Aaron Blabey

Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics

July 2, 2024

9/10 23 awaiting ratings

Supernatural Investigations #4

Amari and the Metalwork Menace

B. B. Alston

Fantasy · Childrens · Young Adult

February 24, 2026

10/10 2 ratings

Big Nate #34

Code Red!

Lincoln Peirce

Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics

March 10, 2026

9.4/10 8 awaiting ratings

Big Nate #29

Move It or Lose It!

Lincoln Peirce

Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics

August 29, 2023

8/10 1 awaiting ratings

Captain Underpants #13

The Captain Underpants Double-Crunchy Book o' Fun

Dav Pilkey

Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics

November 29, 2022

10/10 1 ratings

Big Nate #33

No Harm Done!

Lincoln Peirce

Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics

September 2, 2025

8.8/10 5 awaiting ratings

Big Nate #35

The Curse of the Puffy Shorts

Lincoln Peirce

Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics

September 1, 2026

9.6/10 5 awaiting ratings

Dragon Masters #23

Curse of the Shadow Dragon

Tracey West

Fantasy · Childrens · Dragons · Middle Grade

March 7, 2023

Captain Underpants #12

Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot

Dav Pilkey

Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics

April 5, 2022

Greenwild #3

The Forest in the Sky

Pari Thomson

Fantasy · Childrens · Middle Grade

June 3, 2025

9.3/10 6 awaiting ratings

Cat on the Run #3

Cat on the Run in Hidden Layers!

Aaron Blabey

Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics

May 6, 2025

9.3/10 3 awaiting ratings

Big Nate #31

Remain Calm!

Lincoln Peirce

Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics

September 3, 2024

9.5/10 6 awaiting ratings

Dragon Girls #15

Zora the Snow Dragon

Maddy Mara

Fantasy · Childrens · Middle Grade

October 1, 2024

8/10 1 awaiting ratings

The Bad Guys #20

The Bad Guys in One Last Thing

Aaron Blabey

Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics

November 12, 2024

9.8/10 31 awaiting ratings

Dragon Masters #26

Cave of the Crystal Dragon

Tracey West

Fantasy · Childrens · Dragons · Middle Grade

April 2, 2024

9/10 5 awaiting ratings

My Weirdtastic School #3

Professor Pitt Is a Nitwit!

Dan Gutman

Childrens

October 17, 2023

8/10 1 awaiting ratings

Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novels #7

Karen's Haircut

Ann M. Martin

Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics

July 4, 2023

8/10 1 awaiting ratings

The Bad Guys #18

The Bad Guys in Look Who's Talking

Aaron Blabey

Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics

November 7, 2023

10/10 4 awaiting ratings

Dragon Masters #25

Legend of the Star Dragon

Tracey West

Fantasy · Childrens · Dragons · Middle Grade

December 5, 2023

8.5/10 2 awaiting ratings

Captain Underpants #11

Captain Underpants and the Tyrannical Retaliation of the Turbo Toilet 2000

Dav Pilkey

Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics

March 23, 2021

10/10 1 ratings

The Bad Guys #13

Cut to the Chase

Aaron Blabey

Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics

July 6, 2021

Cat Kid Comic Club #1

Cat Kid Comic Club

Dav Pilkey

Childrens · Graphic Novels · Comics

December 1, 2020

10/10 1 ratings

Cat Kid Comic Club #4

Cat Kid Comic Club: Collaborations

Dav Pilkey

Childrens · Graphic Novels · Comics

November 29, 2022

10/10 2 ratings

Captain Underpants #10

Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers

Dav Pilkey

Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics

September 1, 2020

Dog Man #11

Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea

Dav Pilkey

Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics

March 28, 2023

10/10 5 ratings

Dog Man #10

Dog Man: Mothering Heights

Dav Pilkey

Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics

March 23, 2021

10/10 2 ratings

Cat Kid Comic Club #3

Cat Kid Comic Club: On Purpose

Dav Pilkey

Childrens · Graphic Novels · Comics

April 5, 2022

10/10 1 ratings

Cat on the Run #2

Cat on the Run in Cucumber Madness!

Aaron Blabey

Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics

August 6, 2024

9/10 1 awaiting ratings

Big Nate #30

This Means War!

Lincoln Peirce

Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics

March 5, 2024

9/10 2 awaiting ratings

Cat Kid Comic Club #2

Cat Kid Comic Club: Perspectives

Dav Pilkey

Childrens · Graphic Novels · Comics

November 30, 2021

10/10 1 ratings

The Wild Robot #3

The Wild Robot Protects

Peter Brown

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Childrens · Middle Grade

September 26, 2023

8/10 1 ratings