Most Popular Middle Grade Books of the 2020s
Discover popular Middle Grade books from the 2020s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.
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Once There Was #2
Bird of a Thousand Stories
Fantasy · Middle Grade · Young Adult
February 4, 2025
The Bad Guys #15
Open Wide and Say Arrrgh!
Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
July 19, 2022
Lightfall #3
The Dark Times
Fantasy · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
April 2, 2024
Lightfall #2
Shadow of the Bird
Fantasy · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
April 26, 2022
Lightfall #4
A Place Between
Fantasy · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
April 7, 2026
The Whisperwicks #1
The Labyrinth of Lost and Found
Fantasy · Middle Grade
May 28, 2024
Wings of Fire Graphix #4
The Dark Secret
Fantasy · Dragons · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
December 29, 2020
Skandar #3
Skandar and the Chaos Trials
Fantasy · Middle Grade
May 7, 2024
Dragon Masters #27
Haunting of the Ghost Dragon
Fantasy · Childrens · Dragons · Middle Grade
December 3, 2024
Diary of a Wimpy Kid #17
Diper Överlöde
Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
October 25, 2022
Skandar #2
Skandar and the Phantom Rider
Fantasy · Middle Grade
April 27, 2023
Wings of Fire Graphix
Darkstalker
Fantasy · Dragons · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
November 4, 2025
Big Nate #32
Attack of the Cheez Funk Breath
Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
March 11, 2025
Cat on the Run #1
Cat on the Run in Cat of Death!
Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
September 5, 2023
Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1
The Prophecies Begin 1
Fantasy · Middle Grade · Cats · Graphic Novels · Comics
July 16, 2024
Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novels #8
Karen's Sleepover
Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
May 7, 2024
The Bad Guys #17
The Bad Guys in Let the Games Begin!
Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
July 4, 2023
Diary of a Wimpy Kid #15
The Deep End
Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
October 27, 2020
Once There Was #1
Once There Was
Fantasy · Middle Grade
April 2023
The Bad Guys #11
Dawn of the Underlord
Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
June 7, 2020
Nic Blake and the Remarkables #1
The Manifestor Prophecy
Fantasy · Middle Grade · Adventure
April 4, 2023
Crookhaven #4
The Impossible Fortress
Middle Grade · Young Adult · TV Series · Adventure
January 30, 2025
Crookhaven #3
The Island Heist
Middle Grade · Young Adult · TV Series · Adventure
June 25, 2024
The Zombie Cat
Middle Grade · Zombies
September 18, 2025
Crookhaven #2
The Forgotten Maze
Middle Grade · Young Adult · TV Series · Adventure
August 29, 2023
Crookhaven #5
The Thieves' Revenge
Middle Grade · Young Adult · TV Series · Adventure
August 14, 2025
InvestiGators #5
Braver and Boulder
Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Mystery · Comics
February 22, 2022
I Survived #25
I Survived the Dust Bowl, 1935
Middle Grade · Historical Fiction
October 7, 2025
Crookhaven #1
The School of Thieves
Middle Grade · Young Adult · TV Series · Adventure
September 2022
Cordelia Hatmaker #1
The Hatmakers
Fantasy · Middle Grade · Adventure · Mystery
2021
Lost Atlases #1
An Atlas of Lost Kingdoms
Childrens · Middle Grade · Mythology · Non-fiction
October 4, 2022
Spy School Graphic Novels #5
Spy School Secret Service the Graphic Novel
Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Adventure · Mystery · Comics
April 28, 2026
The Carrick Hall Novels #3
Once a Crown
Fantasy · Middle Grade · Young Adult
January 11, 2028
Big Nate #37
Big Nate Book 37
Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
2027
The Dragon's Apprentice #4
The New Dragon Mage
Fantasy · Dragons · Middle Grade
March 9, 2027
Guardians #2
Fallen Empire
Fantasy · Middle Grade · Young Adult
April 13, 2027