Most Popular Middle Grade Books
Explore the most popular Middle Grade books across decades, with reader ratings and discoveries from Risingshadow.
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I Survived #23
I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964
Middle Grade · Historical Fiction
November 7, 2023
The Bad Guys #18
The Bad Guys in Look Who's Talking
Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
November 7, 2023
Dragon Masters #25
Legend of the Star Dragon
Fantasy · Childrens · Dragons · Middle Grade
December 5, 2023
The Chronicles of Never After #4
Never After: The Missing Sword
Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · Middle Grade · Young Adult · Retellings
December 5, 2023
Katie the Catsitter #2
Katie the Catsitter 2
Fantasy · Middle Grade · Cats · Graphic Novels · Comics
February 15, 2022
Hooky #2
Hooky Volume 2
Fantasy · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
September 6, 2022
Wilderlore #2
The Weeping Tide
Fantasy · Middle Grade
February 1, 2022
Katie the Catsitter #1
Katie the Catsitter
Fantasy · Middle Grade · Cats · Graphic Novels · Comics
January 5, 2021
Captain Underpants #11
Captain Underpants and the Tyrannical Retaliation of the Turbo Toilet 2000
Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
March 23, 2021
Ali Cross #2
Like Father, Like Son
Middle Grade · Mystery
June 28, 2021
The Bad Guys #13
Cut to the Chase
Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
July 6, 2021
Wings of Fire: Winglets
The Winglets Quartet
Fantasy · Dragons · Middle Grade · Collection
October 6, 2020
Captain Underpants #9
Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers
Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
December 10, 2019
Ali Cross #1
Ali Cross
Middle Grade · Mystery
November 25, 2019
Misadventures of Max Crumbly #3
Masters of Mischief
Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
June 4, 2019
The Bad Guys #10
The Baddest Day Ever
Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
December 26, 2019
The Bad Guys #9
The Big Bad Wolf
Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
June 25, 2019
Diary of a Wimpy Kid #13
The Meltdown
Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
October 30, 2018
Captain Underpants #5
Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman
Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
2017
Mighty Robot #9
Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Unpleasant Penguins from Pluto
Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
May 31, 2016
The Bad Guys #3
The Furball Strikes Back
Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
May 1, 2016
The Bad Guys #2
Mission Unpluckable
Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
November 1, 2015
Captain Underpants #3
Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space
Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
2014
Mighty Robot #4
Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Mecha Monkeys from Mars
Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
June 24, 2014
Captain Underpants #2
Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets
Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
January 7, 2014
Dragon Masters #1
Rise of the Earth Dragon
Fantasy · Childrens · Dragons · Middle Grade
August 26, 2014
How I Became a Ghost #1
How I Became a Ghost
Fantasy · Middle Grade · Historical Fiction
June 18, 2013
Diary of a Wimpy Kid #5
The Ugly Truth
Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
November 9, 2010
I Survived #1
I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912
Middle Grade · Historical Fiction
June 1, 2010
The Sisters Grimm #6
Tales from the Hood (The Sisters Grimm #6)
Fantasy · Fairies · Fairy Tale · Fairy Tale Retellings · Middle Grade
January 1, 2008
Diary of a Wimpy Kid #2
Rodrick Rules
Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
October 15, 2008
The Sisters Grimm #1
The Fairy-Tale Detectives
Fantasy · Fairies · Fairy Tale · Fairy Tale Retellings · Middle Grade
August 1, 2005
Dog Man #4
Dog Man and Cat Kid
Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
December 26, 2017
Dog Man #3
Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties
Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
August 29, 2017
InvestiGators #7
All Tide Up
Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Mystery · Comics
September 26, 2023
Dog Man #14
Dog Man: Big Jim Believes
Childrens · Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Comics
November 11, 2025