Our children's and YA top ten bestsellers of the week

1. Double Down (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 11) by Jeff Kinney
2. Wormwood Mire (A Stella Montgomery Intrigue) by Judith Rossell
3. Out by Angela May George and Owen Swan
4. The 78-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
5. Gemina (The Illuminae Files_02) by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
6. Lots by Marc Martin
7. Artie and the Grime Wave by Richard Roxburgh
8. Hotdog: Book 1 by Anh Do and Dan McGuiness
9. We Found a Hat by Jon Klassen
10. Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts

A brand-new Diary of a Wimpy Kid story has arrived, and given the immense popularity of this series, we’re not surprised to see it shoot straight to the top of our bestsellers list for children’s and YA books. In Double Down, the pressure’s really piling up on our hero, Greg Heffley – his mom thinks video games are turning his brain to mush, so she wants her son to put down the controller and explore his ‘creative side’.

Other bestselling children’s and YA books of last week include… a new delightful, magical mystery with Stella Montgomery for ages 9+; a timely picture book that follows a little girl making a long, dangerous boat journey with her mother to seek asylum in Australia; and, the second book in Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff’s bestselling YA sci-fi space opera trilogy.