We've run the reports and crunched the numbers – here are our 100 bestselling kids & YA books from the past year!

This year's top 100 includes:

• 53 works from Australian authors, over half of the year's total!
• The 2024 winners of the Readings Children's Prize, the Readings Young Adult Prize and the Gab Williams Prize
• All three books in the Wild Robot series ... so far
• 13 books with screen adaptations
• 4 titles by Mem Fox

Find the full list below, and keep an eye on our blog for the 100 bestselling adult books of 2024, which will be shared later this week!

1. The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
2. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography by Wendy Loggia & Elisa Chavarri (illus.)
3. Runt by Craig Silvey & Sara Acton (illus.)
4. Wurrtoo by Tylissa Elisara & Dylan Finney (illus.)
5. The Land of Lost Things (Adventures Unlimited, Book 1) by Andy Griffiths & Bill Hope (illus.)
6. Kissed by the Moon by Alison Lester
7. Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell
8. Meerkat Mayhem by Mem Fox & Judy Horacek (illus.)
9. The Scarlet Shedder (Dog Man, Book 12) by Dav Pilkey
10. Possum Magic by Mem Fox & Julie Vivas (illus.)
11. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
12. Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat by Li Chen
13. Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox & Judy Horacek (illus.)
14. Taylor Swift by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Borghild Fallberg (illus.)
15. Hot Mess (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 19) by Jeff Kinney
16. The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot 3) by Peter Brown
17. Outlaw Girls by Emily Gale & Nova Weetman
18. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Book 1) by Rick Riordan
19. Scar Town by Tristan Bancks
20. Imagine by Alison Lester
21. The Midwatch by Judith Rossell
22. The Wild Robot Escapes (The Wild Robot, Book 2) by Peter Brown
23. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
24. A Way Home by Emily Brewin
25. One Of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
26. I Hope This Doesn’t Find You by Ann Liang
27. Magic Beach by Alison Lester
28. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
29. Waverider (Amulet, Book Nine) by Kazu Kibuishi
30. Artichoke to Zucchini by Alice Oehr
31. If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang
32. If He Had Been with Me by Laura Nowlin
33. Big Trouble with Angry Chairs (Big Trouble, Book 1) by Lachlann Carter & Douglas Holgate (illus.)
34. Big Jim Begins (The Adventures of Dog Man, Book 13) by Dav Pilkey
35. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan
36. Winter Turning: The Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire, Book 7) by Tui T. Sutherland & Mike Holmes (illus.)
37. Found in Melbourne by Joanne O'Callaghan
38. Off to the Nursery by Alice Oehr
39. Rod Campbell’s Aussie Animals by Rod Campbell
40. The Kid’s Book of the Elements by Theodore Gray and Nick Mann
41. Bluey: Little Library by Bluey
42. All the Beautiful Things by Katrina Nannestad
43. Ten Little Fingers & Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox & Helen Oxenbury (illus.)
44. The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson
45. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy by Lynley Dodd
46. Completely Normal (and Other Lies) by Biffy James
47. Murder Most Unladylike: A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery by Robin Stevens
48. My Family and Other Suspects by Kate Emery
49. Super Sleuth by David Walliams
50. Scythe by Neal Shusterman
51. Spies in the Sky by Beverley McWilliams
52. Powerless (Powerless, Book 1) by Lauren Roberts
53. No Words by Maryam Master
54. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
55. Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters (Book 2) by Rick Riordan
56. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
57. Bluey: Cricket by Bluey
58. No Brainer (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 18) by Jeff Kinney
59. Ultrawild by Steve Mushin
60. The Lost Book of Magic by Amelia Mellor
61. Starting School by Jane Godwin & Anna Walker (illus.)
62. Such Charming Liars by Karen M. McManus
63. Cat Kid Comic Club 5: Influencers by Dav Pilkey
64. The Glass Horse of Venice by Arnold Zable & Anita Lester (illus.)
65. Ghost Book by Remy Lai
66. Once by Morris Gleitzman
67. Lightfall: The Dark Times by Tim Probert
68. Mim and the Baffling Bully (The Travelling Bookshop, Book 1) by Katrina Nannestad & Cheryl Orsini (illus.)
69. The Jolly Christmas Postman by Allan Ahlberg & Janet Ahlberg
70. Real Pigeons Fight Crime (Real Pigeons, Book 1) by Andrew McDonald & Ben Wood (illus.)
71. Landovel by Emily Rodda
72. Heartstopper: Volume Five by Alice Oseman
73. Class Party (School of Monsters, Volume 1) by Sally Rippin & Chris Kennett (illus.)
74. Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French & Bruce Whatley (illus.)
75. We Didn’t Think It Through by Gary Lonesborough
76. Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
77. The Night War by Kimberley Brubaker Bradley
78. Keeper of the Lost Cities (Keeper of Lost Cities, Book 1) by Shannon Messenger
79. If You Run Out of Words by Felicita Sala
80. Escaping Peril: The Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire, Book Eight) by Tui Sutherland
81. War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
82. Songlines: First Knowledges for Younger Readers by Margo Neale, Lynne Kelly & Blak Douglas (illus.)
83. The Bad Guys Episode 19: The Serpent and the Beast by Aaron Blabey
84. Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill
85. Gymnastica Fantastica! by Briony Stewart
86. Stella & Marigold by Annie Barrows & Sophie Blackall (illus.)
87. The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks by Katie Kirby
88. Gus and the Missing Boy by Troy Hunter
89. Where to Hide a Star by Oliver Jeffers
90. Jonty Gentoo: The Adventures of a Penguin by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler (illus.)
91. The Truck Cat by Deborah Frenkel & Danny Snell (illus.)
92. Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
93. Hide and Seek (Wolf Girl, Book 11) by Anh Do & Lachlan Creagh (illus.)
94. Floof by Heidi McKinnon
95. Real Pigeons Power Up (Real Pigeons, Book 12) by Andrew McDonald & Ben Wood (illus.)
96. The Tiny Gardeners by Kat Macleod
97. Tweet by Morris Gleitzman
98. Laughter is the Best Ending by Maryam Master & Astrid Hicks (illus.)
99. The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass
100. Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody by Patrick Ness & Tim Miller (illus.)

Please note this list combines sales from all Readings shops and our website. Where applicable, different editions of titles have been combined to reflect total sales of each title. The list covers sales from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024.