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Australian children’s and YA bestsellers YTD

Thursday, 20 March 2025   Books+Publishing
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Top 10 Australian YA fiction

  1. Cruel Is the Light (Sophie Clark, Penguin) 5.0K
  2. I Am Not Jessica Chen (Ann Liang, Harlequin Teen) 2.0K
  3. Immortal Dark (Tigest Girma, Lothian) 1.8K
  4. My Family and Other Suspects (Kate Emery, A&U Children’s) 1.2K
  5. Tom Appleby, Convict Boy (Jackie French, HarperCollins) 1.1K
  6. Comes the Night (Isobelle Carmody, A&U Children’s) 1.1K
  7. I Hope This Doesn’t Find You (Ann Liang, Penguin) 1.0K
  8. The Prison Healer (Lynette Noni, Penguin) 0.9K
  9. Eleanor Jones Is Not a Murderer (Amy Doak, Penguin) 0.8K
  10. Catching Teller Crow (Ambelin Kwaymullina & Ezekiel Kwaymullina, A&U Children’s) 0.7K

Top 10 Australian children’s titles

  1. Shadows and Secrets (Wolf Girl #12) (Anh Do, illus by Jeremy Ley, A&U Children’s) 6.8K
  2. Runt (Craig Silvey, illus by Sara Acton, A&U)* 5.8K
  3. Ninja Girl (Anh Do, illus by James Hart, Scholastic) 4.3K
  4. One Last Thing (The Bad Guys #20) (Aaron Blabey, Scholastic) 4.0K
  5. Adventures Unlimited: The Land of Lost Things (Andy Griffiths, illus by Bill Hope, Pan Australia) 4.0K
  6. Scary Time! (Hotdog! #17) (Anh Do, illus by Dan McGuiness, Scholastic) 3.4K
  7. Treasure Trail (Ella Diaries Super Special #3) (Meredith Costain, illus by Danielle McDonald, Scholastic) 3.4K
  8. All the Beautiful Things (Katrina Nannestad, ABC Books) 2.7K
  9. Funny Weird (WeirDo #23) (Anh Do, illus by Jules Faber, Scholastic) 2.4K
  10. Enter the Roo (Kung Fu Roo #1) (Anh Do, illus by Jeremy Ley, A&U Children’s) 2.2K

Top 10 Australian picture books

  1. The Truck Cat (Deborah Frenkel, illus by Danny Snell, Bright Light) 4.7K
  2. Where Is the Green Sheep? (Mem Fox, illus by Judy Horacek, Puffin) 4.2K
  3. Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes (Mem Fox, illus by Helen Oxenbury, Picture Puffin) 3.9K
  4. Do Not Open This Book (It Stinks) (Andy Lee, illus by Heath McKenzie, Lake Press) 3.8K
  5. Wombat Stew (40th Anniversary Edition) (Marcia K Vaughan, illus by Pamela Lofts, Omnibus) 3.8K
  6. Kissed by the Moon (Alison Lester, Viking) 3.5K
  7. The Wild Guide to Starting School (Laura Bunting & Philip Bunting, Omnibus) 2.9K
  8. Where Is the Green Sheep? (Hardback) (Mem Fox, illus by Judy Horacek, Viking) 2.8K
  9. Piranhas Don’t Eat Bananas (Aaron Blabey, Scholastic) 2.8K
  10. Can I Cuddle the Moon? (Kerry Brown, illus by Lisa Stewart, Scholastic) 2.7K

Top 10 Australian children’s and YA nonfiction

  1. Girl Stuff 8–12 (Kaz Cooke, Viking) 3.5K
  2. Barefoot Kids (Scott Pape, Barefoot Publishing) 2.7K
  3. You’ve Got This! (Life Lessons for Little Ones) (Jess Sanders, illus by Irina Avgustinovich, Affirm Kids) 1.9K
  4. Animals of Australia (Garry Fleming, Lake Press) 1.4K
  5. Animals of the Oceans (Garry Fleming, Lake Press) 1.0K
  6. The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Extinct Animals (Sami Bayly, Lothian) 1.0K
  7. Come Together Again (Isaiah Firebrace, illus by Jaelyn Biumaiwai, Hardie Grant Explore) 1.0K
  8. Taronga: Crocodile Snap! (Taronga Conservation Society Australia, illus by Kate Daubney, Penguin) 1.0K
  9. Worse Things (Sally Murphy, illus by Sarah Davis, Walker Books) 0.8K
  10. Extreme Animal Facts (Jennifer Cossins, Lothian) 0.8K

*Combined editions.

© Nielsen BookScan 2025. Period covered: 29 December 2024 to 22 February 2025.
Data supplied by Nielsen BookScan’s book sales monitoring system from over 1300 outlets nationwide.

 

Category: Think Australian bestsellers