Juvenile Fiction: 2022 Top Borrowed Books

Children's Chapter Books

Updated January 3, 2023
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Wonder
Palacio, R. J.
Paper Book
A #1 New York Times Bestseller, A Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Kirkus, and Booklist Best of Children's Books 2012 -- August Pullman was born with a facial deformity that, up until now, prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing...

#6 (tie)

Double down
Kinney, Jeff.
Paper Book
The pressure's really piling up on 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."   As if that's not scary enough, Halloween's just around the corner and the...

#3

Diary of a wimpy kid : the long haul
Kinney, Jeff.
Paper Book
A family road trip is supposed to be a lot of fun . . . unless, of course, you're the Heffleys. The journey starts off full of promise, then quickly takes several wrong turns. Gas station bathrooms, crazed seagulls, a fender bender, and a runaway pig--not exactly Greg Heffley's...

#4 (tie)

The Land of Stories : the wishing spell
Colfer, Chris
Paper Book
The first book in Chris Colfer's #1 New York Times bestselling series The Land of Stories about two siblings who fall into a fairy-tale world! Alex and Conner Bailey's world is about to change, in this fast-paced adventure that uniquely combines our modern day world with...

#6 (tie)

Diary of a wimpy kid : old school
Kinney, Jeff.
Paper Book
Life was better in the old days. Or was it?   That's the question Greg Heffley is asking as his town voluntarily unplugs and goes electronics-free. But modern life has its conveniences, and Greg isn't cut out for an old-fashioned world.   With tension building...

#5 (tie)

Diary of a wimpy kid : the last straw
Kinney, Jeff.
Paper Book
The highly anticipated third book in the critically acclaimed and bestselling series takes the art of being wimpy to a whole new level.  Let's face it: Greg Heffley will never change his wimpy ways. Somebody just needs to explain that to Greg's father. You see, Frank Heffley...

#7 (tie)

Diario de Greg : fro̕ fatal
Kinney, Jeff
Paper Book
School is closed; it's a snow day! Greg's neighborhood becomes a wintry wonderland filled with snowmen, forts, and snowball fights. A group of neighborhood kids targets Greg and Rowley. Will they survive until the big thaw?

#7 (tie)

Diary of a wimpy kid : big shot
Kinney, Jeff.
Paper Book
An instant #1 USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times bestseller! In Big Shot, book 16 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley and sports just don't mix.

#9 (tie)

Diary of a wimpy kid : the deep end
Kinney, Jeff.
Paper Book
An instant #1 USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times bestseller! In The Deep End, book 15 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley and his family hit the road for a...

#9 (tie)

Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban
Rowling, J. K.
Paper Book
For twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort.Now he has escaped, leaving only two clues as to where he might be headed:...

#10 (tie)

The lightning thief
Riordan, Rick
Paper Book
The #1 New York Times Bestseller | Now a series on Disney+ 12-year-old Percy Jackson discovers he is the son of Poseidon in the opener to the hilarious, fast-paced adventure fantasy series for young readers ages 10 and up The paperback edition of the...

#4 (tie)

Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone
Rowling, J. K.
Paper Book
Harry Potter has no idea how famous he is. That's because he's being raised by his miserable muggle aunt and uncle who are terrified Harry will learn that he's a wizard, just as his parents were. But everything changes when Harry is summoned to attend an infamous school for wizards and he begins to...

#5 (tie)


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