The Chalice of the Gods
Rick Riordan
Published 2023
288 pages
The most popular middle grade books of 2023
Middle grade books are for children of about nine to twelve who read on their own. Adventure, fantasy, mysteries, school stories and real-life drama feature heroes their own age. This is where many lifelong readers are made, and adults enjoy these books too. This list shows the ones first published in 2023.
See also Middle grade fiction and Middle grade fantasy
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The Labors of Hercules Beal
Gary D. Schmidt
Published 2023
347 pages
What Happened to Rachel Riley?
Claire Swinarski
Published 2023
352 pages
Four Eyes
Rex Ogle
Published 2023
224 pages
Classic Starts®
Kathleen Olmstead, Lucy Maud Montgomery
2023 · 2025 edition
155 pages
Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose
Nancy Springer
Published 2023
224 pages
Bea Wolf
Zach Weinersmith
Published 2023
208 pages
Nic Blake and the Remarkables
Angie Thomas
Published 2023
368 pages
A Work in Progress
Jarrett Lerner
Published 2023
368 pages
Alebrijes
Donna Barba Higuera
Published 2023
404 pages
Huda F Cares? (National Book Award Finalist)
Huda Fahmy
Published 2023
208 pages
Leeva at Last
Sara Pennypacker
Published 2023
320 pages
Island of Whispers
Frances Hardinge
2023 · 2024 edition
120 pages
Too Scared to Sleep
Andrew Duplessie
Published 2023
224 pages
Hands
Torrey Maldonado
Published 2023
144 pages
Batcat
Meggie Ramm
Published 2023
96 pages
The International House of Dereliction
Jacqueline Davies
Published 2023
227 pages
The Story of Gumluck the Wizard
Adam Rex
Published 2023
140 pages
The 169-Storey Treehouse
Andy Griffiths
Published 2023
205 pages
The Rhythm of Time
Questlove, S. A. Cosby
2023 · 2026 edition
240 pages
The Mossheart's Promise
Rebecca Mix
2023 · 2024 edition
432 pages
Bea and the New Deal Horse
L. M. Elliott
2023 · 2024 edition
384 pages
Juniper Mae
Sarah Soh
Published 2023
64 pages
I Am the Walrus
Neal Shusterman, Eric Elfman
Published 2023
400 pages