The most popular middle grade books of 2025

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 2025.

See also Middle grade fiction and Middle grade fantasy

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One Wrong Step
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One Wrong Step

Jennifer A. Nielsen

Published 2025

336 pages

Fresh Start
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Fresh Start

Gale Galligan

Published 2025

288 pages

Outsider Kids
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Outsider Kids

Betty C. Tang

Published 2025

288 pages

Scattergood
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Scattergood

H. M. Bouwman

Published 2025

320 pages

The Right Call
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The Right Call

Tommy Greenwald

Published 2025

272 pages

Facing Feelings
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Facing Feelings

Raina Telgemeier

2025 · 2026 edition

208 pages

Rabbit Rabbit
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Rabbit Rabbit

Dori Hillestad Butler, Sunshine Bacon

Published 2025

336 pages

Overmorrow
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Overmorrow

Lancelot Schaubert

Published 2025

324 pages