Amazon has created a list of the top books for the first half of 2019. They have a top 20 list for both children’s books and teen lit. Some of the books included are sure to surprise. Here they are:
TOP 20 CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Because by Mo Willems, illustrated by Amber Ren
Destination Moon by Richard Maurer
Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson’s Journal by Jeff Kinney
Don’t Let Them Disappear by Chelsea Clinton, illustrated by Gianna Marino
Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee
The Good Egg by Jory John, illustrated by Pete Oswald
Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
The Last Last-Day-of-Summer by Lamar Giles, illustrated by Dapo Adeola
The Neighbors by Einat Tsarfati
Pay Attention, Carter Jones by Gary D. Schmidt
Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
Rumple Buttercup by Matthew Gray Gubler
The Strangers by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Sweety by Andrea Zuill
To Night Owl from Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander, illustrated by Kadir Nelson
Waiting for Chicken Smith by David Mackintosh
We Are the Gardeners by Joanna Gaines, illustrated by Julianna Swaney
You Are My Happy by Hoda Kotb, illustrated by Suzie Mason
TOP 20 YOUNG ADULT BOOKS
Birthday by Meredith Russo
Courting Darkness by Robin LeFevers
Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Life & Work by Victoria Ortiz
Enchantee by Gita Trelease
Finale by Stephanie Garber
Heroine by Mindy McGinnis
In the Neighborhood of True by Susan Kaplan Carlton
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
Queen of the Sea by Dylan Meconis
Ship of Smoke and Steel by Django Wexler
Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson
Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly
The Things She’s Seen by Ambelin Kwaymullina and Ezekiel Kwaymullina
Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus
The Wicked King by Holly Black
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Wizenard Series: Training Camp by Wesley King and Kobe Bryant
