Barnes & Noble have released their Best Books of 2025 lists. Here are their picks for the best Young Reader books of 2025:
The Court of the Dead by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro

Dog Man: Big Jim Believes by Dav Pilkey
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Partypooper by Jeff Kinney
The First Cat in Space and the Baby Pirate’s Revenge by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Shawn Harris
The Gate, the Girl and the Dragon by Grace Lin
Growing Home by Beth Ferry, illustrated by The Fan Brothers

Howl’s Moving Castle Collector’s Deluxe Edition by Diana Wynne Jones
I Am Rebel by Ross Montgomery
J vs. K by Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft
Pocket Bear by Katherine Applegate

The Poisoned King by Katherine Rundell
Scarlet Morning by ND Stevenson
Spy School Blackout by Staurt Gibbs
Vanya and the Wild Hunt by Sangu Mandanna
War Games by Alan Gratz




























































































































































