Visit your local library for these exciting titles from the NYTimes Bestseller List! (June 2026) Children's Picture Books - Top 10 1 WE ARE MIGHTY by Sharon McMahon. Illustrated by Susanna Chapman. (Knopf) Ordinary Americans who have accomplished extraordinary things. (Ages 4 to 8) 2 BECAUSE I HAD A TEACHER by Kobi Yamada. Illustrated by Natalie Russell. (Compendium) An ode to teachers. (Ages 4 to 7) 3 WHY A DAUGHTER NEEDS A DAD by Gregory E. Lang. Illustrated by Sydney Hanson. (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky) A father's love for his daughter. (Ages 4 to 8) 4 I LOVE DAD WITH THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR by Eric Carle. (Grosset & Dunlap) Celebrating dad with help from that insatiable insect. (Ages 3 to 5) 5 I WISH YOU MORE by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld. (Chronicle) A bounty of good wishes. (Ages 5 to 8) 6 WHY A SON NEEDS A DAD by Gregory E. Lang. Illustrated by Gail Yerrill. (Sourcebooks Wonderland) The bond between father and son. (Ages 4 to 7) 7 SEE YOU LATER, ALLIGATOR! by Sally Hopgood. Illustrated by Emma Levey. (Sky Pony) A departing tortoise says goodbye to all his animal friends. (Ages 3 to 6) 8 THANK YOU, TEACHER FROM THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR by Eric Carle. (World of Eric Carle) The insatiable insect's pedagogue appreciation. (Ages 3 to 6) 9 KINDERGARTEN GRADUATION! by Jennifer Liberts. Illustrated by Courtney Dawson. (Golden) Matteo graduates from kindergarten! (Ages 2 to 5) 10 THE WONDERFUL THINGS YOU WILL BE by Emily Winfield Martin. (Random House) A celebration of future possibilities. (Ages 3 to 7) Children's Middle Grade (Hardcover) - Top 10 1 WONDER by R.J. Palacio. (Knopf Doubleday Publishing) A boy with a facial deformity enters a mainstream school. 2 WOMBAT WAITING by Katherine Applegate. (Storytide) A homeless pup patiently waits for her "special person." (Ages 8 to 12) 3 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS by Jessica Yoon. (Random House) Huntrix takes on the Saja Boys, a boy band who happen to be demons in disguise. Based on the movie. (Ages 7 to 10) 4 UNSETTLING SALAD! by Aaron Reynolds. Illustrated by Peter Brown. (Simon & Schuster) Thadeus and Oliver take a bite out of a salad that may bite back! (Ages 6 to 9) 5 GROWING HOME by Beth Ferry. Illustrated by Terry Fan and Eric Fan. (Simon & Schuster) Talking plants, a grumpy goldfish and an inquisitive spider save the Tupper family from utter ruin. (Ages 6 to 9) 6 POCKET BEAR by Katherine Applegate. Illustrated by Charles Santoso. (Feiwel & Friends) Zephyrina brings a rare stuffed bear back to the Second Chances Home for the Tossed and Treasured. (Ages 8 to 12) 7 THE COURT OF THE DEAD by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro. (Disney Hyperion) Nico, Will and Hazel delve into the mysterious disappearances of monsters at Camp Jupiter. (Ages 10 to 14) 8 THE POISONED KING by Katherine Rundell. Illustrated by Ashley Mackenzie. (Knopf) Christopher and Anya must save the dragons of the Archipelago from a strange new threat. (Ages 10 and up) 9 WAR GAMES by Alan Gratz. (Scholastic) During the 1936 Olympic Games, a young American gymnast is recruited to rob a Nazi bank. (Ages 9 to 12) 10 TROUBLING TONSILS! by Aaron Reynolds. Illustrated by Peter Brown. (Simon & Schuster) Charlie Marmot's infected tonsils have disappeared before surgery! (Ages 6 to 9) Young Adult Books (Hardcover) - Top 10 1 RELEASE ME by Tahereh Mafi. (Storytide) The romantic tension mounts between Rosabelle and James as the fight in the New Republic continues. (Ages 14 and up) 2 THE ESCAPE GAME by Marissa Meyer and Tamara Moss. (Putnam) A real murder takes place on an escape room-themed game show. (Ages 14 and up) 3 FAKE SKATING by Lynn Painter. (Simon & Schuster) After years of separation, the childhood friends Alec and Dani reunite and face their true feelings toward each other. (Ages 14 and up) 4 US DARK FEW by Alexis Patton. (Bloom) Khalani Kanes struggles to survive in an underground prison for a crime she did not commit. (Ages 15 to 18) 5 THE THORN QUEEN by Sasha Peyton Smith. (HarperCollins) Ivy Benton, now the queen of England, schemes to dethrone her husband, save her sister and reunite with her true love, Emmett. (Ages 13 and up) 6 IF ONLY I HAD TOLD HER by Laura Nowlin. (Sourcebooks Fire) In this companion to "If He Had Been With Me," the story of Finn and Autumn is told through three different perspectives. (Ages 14 to 18) 7 BETTER THAN THE MOVIES by Lynn Painter. (Simon & Schuster) Hopeless romantic Liz has a crush on Michael but finds out that she likes being around her neighbor Wes. (Ages 12 and up) 8 CHANGE OF PLANS by Sarah Dessen. (Simon & Schuster) The coming-of-age love story of a girl named Finley, who goes on a last-minute trip with her distant mother. (Ages 12 and up) 9 THE SUN AND THE STARMAKER by Rachel Griffin. (Sourcebooks Fire) The Starmaker senses a powerful magic within Aurora Finch and requests that she come study under his tutelage. (Ages 14 to 18) 10 STORM BREAKER by Nisha J. Tuli. (Mayhem) In a dystopia, Poet Graves enters Amery Academy and is drawn to an outsider who may threaten her life as she knows it. (Ages 16 and up) Children's and Young Adult Series - Top 10 1 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney. (Amulet) The travails and challenges of adolescence. (Ages 9 to 12) 2 THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins. (Scholastic) In a dystopia, a girl fights for survival on live TV. (Ages 12 and up) 3 BOYS OF TOMMEN by Chloe Walsh. (Bloom) In Ireland, friends at the private school Tommen College prepare for adulthood. (Ages 16 to 18) 4 THE WILD ROBOT by Peter Brown. (Little, Brown) Roz the robot adapts to her surroundings on a remote, wild island. (Ages 7 to 12) 5 WINGS OF FIRE by Tui T. Sutherland. (Scholastic) Only the five dragonets of destiny can unite the seven warring dragon tribes. (Ages 9 to 12) 6 HARRY POTTER by J.K. Rowling. (Scholastic) A wizard hones his conjuring skills in the service of fighting evil. (Ages 10 and up) 7 PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion) A boy battles mythological monsters. (Ages 9 to 12) 8 MAGIC TREE HOUSE by Mary Pope Osborne. Illustrated by Sal Murdocca. (Stepping Stone/Random House) These siblings can overcome space and time. (Ages 6 to 9) 9 THE NATURALS by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. (Little, Brown) Cassie Hobbes joins the Naturals, an F.B.I. program for teens with intrinsic crime-solving abilities. (Ages 12 to 17) 10 A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER by Holly Jackson. (Delacorte) Pippa Fitz-Amobi solves murderous crimes. (Ages 14 and up)