Visit your local library for these exciting titles from the NYTimes Bestseller List! (October 2025) Children's Picture Books - Top 10 1 THE LEAF THIEF by Alice Hemming. Illustrated by Nicola Slater. (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky) Squirrel attempts to figure out who has stolen his leaves. (Ages 4 to 8) 2 HOW TO CATCH A WITCH by Alice Walstead. Illustrated by Megan Joyce. (Sourcebooks Wonderland) The Catch Club Kids attempt to snare a witch on Halloween. (Ages 4 to 7) 3 ZOMBIE AND BRAIN ARE FRIENDS by Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic. Illustrated by Laan Cham. (Bloomsbury) Zeb the zombie and Brian the brain become friends. (Ages 4 to 8) 4 THE WONDERFUL THINGS YOU WILL BE by Emily Winfield Martin. (Random House) A celebration of future possibilities. (Ages 3 to 7) 5 JUST SHINE! by Sonia Sotomayor. Illustrated by Jacqueline Alcantara. (Philomel) A tribute to the Supreme Court justice’s mother. (Ages 4 to 8) 6 HANSEL AND GRETEL by Stephen King. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. (HarperCollins) A reimagining of the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale. (Ages 6 and up) 7 CHICKA CHICKA TRICKA TREAT by Julien Chung. (Beach Lane) The alphabet letters climb the creaky old tree for Halloween. (Ages 4 to 8) 8 HOW TO CATCH A MONSTER by Adam Wallace. Illustrated by Andy Elkerton. (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky) A boy attempts to catch the monster in his closet. (Ages 4 to 8) 9 GRUMPY MONKEY DON'T BE SCARED by Suzanne Lang. Illustrated by Max Lang. (Random House Studio) Jim Panzee and his friends brave the dark jungle to collect Halloween treats. (Ages 4 to 8) 10 LITTLE BLUE TRUCK AND RACER RED by Alice Schertle. Illustrated by Jill McElmurry. (Clarion) Red challenges Blue to a race. (Ages 4 to 8) THE DAY THE CRAYONS QUIT by Drew Daywalt. Illustrated by Oliver Jeffers. (Philomel) Problems arise when Duncan's crayons revolt. (Ages 3 to 7) Children's Middle Grade (Hardcover) - Top 10 1 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) 2 TROUBLING TONSILS! by Aaron Reynolds. Illustrated by Peter Brown. (Simon & Schuster) Charlie Marmot's infected tonsils have disappeared before surgery! (Ages 6 to 9) 3 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) 4 WONDER by R.J. Palacio. (Knopf) A boy with a facial deformity starts school. (Ages 8 to 12) THE SCHOOL FOR THIEVE by Peter Burns. (Aladdin_) A young pickpocket named Tom is invited to an elite school for thieves. (Ages 10 and up) 5 THE NINE MOONS OF HAN YU AND LULI by Karina Yan Glaser. (Allida) Parallel stories that take place in 731 China and 1931 Chinatown, N.Y., about the struggles of two Chinese families. (Ages 8 to 12) 6 THE COMPLETE COOKBOOK FOR YOUNG CHEFS by America's Test Kitchen Kids. (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky) Over 100 kid-tested recipes from America's Test Kitchen. (Ages 8 and up) 7 THE VALE by Abigail Hing Wen. Illustrated by Yuna Cheong and Brandon Wu. (Third State) A young boy and his elf friend attempt to save an A.I.-generated world. (Ages 8 to 12) 8 DREAM by Barbara O'Connor. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) Idalee Lovett dreams of becoming a country songwriter. (Ages 8 to 12) 9 MOONLEAPERS by Margaret Peterson Haddix. (Quill Tree) A young girl is tasked with helping to save the world by changing history as a time traveler. (Ages 8 to 12) 10 IMPOSSIBLE CREATURES by Katherine Rundell. Illustrated by Ashley Mackenzie. (Knopf) A young boy is enlisted to save a place where magical creatures reside. (Ages 10 and up) Young Adult Books (Hardcover) - Top 10 1 HEKATE: THE WITCH by Nikita Gill. (Little, Brown) To avoid enslavement by the Olympians, Hekate is hidden in the underworld to make a life for herself. (Ages 14 to 18) 2 HOUR OF THE PUMPKIN QUEEN by Megan Shepherd. (Random House/Disney) After a potion demonstration goes awry, Sally and Luna fall through a portal to Time Town. (Ages 12 and up) 3 THORN SEASON by Kiera Azar. (Storytide) In the Kingdom of Daradon, where wielding magic is treason, Alissa Paine must conceal her magical abilities or face persecution. (Ages 14 and up) 4 A THEORY OF DREAMING by Ava Reid. (HarperCollins) In the sequel to "A Study in Drowning," Effy and Preston return to the University of Llyr. (Ages 14 and up) 5 BLOOD MOON by Britney S. Lewis. (Page Street) Mira discovers that the legends of werewolves in her hometown are true. (Ages 14 to 17) 6 IF LOOKS COULD KILL by Julie Berry. (Simon & Schuster) Unlikely allies mount a rescue effort to save a girl who is forced to work in a brothel, while monsters and murderers run amok in 19th-century New York City. (Ages 12 and up) 7 WINGS OF STARLIGHT by Allison Saft. (Disney) Clarion, the successor to the throne of Pixie Hollow, is determined to confront a monster that threatens the land. (Ages 12 to 18) 8 IMMORTAL CONSEQUENCES by I.V. Marie. (Delacorte) At Blackwood Academy, six students compete to change their fate in a cutthroat magical competition called the Decennial. (Ages 14 and up) 9 GLORIOUS RIVALS by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. (Little, Brown) The stakes are raised for the seven players on Hawthorne Island. (Ages 12 to 18) 10 HEARTLESS HUNTER by Kristen Ciccarelli. (Wednesday) Rune, a witch, and Gideon, a witch-hunter, fall in love. (Ages 13 to 18) Children's and Young Adult Series - Top 10 1 THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY TRILOGY by Jenny Han. (Simon & Schuster) A beach house, summer love and enduring friendships. (Ages 12 and up) 2 THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins. (Scholastic) In a dystopia, a girl fights for survival on live TV. (Ages 12 and up) 3 THE POWERLESS TRILOGY by Lauren Roberts. (Simon and Schuster) A story of forbidden love between Paedyn, an Ordinary, and Kai, an Elite, in the kingdom of Ilya. (Ages 14 and up) 4 HARRY POTTER by J.K. Rowling. (Scholastic) A wizard hones his conjuring skills in the service of fighting evil. (Ages 10 and up) 5 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney. (Amulet) The travails and challenges of adolescence. (Ages 9 to 12) 6 PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion) A boy battles mythological monsters. (Ages 9 to 12) 7 THE WILD ROBOT by Peter Brown. (Little, Brown) Roz the robot adapts to her surroundings on a remote, wild island. (Ages 7 to 12) 8 AWESOME FRIENDLY KID by Jeff Kinney. Illustrated by Jeff Kinney. (Amulet) Rowley Jefferson chronicles his life story and adventures. (Ages 9 to 12) 9 A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER by Holly Jackson. (Delacorte) Pippa Fitz-Amobi solves murderous crimes. (Ages 14 and up) 10 BOYS OF TOMMEN by Chloe Walsh. (Bloom) In Ireland, friends at the private school Tommen College prepare for adulthood. (Ages 16 to 18)