Top 200 Juvenile Novels of 2010

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Two weeks ago I published the top 200 novels and authors of YA fiction. As I stated then, looking at bestselling novels only gives one view into what readers are enjoying. Looking at library circulation gives another view that complements sales. These rankings are based on the circulation (number of times the book was checked out) at the Logan Utah Libarary which serves a community of over 100,000 residents. 

This week I present to you the top 200 Juvenile (these are mostly middle grade) novels of 2010. These are from the 5,377 different titles that were checked out. I can’t claim these lists show what’s most popular nationally. I’m confident the libraries in each region of the nation will have lists that vary a little or a lot from these. However, this does show what’s being read in this neck of the woods. Furthermore, all of these should be great reads for middle graders, teens, and adults.  

As before, the list features a lot of authors who live in Utah or have ties to Utah. The number of titles are in ( ).

  • Obert Skye (8)
  • Brandon Mull (6)
  • James Dashner (3)
  • J. Scott Savage (2)
  • Matthew Buckley (1)

I’m surprise at just how much these folks dominate this list. They’re rock stars! If I’ve missed anyone, let me know. For the previous lists, see these links:

And now, the top 200 Juvenile Novels of 2010.

The List

Title Total % Rank
Fablehaven book 5 : Keys to the Demon Prison / Brandon Mull* 319 0.98% 1
Diary of a wimpy kid : dog days/  Jeff Kinney 261 0.80% 2
Diary of a wimpy kid : Greg Heffley’s journal /  Jeff Kinney 239 0.74% 3
Fablehaven / Brandon Mull* 236 0.73% 4
Diary of a wimpy kid : Rodrick rules /  Jeff Kinney 235 0.72% 5
Fablehaven Book 4 : Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary / Brandon Mull* 226 0.70% 6
Diary of a wimpy kid : the last straw /  Jeff Kinney 217 0.67% 7
Fablehaven Book 3 : Grip of the Shadow Plague / Brandon Mull* 215 0.66% 8
Fablehaven Book 2 : Rise of the Evening Star / Brandon Mull*  152 0.47% 9
The candy shop war / Brandon Mull* 139 0.43% 10
Leven Thumps and the ruins of Alder / Obert Skye* 110 0.34% 11
Leven Thumps and the gateway to Foo / Obert Skye* 110 0.34% 12
Harry Potter and the sorcerer’s stone /  J.K. Rowling  90 0.28% 13
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets /  J.K. Rowling  86 0.26% 14
Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban /  J.K. Rowling 85 0.26% 15
Fairest / Gail Carson Levine 78 0.24% 16
Charlie Bone and the Red Knight / Jenny Nimmo 78 0.24% 17
The journal of curious letters / James Dashner*  76 0.23% 18
Pillage / Obert Skye* 74 0.23% 19
Leven Thumps and the whispered secret / Obert Skye*  74 0.23% 20
The hunt for dark infinity / James Dashner* 69 0.21% 21
The Blade of Shattered Hope / James Dashner* 69 0.21% 22
The 39 clues. Viper’s nest /  Peter Lerangis 68 0.21% 23
The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe / C.S. Lewis  67 0.21% 24
Diary of a wimpy kid : the ugly truth /  Jeff Kinney 67 0.21% 25
The 39 clues. The maze of bones /  Rick Riordan 67 0.21% 26
The bad beginning /  Lemony Snicket  66 0.20% 27
The field guide / Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black 64 0.20% 28
How to train your dragon by Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III / Cressida Cowell 62 0.19% 29
The Society of Unrelenting Vigilance / Glenn Dakin  62 0.19% 30
The tales of Beedle the Bard / J.K. Rowling 61 0.19% 31
Dragon rider / Cornelia Funke 59 0.18% 32
Midnight for Charlie Bone / Jenny Nimmo 59 0.18% 33
Leven Thumps and the eyes of the Want / Obert Skye*  59 0.18% 34
The 39 clues. One false note / Gordon Korman 58 0.18% 35
The 39 clues. In too deep /  Jude Watson 58 0.18% 36
Peter and the Sword of Mercy /  Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson  57 0.18% 37
The 39 clues. The emperor’s code / Gordon Korman 56 0.17% 38
The reptile room /  Lemony Snicket  55 0.17% 39
The 39 clues. Storm warning / Linda Sue Park 55 0.17% 40
Choke / Obert Skye* 55 0.17% 41
Leven Thumps and the wrath of Ezra / Obert Skye* 54 0.17% 42
The wide window /  Lemony Snicket  53 0.16% 43
Gregor the Overlander / Suzanne Collins 53 0.16% 44
The miserable mill /  Lemony Snicket  52 0.16% 45
The 39 clues. The sword thief / Peter Lerangis 52 0.16% 46
Peter & the Starcatchers /  Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson 51 0.16% 47
The 39 clues. Beyond the grave / Jude Watson 51 0.16% 48
The 39 clues. The black circle / Patrick Carman 51 0.16% 49
Fantastic Mr. Fox / Roald Dahl  50 0.15% 50
Into the wild / Erin Hunter 49 0.15% 51
The city of Ember / Jeanne DuPrau 49 0.15% 52
The seeing stone / Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black 49 0.15% 53
The witches / Roald Dahl  48 0.15% 54
The end /  Lemony Snicket  47 0.14% 55
Charlie and the chocolate factory / Roald Dahl  46 0.14% 56
Gregor and the prophecy of Bane / Suzanne Collins 46 0.14% 57
Redwall / Brian Jacques  45 0.14% 58
Land keep / J. Scott Savage* 45 0.14% 59
Charlie Bone and the time twister / Jenny Nimmo 45 0.14% 60
Professor Winsnicker’s book of proper etiquette for well-mannered sycophants / Obert Skye* 45 0.14% 61
Found /  Sarah Prineas  45 0.14% 62
The people of Sparks / Jeanne DuPrau 43 0.13% 63
Beezus and Ramona / Beverly Cleary 42 0.13% 64
The austere academy /  Lemony Snicket  42 0.13% 65
39 clues. Into the gauntlet/  Margaret Peterson Haddix 42 0.13% 66
Lucinda’s secret /  Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black 42 0.13% 67
Ramona’s world / Beverly Cleary  41 0.13% 68
Midnight / Erin Hunter 41 0.13% 69
Captain Underpants and the attack of the talking toilets / Dave Pilky 40 0.12% 70
The penultimate peril /  Lemony Snicket  40 0.12% 71
The nixie’s song / Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black 40 0.12% 72
The magician’s nephew / C.S. Lewis  39 0.12% 73
Fading echoes / Erin Hunter 39 0.12% 74
Charlie Bone and the shadow / Jenny Nimmo 39 0.12% 75
The capture /  Kathryn Lasky 39 0.12% 76
The fairy-tale detectives / Michael Buckley 39 0.12% 77
The inside story / Michael Buckley  39 0.12% 78
Gregor and the curse of the warmbloods /  Suzanne Collins 39 0.12% 79
The mouse and the motorcycle / Beverly Cleary 38 0.12% 80
The wide-awake princess / E.D. Baker 38 0.12% 81
Ella enchanted / Gail Carson Levine 38 0.12% 82
Water keep / J. Scott Savage* 38 0.12% 83
Little house in the big woods / Laura Ingalls Wilder 38 0.12% 84
The vile village /  Lemony Snicket  38 0.12% 85
Prince Caspian : the return to Narnia / C.S. Lewis  37 0.11% 86
The fourth apprentice / Erin Hunter 37 0.11% 87
The prophet of Yonwood /  Jeanne DuPrau 37 0.11% 88
Among the hidden / Margaret Peterson Haddix 37 0.11% 89
The Wrath of Mulgarath / Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black 37 0.11% 90
The diamond of Darkhold / Jeanne DuPrau 36 0.11% 91
The ersatz elevator /  Lemony Snicket  36 0.11% 92
Rani in the Mermaid Lagoon /  36 0.11% 93
Gregor and the Code of Claw / Suzanne Collins 36 0.11% 94
The Ironwood tree / Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black 36 0.11% 95
The Sable Quean / Brian Jacques  35 0.11% 96
Fire star / Chris d’Lacey 35 0.11% 97
Bluestar’s prophecy / Erin Hunter 35 0.11% 98
Gregor and the marks of secret /  Suzanne Collins 35 0.11% 99
How to speak dragonese by Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III / Cressida Cowell 34 0.10% 100
Charlotte’s web /  E. B. White. Pictures by Garth Williams 34 0.10% 101
The grim grotto /  Lemony Snicket  34 0.10% 102
The Everafter War / Michael Buckley  34 0.10% 103
The Dark Hills divide / Patrick Carman 34 0.10% 104
Magic thief /  Sarah Prineas  34 0.10% 105
Forest of secrets / Erin Hunter 33 0.10% 106
Found / Margaret Peterson Haddix 33 0.10% 107
Chickens in the headlights ; a novel / Matthew Buckley* 33 0.10% 108
In the realm of the Never Fairies / Monique Peterson 33 0.10% 109
The Thief Lord / Cornelia Funke  32 0.10% 110
The last wilderness / Erin Hunter 32 0.10% 111
Charlie Bone and the invisible boy / Jenny Nimmo 32 0.10% 112
Tunnels / Roderick Gordon, Brian Williams 32 0.10% 113
Ramona the brave / Beverly Cleary 32 0.10% 114
How to be a pirate by Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III / Cressida Cowell 31 0.10% 115
Captain Underpants and the wrath of the wicked Wedgie Woman / Dave Pilky 31 0.10% 116
Fire in the sky /  Erin Hunter 31 0.10% 117
Charlie Bone and the castle of mirrors / Jenny Nimmo 31 0.10% 118
Little house on the prairie /  Laura Ingalls Wilder  31 0.10% 119
The slippery slope /  Lemony Snicket  31 0.10% 120
The wyrm king / Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black 31 0.10% 121
The fire within / Chris D’Lacey 30 0.09% 122
Captain Underpants and the perilous plot of Professor Poopypants / Dave Pilky 30 0.09% 123
Fire and ice / Erin Hunter 30 0.09% 124
The princess test / Gail Carson Levine  30 0.09% 125
A Giant Problem / Holly Black 30 0.09% 126
Charlie Bone and the beast / Jenny Nimmo 30 0.09% 127
Dealing with dragons /  Patricia C. Wrede 30 0.09% 128
Over sea, under stone / Susan Cooper 30 0.09% 129
How to twist a dragon’s tale / Cressida Cowell 29 0.09% 130
The adventures of Captain Underpants : an epic novel /  Dav Pilky 29 0.09% 131
Once upon a curse / E.D. Baker 29 0.09% 132
Cats of the Clans /  Erin Hunter  29 0.09% 133
The sight / Erin Hunter 29 0.09% 134
Moonrise / Erin Hunter 29 0.09% 135
Charlie Bone and the hidden king / Jenny Nimmo 29 0.09% 136
The carnivorous carnival /  Lemony Snicket  29 0.09% 137
The hostile hospital /  Lemony Snicket  29 0.09% 138
Matilda / Roald Dahl  29 0.09% 139
The frog princess / E.D. Baker 28 0.09% 140
Long shadows / Erin Hunter 28 0.09% 141
The darkest hour / Erin Hunter 28 0.09% 142
Lanie /  Jane Kurtz  28 0.09% 143
Wayside School gets a little stranger / Louis Sachar  28 0.09% 144
Atherton : the house of power /  Patrick Carman 28 0.09% 145
The dark is rising / Susan Cooper  28 0.09% 146
Icefire / Chris D’Lacey 27 0.08% 147
Sunset / Erin Hunter 27 0.08% 148
Sunrise / Erin Hunter 27 0.08% 149
Fawn and the mysterious trickster / Laura Driscoll 27 0.08% 150
The unusual suspects / Michael Buckley  27 0.08% 151
Charlie and the great glass elevator / Roald Dahl 27 0.08% 152
The Twits / Roald Dahl  27 0.08% 153
Ramona Quimby, age 8 / Beverly Cleary  26 0.08% 154
Peter & the shadow thieves /  Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson 26 0.08% 155
Peter & the secret of Rundoon /  Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson 26 0.08% 156
Twilight / Erin Hunter 26 0.08% 157
The quest begins / Erin Hunter 26 0.08% 158
Dawn / Erin Hunter 26 0.08% 159
Fairy Haven and the quest for the wand / Gail Carson Levine  26 0.08% 160
For Biddle’s sake / Gail Carson Levine  26 0.08% 161
Myka finds her way / Gail Herman 26 0.08% 162
The Boxcar children / Gertrude Chandler Warner  26 0.08% 163
Dear Dumb Diary #1: Let’s pretend this never happened / Jim Benton 26 0.08% 164
Tales of a fourth grade nothing / Judy Blume 26 0.08% 165
Rosetta’s daring day / Lisa Papademetriou 26 0.08% 166
Among the enemy / Margaret Peterson Haddix 26 0.08% 167
Beyond the Valley of Thorns / Patrick Carman 26 0.08% 168
Dork diaries : tales from a not-so-fabulous life / Rachel Renee  26 0.08% 169
Where the red fern grows / Wilson Rawls 26 0.08% 170
Ramona and her father / Beverly Cleary  25 0.08% 171
Captain Underpants and the big, bad battle of the Bionic Booger / Dave Pilky 25 0.08% 172
Dragon kiss /  E.D. Baker 25 0.08% 173
Code of the clans / Erin Hunter  25 0.08% 174
The two princesses of Bamarre /  Gail Carson Levine 25 0.08% 175
Silvermist and the ladybug curse / Gail Herman 25 0.08% 176
Iridessa, lost at sea / Lisa Papademetriou 25 0.08% 177
Sideways stories from Wayside School /  Louis Sachar  25 0.08% 178
A long way from Chicago : a novel in stories / Richard Peck 25 0.08% 179
Island of the giant Pokâemon / adapted by Tracey West 24 0.07% 180
How to cheat a dragon’s curse / Cressida Cowell 24 0.07% 181
Firestar’s quest / Erin Hunter 24 0.07% 182
Fira and the full moon / Gail Herman 24 0.07% 183
Savvy /  Ingrid Law 24 0.07% 184
Vidia and the fairy crown / Laura Driscoll 24 0.07% 185
Sent / Margaret Peterson Haddix 24 0.07% 186
NERDS : National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society /  Michael Buckley 24 0.07% 187
Beauty : a retelling of the story of Beauty & the beast /  Robin Mckinley 24 0.07% 188
The popularity papers / Amy Ignatow 23 0.07% 189
Ramona forever / Beverly Cleary  23 0.07% 190
Dark fire / Chris d’Lacey 23 0.07% 191
The salamander spell /  E.D. Baker 23 0.07% 192
Outcast / Erin Hunter 23 0.07% 193
Eclipse / Erin Hunter 23 0.07% 194
The hound of Rowan / Henry H. Neff 23 0.07% 195
Erec Rex : the dragon’s eye /  Kaza Kingsley  23 0.07% 196
Beck beyond the sea / Kimberly Morris 23 0.07% 197
Prilla and the butterfly lie / Kitty Richards 23 0.07% 198
Utterly me, Clarice Bean / Lauren Child 23 0.07% 199
Among the Barons / Margaret Peterson Haddix 23 0.07% 200
Into the mist / Patrick Carman 23 0.07% 201
This book is not good for you / Pseudonymous Bosch  23 0.07% 202
George’s marvelous medicine / Roald Dahl  23 0.07% 203
A hero’s guide to deadly dragons : the heroic misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III / Cressida Cowell 23 0.07% 204
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