Discover the Top 20 Children’s and Young Adult bestsellers—a collection of the most exciting, imaginative, and heartwarming books for young readers and teens. From magical adventures and thrilling mysteries to empowering stories of friendship and self-discovery, these books are captivating young minds and sparking curiosity. Perfect for all ages, these chart-toppers offer memorable characters and inspiring tales that are sure to become favourites. Dive into this season’s best children’s and YA books and find a new story to love!
1. Under the Floorboards of 39A
by Lucy Kennedy
€12.49
Do you believe in magic? Well, you just need to look beneath your feet ... because under the creaky floorboards of lots and lots of houses in Ireland, but most particularly under those of a house called 39A Cove Street in Dublin, there lives a whole community of little elves, working and making magic from all the things you drop between the cracks! Meet Joey and Freddie O’Brien, nine-year-old twin elves who get up to all sorts of mischief together. From their missions Up-Up to borrow supplies from their human neighbour, Bee-Bee, and stay out of the path of her big St Bernard dog, to their adventures in Squirby Village, creating magic out of the things we leave behind. But when the twins see Bee-Bee is not herself, and needs help, they gather their friends and rush to the rescue! Ideal for readers who... love magical stories set in Ireland, with hidden worlds right under everyday life enjoy mischievous, funny adventures featuring clever twins and big-hearted friendships like imaginative details about finding magic in lost things and secret communities want a warm, uplifting rescue story with a dash of danger (and a big St Bernard dog) prefer lively, cosy fantasy that feels comforting, playful, and easy to get lost in
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4. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Partypooper
by Jeff Kinney
€12.99
Ideal for readers who: Love funny middle-grade stories and Greg Heffley’s latest disasters. Enjoy diary-style storytelling built around an epic self-thrown birthday party. Want school-and-family comedy set in the wonderfully chaotic Wimpy Kid universe. Like quick, illustrated reads packed with gags, mishaps and big laughs. Over the years, Greg Heffley has chronicled his mishaps and misadventures in a series of diaries – make that journals – but book 20 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Partypooper, really takes the cake! Expect gobs of fun and over-the-top antics as Greg throws an epic birthday party for none other than himself. So come celebrate and laugh alongside Greg, his family, and the entire world of Wimpy Kid fans.
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5. Bunny Vs Monkey: Intergalactic Monkey Business
by Jamie Smart
€12.99
Ideal for readers who: Love graphic novels packed with slapstick humour Enjoy stories where a new arrival throws everything into chaos Like adventures that leap from The Woods to outer space Want a fast, funny read bursting with visual gags There's a new mischief-maker in The Woods - Little Monkey! A smaller, cuter, and even stranger Monkey than our beloved chaos-causer. But as Bunny and friends try to work out his motives, they are led far from the woods - into outer space. And on Planet Monkey, the laughs are positively intergalactic!
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9. The Catastrophic Friendship Fails of Lottie Brooks
by Katie Kirby
€8.99
Ideal for readers who: Love illustrated school stories full of friendship fallouts and near disasters Enjoy heroines navigating crushes, musicals and mean-girl politics Are drawn to books where comedy sits alongside real social anxiety Want a fast, funny read with strong diary-style personality Lottie is back for spring term and determined to move past old humiliations, but Kingswood High is still a minefield. A role in the school musical offers the chance to impress her crush, yet the bigger problem is closer to home as her friendships with Molly and Jess begin to wobble. Katie Kirby keeps the humour broad and accessible, but she is equally good on the panic of trying to hold a friendship group together. Readers who loved the first book will find the same comic voice here, sharpened by more social complication.
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11. Lottie Brooks's Totally Disastrous School Trip
by Katie Kirby
€8.99
Lottie Brooks continues to navigate the many perils of growing up in this fantastically funny illustrated series for a 9-12 audience, filled with friendship, embarrassing moments and plenty of lols. Woe is me. So much is wrong in my life... Still look like a tomato Am stuck indoors whilst my friends go bowling without me (rude) My parents are leaving me to go out on a 'Date Night'. GROSS! After a summer of meeting handsome French boys and getting a tiny bit sunburnt. OK, fine - a lot sunburnt, Lottie's heading off on a week-long residential school trip. A whole week away from embarrassing parents and Toby's tasty air biscuits! But the trip soon turns into a total disaster. The other girls staying at the camp are MEGA-MEAN, best friend Jess is spending all her time with new girl Isha, and Lottie's diary gets stolen! Who knew a school trip could cause so much DRAMA?! Perfect for fans of Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, Dork Diaries and Wimpy Kid. Readers LOVE Lottie Brooks: My daughter couldn't put it down and read it in 2 days. Read at breakfast, walking downstairs, tea time, in the bath. My 9-year-old daughter devoured it in two nights, and all I could hear from her was giggling and the occasional "Mum! Listen to this! This is SO me!". My 12 year old reluctant reader took this book, read 100 pages in one night and proclaimed it 'the best book ever' Katie has managed to capture the essence of what this group think and feel in a positive, life-affirming fashion' Have you read all of Lottie's embarrassing diaries? Book 1: The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks Book 2: The Catastrophic Friendship Fails of Lottie Brooks Book 3: The Mega-Complicated Crushes of Lottie Brooks Book 4: Lottie Brooks's Totally Disastrous School-Trip Book 5: The Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie Brooks Book 6: The Majorly Awkward BFF Dramas of Lottie Brooks Book 8: Lottie Brooks Vs The Ultra Mean Girls Other books from the world of Lottie Brooks: Book 7: Lottie Brooks's Totally Essential Guide to Life
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13. Kid Potato: Welcome to my World
by Neil Coslett
€9.49
🥔 🤪💥🥔 🤪💥 Meet Kid Potato! 🥔 🤪💥🥔 🤪💥 He's a totally regular kid . . . except he's a potato. Join him and his friends in FIVE spud-tacularly funny, bite-size and utterly pointless adventures, perfect for fans of Dav Pilkey and Jamie Smart! Bursting with illustrations on every page, this series is ideal for visual kids, newly confident and reluctant readers, or kids (and adults) who love to LOL. Expect: 👽 Alien invasions 🚽Robot toilets 🧛Eating cheese with the forces of evil 🎳Epic bowling battles 🤯Vanishing pets 🎉 Awesome friendships ✏️ A snot maze AND a Draw Your Own activity in the back Don't believe this is the most HILARIOUS book ever? Check out these sMASHing reviews from ACTUAL kid readers and their parents: "Loved this booked. It was so funny and silly." - Toppsta reviewer, age 7 "Funny, silly and gross - exactly what appeals to children's sense of humour." - Toppsta reviewer, read to kids aged 9 and 6 "I loved this book because it is really funny and it has brilliant cartoon pictures. If you like Dogman and Captain Underpants then you will definitely love this book. I felt really happy after reading it. I read it again straight away!" - Toppsta reviewer, age 10 "This book was hilarious and it was really easy to read. Couldn't put it down it was the funniest book we've read so far." - Toppsta reviewer, read to kid aged 8 "AMAZING ! I loved the pet day story. Kid potato is sooooo funny." - Toppsta reviewer, age 9 "This book was so good I read it then started all over again! I love that it is a comic strip with lots of really funny pictures, it was really fun to read and the characters made me laugh a lot. It has five short stories in it so they are really quick to read." - Toppsta reviewer, age 6 Ideal for readers who... love laugh-out-loud, silly humour and cartoon-style stories with loads of pictures are fans of Dav Pilkey and Jamie Smart prefer quick, bite-size adventures that feel easy to finish and fun to reread are newly confident readers or reluctant readers who do best with visual storytelling enjoy chaotic fun, weird monsters, gross-out gags, and brilliant friendships
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16. Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder
by Dav Pilkey
€9.49
The instant Number One bestseller, now in paperback! Our canine superhero returns in DOG MAN: THE SCARLET SHEDDER, the suspenseful and hilarious twelfth graphic novel in the series by award-winning author and illustrator Dav Pilkey. P.U.! Dog Man got sprayed by a skunk! After being dunked in tomato juice, the stink is gone but the scarlet red colour remains. Now exiled, this spunky superhero must struggle to save the citizens who shunned him.
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17. The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks
by Katie Kirby
€8.99
Ideal for readers who: Love funny diary-style stories about starting secondary school Enjoy heroines whose embarrassment feels huge and completely believable Are drawn to friendship drama, family chaos and eccentric pets Want an illustrated read with a warm, sharply comic voice Lottie Brooks is eleven and three quarters and convinced her life is already over as secondary school looms. Katie Kirby uses that exaggerated sense of catastrophe brilliantly, building a story full of friendship worries, body-conscious panic and the kind of everyday humiliation that feels enormous at that age. The diary format and illustrations keep the pace lively, while details like Lottie’s hamsters give the book extra personality. It is an ideal choice for readers who like their school stories funny, candid and emotionally spot-on.
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18. Harry Potter And The Philosopher'S Stone
by J. K. Rowling
€8.99
Ideal for readers who: Love children’s fantasy that opens the door to a richly imagined world Are ready for a boy wizard’s first step into secrets, spells and friendship Want Hogwarts, Privet Drive and a castle full of wonder vividly brought to life Enjoy classic middle-grade adventures packed with humour, heart and pure escapism Loved by millions of readers worldwide, let the first story in the greatest children's book series of all time take you on an unforgettable journey. The hope and wonder of Harry Potter's world will make you want to escape to Hogwarts again and again. The magic starts here! Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin. J.K. Rowling's enduringly popular Harry Potter books continue to captivate new generations of readers. Harry's first adventure alongside his friends, Ron and Hermione, will whisk you away to Hogwarts, an enchanted, turreted castle filled with disappearing staircases, pearly-white ghosts and magical paintings that flit from frame to frame. This gorgeous paperback edition features a spectacular cover by award-winning artist Jonny Duddle, as well as refreshed bonus material including fun facts exploring the origins of names such as Albus Dumbledore, Hedwig and other favourite characters. Get ready for the magical journey of a lifetime! SORTING - SPELLS - SECRETS Seven magical stories, one epic adventure. Praise for the Harry Potter books: 'That rare thing, a series of stories adored by parents and children alike.' - Daily Telegraph 'A phenomenon … Grown men in suits have been spotted with them on trains. Parents squabble over who gets to read them to the kids, and teachers say a chapter can silence the most rowdy of classes.' - Guardian 'One of the greatest literary adventures of modern times.' - Sunday Telegraph 'Spellbinding, enchanting, bewitching stuff.' - Mirror 'The only thing wrong with it is that you can't put it down.' - Fiona Chadwick, 9 years old 'It is very funny. I would love to be Harry and make up some magic spell to play on my teachers.' - Tom El-Shawk, 11 years old 'My mum loved it so much she would not let my dad read any of it to me.' - Alexander Benn, 7 and 9¼ years old 'It's for all ages and it's brilliant.' - Katrina Farrant, 10 years old
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19. Lottie Brooks Vs The Ultra Mean Girls
by Katie Kirby
€12.99
Ideal for readers who: Love diary-style stories full of school disasters, crushes and friendship drama. Are here for Lottie Brooks facing social politics at their meanest. Want tween chaos, humiliations and plotting brought to life with humour. Enjoy illustrated middle-grade books that are wildly relatable and very funny. From hilarious MEGA bestselling author, Katie Kirby, comes a brand-new diary in the phenomenal Lottie Brooks series! Today we brainstormed strategies to #GETAMBERBACK. Our top ideas are: Send her flowers Hypnotise her Kidnap her Tell everyone she smells like lasagne Emotionally blackmail her by making a BFF photo montage Just when Lottie thought life might be going back to normal, everything goes wrong again! Amber's hanging out with the Ultra Mean Girl Gang at school and is completely ignoring the Queens of Eight Green. Mum's gone back to work and expects Lottie to 'help around the house more', Bella keeps biting everyone and Pot Noodle will not stop sniffing every dog's bum. DISASTER! Now Lottie has to come up with a foolproof plan to get Amber back before her friendship group is destroyed forever. What could go wrong? Join Lottie as she battles the mean girls, takes on school injections (apparently they can go through your arm!), and even more extremely embarrassing moments. Readers LOVE Lottie Brooks: My daughter couldn't put it down and read it in 2 days. Read at breakfast, walking downstairs, tea time, and in the bath. My 9-year-old daughter devoured it in two nights, and all I could hear from her was giggling and the occasional ""Mum! Listen to this! This is SO me!"". My 12-year-old reluctant reader took this book, read 100 pages in one night, and proclaimed it 'the best book ever' Katie has managed to capture the essence of what this group thinks and feels in a positive, life-affirming fashion. Have you read all of Lottie's embarrassing diaries? Book 1: The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks Book 2: The Catastrophic Friendship Fails of Lottie Brooks Book 3: The Mega Complicated Crushes of Lottie Brooks Book 4: The Disastrous School Trip of Lottie Brooks Book 5: The Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie Brooks Book 6: The Majorly Awkward BFF Dramas of Lottie Brooks Other books from the world of Lottie Brooks: Lottie Brooks's Essential Guide to Life
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20. Bunny Vs Monkey: The Impossible Pig
by Jamie Smart
€9.49
G et ready for chaos and laughter with Bunny vs Monkey: The Impossible Pig by Jamie Smart! The forest has never been wilder! Bunny and his friends are back in an action-packed, hilarious new adventure as they face their biggest challenge yet—the Impossible Pig! With Monkey causing mayhem and Pig’s mysterious powers turning everything upside down, it’s up to Bunny and his pals to save the day. From silly schemes to outlandish inventions, every page is bursting with laughter, epic battles, and Jamie Smart’s signature humor and quirky illustrations. Perfect for fans of graphic novels, comic adventures, and crazy animal antics, Bunny vs Monkey: The Impossible Pig is a treat for kids aged 7+ and anyone who loves a good laugh. Whether you’re a long-time fan or new to the world of Bunny vs Monkey, this latest installment will keep you hooked with its non-stop fun and unforgettable characters. Join Bunny, Monkey, and the gang in a forest adventure unlike any other—where anything can happen, and probably will!
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