An amazing line-up of books on this week’s NYT bestseller list — including Scott Westerfeld’s Leviathan trilogy, making it to #2 on the list for children’s series, and a newly published collection from the late Shel Silverstein debuts at #1!
Here’s a look at this week’s list:
Children’s Chapter Books
| 1 | EVERY THING ON IT, by Shel Silverstein. (Harper/HarperCollins, $19.99.) Poems and drawings by the author of “Where the Sidewalk Ends.” (Ages 9 to 12) | 1 | |
| 2 | WONDERSTRUCK, by Brian Selznick. (Scholastic, $29.99.) In alternating stories told in words and pictures, children look for loved ones. (Ages 9 to 12) | 2 | |
| 3 | MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN, by Ransom Riggs. (Quirk Books, $17.99.) An island, an abandoned orphanage and a collection of curious photographs. (Ages 12 and up) | 16 | |
| 4 | LEGO STAR WARS CHARACTER ENCYCLOPEDIA, by Hannah Dolan with Elizabeth Dowsett, Shari Last and Victoria Taylor. (DK, $18.99.) More than 300 minifigures. (Ages 7 and up) | 1 | |
| 5 | THE POWER OF SIX, by Pittacus Lore. (HarperCollins, $17.99.) Nine Loric aliens came to Earth seeking refuge. Six remain. (Ages 14 and up) | 5 | |
| 6 | DARTH PAPER STRIKES BACK: AN ORIGAMI YODA BOOK, by Tom Angleberger. (Amulet, $12.95.) Origami Yoda to the rescue. (Ages 8 to 12) | 5 | |
| 7 | PERFECT, by Ellen Hopkins. (McElderry, $18.99.) Four teenagers’ ideas of perfection are as different as the paths they take to achieve it. (Ages 14 and up) | 2 | |
| 8 | THE THRONE OF FIRE, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion, $18.99.) The Kanes seek the sun god, Ra; Book 2 of the Kane Chronicles. (Ages 10 and up) | 21 | |
| 9 | MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE WORST YEARS OF MY LIFE, by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts. Illustrated by Laura Park. (Little, Brown, $15.99.) Rafe breaks every rule in the book. (Ages 8 to 12) | 13 | |
| 10 | THE UNDERDOGS, by Mike Lupica. (Philomel, $17.99.) A football team in trouble. (Ages 10 and up) | 1 | |
Children’s Series
| 1 | THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins. (Scholastic, hardcover and paper.) In a dystopian society a girl fights for survival on live TV. (Ages 12 and up) | 57 | |
| 2 | LEVIATHAN, by Scott Westerfeld. (Simon Pulse, hardcover and paper.) A round-the-world quest, aboard an airship, to end World War I. (Ages 12 and up) | 1 | |
| 3 | THE SECRET SERIES, by Pseudonymous Bosch. (Little, Brown, hardcover and paper.) Snooping sleuths suffer assaults on the senses. (Ages 8 to 12) | 2 | |
| 4 | DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney. (Abrams, hardcover only.) The travails of adolescence, in cartoons. (Ages 9 to 12) | 141 | |
| 5 | THE 39 CLUES, by various authors. (Scholastic, hardcover only.) A brother and sister search for the key to their family’s power. (Ages 9 to 12) | 90 | |
| 6 | BIG NATE, Lincoln Peirce. (HarperCollins, hardcover; Andrews McMeel, paper.) Where Nate goes, trouble is sure to follow. (Ages 8 to 12) | 34 | |
| 7 | HARRY POTTER, by J. K. Rowling. (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic, hardcover and paper.) A wizard hones his skills while fighting evil. (Ages 10 and up) | 271 | |
| 8 | DORK DIARIES, by Rachel Renée Russell. (Aladdin, hardcover only.) Nikki Maxwell navigates the halls of middle school. (Ages 9 to 13) | 15 | |
| 9 | PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion, hardcover and paper.) Children of the gods battle monsters. (Ages 9 to 12) | 220 | |
| 10 | MONSTER HIGH, by Lisi Harrison. (Poppy/Little, Brown, hardcover and paper.) Monsters brave the horrors of high school. (Ages 12 and up) |
Novel Novice 
Can I just say that Goliath is absolutely incredible?