2014 BEST YA SERIES

Here are the Most Popular Book Series for 2014 (as reported by the New York Times).   We have linked to our "support pages" (where they exist). 

These pages have detailed reading level information and more. 

Updated September 2014

**** a new feature, we now show Weeks on NYTimes Best Seller List in blue
*** Note that in alphabetizing, we ignore 'the' in titles
** Bold/RED = new books on the Best Seller list
*You can find the original NYT list here.

whofors:
(Kids+) = okay for any age.
(Tweens+) = a book okay for Tweens and the young at heart.
(Some Tweens) = might have some more violence or scary elements, cursing than some Tweens prefer.
(MG+) = MG is short for middle-grader, a term that's beginning to be used more and more by librarians and publishers. MG books are typically targeting younger-Young Adults -- ages 13 to 15/16. Books for this group might have more violence, some mild cursing, and more tension/excitement in the story than some Tweens prefer.
(Some MG) = indicates a book that we believe might not be right for all Middle-graders.
(YA+) = These books are likely to have one of the following that will make it not appropriate for all Young Adults:

• Sex
• Cursing
• Extreme dark tone or very scary
• A lot of violence
• other 'adult behaviors' such as prostitution, drug use...

THE BOOKS!

1. ASCENDANCE TRILOGY   Week - 1
2. BANE CHRONICLES  Weeks - 5
3. BEAUTIFUL CREATURES Weeks 33
4. BIG NATE  Weeks - 95
5. BLOODLINES   Weeks -10
6. CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS  Weeks - 52
7. CHRONICLES OF NICK  Weeks - 5
8. DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE   Week - 1
9. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID  Weeks - 289
10. DIVERGENT Weeks- 47
11. DORK DIARIES  Weeks - 103  
12. EVER AFTER HIGH  Week - 2
13. GIVER QUARTET Weeks - 56
14. GRISHA TRILOGY  Weeks - 2
15. HARRY POTTER  Weeks - 309
16. HEROES OF OLYMPUS Weeks - 73
17. HUNGER GAMES Weeks - 206
18. I AM NUMBER FOUR  Weeks - 22
19. I SURVIVED  Week - 2
20. KINGDOM KEEPERS  Weeks - 11
21. LAND OF STORIES  Weeks -4
22. LEGEND Weeks - 11
23. LUX Weeks - 152
24. LUNNAR CHRONICLES Weeks- 4
25. MAGIC TREE HOUSE Weeks - 276
26. MAZE RUNNER Weeks -101
27. MICKEY BOLITAR   Weeks - 1
28. MIDDLE SCHOOL  Weeks - 13
29. MORTAL INSTRUMENTS Weeks - 157
30. NEVER GIRLS  Week - 1
31. NANCY CLANCY   Week - 1
32. ORIGAMI YODA Weeks- 25
33. PARTIALS SEQUENCE Weeks- 1
34. PERCY JACKSON and THE OLYMPIANS Weeks - 344
35. PRETTY LITTLE LIARS
36. SEA BREEZE  Weeks -7
37. SEVEN WONDERS  Week - 1
38. SHATTER ME Week - 1
39. SHIVER TRILOGY  Weeks - 6
40. SPIRIT ANIMALS  Week - 2
41. SWEET  Week - 1
42. THEODORE BOONE  Week - 14
43. THE NEVER GIRLS   Week - 1
44. THE SELECTION   Weeks - 17
45. THRONE OF GLASS Week - 2
46. UNDER THE NEVER SKY Week - 1
47. VAMPIRE ACADEMY Weeks - 55
48. WARRIORS Weeks - 118
49. WHATEVER AFTER  Week - 1
50. WINGS OF FIRE Weeks - 2
51. Wolves of Mercy Falls (See SHIVER TRILOGY)

ASCENDANCE TRILOGY  (YA+)
by Jennifer A. Nielsen
List coming. Books are at the 5th Grade reading level.

BANE CHRONICLES    (YA+)
by Cassandra Clare
There is no reading information available for this series. 

BEAUTIFUL CREATURES  (some MG & YA+)
by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Books are at the 4th Grade reading level.  For specific numbers see our support page.

BIG NATE (some Tweens, MG+)
by Lincoln Peirce
Books are at the AR 2 and 3 levels.  See Nate's support page for specifics.

BLOODLINES  (YA+)
by Richelle Mead
Books are at the 5th Grade reading level.  For specific numbers see Bloodline's support page. 

CHRONICLES OF NICK (YA+)
by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Books are at the AR 4 level. For specific numbers see our Chronicles of Nick support page.

DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE  (YA+)
by Laini Taylor
Books are at the AR 5 and 6 levels.


DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (Tweens+)
by Jeff Kinney

Books are at the 5th Grade level. For specific numbers see the Wimpy Kid Resource Page.

DIVERGENT (YA+)
by Veronica Roth
Books are at high AR 4, low AR 5 level. For specific numbers see the Divergent Resource page.

DORK DIARIES (Tweens+)
by Rachel Renee RussellBooks are at the AR 4 and 5 levels. For specific numbers see the Support Page.

GIVER QUARTET (Some MG and YA+)
by Lois Lowry
Three books are at the AR 5 levels.One is AR 4.  To see specific numbers visit the support page.

GRISHA TRILOGY  (YA+)
under construction

HARRY POTTER (some Tweens, MG & YA+)
by J. K. Rowling
Books are at the AR 5, 6 and 7 levels. For specifics see Harry's support page.

HEROES OF OLYMPUS (some Tweens, MG & YA+)
by Rick Riordan
Books are at the AR 4 level.  For specifics on this and other Rick Riordan books see our support page.

HUNGER GAMES (some MG & YA+)
by Suzanne Collins
Books are at the AR 5 level. Support page here.

I AM NUMBER FOUR  (YA)
by Pittacus Lore
Books are at the AR 4 and 5 levels.  For specifics on all books in the series see the support page.

I SURVIVED
by Lauren Tarshis
List coming. Books are at AR 3, 4, and 5 levels.


KINGDOM KEEPERS (some Tweens, MG+)
by Ridley Pearson
Books are at the AR 4 and 5 levels


LAND OF STORIES (some Tweens, MG+)
by Chris Colfer
Books in this series are at the AR5 levels. See the LoS support page.

LEGEND 
by Marie Lu
Books in this series are at the AR 4 and 5 levels. See the Legend support page.


LUX
under construction

LUNAR CHRONICLES
by Marissa Meyer
Books are at the AR 5 level.  For specifics see the support page.

MAGIC TREE HOUSE (Kids+)
by Mary Pope Osborne
MTH has something for everyone. Adventure, mild humor, and history around every corner. Teachers love and use this series which kids adore.
Books are at the AR 2, 3 and 4 levels

MAZE RUNNER Series (MG & YA+)
by James Dashner
Books are at the AR 5 level.  For specifics see the support page.


MICKEY BOLITAR
under construction

MIDDLE SCHOOL (MG)
by Chris Tebbetts and James Patterson
Books are at the AR 4 level.  For specifics see the support page.

MORTAL INSTRUMENTS (YA+)
by Cassandra Clare
Books are at the AR 5 level.  For quiz numbers and more see the support page.

NANCY CLANCY
by Jane O'Connor
These easy chapter books are at the AR 3 level.  For quiz numbers and more see the support page.

ORIGAMI YODA
by Tom Angleberger
Books are at the AR 4 level.  For quiz numbers and more see the support page.

PARTIALS SEQUENCE
by Dan Wells
Books are at the AR 6 level.  To go to Amazon click here.

PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (some Tweens, MG+)
by Rick Riordan
Books are at the AR 4 level. For specifics see our Rick Riordan support page.

 PRETTY LITTLE LIARS (YA+)
by Sara Shepard
Books are at the AR 4 and 5 levels. For specific numbers see the Pretty Little Liars support page.

SEA BREEZE  (YA+)
by Abbi Glines
No reading information available for any of the books in this series.

SEVEN WONDERS
by Peter Lerangis
Books are at the AR 4 level. (list is in the works)
 
SHATTER ME
by Tahereh Mafi
Books are at the AR 4 and AR 5 levels. For specifics see the support page.

SHIVER
by Maggie Stiefvater
Books are at the AR 4 and AR 5 levels. For specifics see the support page.



SPIRIT ANIMALS 
by various authors, including Brandon Mull & Garth Nix, Maggie Stiefvater and more.
List coming.  Books are at the AR 3, 4, 5 levels.

SWEET TRILOGY
by Wendy Higgins
SWEET EVIL is at AR 4.6 with 16 point/AR Quiz 157864. No other reading info available on the other books.

THEODORE BOONE: KID DETECTIVE series  (MG+)
by John Grisham
Books are at the AR 5 level. For specific numbers see the Boone support page.

THE NEVER GIRLS (Kids)
by Kiki Thorpe
Books are at the AR 3 level.


THE SELECTION   (YA)
by Kiera Cass
Books are at the AR 4 level. For specifics see the support page.

THRONE OF GLASS
by Sarah J. Maas
Books are at the AR 5 level. For specific numbers see the support page.

UNDER THE NEVER SKY (YA)
by Veronica Rossi
Books are at the AR 4 level. For specifics see the support page.

VAMPIRE ACADEMY   (YA+)
by Richelle Mead
Books are at the AR 4 and 5 level.


WARRIORS
under construction

WHATEVER AFTER
by Sarah Mlynowski (Scholastic)
Books are at the AR 2 and AR 3 levels.

WINGS OF FIRE    (MG)
by Tui T. Sutherland
List coming. Books are at the AR 5 level.


 See our other Must Read book lists!