Middle Grade Novels of 2016

Middle Grade due to release in 2016!

Middle grade fiction is defined as novels with characters aged 8-13 or novels intended for that audience/age range. Please don't add YA or NA— there are other lists for those.

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Middle Grade Novels by Year:
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

Young Adult Books by Year:
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
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4.32 avg rating — 101,357 ratings
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3.97 avg rating — 53,603 ratings
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4.37 avg rating — 269 ratings
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4.25 avg rating — 528 ratings
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4.12 avg rating — 88,347 ratings
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4.23 avg rating — 133,728 ratings
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4.19 avg rating — 17,765 ratings
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4.29 avg rating — 207 ratings
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4.14 avg rating — 200 ratings
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3.95 avg rating — 1,409 ratings
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3.68 avg rating — 555 ratings
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4.19 avg rating — 25,099 ratings
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4.05 avg rating — 1,682 ratings
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4.09 avg rating — 23,968 ratings
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3.87 avg rating — 7,309 ratings
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4.27 avg rating — 184 ratings
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4.82 avg rating — 71 ratings
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3.98 avg rating — 422 ratings
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4.75 avg rating — 24 ratings
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4.09 avg rating — 2,931 ratings
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3.99 avg rating — 211 ratings
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3.65 avg rating — 235 ratings
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4.35 avg rating — 3,871 ratings
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3.61 avg rating — 1,201 ratings
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4.18 avg rating — 3,217 ratings
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3.88 avg rating — 417 ratings
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4.39 avg rating — 2,984 ratings
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4.08 avg rating — 4,480 ratings
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4.08 avg rating — 394 ratings
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3.69 avg rating — 519 ratings
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3.82 avg rating — 28 ratings
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4.23 avg rating — 3,352 ratings
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3.70 avg rating — 2,732 ratings
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4.10 avg rating — 972 ratings
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3.74 avg rating — 1,055 ratings
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3.73 avg rating — 1,109 ratings
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4.06 avg rating — 1,319 ratings
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3.69 avg rating — 13,828 ratings
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3.86 avg rating — 304 ratings
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4.19 avg rating — 1,383 ratings
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4.18 avg rating — 283 ratings
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4.36 avg rating — 5,439 ratings
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4.23 avg rating — 941 ratings
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3.48 avg rating — 1,722 ratings
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4.51 avg rating — 842 ratings
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4.26 avg rating — 344 ratings
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605 books · 982 voters · list created May 5th, 2014 by Jasmine (votes) .
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Jasmine 10193 books
302 friends
Cindy III 9072 books
192 friends
Rainbowheart 2032 books
150 friends
Brooks 739 books
551 friends
Magnus 1228 books
16 friends
Erin 1005 books
718 friends
Nate 1778 books
43 friends
Dana 1498 books
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Comments Showing 1-25 of 25 (25 new)

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message 1: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Hope you don't mind, I changed the title of this list so it would match the ones for all the other years on Goodreads.


message 2: by Jasmine (new)

Jasmine I don't mind! I just started it up because I reflectively add PW deals, and there wasn't a list to add it to.


message 3: by Stephen (new)

Stephen This is awesome!


message 4: by Jasmine (new)

Jasmine Removed Blackhearts, as it's YA.


message 5: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart I'm removing Golden Girl by Mari Mancusi. It got an earlier 2015 release.


message 6: by Joyce (new)

Joyce Grant Thanks for this! Excited to see my book here! :)


message 7: by Nancy (new)

Nancy Miller Tagged Out by Joyce Grant is realistic, brave and great knowledge of baseball. Well done.

Nancy Miller


message 8: by Becky (last edited Mar 01, 2016 11:12PM) (new)

Becky B A Rambler Steals Home now says it isn't coming out till 2017. Also, Weaving a Net Is Better Than Praying for Fish is to be released 2017.


message 9: by Becky (new)

Becky B The Last Bogler was already released in Australia in 2014 under the title A Very Singular Guild.


message 10: by Jasmine (new)

Jasmine Becky wrote: "The Last Bogler was already released in Australia in 2014 under the title A Very Singular Guild."

Becky wrote: "A Rambler Steals Home now says it isn't coming out till 2017. Also, Weaving a Net Is Better Than Praying for Fish is to be released 2017."

Thank you!


message 11: by Gremlin (last edited May 23, 2016 10:18AM) (new)

Gremlin Could someone remove The Golden Compass from this list? Clearly not a 2016 release! :)

(currently at position 196)


message 12: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart I deleted The Golden Compass. Thanks for helping to keep the list in good shape!


message 13: by C. (new)

C. McKenzie HI! While I love seeing Double Negative doing so well on this great list, it isn't a Middle Grade book. Is there a way to put it on a Young Adult list? I'd hate for someone to think they were getting warm and fuzzy, then find out that this story is about a serious teen issue.


message 14: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Thanks for the heads up! I removed that one plus a bunch of other non-2016, non-middle grade releases.


message 15: by Suzy (new)

Suzy Davies Super-excited to see "Snugs The Snow Bear" on this list!


message 16: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Jasmine, how do you feel about self promotion on these lists? I see an author's 58 sockpuppets just spammed a self pubbed title to the second place spot.


message 17: by Jasmine (new)

Jasmine Rainbowheart wrote: "Jasmine, how do you feel about self promotion on these lists? I see an author's 58 sockpuppets just spammed a self pubbed title to the second place spot."

I talked to the author, Rainbowheart. It appears to be not sockpuppets as much as family and indie author mutual-aid societies. As the book does fit the criteria of the list, I didn't feel right about taking it off, and there isn't a way to drop it back down to the 50s, where reviewers got it.


message 18: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Cool, just wanted to let you know. I think the only way is to have more people vote for the other top books to bump this one back down. Frustrating when authors decide to use these lists for self promotion, though. That's not what they're intended for.


message 19: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Removed The Inhabitant of Alexis O'Riley, South by Southeast, Dear Sister, The Shadow Clock, Better Off Undead, Ronald Zupan & the Pirates of Borneo, The Book of Daniel, and The Tidings Tree, which were all delayed from their original 2016 release dates.


message 20: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Did some cleanup on this list and removed Burn, Heartless, Wonder, The Forgetting, The Fourth Sage, and Lab Girl, which are all non-2016/non-middle grade titles.


message 21: by Jasmine (new)

Jasmine Rainbowheart wrote: "Did some cleanup on this list and removed Burn, Heartless, Wonder, The Forgetting, The Fourth Sage, and Lab Girl, which are all non-2016/non-middle grade titles."
Thank you!


message 22: by Dominik (new)

Dominik I agree this is awesome never would have found books of my favorite genre without this list


message 23: by Dominik (new)

Dominik :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)


message 24: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Removed several non-2016 releases.


message 25: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Removed Blood and Fire by Marcus Alexander. This is a 2014 release.


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