CHECK OUT THE BOOKS I’VE READ IN 2023.

(KEY: GN = GRAPHIC NOVEL// YA = YOUNG ADULT// MG = MIDDLE GRADE//PB = PICTURE BOOK)

PLEASE NOTE: ANY AGE GUIDES ARE MY OWN OPINION. IT IS ALWAYS BEST TO READ AND CHECK YOURSELVES!

The Kingdom Over the Sea – Zohra Nabi (MG – 9+)

The Night Animals – Sarah Ann Juckes (MG – 8+)

Monster Hunting: Monsters Bite Back – Ian Mark (MG – 7+)

Paper Boat, Paper Bird – David Almond (MG – 8+)

Villains Academy – Ryan Hammond (MG – 7+)

Pandemonium – Chris Wooding (GN – 9+)

My Dad Is Definitely Not A Crime Lord – Ben Davis (MG – 9+)

Jamie – L.D. Lapinski (MG – 9+)

Wilder than Midnight – Cerrie Burnell (MG – 8+)

The Midnight Game – Cynthia Murphy (YA)

Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow – Benjamin Dean (MG – 9+)

Rainbow Grey: Battle for the Skies – Laura Ellen Anderson (MG – 8+)

Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy – Angie Thomas (MG – 9+)

Beware the Hellhound – T.S. Easton (MG – 7+)

Juniper Mae: Knight of Tykotech City – Sarah Soh (GN – 9+)

Captain America: The Ghost Army – Alan Gratz (GN – 9+)

Hansel and Gretel – Neil Gaiman (MG/YA – 10+)

Glitter Boy – Ian Eagleton (MG – 9+)

Where the Light Goes – Sara Barnard (YA)

The Marvellers – Dhonielle Clayton (MG – 9+)

This Is My Truth – Yasmin Rahman (YA)

Lost on Gibbon Island – Jess Butterworth (MG – 8+)

Alex Neptune, Pirate Hunter – David Owen (MG – 8+)

Boss of Everyone – Danny Wallace (MG – 8+)

The Black Queen – Jumata Emill (YA)

The Nowhere Thief – Alice M Ross (MG – 8+)

Agent Moose 3: Operation Owl (GN – 6+)

Agents of S.U.I.T – Pat Lewis (GN – 7+)

Welcome to St Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure – Lewis Hancox (GN – YA)

The Stories Grandma Forgot – Nadine Aisha Jassat (MG – 9+)

Parachute Kids – Betty Tang (GN – 9+)

Vivi Conway and the Sword of Legend – Lizzie Huxley Jones (MG – 8+)

Malcolm Kid and the Perfect Song – Austin Paramore (GN – 10+)

Clutch – MG Leonard (MG – 8+)

Stink – Jenny McLachlan (MG – 7+)

Oh Maya Gods – Maz Evans (MG – 8+)

The (Un)Fortunate Wishes of Nelly Young – Beth Garrod (MG – 10+)

Interdimensional Explorers – Lorraine Gregory (MG – 8+)

Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Ruling the World – Louie Stowell (MG – 8+)

Squished – Megan Wagner Lloyd (GN – 10+)

Lights – Brenna Thummler (GN – 12+)

The Stormy Life of Scarlett Fife – Maz Evans (MG – 7+)

Quinnelope and the Cookie King Catastrophe – HF Brownfield (GN – 6+)

Away with Words – Sophie Cameron (MG – 8+)

The Magician’s Daughter – Caryl Lewis (MG – 8+)

Freestyle – Gale Galligan (GN – 9+)

Leon the Extraordinary – Jamar Nicholas (GN – 9+)

The First Shadowdragon – Lee Newbery (MG – 8+)

Kofi and the Rap Battle Summer – Jeffrey Boakye (MG – 9+)

Friendship Never Ends (MG/YA – 11+)

Finding My Voice – Aoife Dooley (GN – 10+)

Lost in NYC: A Subway Adventure – Nadja Spiegelman (GN – 8+)