Wednesday, March 20, 2013

The Bestselling Children's Books of 2012

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Without a doubt, Suzanne Collins's Hunger Games trilogy was the story of the year. Its performance far exceeded that of all other books for children and teens, with an astounding 27.7 million copies sold in 2012. 

Other bestselling franchises of note: Rick Riordan's various myth-based series sold a combined 5.6 million copies; a combined 2.7 million copies sold of James Patterson's assorted series; 2.1 million copies sold of Rachel Renée Russell's Dork Diaries; two million copies of the first two books in Veronica Roth's Divergent trilogy; and 1.4 million Big Nate books by Lincoln Peirce. Want more? Read on for the  rest of the big sellers.

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