Pilkey, Kinney Dominate Albany's Top Middle Grades
Albany, NY – According to the Albany Library in New York, the library’s top middle grades fiction list for 2025 is led by works from Dav Pilkey and Jeff Kinney. The featured titles include a number of "Dog Man" books and "Cat Kid Comic Club" titles.
The list begins with "Dog Man Big Jim Begins" by Dav Pilkey, followed by "Dog Man The Scarlet Shepher" and "Dog Man Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea," both also by Pilkey. Dav Pilkey’s "Cat Kid Comic Club Influencers" appears next.
Other titles on the list are "Dog Man Grime and Punishment" by Dav Pilkey, which is noted alongside Pilkey’s "Cat Kid Comic Club Perspectives." Jeff Kinney's "Diary of a Wimpy Kid Hot Mess" is also included. The list returns to Dav Pilkey with "Dog Man" and concludes with "Cat Kid Comic Club Collaborations" by the same author.
These titles are noted as the most frequently checked-out middle grades fiction books at the library.
Source: Albany NY Library
Source Type: Library
Source Location: Albany
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