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Lotta, Greg and Globi: children's favourite books 2025

Oliver Fischer
23.1.2026
Translation: machine translated

More of the same - this phrase can be used to summarise the best-selling children's and young adult books of 2025. Once children have taken a liking to a world and its characters, they are not so quick to accept anything else.

Nothing new or unfamiliar! That seems to be the universal motto of parents, grandparents, godparents and godmothers when it comes to giving children books. And I can confirm this from my own experience: When my daughter reads a book, it's one that she already knows or at least from a series that she already knows, much to my dismay. In recent years, «My Lotta Life», «The School of Magical Animals» and «Petronella Applesauce» have been the favourites at home.

In the meantime, we have added «Greg's Diary», «The Three !!!» (but mainly as a radio play) and - to my personal delight - «Asterix». I would really like her to read one of the many other books that are already on our shelves, but there's nothing we can do at the moment.

The fact that she is not alone in her reading behaviour is shown by the annual bestsellers for children's and young adult books in 2025. Here, too, well-known series and multi-part books dominate. And some evergreens that have been popular for years can also be found on the list.

1. Jeff Kinney 🇺🇲

Gregs Tagebuch 20 - Bock auf Party? (German, Dietmar Schmidt, Jeff Kinney., 2025)
Children's books
CHF15.90

Gregs Tagebuch 20 - Bock auf Party?

German, Dietmar Schmidt, Jeff Kinney., 2025

2. Ravensburger 🇩🇪

Ravensburger Guinness World Records - 2026 (German, 2025)
Children's books
CHF21.70

Ravensburger Guinness World Records - 2026

German, 2025

3. Jeff Kinney 🇺🇲

Greg's Diary 19 - What a mess! (Jeff Kinney., German)
Audiobooks
CHF8.70

Greg's Diary 19 - What a mess!

Jeff Kinney., German

4. Daniel Frick, Jürg Lendenmann 🇨🇭

Globi bei der Müllabfuhr (German, Daniel Frick, Jürg Lendenmann, 2025)
Children's books
CHF23.70

Globi bei der Müllabfuhr

German, Daniel Frick, Jürg Lendenmann, 2025

5. Suzanne Collins 🇺🇲

Die Tribute von Panem L. Der Tag bricht an (German, Suzanne Collins, 2025)
Fiction
CHF25.70

Die Tribute von Panem L. Der Tag bricht an

German, Suzanne Collins, 2025

6. Alice Pantermüller 🇩🇪

Mein Lotta-Leben (21). Sei kein Trottel, Axolotl (German, Alice Pantermüller, 2025)
Children's books
CHF14.70

Mein Lotta-Leben (21). Sei kein Trottel, Axolotl

German, Alice Pantermüller, 2025

7. Ravensburger 🇩🇪

Ravensburger Guinness World Records 2025 (English, Collectif, 2024)
Non-fiction
CHF33.70

Ravensburger Guinness World Records 2025

English, Collectif, 2024

8. Peggy Rathmann 🇩🇪

9th Cosmos 🇩🇪

Kosmos Die drei!!!, Diebstahl im Weihnachtsdorf
Advent calendars
Quantity discount
CHF14.90

Kosmos Die drei!!!, Diebstahl im Weihnachtsdorf

10. Ravensburger 🇩🇪

tiptoi Buchstaben (German, Annette new farmer, Patrick Fix, 2023)
Children's books
CHF22.90

tiptoi Buchstaben

German, Annette new farmer, Patrick Fix, 2023

11. Orell Füssli 🇨🇭

Globine fährt ans Meer (German, Samuel Smoothingli, 2025)
Children's books
CHF23.70

Globine fährt ans Meer

German, Samuel Smoothingli, 2025

12th Mercedes Ron 🇦🇷

13th Rachel Bright 🇬🇧

Das Kamel hat schlechte Laune (German, Rachel Bright, 2025)
Children's books
CHF16.90

Das Kamel hat schlechte Laune

German, Rachel Bright, 2025

14. Joanne K. Rowling 🇬🇧

Harry Potter (Band 1) Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen (German, Joanna K. Rowling, 2007)
Children's books
CHF10.70

Harry Potter (Band 1) Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen

German, Joanna K. Rowling, 2007

15th Mercedes Ron 🇦🇷

16th Lisa Aisato 🇳🇴

17th Rachel Bright 🇬🇧

18. Kathrin Schärer🇨🇭

Alle? Nicht alle! (German, Kathrin Schärer, 2025)
Children's books
−19%
CHF14.– was CHF17.30

Alle? Nicht alle!

German, Kathrin Schärer, 2025

19th Anne Scheller 🇩🇪

Kosmos Die drei??? Kids, Bücherhelde 1. Klasse, Diebe im Tierpark (German, Anne Sheller, 2025)
Children's books
−7%
CHF9.90 was CHF10.70

Kosmos Die drei??? Kids, Bücherhelde 1. Klasse, Diebe im Tierpark

German, Anne Sheller, 2025

20th Mark-Uwe Kling 🇩🇪

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