Aotearoa New Zealand Bestseller ListsNgā Rārangi Pukapuka Pai Rawa Atu o Aotearoa

The latest bestsellers from around New Zealand.

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (5 July to 12 July 2025).

Charts produced by NielsenIQ BookScan NZ using sales data from the NZ panel of participating booksellers.

© NielsenIQ BookScan NZ 2025

Fiction - Adults

  1. The Book of Guilt by Catherine ChidgeyTe Herenga Waka University Press - $38
  2. The Bookshop Detectives 2: Tea and Cake and Death by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $38
  3. The Bookshop Detectives 1: Dead Girl Gone - B Format by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $26
  4. See How They Fall by Rachel ParisHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  5. The Tour: Washed up, broke, and talentless... it's showtime! by Falstaff Dowling-MitchellFalstaff Books - $30
  6. Delirious by Damien WilkinsTe Herenga Waka University Press - $38
  7. 1985: A Novel by Dominic HoeyPenguin Group (NZ) - $38
  8. Sick Power Trip by Erik KennedyTe Herenga Waka University Press - $30
  9. Black Silk and Buried Secrets by Deborah ChallinorHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $37.99
  10. The Good Mistress by Anne TiernanHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99

Non-Fiction Adults

  1. A Different Kind of Power: A memoir by Jacinda ArdernPenguin Group (NZ) - $59.99
  2. Leading Under Pressure by Ian FosterHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
  3. No, I Don't Get Danger Money: Confessions of an Accidental War Correspondent by Lisette ReymerAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  4. Māori Millionaire by Te Kahukura BoyntonPenguin Group (NZ) - $35
  5. Dr Libby Fix Iron First by Dr LibbyLittle Green Frog Publishing Ltd - $39.95
  6. Mātauranga Māori by Sir Hirini Moko MeadHuia Publishers - $45
  7. Whānau by Donovan FarnhamHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $29.99
  8. A Dim Prognosis by Ivor PopovichAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  9. Atua Wāhine: The ancient wisdom of Maori goddesses by Hana TapiataHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $36.99
  10. Hononga: A guide to a more connected, satisfying and authentic life by Tracy ManuDavid Bateman Ltd - $39.99

Children and Young Adults

  1. Moto Mike the Motorbike (Nee Naw and Friends) by Deano YipadeeScholastic New Zealand Limited - $21.99
  2. ELLIE COPTER: NEE NAW AND FRIENDS: 2021 by Deano YipadeeScholastic New Zealand Limited - $21.99
  3. Pukeko Who-keko? by Toby MorrisPenguin Group (NZ) - $21
  4. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
  5. Hairy Maclary and Friends: Little Learning Library: 4 books in 1 by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
  6. The Secret Green by Sonya WilsonAllen & Unwin - $24.99
  7. The New Zealand School Holidays Activity Book by Aleksandra SzmidtHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $
  8. Spark Hunter by Sonya WilsonAllen & Unwin - $24.99
  9. Hairy Maclary and Friends How Do I Feel?: A lift the flap book by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
  10. Where is Hairy Maclary? by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99

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