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 (14 June to 21 June 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. See How They Fall by Rachel ParisHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  4. 1985: A Novel by Dominic HoeyPenguin Group (NZ) - $38
  5. Delirious by Damien WilkinsTe Herenga Waka University Press - $38
  6. The Bookshop Detectives 1: Dead Girl Gone - B Format by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $26
  7. Short - Poto by Michelle ElvyMassey University Press - $37
  8. Black Silk and Buried Secrets by Deborah ChallinorHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $37.99
  9. The Good Mistress by Anne TiernanHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  10. Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment by Monty SoutarDavid Bateman Ltd - $39.99

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. Whānau by Donovan FarnhamHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $29.99
  4. A Dim Prognosis by Ivor PopovichAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  5. Dr Libby Fix Iron First by Dr LibbyLittle Green Frog Publishing Ltd - $39.95
  6. Māori Millionaire by Te Kahukura BoyntonPenguin Group (NZ) - $35
  7. The Last Secret Agent by Pippa LatourAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  8. No Words for This by Ali MauHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
  9. Three Wee Bookshops at the End of the World by Ruth ShawAllen & Unwin - $39.99
  10. Inside the Wire by Rhonda Hapi-SmithHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $37.99

Children and Young Adults

  1. My Matariki Colouring and Activity Book by Isobel Joy Te Aho-WhiteScholastic New Zealand Limited - $17.99
  2. Matariki Around the World: a Cluster of Stars, a Cluster of Stories by Miriama KamoScholastic New Zealand Limited - $34.99
  3. Matariki by Gavin BishopPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
  4. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
  5. Where is Hairy Maclary? by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
  6. Hairy Maclary Treasury: The Complete Adventures of Hairy Maclary by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $50
  7. The New Zealand School Holidays Activity Book by Aleksandra SzmidtHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $
  8. Matariki ki te Ao by Miriama KamoScholastic New Zealand Limited - $27.99
  9. Dreamslinger: Slinger Series Book 1 by Graci KimPenguin Group (NZ) - $24
  10. The Little Kiwi's Matariki by Nikki Slade RobinsonDavid Ling Publishing Limited - $19.95

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