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 (24 May to 31 May 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. Delirious by Damien WilkinsTe Herenga Waka University Press - $38
  4. See How They Fall by Rachel ParisHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  5. 1985: A Novel by Dominic HoeyPenguin Group (NZ) - $38
  6. Black Silk and Buried Secrets by Deborah ChallinorHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $37.99
  7. The Bookshop Detectives 1: Dead Girl Gone - B Format by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $26
  8. Sea Change by Jenny PattrickDavid Bateman Ltd - $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. Dr Libby Fix Iron First by Dr LibbyLittle Green Frog Publishing Ltd - $39.95
  2. Whānau: Reo Māori Phrases to Share With the People You Love by Donovan FarnhamHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $29.99
  3. Everyday Comfort Food by Vanya InsullAllen & Unwin - $39.99
  4. No Words for This by Ali MauHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
  5. Full Circle: A personal story of reconnection to te ao Māori by Jenny-May ClarksonHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $19.99
  6. Three Wee Bookshops at the End of the World by Ruth ShawAllen & Unwin - $39.99
  7. Northbound: Four seasons of solitude on Te Araroa by Naomi ArnoldHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
  8. The Last Secret Agent by Pippa LatourAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  9. High Heels and Gumboots: A city girl and a lot to learn by Rebecca HayterHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $17.99
  10. The Good Life by Gillian SwintonAllen & Unwin - $45

Children and Young Adults

  1. Dreamslinger: Slinger Series Book 1 by Graci KimPenguin Group (NZ) - $24
  2. Anahera: The Mighty Kiwi Mama by Ruth PaulPenguin Group (NZ) - $21
  3. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
  4. My Matariki Colouring and Activity Book by Isobel Joy Te Aho-WhiteScholastic New Zealand Limited - $17.99
  5. Where is Hairy Maclary? by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
  6. Matariki Around the World: a Cluster of Stars, a Cluster of Stories by Miriama KamoScholastic New Zealand Limited - $34.99
  7. Hairy Maclary Treasury: The Complete Adventures of Hairy Maclary by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $50
  8. Hairy Maclary and Friends How Do I Feel?: A lift the flap book by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
  9. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
  10. The New Zealand School Holidays Activity Book by Aleksandra SzmidtHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $

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