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The latest bestsellers from around New Zealand.

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (20 July to 26 July).

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 1: Dead Girl Gone - B Format by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $26
  3. Delirious by Damien WilkinsTe Herenga Waka University Press - $38
  4. The Bookshop Detectives 2: Tea and Cake and Death by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $38
  5. The Stars Are a Million Glittering Worlds by Gina ButsonAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  6. Kāwai: For Such a Time As This by Monty SoutarDavid Bateman Ltd - $39.99
  7. 1985: A Novel by Dominic HoeyPenguin Group (NZ) - $38
  8. Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment by Monty SoutarDavid Bateman Ltd - $39.99
  9. See How They Fall by Rachel ParisHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  10. Black Silk and Buried Secrets by Deborah ChallinorHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $37.99

Non-Fiction Adults

  1. A Different Kind of Power: A memoir by Jacinda ArdernPenguin Group (NZ) - $59.99
  2. Polkinghorne by Steve BrauniasAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  3. Leading Under Pressure by Ian FosterHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
  4. The Last Secret Agent by Pippa LatourAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  5. No, I Don't Get Danger Money: Confessions of an Accidental War Correspondent by Lisette ReymerAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  6. Everyday Comfort Food by Vanya InsullAllen & Unwin - $39.99
  7. Whānau by Donovan FarnhamHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $29.99
  8. Sam the Trap Man: Cracking yarns and tall tales from the bush by Sam GibsonAllen & Unwin - $45
  9. Easy Weeknight Meals 10th Anniversary Edition by My Food BagAllen & Unwin - $39.99
  10. Coach: Lessons from an All Blacks Legend by Mike CronHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99

Children and Young Adults

  1. Hairy Maclary and Friends: Little Learning Library: 4 books in 1 by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
  2. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
  3. Nine Girls by Stacy GreggPenguin Group (NZ) - $22
  4. Pukeko Who-keko? by Toby MorrisPenguin Group (NZ) - $21
  5. Where is Hairy Maclary? by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
  6. Edmonds My First Cookbook by Goodman FielderHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $27.99
  7. Hairy Maclary and Friends How Do I Feel?: A lift the flap book by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
  8. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
  9. The Case of the Missing Stuff: Violet and the Velvets Book 1 by Rachael KingAllen & Unwin - $18.99
  10. Dreamslinger: Slinger Series Book 1 by Graci KimPenguin Group (NZ) - $24

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