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 (31 May to 7 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. 1985: A Novel by Dominic HoeyPenguin Group (NZ) - $38
  4. Delirious by Damien WilkinsTe Herenga Waka University Press - $38
  5. See How They Fall by Rachel ParisHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  6. The Bookshop Detectives 1: Dead Girl Gone - B Format by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $26
  7. The Good Mistress by Anne TiernanHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  8. Black Silk and Buried Secrets by Deborah ChallinorHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $37.99
  9. Sea Change by Jenny PattrickDavid Bateman Ltd - $37.99
  10. The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $38

Non-Fiction Adults

  1. A Different Kind of Power: A memoir by Jacinda ArdernPenguin Group (NZ) - $59.99
  2. Dr Libby Fix Iron First by Dr LibbyLittle Green Frog Publishing Ltd - $39.95
  3. Three Wee Bookshops at the End of the World by Ruth ShawAllen & Unwin - $39.99
  4. Whānau: Reo Māori Phrases to Share With the People You Love by Donovan FarnhamHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $29.99
  5. End Your Fight with Food: How to change your eating habits for good by Claire TurnbullAllen & Unwin - $36.99
  6. Full Circle: A personal story of reconnection to te ao Māori by Jenny-May ClarksonHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $19.99
  7. No Words for This by Ali MauHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
  8. Everyday Comfort Food by Vanya InsullAllen & Unwin - $39.99
  9. The Bookseller at the End of the World by Ruth ShawAllen & Unwin - $38.99
  10. The Last Secret Agent by Pippa LatourAllen & Unwin - $37.99

Children and Young Adults

  1. Matariki Around the World: a Cluster of Stars, a Cluster of Stories by Miriama KamoScholastic New Zealand Limited - $34.99
  2. My Matariki Colouring and Activity Book by Isobel Joy Te Aho-WhiteScholastic New Zealand Limited - $17.99
  3. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
  4. Where is Hairy Maclary? by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
  5. Hairy Maclary Treasury: The Complete Adventures of Hairy Maclary by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $50
  6. Hairy Maclary and Friends How Do I Feel?: A lift the flap book by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
  7. Edmonds My First Cookbook by Goodman FielderHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $27.99
  8. Matariki by Gavin BishopPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
  9. Dreamslinger: Slinger Series Book 1 by Graci KimPenguin Group (NZ) - $24
  10. Anahera: The Mighty Kiwi Mama by Ruth PaulPenguin Group (NZ) - $21

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