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The latest bestsellers from around New Zealand.

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 12 to 18 October

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (12 to 18 October).

Charts produced by NielsenIQ BookData New Zealand using sales data from the NZ panel of participating booksellers.

© NielsenIQ BookData NZ 2025

Fiction - Adults

  1. Angels of Clay by Madeleine EskedahlMatheson Bay Press - $36.99
  2. The Last Living Cannibal by Airana Ngarewa Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  3. The Vanishing Place by Zoe RankinHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  4. Julia Eichardt: a Life of Grit and Grace by Lauren RocheFlying Books Publishing - $36.99
  5. The Book of Guilt by Catherine ChidgeyTe Herenga Waka University Press - $38
  6. Where In All The World by Vanessa CroftDavid Bateman Ltd - $38.99
  7. Delirious by Damien WilkinsTe Herenga Waka University Press - $38
  8. The Bookshop Detectives 1: Dead Girl Gone - B Format by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $26
  9. Landfall Tauraka 250: Spring 2025 by Lynley EdmeadesOtago University Press - $35
  10. Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment by Monty SoutarDavid Bateman Ltd - $39.99

Non-Fiction Adults

  1. Nourish by Chelsea WinterAllen & Unwin - $49.99
  2. Nadia's Farm Kitchen by Nadia LimNude Food Inc Ltd - $55
  3. Perspective by Shaun JohnsonPenguin Group (NZ) - $40
  4. Mana by Tāme ItiAllen & Unwin - $49.99
  5. Lessons on Living by Nigel LattaHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
  6. Become Unstoppable by Gilbert EnokaPenguin Group (NZ) - $40
  7. A Different Kind of Power: A memoir by Jacinda ArdernPenguin Group (NZ) - $59.99
  8. Ara: A Māori guidebook of the mind by Dr Hinemoa ElderPenguin Group (NZ) - $30
  9. Māori Ora by Hira NathanAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  10. Edible Weeds Handbook by Andrew CrowePenguin Group (NZ) - $35

Children and Young Adults

  1. Nee Naw's Cracker Christmas by Dean O'BrienScholastic New Zealand Limited - $21.99
  2. Slinky Malinki's Christmas Crackers by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
  3. Taniwha by Gavin BishopPenguin Group (NZ) - $40
  4. Hooked: Learning to Fish by Al BrownAllen & Unwin - $35
  5. Hairy Maclary Treasury: The Complete Adventures of Hairy Maclary by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $50
  6. Hairy Maclary's First 100 Words by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $23
  7. Whenua by Isobel Joy Te Aho-WhiteHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $39.99
  8. Mum's Busy Work by Jacinda ArdernPenguin Group (NZ) - $30
  9. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
  10. Mother of the Nation by David HillPenguin Group (NZ) - $25

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