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The latest bestsellers from around New Zealand.

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 13 July to 19 July

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (13 July to 19 July 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 Stars Are a Million Glittering Worlds by Gina ButsonAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  3. The Bookshop Detectives 2: Tea and Cake and Death by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $38
  4. The Bookshop Detectives 1: Dead Girl Gone - B Format by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $26
  5. See How They Fall by Rachel ParisHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  6. The Whale Rider by Witi IhimaeraPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
  7. Auē by Becky ManawatuMakaro Press - $35
  8. Delirious by Damien WilkinsTe Herenga Waka University Press - $38
  9. 1985: A Novel by Dominic HoeyPenguin Group (NZ) - $38
  10. Sea Change by Jenny PattrickDavid Bateman Ltd - $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. No, I Don't Get Danger Money: Confessions of an Accidental War Correspondent by Lisette ReymerAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  5. Māori Millionaire by Te Kahukura BoyntonPenguin Group (NZ) - $35
  6. Dr Libby Fix Iron First by Dr LibbyLittle Green Frog Publishing Ltd - $39.95
  7. Coach: Lessons from an All Blacks Legend by Mike CronHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
  8. Whānau by Donovan FarnhamHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $29.99
  9. A Dim Prognosis by Ivor PopovichAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  10. Mātauranga Māori by Sir Hirini Moko MeadHuia Publishers - $45

Children and Young Adults

  1. ELLIE COPTER: NEE NAW AND FRIENDS: 2021 by Deano YipadeeScholastic New Zealand Limited - $21.99
  2. Hairy Maclary and Friends: Little Learning Library: 4 books in 1 by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
  3. Pukeko Who-keko? by Toby MorrisPenguin Group (NZ) - $21
  4. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
  5. Anahera: The Mighty Kiwi Mama by Ruth PaulPenguin Group (NZ) - $21
  6. Where is Hairy Maclary? by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
  7. Hairy Maclary and Friends How Do I Feel?: A lift the flap book by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
  8. Edmonds My First Cookbook by Goodman FielderHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $27.99
  9. Toot the Tow Truck (Nee Naw and Friends) by Deano YipadeeScholastic New Zealand Limited - $21.99
  10. Hairy Maclary's Magnet Fun by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99

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