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The latest bestsellers from around New Zealand.

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 14 to 20 September

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (14 to 20 September).

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

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Fiction - Adults

  1. The Vanishing Place by Zoe RankinHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  2. Julia Eichardt: a Life of Grit and Grace by Lauren RocheFlying Books Publishing - $36.99
  3. The Book of Guilt by Catherine ChidgeyTe Herenga Waka University Press - $38
  4. Hooked Up by Fiona SussmanDavid Bateman Ltd - $38.99
  5. The Bookshop Detectives 2: Tea and Cake and Death by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $38
  6. See How They Fall by Rachel ParisHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  7. The Bookshop Detectives 1: Dead Girl Gone - B Format by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $26
  8. Lepan's Shadow by Douglas PearceOpihi - $28
  9. 1985: A Novel by Dominic HoeyPenguin Group (NZ) - $38
  10. The Stars Are a Million Glittering Worlds by Gina ButsonAllen & Unwin - $37.99

Non-Fiction Adults

  1. Become Unstoppable by Gilbert EnokaPenguin Group (NZ) - $40
  2. Saving Elli by Doug GoldAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  3. Habits of High Performers by James LaughlinHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
  4. Ara: A Māori guidebook of the mind by Dr Hinemoa ElderPenguin Group (NZ) - $30
  5. A Different Kind of Power: A memoir by Jacinda ArdernPenguin Group (NZ) - $59.99
  6. Just a Mum's Kitchen: Classic recipes from a home cook and baker by Anna CameronAllen & Unwin - $45
  7. Hard-Case Heroes: Stories from the Abel Tasman by Gerard HindmarshSWAMP PRESS - $40
  8. The Unlikely Doctor by Timoti Te MokeAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  9. How to Save Democracy in Aotearoa New Zealand by Geoffrey PalmerTe Herenga Waka University Press - $30
  10. Edible Weeds Handbook by Andrew CrowePenguin Group (NZ) - $35

Children and Young Adults

  1. Hairy Maclary's First 100 Words by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $23
  2. Hooked: Learning to Fish by Al BrownAllen & Unwin - $35
  3. Whenua by Isobel Joy Te Aho-WhiteHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $39.99
  4. Moto Mike the Motorbike (Nee Naw and Friends) by Deano YipadeeScholastic New Zealand Limited - $21.99
  5. The Lost Words by Kimberley Ngareta KearneyHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $21.99
  6. Matt the Bat and the Bird of the Year by Catherine Budai & Clare Cudmore-NeamePeka Press - $21.99
  7. Hairy Maclary and Friends: Little Learning Library: 4 books in 1 by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
  8. Te ngahere i te po The forest at night by Kiri LightfootAllen & Unwin - $24.99
  9. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
  10. Kuwi & Friends Maori Picture Dictionary: He Papakupu Whakaahua: 2020: 1 by Kat QuinIllustrated Publishing - $34.99

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