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The latest bestsellers from around New Zealand.

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 17 May to 24 May

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (17 May to 24 May 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. Delirious by Damien WilkinsTe Herenga Waka University Press - $38
  3. See How They Fall by Rachel ParisHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  4. 1985: A Novel by Dominic HoeyPenguin Group (NZ) - $38
  5. The Bookshop Detectives 2: Tea and Cake and Death by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $38
  6. Black Silk and Buried Secrets by Deborah ChallinorHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $37.99
  7. The Bookshop Detectives 1: Dead Girl Gone - B Format by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $26
  8. The Good Mistress by Anne TiernanHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  9. Sea Change by Jenny PattrickDavid Bateman Ltd - $37.99
  10. All That We Know by Shilo KinoHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99

Non-Fiction Adults

  1. Whānau: Reo Māori Phrases to Share With the People You Love by Donovan FarnhamHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $29.99
  2. Full Circle: A personal story of reconnection to te ao Māori by Jenny-May ClarksonHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $19.99
  3. Everyday Comfort Food by Vanya InsullAllen & Unwin - $39.99
  4. Three Wee Bookshops at the End of the World by Ruth ShawAllen & Unwin - $39.99
  5. No Words for This by Ali MauHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
  6. Atua Wāhine: The ancient wisdom of Maori goddesses by Hana TapiataHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $36.99
  7. Dr Libby Fix Iron First by Dr LibbyLittle Green Frog Publishing Ltd - $39.95
  8. Northbound: Four seasons of solitude on Te Araroa by Naomi ArnoldHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
  9. The Last Secret Agent by Pippa LatourAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  10. Hine Toa by Ngahuia te AwekotukuHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99

Children and Young Adults

  1. Dreamslinger: Slinger Series Book 1 by Graci KimPenguin Group (NZ) - $24
  2. Anahera: The Mighty Kiwi Mama by Ruth PaulPenguin Group (NZ) - $21
  3. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
  4. My Matariki Colouring and Activity Book by Isobel Joy Te Aho-WhiteScholastic New Zealand Limited - $17.99
  5. Where is Hairy Maclary? by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
  6. Nine Girls by Stacy GreggPenguin Group (NZ) - $22
  7. Toot the Tow Truck (Nee Naw and Friends) by Deano YipadeeScholastic New Zealand Limited - $21.99
  8. Edmonds My First Cookbook by Goodman FielderHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $27.99
  9. The Tractor Has a Wobbly Wheel by Carla MartellAllen & Unwin - $22.99
  10. Hairy Maclary and Friends How Do I Feel?: A lift the flap book by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99

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