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The latest bestsellers from around New Zealand.

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 18 to 24 January 2026

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (18 to 24 January).

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

© NielsenIQ BookData NZ 2026

Fiction - Adults

  1. The American Boys by Olivia SpoonerHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  2. The Book of Guilt by Catherine ChidgeyTe Herenga Waka University Press - $38
  3. Julia Eichardt: a Life of Grit and Grace by Lauren RocheFlying Books Publishing - $36.99
  4. The Vanishing Place by Zoe RankinHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  5. The Shadow Weaver by Ivy CliffwaterHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  6. The Bookshop Detectives 2: Tea and Cake and Death by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $38
  7. Axeman's Carnival (B-Format) by Catherine ChidgeyTe Herenga Waka University Press - $28
  8. Good Things Come and Go by Josie ShapiroAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  9. The Bookshop Detectives 1: Dead Girl Gone - B Format by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $26
  10. Auē by Becky ManawatuMakaro Press - $35

Non-Fiction Adults

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

Children and Young Adults

  1. Taniwha by Gavin BishopPenguin Group (NZ) - $40
  2. Hooked: Learning to Fish by Al BrownAllen & Unwin - $35
  3. Hairy Maclary Treasury: The Complete Adventures of Hairy Maclary by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $50
  4. Where is Hairy Maclary? by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
  5. Pee Wee the Lonely Kiwi by Blair CooperFlying Books Publishing - $22.99
  6. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
  7. My First Words About Tikanga Maori by Stacey MorrisonPenguin Group (NZ) - $21
  8. Moto Mike the Motorbike (Nee Naw and Friends) by Deano YipadeeScholastic New Zealand Limited - $21.99
  9. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
  10. The Wonky Donkey Treasury by Craig SmithScholastic New Zealand Limited - $29.99

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