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The latest bestsellers from around New Zealand.

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 24 to 30 August

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (24 to 30 August).

Charts produced by NielsenIQ BookScan NZ using sales data from the NZ panel of participating booksellers.

© NielsenIQ BookScan NZ 2025

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. See How They Fall by Rachel ParisHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  5. The Bookshop Detectives 2: Tea and Cake and Death by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $38
  6. The Bookshop Detectives 1: Dead Girl Gone - B Format by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $26
  7. Delirious by Damien WilkinsTe Herenga Waka University Press - $38
  8. The Songbirds of Florence by Olivia SpoonerHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $27.99
  9. World by Jane BarrJane Barr Books - $32
  10. 1985: A Novel by Dominic HoeyPenguin Group (NZ) - $38

Non-Fiction Adults

  1. Habits of High Performers by James LaughlinHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
  2. Become Unstoppable by Gilbert EnokaPenguin Group (NZ) - $40
  3. Anything Could Happen by Grant RobertsonAllen & Unwin - $39.99
  4. A Different Kind of Power: A memoir by Jacinda ArdernPenguin Group (NZ) - $59.99
  5. The Unlikely Doctor by Timoti Te MokeAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  6. Leading Under Pressure by Ian FosterHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
  7. Underworld by Jared SavageHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
  8. Bird of the Year by Forest and BirdPenguin Group (NZ) - $45
  9. Hook, Line and Misadventure by David HastingsHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $37.99
  10. The Middle of Nowhere by Rosemary BairdCanterbury University Press - $55

Children and Young Adults

  1. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
  2. Hairy Maclary and Friends: Little Learning Library: 4 books in 1 by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
  3. Te ngahere i te po The forest at night by Kiri LightfootAllen & Unwin - $24.99
  4. The Lost Words by Kimberley Ngareta KearneyHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $21.99
  5. The Case of the Angry Ghost: Violet and the Velvets by Rachael KingAllen & Unwin - $18.99
  6. The Treaty of Waitangi: Te Tiriti o Waitangi by Ross CalmanOratia Media - $29.99
  7. Hairy Maclary and Friends How Do I Feel?: A lift the flap book by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
  8. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
  9. Mother of the Nation by David HillPenguin Group (NZ) - $25
  10. The Great White Man-Eating Shark: A Cautionary Tale by Margaret MahyHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $24.99