Aotearoa New Zealand Bestseller ListsNgā Rārangi Pukapuka Pai Rawa Atu o Aotearoa
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
- The Vanishing Place by Zoe RankinHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
- Julia Eichardt: a Life of Grit and Grace by Lauren RocheFlying Books Publishing - $36.99
- The Book of Guilt by Catherine ChidgeyTe Herenga Waka University Press - $38
- See How They Fall by Rachel ParisHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
- The Bookshop Detectives 2: Tea and Cake and Death by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $38
- The Bookshop Detectives 1: Dead Girl Gone - B Format by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $26
- Delirious by Damien WilkinsTe Herenga Waka University Press - $38
- The Songbirds of Florence by Olivia SpoonerHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $27.99
- World by Jane BarrJane Barr Books - $32
- 1985: A Novel by Dominic HoeyPenguin Group (NZ) - $38
Non-Fiction Adults
- Habits of High Performers by James LaughlinHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
- Become Unstoppable by Gilbert EnokaPenguin Group (NZ) - $40
- Anything Could Happen by Grant RobertsonAllen & Unwin - $39.99
- A Different Kind of Power: A memoir by Jacinda ArdernPenguin Group (NZ) - $59.99
- The Unlikely Doctor by Timoti Te MokeAllen & Unwin - $37.99
- Leading Under Pressure by Ian FosterHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
- Underworld by Jared SavageHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
- Bird of the Year by Forest and BirdPenguin Group (NZ) - $45
- Hook, Line and Misadventure by David HastingsHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $37.99
- The Middle of Nowhere by Rosemary BairdCanterbury University Press - $55
Children and Young Adults
- Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
- Hairy Maclary and Friends: Little Learning Library: 4 books in 1 by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
- Te ngahere i te po The forest at night by Kiri LightfootAllen & Unwin - $24.99
- The Lost Words by Kimberley Ngareta KearneyHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $21.99
- The Case of the Angry Ghost: Violet and the Velvets by Rachael KingAllen & Unwin - $18.99
- The Treaty of Waitangi: Te Tiriti o Waitangi by Ross CalmanOratia Media - $29.99
- Hairy Maclary and Friends How Do I Feel?: A lift the flap book by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
- Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
- Mother of the Nation by David HillPenguin Group (NZ) - $25
- The Great White Man-Eating Shark: A Cautionary Tale by Margaret MahyHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $24.99
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