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The latest bestsellers from around New Zealand.

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 26 April to 3 May

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (26 April to 3 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 Bookshop Detectives 2: Tea and Cake and Death by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $38
  2. Black Silk and Buried Secrets by Deborah ChallinorHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $37.99
  3. See How They Fall by Rachel ParisHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  4. The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $38
  5. Sea Change by Jenny PattrickDavid Bateman Ltd - $37.99
  6. Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment by Monty SoutarDavid Bateman Ltd - $39.99
  7. The Secrets of Maiden's Cove by Erin PalmisanoHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  8. Auē by Becky ManawatuMakaro Press - $35
  9. The Good Mistress by Anne TiernanHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  10. Kāwai: For Such a Time As This by Monty SoutarDavid Bateman Ltd - $39.99

Non-Fiction Adults

  1. Everyday Comfort Food by Vanya InsullAllen & Unwin - $39.99
  2. No Words for This by Ali MauHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
  3. Three Wee Bookshops at the End of the World by Ruth ShawAllen & Unwin - $39.99
  4. High Heels and Gumboots: A city girl and a lot to learn by Rebecca HayterHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
  5. Northbound: Four seasons of solitude on Te Araroa by Naomi ArnoldHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
  6. The Last Secret Agent by Pippa LatourAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  7. Full Circle: A personal story of reconnection to te ao Māori by Jenny-May ClarksonHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $19.99
  8. The Bookseller at the End of the World by Ruth ShawAllen & Unwin - $38.99
  9. The Good Life by Gillian SwintonAllen & Unwin - $45
  10. Retirement Ready by Martin HawesUpstart Press Ltd - $39.99

Children and Young Adults

  1. The Lost Saint by Rachael CrawAllen & Unwin - $29.99
  2. Moto Mike the Motorbike (Nee Naw and Friends) by Deano YipadeeScholastic New Zealand Limited - $21.99
  3. Toot the Tow Truck (Nee Naw and Friends) by Deano YipadeeScholastic New Zealand Limited - $21.99
  4. You Can't Come In, Kunekune! by Amy HarropDavid Bateman Ltd - $21.99
  5. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
  6. Where is Hairy Maclary? by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
  7. Dreamslinger: Slinger Series Book 1 by Graci KimPenguin Group (NZ) - $24
  8. ELLIE COPTER: NEE NAW AND FRIENDS: 2021 by Deano YipadeeScholastic New Zealand Limited - $21.99
  9. The New Zealand School Holidays Activity Book by Aleksandra SzmidtHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $
  10. Little Yellow Digger Treasury by Betty GilderdaleScholastic New Zealand Limited - $24

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