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The latest bestsellers from around New Zealand.

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 27 July to 2 August

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (27 July to 2 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 Book of Guilt by Catherine ChidgeyTe Herenga Waka University Press - $38
  2. See How They Fall by Rachel ParisHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  3. The Bookshop Detectives 1: Dead Girl Gone - B Format by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $26
  4. The Bookshop Detectives 2: Tea and Cake and Death by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $38
  5. 1985: A Novel by Dominic HoeyPenguin Group (NZ) - $38
  6. The Stars Are a Million Glittering Worlds by Gina ButsonAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  7. Delirious by Damien WilkinsTe Herenga Waka University Press - $38
  8. Black Silk and Buried Secrets by Deborah ChallinorHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $37.99
  9. Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment by Monty SoutarDavid Bateman Ltd - $39.99
  10. The Songbirds of Florence by Olivia SpoonerHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $27.99

Non-Fiction Adults

  1. The Unlikely Doctor: From gang life and prison to becoming a doctor at 56 - the incredible story of Dr Timoti Te Moke by Timoti Te MokeAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  2. A Different Kind of Power: A memoir by Jacinda ArdernPenguin Group (NZ) - $59.99
  3. Leading Under Pressure by Ian FosterHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
  4. Polkinghorne by Steve BrauniasAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  5. Underworld by Jared SavageHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
  6. No, I Don't Get Danger Money: Confessions of an Accidental War Correspondent by Lisette ReymerAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  7. A Dim Prognosis by Ivor PopovichAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  8. Invisible Intelligence by Welby IngsOtago University Press - $45
  9. Coach: Lessons from an All Blacks Legend by Mike CronHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
  10. Dr Libby Fix Iron First by Dr LibbyLittle Green Frog Publishing Ltd - $39.95

Children and Young Adults

  1. Hairy Maclary and Friends: Little Learning Library: 4 books in 1 by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
  2. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
  3. Pukeko Who-keko? by Toby MorrisPenguin Group (NZ) - $21
  4. Hairy Maclary and Friends How Do I Feel?: A lift the flap book by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
  5. Pekapeka, Secret Forest Bat by Ned BarraudScholastic New Zealand Limited - $21.99
  6. Ghost Kiwi by Ruth PaulScholastic New Zealand Limited - $20.99
  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. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
  10. Kuwi & Friends Maori Picture Dictionary: He Papakupu Whakaahua: 2020: 1 by Kat QuinIllustrated Publishing - $34.99

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