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The latest bestsellers from around New Zealand.

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 3 to 10 January 2026

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (3 to 10 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. The Vanishing Place by Zoe RankinHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  4. The Shadow Weaver by Ivy CliffwaterHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  5. Julia Eichardt: a Life of Grit and Grace by Lauren RocheFlying Books Publishing - $36.99
  6. Good Things Come and Go by Josie ShapiroAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  7. The Bookshop Detectives 2: Tea and Cake and Death by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $38
  8. The Last Living Cannibal by Airana Ngarewa Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $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. Nadia's Farm Kitchen by Nadia LimNude Food Inc Ltd - $55
  6. Habits of High Performers by James LaughlinHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
  7. Mana by Tāme ItiAllen & Unwin - $49.99
  8. A Different Kind of Power: A memoir by Jacinda ArdernPenguin Group (NZ) - $59.99
  9. Ara: A Māori guidebook of the mind by Dr Hinemoa ElderPenguin Group (NZ) - $30
  10. Kiwi Country by Te Radar & Ruth SpencerHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99

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 and Friends: Little Learning Library: 4 books in 1 by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
  4. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
  5. Pee Wee the Kiwi Spends the Day at the Farm BB by Blair CooperFlying Books Publishing - $18.99
  6. Pukeko Who-keko? by Toby MorrisPenguin Group (NZ) - $21
  7. Hairy Maclary Treasury: The Complete Adventures of Hairy Maclary by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $50
  8. Pee Wee the Lonely Kiwi by Blair CooperFlying Books Publishing - $22.99
  9. The Fate of Dragons by Sarina ClarkHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $21.99
  10. Whenua by Isobel Joy Te Aho-WhiteHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $39.99

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