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The latest bestsellers from around New Zealand.

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 31 August to 6 September

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (31 August to 6 September).

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. Hooked Up by Fiona SussmanDavid Bateman Ltd - $38.99
  5. The Bookshop Detectives 1: Dead Girl Gone - B Format by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $26
  6. The Bookshop Detectives 2: Tea and Cake and Death by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $38
  7. See How They Fall by Rachel ParisHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  8. Delirious by Damien WilkinsTe Herenga Waka University Press - $38
  9. Pakiaka by Gabrielle HuriaCanterbury University Press - $25
  10. 1985: A Novel by Dominic HoeyPenguin Group (NZ) - $38

Non-Fiction Adults

  1. Become Unstoppable by Gilbert EnokaPenguin Group (NZ) - $40
  2. Habits of High Performers by James LaughlinHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
  3. Leading Under Pressure by Ian FosterHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
  4. Ara: A Māori guidebook of the mind by Dr Hinemoa ElderPenguin Group (NZ) - $30
  5. A Different Kind of Power: A memoir by Jacinda ArdernPenguin Group (NZ) - $59.99
  6. Just a Mum's Kitchen: Classic recipes from a home cook and baker by Anna CameronAllen & Unwin - $45
  7. Anything Could Happen by Grant RobertsonAllen & Unwin - $39.99
  8. Underworld by Jared SavageHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
  9. The Unlikely Doctor by Timoti Te MokeAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  10. Saving Elli by Doug GoldAllen & Unwin - $37.99

Children and Young Adults

  1. Goat on a Tractor by Amy HarropDavid Bateman Ltd - $21.99
  2. Hairy Maclary's First 100 Words by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $23
  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. Moto Mike the Motorbike (Nee Naw and Friends) by Deano YipadeeScholastic New Zealand Limited - $21.99
  6. Te ngahere i te po The forest at night by Kiri LightfootAllen & Unwin - $24.99
  7. ELLIE COPTER: NEE NAW AND FRIENDS: 2021 by Deano YipadeeScholastic New Zealand Limited - $21.99
  8. Where is Hairy Maclary? by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
  9. Pukeko Who-keko? by Toby MorrisPenguin Group (NZ) - $21
  10. The Treaty of Waitangi: Te Tiriti o Waitangi by Ross CalmanOratia Media - $29.99

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