The Aotearoa Junior Fiction and Young Adult Bestseller List — April 2025
Here they are! Ten bestselling Aotearoa NZ books for tamariki and rangatahi (23 March to 19 April 2025).
Each month, The Aotearoa Children’s Junior Fiction and Young Adults Bestseller List highlights the bestselling children’s books by New Zealand writers across junior fiction and young adult titles. Sponsored by Storylines. Data collected by Nielsen BookScan.
Charts produced by Nielsen BookScan NZ using sales data from the NZ panel of participating booksellers. © Nielsen BookScan NZ 2025.
View the latest monthly list below (22 March to 19 April 2025).
The Case of the Missing Stuff (Violet and the Velvets Book 1). Rachael King, Allen & Unwin Children's. $18.99
Bear Kiri Lightfoot, Allen & Unwin Children's. $27.99
Tonight, I Bleed (Witches of Halstatt 2) Katherine J. Adams, Moa Press. $29.99
The Grimmelings Rachael King, Allen & Unwin Children's. $24.99
Nine Girls Stacy Gregg, Penguin Books. $22
Children of the Rush Book 1 James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books. $22
Lopini the Legend Feana Tu'akoi, Scholastic. $20.99
The Dragon Defenders (Book 1) James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books. $22
Red Rocks Rachael King, Random House. $22.00
Children of the Rush Book 2 James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books. $22
