The Aotearoa Junior Fiction and Young Adult Bestseller List — August 2025
Here they are! Ten bestselling Aotearoa NZ books for tamariki and rangatahi (12 July to 9 August 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 NielsenIQ BookScan.
Charts produced by NielsenIQ BookScan NZ using sales data from the NZ panel of participating booksellers. © NielsenIQ BookScan NZ 2025.
View the latest monthly list below (15 June to 12 July 2025).
Nine Girls, Stacy Gregg, Penguin Books, $22
Dreamslinger (Slinger Series 1), Graci Kim, Penguin Books, $24.00
The Case of the Missing Stuff (Violet and the Velvets 1), Rachael King, Allen and Unwin Children's, $18.99
Ghost Kiwi, Ruth Paul, Scholastic, $20.99
The Secret Green, Sonya Wilson, Allen and Unwin Children's, $24.99
Spark Hunter, Sonya Wilson, Allen & Unwin Children's, $24.99
Bear, Kiri Lightfoot, Allen & Unwin Children's, $24.99
The Dragon Defenders (Book 1), James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books, $22
Brown Bird, Jane Arthur, Puffin, $19.99
Children of the Rush Book 1, James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books, $22
