The Aotearoa Junior Fiction and Young Adult Bestseller List — June 2025
Here they are! Ten bestselling Aotearoa NZ books for tamariki and rangatahi (18 May to 14 June 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 (18 May to 14 June 2025).
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
Nine Girls Stacy Gregg, Penguin Books. $22
Kimi the Kekeno's Big Adventure Shelley Burne-Field, Allen and Unwin Children's, $19.99
Pippa and the Sheep Snatchers, Lauren Middleton, David Bateman, $22.99
The Lost Saint Rachael Craw, Allen and Unwin Children's. $29.99
The Grimmelings Rachael King, Allen and Unwin Children's, $24.99
Children of the Rush Book 1 James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books. $22
The Dragon Defenders (Book 1) James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books. $22
Secrets at Red Rocks Rachael King, Penguin Books, $22