The Aotearoa Junior Fiction and Young Adult Bestseller List — September 2025


Here they are! Ten bestselling Aotearoa NZ books for tamariki and rangatahi (10 August to 6 September 2025).

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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 (10 August to 6 September 2025).

  1. The Fate of Dragons, Sarina Clark & Abra Gil Celdran, Little Moa, $21.99

  2. The (Not So) Superheroes (The Terrible Trio 1), Swapna Haddow & Minky Stapleton, Scholastic, $18.99

  3. Children of the Rush Book 1, James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books, $22

  4. Leonardo's Dragon, Donovan Bixley, Upstart Press, $29.99

  5. Spark Hunter, Sonya Wilson, Allen & Unwin Children's, $24.99

  6. The Case of the Missing Stuff (Violet and the Velvets 1), Rachael King, Allen and Unwin Children's, $18.99

  7. The Secret Green, Sonya Wilson, Allen and Unwin Children's, $24.99

  8. The Case of the Angry Ghost (Violet and the Velvets 2), Rachael King, Allen and Unwin Children's, $18.99

  9. Dreamslinger (Slinger Series 1), Graci Kim, Penguin Books, $24.00

  10. Nine Girls, Stacy Gregg, Penguin Books, $22

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