The Aotearoa Junior Fiction and Young Adult Bestseller List — May 2025
Here they are! Ten bestselling Aotearoa NZ books for tamariki and rangatahi (20 April to 17 May 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 (20 April to 17 May 2025).
Dreamslinger (Slinger Series 1). Graci Kim, Penguin Books. $24.00
Nine Girls Stacy Gregg, Penguin Books. $22
The Lost Saint Rachael Craw, Allen & Unwin Children's. $29.99
The Case of the Missing Stuff (Violet and the Velvets 1) Rachael King, Allen and Unwin Children's, $18.99
Tūī Street Tales Anne Kayes, Scholastic, $18.99
Children of the Rush Book 1 James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books. $22
The Dragon Defenders (Book 1) James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books. $22
The Cinderella Service Lynda Taylor, Mary Egan Publishing, $25.00
Tonight, I Bleed (Witches of Halstatt 2) Katherine J. Adams, Moa Press. $29.99
Tūī Street Heroes Anne Kayes, Wildling Books, $19.95
