The Aotearoa Junior Fiction and Young Adult Bestseller List — October 2025
Here they are! Ten bestselling Aotearoa NZ books for tamariki and rangatahi (5 October to 1 November 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 (5 October to 1 November 2025).
The (Not So) Superheroes (The Terrible Trio 1), Swapna Haddow & Minky Stapleton, Scholastic, $18.99
Kings of this World, Elizabeth Knox, Allen and Unwin Children's, $29.99
The Fate of Dragons, Sarina Clark & Abra Gil Celdran, Little Moa, $21.99
Dreamslinger (Slinger Series 1), Graci Kim, Penguin Books, $24.00
Leonardo's Dragon, Donovan Bixley, Upstart Press, $29.99
The Case of the Missing Stuff, Rachael King, Allen & Unwin Children's, $18.99
The Secret Green, Sonya Wilson, 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, $22.00
The Case of the Angry Ghost (Violet and the Velvets 2), Rachael King, Allen and Unwin Children's, $18.99
