NZ Chart-toppers of 2025: Non-fiction

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NZ Chart-toppers of 2025: Non-fiction

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NZ Chart-toppers of 2025: Non-fiction

Check out the non-fiction books from Aotearoa that hit the top spot on 2025's bestseller lists.

Love a true story, an inspirational motivator, a gripping dose of the real world? Check out the non-fiction books from Aotearoa that hit the top spot on 2025's bestseller lists. We've even popped some of our reviews below to help you decide! You might just find your next read, or a perfect gift for a loved one this Christmas...

Kete reviews

Hastings: A boy's own adventure by Dick Frizzell
No Words for This by Ali Mau
Full Circle: A personal story of reconnection to te ao Māori by Jenny-May Clarkson
A Different Kind of Power: A memoir by Jacinda Ardern
Lessons on Living by Nigel Latta

Cover of Understanding Te Tiriti: A Handbook of Basic Facts About Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Understanding Te Tiriti: A Handbook of Basic Facts About Te Tiriti o Waitangi

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$19.00 NZD

Cover of Route 52: A Big Lump Of Country Unknown

Cover of Unveiled: A story of surviving Gloriavale

Cover of Hastings: A boy's own adventure

Cover of Everyday Comfort Food

Everyday Comfort Food

Cover of No Words for This

Cover of Full Circle: A personal story of reconnection to te ao Maori

Cover of Whānau

Cover of Dr Libby Fix Iron First

Cover of A Different Kind of Power: A memoir

Cover of The Unlikely Doctor

Cover of Become Unstoppable

Cover of Habits of High Performers

Cover of Saving Elli

Cover of Lessons on Living

Cover of Nourish

Cover of Nadia's Farm Kitchen

Route 52: A Big Lump Of Country Unknown

by

$39.99 NZD

3

Unveiled: A story of surviving Gloriavale

A story of surviving Gloriavale

by

$39.99 NZD

4

Hastings: A boy's own adventure

A boy's own adventure

by

$37.00 NZD

by

$39.99 NZD

6

No Words for This

by

$39.99 NZD

7

Full Circle: A personal story of reconnection to te ao Maori

A personal story of reconnection to te ao Maori

by

$39.99 NZD

8

Whānau

Reo Māori Phrases to Share With the People You Love

by

$29.99 NZD

9

Dr Libby Fix Iron First

by

$39.95 NZD

10

A Different Kind of Power: A memoir

A memoir

by

$59.99 NZD

11

The Unlikely Doctor

From gang life and prison to becoming a doctor at 56 - the incredible story of Dr Timoti Te Moke

by

$37.99 NZD

12

Become Unstoppable

The blueprint from the world's most successful sports team

by

$40.00 NZD

13

Habits of High Performers

Essential principles to thrive in life and work, new in 2025 for fans of ATOMIC HABITS and THE LET THEM THEORY

by

$17.99 NZD

14

Saving Elli

by

$37.99 NZD

15

Lessons on Living

Finding Your Way Through Life's Ups and Downs from the respected New Zealand psychologist and bestselling author

by

$20.99 NZD

16

Nourish

by

$49.99 NZD

17

Nadia's Farm Kitchen

by

$55.00 NZD