The Aotearoa Junior Fiction and Young Adult Bestseller List — Dec 2025
Here they are! Ten bestselling Aotearoa NZ books for tamariki and rangatahi (30 November to 27 December 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 2026.
View the latest monthly list below (30 Nov to 27 Dec 2025).
The Fate of Dragons (Dragonfall 1), Sarina Clark & Abra Gil Celdran, Little Moa, $21.99
The (Not So) Superheroes (The Terrible Trio 1), Swapna Haddow & Minky Stapleton, Scholastic, $18.99
Spark Hunter, Sonya Wilson, Allen & Unwin Children's, $24.99
The Case of the Missing Stuff, Rachael King, Allen & Unwin Children's, $18.99
Dreamslinger (Slinger Series 1), Graci Kim, Penguin Books, $24.00
Kings of this World, Elizabeth Knox, Allen and Unwin Children's, $29.99
Nine Girls, Stacy Gregg, Penguin Books, $22.00
The Grimmelings, Rachael King, Allen & Unwin Children's, $24.99
The Dragon Defenders (Book 1), James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books, $22.00
Leonardo's Dragon, Donovan Bixley, Upstart Press, $29.99
