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 (22 Feb 2026 to 21 Mar 2026).

1. Stepping Up, David Hill, Penguin Books, $22.00
2. Children of the Rush (Book 1), James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books, $22.00
3. Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea, T K Roxborogh & Phoebe Morris, Huia Publishers, $25.00
4. Spider Games, Brian Falkner, Bateman Books, $27.99
5. The Dragon Defenders (Book 1), James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books, $22.00
6. The Fate of Dragons (Dragonfall 1), Sarina Clark & Abra Gil Celdran, Little Moa, $21.99
7. The (Not So) Superheroes (The Terrible Trio 1), Swapna Haddow & Minky Stapleton, Scholastic, $18.99
8. Castle Grim, Shaun Barnett, Scholastic, $20.99
9. The Day the Mac 'n' Cheese Ran Out (The Terrible Trio 2), Swapna Haddow & Minky Stapleton, Scholastic, $18.99
10. The Anaconda Attack (Miles and Jones 1), Sam Smith and César Lador, Little Moa, $14.99