The Aotearoa Junior Fiction and Young Adult Bestseller List — Jan 2026
Here they are! Ten bestselling Aotearoa NZ books for tamariki and rangatahi (28 December 2025 to 24 January 2026).
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 (28 Dec 2025 to 24 Jan 2026).
- 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
- Nine Girls, Stacy Gregg, Penguin Books, $22.00
- Children of the Rush (Book 1), James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books, $22.00
- The Case of the Missing Stuff (Violet and the Velvets Book 1), 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
- Leonardo's Dragon, Donovan Bixley, Upstart Press, $29.99
- Spark Hunter, Sonya Wilson, Allen & Unwin Children's, $24.99
- Myths and Legends of Aotearoa, Annie Rae Te Ake Ake, Scholastic, $29.99
