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Aotearoa NZ Bestseller List —19 to 25 May 2024

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Weekly Best Seller

Aotearoa NZ Bestseller List —19 to 25 May 2024

Week of May 29, 2024

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (19 to 25 May 2024).

Charts produced by Nielsen BookScan NZ using sales data from the NZ panel of participating booksellers.

© Nielsen BookScan NZ 2024

Adult Fiction

Cover of Amma

Amma

by Saraid de Silva

$37.99 NZD

Cover of Bird Child and Other Stories

Cover of Take Two

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Cover of The Space Between

Cover of The Call

Cover of The Secrets of the Little Greek Taverna

Cover of The Axeman's Carnival

Cover of Kāwai: For Such a Time As This

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Adult Non-Fiction

Cover of Foraging New Zealand

Children & Young Adults

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2

Bird Child and Other Stories

by Patricia Grace

$37.00 NZD

3

Take Two

by Danielle Hawkins

Allen & Unwin

$36.99 NZD

4

Meantime

by Majella Cullinane

$30.00 NZD

5

The Space Between

by Lauren Keenan

$37.00 NZD

6

The Call

by Gavin Strawhan

Allen & Unwin

$36.99 NZD

7

The Secrets of the Little Greek Taverna

by Erin Palmisano

Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

$36.99 NZD

8

The Axeman's Carnival

by Catherine Chidgey

$35.00 NZD

9

Kāwai: For Such a Time As This

For Such a Time As This

by Monty Soutar

$49.99 NZD

10

Birnam Wood

by Eleanor Catton

$50.00 NZD

1

Foraging New Zealand

by Peter Langlands

$50.00 NZD

Cover of WHAKAWHETAI: Gratitude

WHAKAWHETAI: Gratitude

A Daily Bilingual Journal

by Hira Nathan

$36.99 NZD

Cover of Fungi of Aotearoa: A Curious Forager's Field Guide

Fungi of Aotearoa: A Curious Forager's Field Guide

A Curious Forager's Field Guide

by Liv Sisson

$45.00 NZD

Cover of Hine Toa (ebook)

Hine Toa (ebook)

An extraordinary memoir by a trailblazing voice in women's, queer and Maori liberation movements

by Ngahuia te Awekotuku

$17.99 NZD

Cover of On Call: Stories from my life as a surgeon, a daughter and a mother

On Call: Stories from my life as a surgeon, a daughter and a mother

Stories from my life as a surgeon, a daughter and a mother

by Ineke Meredith

HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)

$39.99 NZD

Cover of The Everything Guide

The Everything Guide

Hormones, health and happiness in menopause, midlife and beyond

by Niki Bezzant

Penguin Group (NZ)

$45.00 NZD

Cover of Aroha: Maori wisdom for a contented life lived in harmony with our planet

Aroha: Maori wisdom for a contented life lived in harmony with our planet

Maori wisdom for a contented life lived in harmony with our planet

by Hinemoa Elder

$30.00 NZD

Cover of An Indigenous Ocean: Pacific Essays

An Indigenous Ocean: Pacific Essays

Pacific Essays

by Damon Salesa

$49.99 NZD

Cover of This is ADHD

This is ADHD

by Chanelle Moriah

$32.99 NZD

1

My Matariki Colouring and Activity Book

by Isobel Joy Te Aho-White

$17.99 NZD

Cover of Five Wee Puteketeke

Five Wee Puteketeke

by Nicola Toki

$22.99 NZD

Cover of Moto Mike the Motorbike (Nee Naw and Friends)

Moto Mike the Motorbike (Nee Naw and Friends)

by Deano Yipadee

$21.99 NZD

Cover of Nine Girls

Nine Girls

by Stacy Gregg

$22.00 NZD

Cover of Brown Bird

Brown Bird

by Jane Arthur

$19.99 NZD

Cover of My Matariki Stories (Aku Paki Matariki)

My Matariki Stories (Aku Paki Matariki)

by Kat Quin

$29.99 NZD

Cover of The Observologist: A handbook for mounting very small scientific expeditions

The Observologist: A handbook for mounting very small scientific expeditions

A handbook for mounting very small scientific expeditions

by Giselle Clarkson

$39.99 NZD

Cover of Edmonds My First Cookbook

Edmonds My First Cookbook

by Goodman Fielder

$27.99 NZD

Cover of Hairy Maclary and Friends Meet the Gang!: A Tabbed Board Book

Hairy Maclary and Friends Meet the Gang!: A Tabbed Board Book

A Tabbed Board Book

by Lynley Dodd

$19.99 NZD