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Aotearoa Bestsellers – 1 March to 8 March 2025

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Weekly Best Seller

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 1 March to 8 March 2025

Week of March 13, 2025

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (1 March to 8 March 2025).

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

© Nielsen BookScan NZ 2025

Adult Fiction

Cover of The Secrets of Maiden's Cove

The Secrets of Maiden's Cove

by Erin Palmisano

$37.99 NZD

Cover of The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone

Cover of Delirious

Cover of Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment

Cover of Kataraina

Cover of Kāwai: For Such a Time As This

Cover of Amma

Cover of The Songbirds of Florence

Cover of At The Grand Glacier Hotel

Cover of All That We Know

Adult Non-Fiction

Cover of Unveiled: A story of surviving Gloriavale

Children & Young Adults

Cover of Toot the Tow Truck (Nee Naw and Friends)

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2

The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone

Dead Girl Gone

by Gareth and Louise Ward

$38.00 NZD

3

Delirious

by Damien Wilkins

$38.00 NZD

4

Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment

Tree of Nourishment

by Monty Soutar

David Bateman Ltd

$39.99 NZD

5

Kataraina

by Becky Manawatu

$37.00 NZD

Kāwai: For Such a Time As This

For Such a Time As This

by Monty Soutar

$39.99 NZD

7

Amma

by Saraid de Silva

$37.99 NZD

8

The Songbirds of Florence

by Olivia Spooner

$37.99 NZD

9

At The Grand Glacier Hotel

by Laurence Fearnley

$37.00 NZD

10

All That We Know

by Shilo Kino

Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

$37.99 NZD

1

Unveiled: A story of surviving Gloriavale

A story of surviving Gloriavale

by Theophila Pratt

$39.99 NZD

Cover of WHAKAWHETAI: Gratitude

WHAKAWHETAI: Gratitude

A Daily Bilingual Journal

by Hira Nathan

$36.99 NZD

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

by Roimata Smail

$19.00 NZD

Cover of The Comeback Code: The power of resilience when the going gets tough

The Comeback Code: The power of resilience when the going gets tough

The power of resilience when the going gets tough

by Jake Bailey

$37.99 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 More Salad: Two Raw Sisters

More Salad: Two Raw Sisters

by Margo Flanagan, Rosa Power

$49.99 NZD

Cover of Tasty

Tasty

by Chelsea Winter

$55.00 NZD

Cover of Toitu Te Whenua: Places and People of the New Zealand Wars

Toitu Te Whenua: Places and People of the New Zealand Wars

Places and People of the New Zealand Wars

by Lauren Keenan

$45.00 NZD

Cover of Atua Wāhine: The ancient wisdom of Maori goddesses

Atua Wāhine: The ancient wisdom of Maori goddesses

The ancient wisdom of Māori goddesses

by Hana Tapiata

$36.99 NZD

Toot the Tow Truck (Nee Naw and Friends)

by Deano Yipadee

$21.99 NZD

Cover of Bear

Bear

by Kiri Lightfoot

$27.99 NZD

Cover of Granny McFlitter Stitches Up a Storm

Granny McFlitter Stitches Up a Storm

by Heather Haylock

$21.00 NZD

Cover of The Tractor Has a Wobbly Wheel

The Tractor Has a Wobbly Wheel

by Carla Martell

$22.99 NZD

Cover of Pee Wee the Lonely Kiwi

Pee Wee the Lonely Kiwi

by Blair Cooper

$22.99 NZD

Cover of Where is Hairy Maclary?

Where is Hairy Maclary?

A Lift-the-Flap Book

by Lynley Dodd

$19.99 NZD

Cover of Mess of Our Lives

Mess of Our Lives

by Mary-Anne Scott

$29.00 NZD

Cover of Run, Rabbit: Easter Surprise / E Oma, Rapeti: Te Kura Huna o te Aranga

Run, Rabbit: Easter Surprise / E Oma, Rapeti: Te Kura Huna o te Aranga

by NORAH WILSON

$19.99 NZD

Cover of Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

by Lynley Dodd

$15.99 NZD

Cover of Hairy Maclary's Magnet Fun

Hairy Maclary's Magnet Fun

by Lynley Dodd

$19.99 NZD