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Aotearoa Bestsellers – 1 to 7 December

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Weekly Best Seller

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 1 to 7 December

Week of December 12, 2024

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (1 to 7 December 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 The Songbirds of Florence

The Songbirds of Florence

by Olivia Spooner

$37.99 NZD

Cover of Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment

Cover of Kataraina

Cover of The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone

Cover of Kāwai: For Such a Time As This

Cover of Marry Me in Italy

Cover of New Stories

Cover of For When Words Fail Us: A small book of changes

Cover of All That We Know

Cover of Delirious

Adult Non-Fiction

Cover of Tasty

Children & Young Adults

Cover of Hairy Maclary's Magnet Fun

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2

Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment

Tree of Nourishment

by Monty Soutar

David Bateman Ltd

$39.99 NZD

3

Kataraina

by Becky Manawatu

$37.00 NZD

4

The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone

Dead Girl Gone

by Gareth and Louise Ward

$38.00 NZD

Kāwai: For Such a Time As This

For Such a Time As This

by Monty Soutar

$39.99 NZD

6

Marry Me in Italy

by Nicky Pellegrino

$37.99 NZD

7

New Stories

by Owen Marshall

$38.00 NZD

8

For When Words Fail Us: A small book of changes

A small book of changes

by Claire Beynon

$30.00 NZD

9

All That We Know

by Shilo Kino

Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

$37.99 NZD

10

Delirious

by Damien Wilkins

$38.00 NZD

1

Tasty

by Chelsea Winter

$55.00 NZD

Cover of Zero to 60 and Beyond (revised and updated Edition)

Zero to 60 and Beyond (revised and updated Edition)

by Tony Quinn

$45.00 NZD

Cover of More Salad: Two Raw Sisters

More Salad: Two Raw Sisters

by Margo Flanagan, Rosa Power

$49.99 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 View from the Second Row

View from the Second Row

by Samuel Whitelock

HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)

$49.99 NZD

Cover of All Out

All Out

by Neil Wagner

$40.00 NZD

Cover of Woolsheds

Woolsheds

The historic shearing sheds of Aotearoa New Zealand

by Annette O'Sullivan

$80.00 NZD

Cover of Wild Walks Aotearoa: A Guide to Tramping in New Zealand

Wild Walks Aotearoa: A Guide to Tramping in New Zealand

A Guide to Tramping in New Zealand

by Hannah-Rose Watt

$50.00 NZD

Cover of The Last Muster: A journey through the spectacular scenery and rich history of the high country of Aotearoa

The Last Muster: A journey through the spectacular scenery and rich history of the high country of Aotearoa

A journey through the spectacular scenery and rich history of the high country of Aotearoa

by Carly Thomas

$49.99 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

1

Hairy Maclary's Magnet Fun

by Lynley Dodd

$19.99 NZD

Cover of Pee Wee the Kiwi's Christmas Adventure

Pee Wee the Kiwi's Christmas Adventure

by Blair Cooper

$22.99 NZD

Cover of Flit the Fantail and the Christmas Crash

Flit the Fantail and the Christmas Crash

by Kat Quin

$21.99 NZD

Cover of Dear Moko

Dear Moko

by Dr Hinemoa Elder

$30.00 NZD

Cover of The Little Yellow Digger and the Helicopter

The Little Yellow Digger and the Helicopter

by Peter Gilderdale

$21.99 NZD

Cover of Where is Hairy Maclary?

Where is Hairy Maclary?

A Lift-the-Flap Book

by Lynley Dodd

$19.99 NZD

Cover of The Pōhutukawa Christmas Tree

The Pōhutukawa Christmas Tree

by Steven Kay

$21.99 NZD

Cover of The Little Lambs' Great New Zealand Christmas Activity Book

The Little Lambs' Great New Zealand Christmas Activity Book

by Yvonne Mes

$14.99 NZD

Cover of Hairy Maclary and Friends How Do I Feel?: A lift the flap book

Hairy Maclary and Friends How Do I Feel?: A lift the flap book

A lift the flap book

by Lynley Dodd

$19.99 NZD

Cover of The Pōhutukawa Tree

The Pōhutukawa Tree

by Linda Adamson

$21.00 NZD