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Aotearoa Bestsellers – 14 to 21 February 2026

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Weekly Best Seller

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 14 to 21 February 2026

Week of February 26, 2026

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (1 to 7 February).

Charts produced by NielsenIQ BookData New Zealand using sales data from the NZ panel of participating booksellers.

© NielsenIQ BookData NZ 2026

Adult Fiction

Cover of Seed

Seed

by Elisabeth Easther

Penguin Group (NZ)

$38.00 NZD

Cover of Party Boy

Cover of The American Boys

Cover of Julia Eichardt: a Life of Grit and Grace

Cover of The Book of Guilt

Cover of The Vanishing Place

Cover of Axeman's Carnival (B-Format)

Cover of Good Things Come and Go

Cover of The Shadow Weaver

Cover of Pet (B-Format)

Adult Non-Fiction

Cover of Champions Do Extra

Children & Young Adults

Cover of Pee Wee the Lonely Kiwi

Pee Wee the Lonely Kiwi

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2

Party Boy

by Breton Dukes

Te Herenga Waka University Press

$38.00 NZD

3

The American Boys

by Olivia Spooner

Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

4

Julia Eichardt: a Life of Grit and Grace

a Life of Grit and Grace

by Lauren Roche

Flying Books Publishing

$36.99 NZD

5

The Book of Guilt

by Catherine Chidgey

$38.00 NZD

6

The Vanishing Place

by Zoe Rankin

Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

$37.99 NZD

7

Axeman's Carnival (B-Format)

by Catherine Chidgey

$28.00 NZD

8

Good Things Come and Go

by Josie Shapiro

Allen & Unwin

$37.99 NZD

9

The Shadow Weaver

by Ivy Cliffwater

Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

$37.99 NZD

10

Pet (B-Format)

by Catherine Chidgey

$28.00 NZD

1

Champions Do Extra

Lessons Learned in Footy and life to build a Winning Mindset

by Brad Thorn

HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)

$39.99 NZD

Cover of Lessons on Living

Lessons on Living

Finding Your Way Through Life's Ups and Downs from the respected New Zealand psychologist and bestselling author

by Nigel Latta

HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)

$20.99 NZD

Cover of The Dead Speak

The Dead Speak

by Thomas Coyle

Allen & Unwin

$37.99 NZD

Cover of The Hollows Boys: A story of three brothers and the Fiordland deer recovery era

The Hollows Boys: A story of three brothers and the Fiordland deer recovery era

A story of three brothers and the Fiordland deer recovery era

by Peta Carey

Potton & Burton

$39.99 NZD

Cover of Become Unstoppable

Become Unstoppable

The blueprint from the world's most successful sports team

by Gilbert Enoka

Penguin Group (NZ)

$40.00 NZD

Cover of Ara: A Māori guidebook of the mind

Ara: A Māori guidebook of the mind

A Māori guidebook of the mind

by Dr Hinemoa Elder

Penguin Group (NZ)

$30.00 NZD

Cover of A Different Kind of Power: A memoir

A Different Kind of Power: A memoir

A memoir

by Jacinda Ardern

Penguin Group (NZ)

$59.99 NZD

Cover of Nadia's Farm Kitchen

Nadia's Farm Kitchen

by Nadia Lim

Nude Food Inc Ltd

$55.00 NZD

Cover of Māori Ora

Māori Ora

Your guide to using traditional Māori knowledge to live a more intentional life

by Hira Nathan

Allen & Unwin

$37.99 NZD

Cover of Everything But the Medicine

Everything But the Medicine

by Lucy O'Hagan

Massey University Press

$39.99 NZD

by Blair Cooper

$22.99 NZD

Cover of Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

by Lynley Dodd

$15.99 NZD

Cover of Taniwha

Taniwha

by Gavin Bishop

Penguin Group (NZ)

$40.00 NZD

Cover of Hairy Maclary Treasury: The Complete Adventures of Hairy Maclary

Hairy Maclary Treasury: The Complete Adventures of Hairy Maclary

The Complete Adventures of Hairy Maclary

by Lynley Dodd

$50.00 NZD

Cover of Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

by Lynley Dodd

$19.99 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 Stepping Up

Stepping Up

by David Hill

Penguin Group (NZ)

$22.00 NZD

Cover of Where is Hairy Maclary?

Where is Hairy Maclary?

A Lift-the-Flap Book

by Lynley Dodd

$19.99 NZD

Cover of Pee Wee the Kiwi's Sticker Adventure

Pee Wee the Kiwi's Sticker Adventure

by Blair Cooper

Flying Books Publishing

$14.99 NZD

Cover of Hairy Maclary and Friends: Little Learning Library: 4 books in 1

Hairy Maclary and Friends: Little Learning Library: 4 books in 1

4 books in 1

by Lynley Dodd

Penguin Group (NZ)

$15.99 NZD