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Aotearoa Bestsellers – 15 - 21 March 2026

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Weekly Best Seller

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 15 - 21 March 2026

Week of March 15, 2026

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (8 to 14 March).

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 Black Velvet and Vengeance

Black Velvet and Vengeance

by Deborah Challinor

HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)

$37.99 NZD

Cover of The Black Monk

Cover of The Secrets of the Lost Vineyard

Cover of Seed

Cover of Blue is a cracked vase in memory

Cover of Julia Eichardt: a Life of Grit and Grace

Cover of The American Boys

Cover of The Book of Guilt

Cover of The Last Living Cannibal

Cover of The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone

Adult Non-Fiction

Cover of Money, Money, Money

Children & Young Adults

Cover of Pee Wee the Lonely Kiwi

Pee Wee the Lonely Kiwi

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2

The Black Monk

by Charlotte Grimshaw

Penguin Group (NZ)

$38.00 NZD

3

The Secrets of the Lost Vineyard

by Erin Palmisano

Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

$37.99 NZD

4

Seed

by Elisabeth Easther

Penguin Group (NZ)

$38.00 NZD

5

Blue is a cracked vase in memory

Poems 2000-2025

Cold Hub Press

$33.00 NZD

6

Julia Eichardt: a Life of Grit and Grace

a Life of Grit and Grace

by Lauren Roche

Flying Books Publishing

$36.99 NZD

7

The American Boys

by Olivia Spooner

Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

8

The Book of Guilt

by Catherine Chidgey

$38.00 NZD

9

The Last Living Cannibal

by Airana Ngarewa

Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

10

The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone

Dead Girl Gone

by Gareth and Louise Ward

$38.00 NZD

1

Money, Money, Money

How to reset your money mindset and find financial freedom - every woman's guide

by Rachel Davies, Angela Meyer

Allen & Unwin

$37.99 NZD

Cover of Surviving White Island

Surviving White Island

by Kelsey Waghorn

HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)

$39.99 NZD

Cover of Be Brave

Be Brave

The Life of a Pacific Correspondent

by Barbara Dreaver

Awa Press

$45.00 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 Every Second Counts

Every Second Counts

by Charlotte Glennie

Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

$39.99 NZD

Cover of Champions Do Extra

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 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

by Blair Cooper

$22.99 NZD

Cover of Little Moa And Friends

Little Moa And Friends

The New Zealand Easter Colouring Book

by Jessica Twohill

Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

$9.99 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 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 Sand-Play Time on the Sun-Baked Beach

Sand-Play Time on the Sun-Baked Beach

by Juliette MacIver

Scholastic New Zealand Limited

$21.99 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 The Sheep That Stole the Farmer's Hat

The Sheep That Stole the Farmer's Hat

by Tim Saunders

Allen & Unwin

$19.99 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 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