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Aotearoa Bestsellers – 15 March to 22 March 2025

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Weekly Best Seller

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 15 March to 22 March 2025

Week of March 20, 2025

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (15 March to 22 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 Delirious

Cover of The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone

Cover of The Songbirds of Florence

Cover of Amma

Cover of Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment

Cover of Kāwai: For Such a Time As This

Cover of Mrs Forsythe

Cover of Kataraina

Cover of The Nine Lives of Kitty K

The Nine Lives of Kitty K

by Margaret Mills

$39.99 NZD

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

Delirious

by Damien Wilkins

$38.00 NZD

3

The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone

Dead Girl Gone

by Gareth and Louise Ward

$38.00 NZD

4

The Songbirds of Florence

by Olivia Spooner

$37.99 NZD

5

Amma

by Saraid de Silva

$37.99 NZD

6

Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment

Tree of Nourishment

by Monty Soutar

David Bateman Ltd

$39.99 NZD

Kāwai: For Such a Time As This

For Such a Time As This

by Monty Soutar

$39.99 NZD

8

Mrs Forsythe

by Vivienne Lingard

$38.00 NZD

9

Kataraina

by Becky Manawatu

$37.00 NZD

1

Unveiled: A story of surviving Gloriavale

A story of surviving Gloriavale

by Theophila Pratt

$39.99 NZD

Cover of Retirement Ready

Retirement Ready

by Martin Hawes

$39.99 NZD

Cover of Hastings: A boy's own adventure

Hastings: A boy's own adventure

A boy's own adventure

by Dick Frizzell

Massey University Press

$37.00 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 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 More Salad: Two Raw Sisters

More Salad: Two Raw Sisters

by Margo Flanagan, Rosa Power

$49.99 NZD

Cover of Central Otago Couture: The Eden Hore Central Otago Collection

Central Otago Couture: The Eden Hore Central Otago Collection

The Eden Hore Central Otago Collection

by Jane Malthus

$70.00 NZD

Cover of Edmonds Cookery Book (Fully Revised)

Edmonds Cookery Book (Fully Revised)

by Goodman Fielder

$39.99 NZD

Toot the Tow Truck (Nee Naw and Friends)

by Deano Yipadee

$21.99 NZD

Cover of The New Zealand Easter Activity Book

The New Zealand Easter Activity Book

by Sarina Dickson

$14.99 NZD

Cover of The Tractor Has a Wobbly Wheel

The Tractor Has a Wobbly Wheel

by Carla Martell

$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 Where is Hairy Maclary?

Where is Hairy Maclary?

A Lift-the-Flap Book

by Lynley Dodd

$19.99 NZD

Cover of Easter Bunny needs a NEW BUM!

Easter Bunny needs a NEW BUM!

by Dawn McMillan

$21.00 NZD

Cover of The Case of the Missing Stuff: Violet and the Velvets Book 1

The Case of the Missing Stuff: Violet and the Velvets Book 1

Violet and the Velvets Book 1

by Rachael King

$18.99 NZD

Cover of Pee Wee the Lonely Kiwi

Pee Wee the Lonely Kiwi

by Blair Cooper

$22.99 NZD

Cover of Granny McFlitter Stitches Up a Storm

Granny McFlitter Stitches Up a Storm

by Heather Haylock

$21.00 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