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Aotearoa Bestsellers – 17 May to 24 May

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Weekly Best Seller

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 17 May to 24 May

Week of May 22, 2025

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (17 May to 24 May 2025).

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

© NielsenIQ BookScan NZ 2025

Adult Fiction

Cover of The Book of Guilt

The Book of Guilt

by Catherine Chidgey

$38.00 NZD

Cover of Delirious

Cover of See How They Fall

Cover of 1985: A Novel

Cover of The Bookshop Detectives 2: Tea and Cake and Death

Cover of Black Silk and Buried Secrets

Cover of The Bookshop Detectives 1: Dead Girl Gone - B Format

Cover of The Good Mistress

Cover of Sea Change

Cover of All That We Know

Adult Non-Fiction

Cover of Whānau

Children & Young Adults

Cover of Dreamslinger: Slinger Series Book 1

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2

Delirious

by Damien Wilkins

$38.00 NZD

3

See How They Fall

by Rachel Paris

$37.99 NZD

4

1985: A Novel

A Novel

by Dominic Hoey

Penguin Group (NZ)

$38.00 NZD

5

The Bookshop Detectives 2: Tea and Cake and Death

by Gareth and Louise Ward

$38.00 NZD

6

Black Silk and Buried Secrets

The second riveting historical fiction novel in the Tatty Crowe series, sequel to BLACK SILK AND SYMPATHY, for fans of Jackie French, Tea Cooper and Kirsty Manning

by Deborah Challinor

$37.99 NZD

7

The Bookshop Detectives 1: Dead Girl Gone - B Format

by Gareth and Louise Ward

$26.00 NZD

8

The Good Mistress

by Anne Tiernan

$37.99 NZD

9

Sea Change

by Jenny Pattrick

$37.99 NZD

10

All That We Know

by Shilo Kino

Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

$37.99 NZD

1

Whānau

Reo Māori Phrases to Share With the People You Love

by Donovan Farnham

Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

$29.99 NZD

Cover of Full Circle: A personal story of reconnection to te ao Māori

Full Circle: A personal story of reconnection to te ao Māori

A personal story of reconnection to te ao Māori

by Jenny-May Clarkson

$19.99 NZD

Cover of Everyday Comfort Food

Everyday Comfort Food

by Vanya Insull

$39.99 NZD

Cover of Three Wee Bookshops at the End of the World

Three Wee Bookshops at the End of the World

by Ruth Shaw

$39.99 NZD

Cover of No Words for This

No Words for This

by Ali Mau

HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)

$39.99 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

Cover of Dr Libby Fix Iron First

Dr Libby Fix Iron First

by Dr Libby

Little Green Frog Publishing Ltd

$39.95 NZD

Cover of Northbound: Four seasons of solitude on Te Araroa

Northbound: Four seasons of solitude on Te Araroa

Four seasons of solitude on Te Araroa

by Naomi Arnold

$39.99 NZD

Cover of Hine Toa

Hine Toa

An extraordinary memoir by a trailblazing voice in women's, queer and Maori liberation movements

by Ngahuia te Awekotuku

HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)

$39.99 NZD

1

Dreamslinger: Slinger Series Book 1

by Graci Kim

$24.00 NZD

Cover of Anahera: The Mighty Kiwi Mama

Anahera: The Mighty Kiwi Mama

The Mighty Kiwi Mama

by Ruth Paul

$21.00 NZD

Cover of Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

by Lynley Dodd

$15.99 NZD

Cover of My Matariki Colouring and Activity Book

My Matariki Colouring and Activity Book

by Isobel Joy Te Aho-White

$17.99 NZD

Cover of Where is Hairy Maclary?

Where is Hairy Maclary?

A Lift-the-Flap Book

by Lynley Dodd

$19.99 NZD

Cover of Nine Girls

Nine Girls

by Stacy Gregg

$22.00 NZD

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

Toot the Tow Truck (Nee Naw and Friends)

by Deano Yipadee

$21.99 NZD

Cover of Edmonds My First Cookbook

Edmonds My First Cookbook

by Goodman Fielder

$27.99 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 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