KāingaHome Rārangi PānuiReading Lists ArotakeReviews RōpūtangaBook Categories Rongo KōreroNews & Events AtikaraArticles Mō KeteAbout Kete

KāingaHome Rārangi PānuiReading Lists ArotakeReviews RōpūtangaBook Categories Rongo KōreroNews & Events AtikaraArticles Mō KeteAbout Kete

We bring you regular updates on the latest in new books from Aotearoa, from reviews and events to giveaways. Click here to sign up to our Newsletter and stay up to date with the latest book news.

Facebook Instagram

Home

Reading Lists
Reviews
Book Categories
News & Events
Articles
About Kete

Talk to Us

Advertise with us
Contact our Reviews Editor
Read our Privacy Policy

The Coalition for Books

Reviews and site design © Kete. Essays, features and interviews © writer. Book blurbs and jackets © publisher.

Thanks to the support of

© 2026 The Coalition for Books. All Rights Reserved.

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 18 to 24 August

Home/Weekly Best Sellers/Aotearoa Bestsellers – 18 to 24 August

Weekly Best Seller

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 18 to 24 August

Week of August 28, 2024

REVISED HOME PAGE SIZE 715 X 384-44.jpg

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (18 to 24 August 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 Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone

The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone

Dead Girl Gone

by Gareth and Louise Ward

$38.00 NZD

Cover of Home Truths

Cover of All That We Know

Cover of The Mess We Made

Cover of At The Grand Glacier Hotel

Cover of The Axeman's Carnival

Cover of Birnam Wood (B-Format)

Cover of The Girl from London

Cover of Kāwai: For Such a Time As This

Cover of Ōkiwi Brown

Adult Non-Fiction

Cover of View from the Second Row

Children & Young Adults

Cover of Nine Girls

← Back to Weekly Best Sellers

2

Home Truths

by Charity Norman

$36.99 NZD

3

All That We Know

by Shilo Kino

Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

$37.99 NZD

4

The Mess We Made

by Megan O'Neill

Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

$37.99 NZD

5

At The Grand Glacier Hotel

by Laurence Fearnley

$37.00 NZD

6

The Axeman's Carnival

by Catherine Chidgey

$35.00 NZD

Birnam Wood (B-Format)

by Eleanor Catton

$28.00 NZD

8

The Girl from London

by Olivia Spooner

$27.99 NZD

9

Kāwai: For Such a Time As This

For Such a Time As This

by Monty Soutar

$39.99 NZD

10

Ōkiwi Brown

by Cristina Sanders

$37.00 NZD

1

View from the Second Row

by Samuel Whitelock

HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)

$49.99 NZD

Cover of Seriously Delicious: 70 + recipes from the bestselling Miss Polly's Kitchen

Seriously Delicious: 70 + recipes from the bestselling Miss Polly's Kitchen

70 + recipes from the bestselling Miss Polly's Kitchen

by Polly Markus

$49.99 NZD

Cover of Serviceman J: The Untold Story of a NZSAS Soldier

Serviceman J: The Untold Story of a NZSAS Soldier

The Untold Story of a NZSAS Soldier

by Jamie Pennell

HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)

$39.99 NZD

Cover of Sam the Trap Man: Cracking yarns and tall tales from the bush

Sam the Trap Man: Cracking yarns and tall tales from the bush

Cracking yarns and tall tales from the bush

by Sam Gibson

$45.00 NZD

Cover of The Road to Chatto Creek

The Road to Chatto Creek

by Matt Chisholm

$45.00 NZD

Cover of The Life of Dai

The Life of Dai

by Dai Henwood

HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)

$39.99 NZD

Cover of A Life Less Punishing 13 Ways To Love the Life You've Got

A Life Less Punishing 13 Ways To Love the Life You've Got

13 Ways To Love the Life You've Got

by Matt Heath

$37.99 NZD

Cover of Waitohu: A Journal for Making Meaning

Waitohu: A Journal for Making Meaning

A Journal for Making Meaning

by Hinemoa Elder

$35.00 NZD

Cover of Becoming Tangata Tiriti: Working with Māori, Honouring the Treaty

Becoming Tangata Tiriti: Working with Māori, Honouring the Treaty

Working with Māori, Honouring the Treaty

by Avril Bell

$29.99 NZD

1

Nine Girls

by Stacy Gregg

$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 Hairy Maclary and Friends Meet the Gang!: A Tabbed Board Book

Hairy Maclary and Friends Meet the Gang!: A Tabbed Board Book

A Tabbed Board Book

by Lynley Dodd

$19.99 NZD

Cover of The Grimmelings

The Grimmelings

by Rachael King

$24.99 NZD

Cover of Buzzz!: Native Bugs of Aotearoa

Buzzz!: Native Bugs of Aotearoa

Native Bugs of Aotearoa

by Donovan Bixley

$24.99 NZD

Cover of Piki te Ora: Your Wellbeing Journal

Piki te Ora: Your Wellbeing Journal

by Hira Nathan

$29.99 NZD

Cover of Children of the Rush 3

Children of the Rush 3

by James Russell

$22.00 NZD

Cover of The Stinky Wonky Donkey

The Stinky Wonky Donkey

by Craig Smith

$22.99 NZD

Cover of Pee Wee the Kiwi Spends the Day at the Farm BB

Pee Wee the Kiwi Spends the Day at the Farm BB

by Blair Cooper

$18.99 NZD

Cover of The Observologist: A handbook for mounting very small scientific expeditions

The Observologist: A handbook for mounting very small scientific expeditions

A handbook for mounting very small scientific expeditions

by Giselle Clarkson

$39.99 NZD