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Aotearoa Bestsellers – 18 to 26 April

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Weekly Best Seller

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 18 to 26 April

Week of May 1, 2025

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (19 to 26 April 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 Bookshop Detectives 2: Tea and Cake and Death

The Bookshop Detectives 2: Tea and Cake and Death

by Gareth and Louise Ward

$38.00 NZD

Cover of Black Silk and Buried Secrets

Cover of See How They Fall

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

Cover of Sea Change

Cover of The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone

Cover of The Tour: Washed up, broke, and talentless... it's showtime!

Cover of The Secrets of Maiden's Cove

Cover of Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment

Cover of Amma

Adult Non-Fiction

Cover of Everyday Comfort Food

Children & Young Adults

Cover of The New Zealand School Holidays Activity Book

The New Zealand School Holidays Activity Book

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2

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

3

See How They Fall

by Rachel Paris

$37.99 NZD

4

The Bookshop Detectives 1: Dead Girl Gone - B Format

by Gareth and Louise Ward

$26.00 NZD

5

Sea Change

by Jenny Pattrick

$37.99 NZD

6

The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone

Dead Girl Gone

by Gareth and Louise Ward

$38.00 NZD

7

The Tour: Washed up, broke, and talentless... it's showtime!

Washed up, broke, and talentless... it's showtime!

by Falstaff Dowling-Mitchell

$30.00 NZD

8

The Secrets of Maiden's Cove

by Erin Palmisano

$37.99 NZD

9

Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment

Tree of Nourishment

by Monty Soutar

David Bateman Ltd

$39.99 NZD

10

Amma

by Saraid de Silva

$37.99 NZD

1

Everyday Comfort Food

by Vanya Insull

$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 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 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 The Bookseller at the End of the World

The Bookseller at the End of the World

by Ruth Shaw

$38.99 NZD

Cover of High Heels and Gumboots: A city girl and a lot to learn

High Heels and Gumboots: A city girl and a lot to learn

A city girl and a lot to learn

by Rebecca Hayter

HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)

$39.99 NZD

Cover of Rich Enough?: A Laid-back Guide for Every Kiwi 2025 Edition

Rich Enough?: A Laid-back Guide for Every Kiwi 2025 Edition

A Laid-back Guide for Every Kiwi 2025 Edition

by Mary Holm

HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)

$39.99 NZD

Cover of Retirement Ready

Retirement Ready

by Martin Hawes

$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

by Aleksandra Szmidt

Cover of The Tractor Has a Wobbly Wheel

The Tractor Has a Wobbly Wheel

by Carla Martell

$22.99 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 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 Where is Hairy Maclary?

Where is Hairy Maclary?

A Lift-the-Flap Book

by Lynley Dodd

$19.99 NZD

Cover of Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

by Lynley Dodd

$15.99 NZD

Cover of Edmonds My First Cookbook

Edmonds My First Cookbook

by Goodman Fielder

$27.99 NZD

Cover of Giraffe the Gardener

Giraffe the Gardener

by Kimberly Andrews

$21.00 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 Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

by Lynley Dodd

$19.99 NZD