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Aotearoa Bestsellers – 20 July to 26 July

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Weekly Best Seller

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 20 July to 26 July

Week of July 31, 2025

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (20 July to 26 July).

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 The Bookshop Detectives 1: Dead Girl Gone - B Format

Cover of Delirious

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

Cover of The Stars Are a Million Glittering Worlds

Cover of Kāwai: For Such a Time As This

Cover of 1985: A Novel

Cover of Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment

Cover of See How They Fall

Cover of Black Silk and Buried Secrets

Adult Non-Fiction

Cover of A Different Kind of Power: A memoir

Children & Young Adults

Cover of Hairy Maclary and Friends: Little Learning Library: 4 books in 1

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2

The Bookshop Detectives 1: Dead Girl Gone - B Format

by Gareth and Louise Ward

$26.00 NZD

3

Delirious

by Damien Wilkins

$38.00 NZD

4

The Bookshop Detectives 2: Tea and Cake and Death

by Gareth and Louise Ward

$38.00 NZD

5

The Stars Are a Million Glittering Worlds

by Gina Butson

Allen & Unwin

$37.99 NZD

6

Kāwai: For Such a Time As This

For Such a Time As This

by Monty Soutar

$39.99 NZD

7

1985: A Novel

A Novel

by Dominic Hoey

Penguin Group (NZ)

$38.00 NZD

8

Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment

Tree of Nourishment

by Monty Soutar

David Bateman Ltd

$39.99 NZD

9

See How They Fall

by Rachel Paris

$37.99 NZD

10

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

1

A Different Kind of Power: A memoir

A memoir

by Jacinda Ardern

Penguin Group (NZ)

$59.99 NZD

Cover of Polkinghorne

Polkinghorne

Inside the Trial of the Century

by Steve Braunias

Allen & Unwin

$37.99 NZD

Cover of Leading Under Pressure

Leading Under Pressure

The inside story of Ian Foster's All Blacks for fans of LEGACY and THE ART OF WINNING

by Ian Foster

HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)

$39.99 NZD

Cover of No, I Don't Get Danger Money: Confessions of an Accidental War Correspondent

No, I Don't Get Danger Money: Confessions of an Accidental War Correspondent

Confessions of an Accidental War Correspondent

by Lisette Reymer

Allen & Unwin

$37.99 NZD

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Everyday Comfort Food

by Vanya Insull

$39.99 NZD

Cover of Whānau

Whānau

Reo Māori Phrases to Share With the People You Love

by Donovan Farnham

Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

$29.99 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 Easy Weeknight Meals 10th Anniversary Edition: Simple, healthy, delicious recipes from My Food Bag and Nadia Lim

Easy Weeknight Meals 10th Anniversary Edition: Simple, healthy, delicious recipes from My Food Bag and Nadia Lim

Simple, healthy, delicious recipes from My Food Bag and Nadia Lim

by My Food Bag

Allen & Unwin

$39.99 NZD

Cover of Coach: Lessons from an All Blacks Legend

Coach: Lessons from an All Blacks Legend

Lessons from an All Blacks Legend

by Mike Cron

HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)

$39.99 NZD

1

Hairy Maclary and Friends: Little Learning Library: 4 books in 1

4 books in 1

by Lynley Dodd

Penguin Group (NZ)

$15.99 NZD

Cover of Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

by Lynley Dodd

$15.99 NZD

Cover of Nine Girls

Nine Girls

by Stacy Gregg

$22.00 NZD

Cover of Pukeko Who-keko?

Pukeko Who-keko?

by Toby Morris

Penguin Group (NZ)

$21.00 NZD

Cover of Where is Hairy Maclary?

Where is Hairy Maclary?

A Lift-the-Flap Book

by Lynley Dodd

$19.99 NZD

Cover of Edmonds My First Cookbook

Edmonds My First Cookbook

by Goodman Fielder

$27.99 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

Cover of Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

by Lynley Dodd

$19.99 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 Dreamslinger: Slinger Series Book 1

Dreamslinger: Slinger Series Book 1

by Graci Kim

$24.00 NZD