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Aotearoa Bestsellers – 21 to 28 September

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Weekly Best Seller

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 21 to 28 September

Week of September 11, 2024

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (21 to 28 September 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 Marry Me in Italy

Marry Me in Italy

by Nicky Pellegrino

$37.99 NZD

Cover of Kataraina

Cover of The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone

Cover of Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment

Cover of Home Truths

Cover of Pātea Boys

Cover of Better Left Dead

Cover of Kāwai: For Such a Time As This

Cover of Auē

Cover of Birnam Wood (B-Format)

Adult Non-Fiction

Cover of Atua Wāhine: The ancient wisdom of Maori goddesses

Children & Young Adults

Cover of Hairy Maclary's Magnet Fun

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2

Kataraina

by Becky Manawatu

$37.00 NZD

3

The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone

Dead Girl Gone

by Gareth and Louise Ward

$38.00 NZD

4

Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment

Tree of Nourishment

by Monty Soutar

David Bateman Ltd

$39.99 NZD

5

Home Truths

by Charity Norman

$36.99 NZD

6

Pātea Boys

by Airana Ngarewa

$36.99 NZD

7

Better Left Dead

by Catherine Lea

$38.99 NZD

Kāwai: For Such a Time As This

For Such a Time As This

by Monty Soutar

$39.99 NZD

9

Auē

by Becky Manawatu

Makaro Press

$35.00 NZD

Birnam Wood (B-Format)

by Eleanor Catton

$28.00 NZD

1

Atua Wāhine: The ancient wisdom of Maori goddesses

The ancient wisdom of Māori goddesses

by Hana Tapiata

$36.99 NZD

Cover of More Salad: Two Raw Sisters

More Salad: Two Raw Sisters

by Margo Flanagan, Rosa Power

$49.99 NZD

Cover of Woman Uninterrupted

Woman Uninterrupted

by Brodie Kane

$39.99 NZD

Cover of This is the F#$%ing News: My Story

This is the F#$%ing News: My Story

My Story

by Patrick Gower

$37.99 NZD

Cover of Life Hacks from the Buddha: How to be calm and content in a chaotic world

Life Hacks from the Buddha: How to be calm and content in a chaotic world

How to be calm and content in a chaotic world

by Dr Tony Fernando

HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)

$37.99 NZD

Cover of View from the Second Row

View from the Second Row

by Samuel Whitelock

HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)

$49.99 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 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 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 Ngā Hapa Reo: Common Maori Language Errors (and how to correct them)

Ngā Hapa Reo: Common Maori Language Errors (and how to correct them)

Common Maori Language Errors (and how to correct them)

by Hona Black & Te Aorangi Murphy-Fell, Hona Black, Te Aorangi Murphy-Fell

$39.99 NZD

1

Hairy Maclary's Magnet Fun

by Lynley Dodd

$19.99 NZD

Cover of Lisa Carrington Chases a Champion

Lisa Carrington Chases a Champion

by Lisa Carrington

$27.00 NZD

Cover of The Witch of Maketu and the Bleating Lambs

The Witch of Maketu and the Bleating Lambs

by Anika Moa

$21.00 NZD

Cover of Piki te Ora: Your Wellbeing Journal

Piki te Ora: Your Wellbeing Journal

by Hira Nathan

$29.99 NZD

Cover of Where's Dinky Donkey? A Lift-the-Felt-Flap Book

Where's Dinky Donkey? A Lift-the-Felt-Flap Book

by Craig Smith

$16.99 NZD

Cover of Dazzlehands

Dazzlehands

by Sacha Cotter

Huia Publishers

$22.00 NZD

Cover of Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

by Lynley Dodd

$15.99 NZD

Cover of Kiwi Bees Have Tiny Knees

Kiwi Bees Have Tiny Knees

by Rachel Weston

$29.99 NZD

Cover of Pee Wee the Lonely Kiwi

Pee Wee the Lonely Kiwi

by Blair Cooper

$22.99 NZD

Cover of Saving Wananga: The true story of a kea rescue

Saving Wananga: The true story of a kea rescue

The true story of a kea rescue

by Kris Herbert

$21.99 NZD