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Aotearoa Bestsellers – 26 April to 3 May

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Weekly Best Seller

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 26 April to 3 May

Week of May 8, 2025

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (26 April to 3 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 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: Dead Girl Gone

Cover of Sea Change

Cover of Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment

Cover of The Secrets of Maiden's Cove

Cover of Auē

Cover of The Good Mistress

Cover of Kāwai: For Such a Time As This

Adult Non-Fiction

Cover of Everyday Comfort Food

Children & Young Adults

Cover of The Lost Saint

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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: Dead Girl Gone

Dead Girl Gone

by Gareth and Louise Ward

$38.00 NZD

5

Sea Change

by Jenny Pattrick

$37.99 NZD

6

Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment

Tree of Nourishment

by Monty Soutar

David Bateman Ltd

$39.99 NZD

7

The Secrets of Maiden's Cove

by Erin Palmisano

$37.99 NZD

8

Auē

by Becky Manawatu

Makaro Press

$35.00 NZD

9

The Good Mistress

by Anne Tiernan

$37.99 NZD

Kāwai: For Such a Time As This

For Such a Time As This

by Monty Soutar

$39.99 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 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 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 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 The Bookseller at the End of the World

The Bookseller at the End of the World

by Ruth Shaw

$38.99 NZD

Cover of The Good Life

The Good Life

by Gillian Swinton

$45.00 NZD

Cover of Retirement Ready

Retirement Ready

by Martin Hawes

$39.99 NZD

1

The Lost Saint

by Rachael Craw

$29.99 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 Toot the Tow Truck (Nee Naw and Friends)

Toot the Tow Truck (Nee Naw and Friends)

by Deano Yipadee

$21.99 NZD

Cover of You Can't Come In, Kunekune!

You Can't Come In, Kunekune!

by Amy Harrop

$21.99 NZD

Cover of Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

by Lynley Dodd

$15.99 NZD

Cover of Where is Hairy Maclary?

Where is Hairy Maclary?

A Lift-the-Flap Book

by Lynley Dodd

$19.99 NZD

Cover of Dreamslinger: Slinger Series Book 1

Dreamslinger: Slinger Series Book 1

by Graci Kim

$24.00 NZD

Cover of ELLIE COPTER: NEE NAW AND FRIENDS: 2021

ELLIE COPTER: NEE NAW AND FRIENDS: 2021

NEE NAW AND FRIENDS

by Deano Yipadee

$21.99 NZD

Cover of The New Zealand School Holidays Activity Book

The New Zealand School Holidays Activity Book

by Aleksandra Szmidt

Cover of Little Yellow Digger Treasury

Little Yellow Digger Treasury

by Betty Gilderdale

Scholastic New Zealand Limited

$24.00 NZD