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Aotearoa Bestsellers – 28 September to 5 October

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Weekly Best Seller

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 28 September to 5 October

Week of October 10, 2024

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View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (28 September to 5 October 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 Kataraina

Kataraina

by Becky Manawatu

$37.00 NZD

Cover of Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment

Cover of Marry Me in Italy

Cover of The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone

Cover of Kāwai: For Such a Time As This

Cover of All That We Know

Cover of Pātea Boys

Cover of Auē

Cover of In the Half Light of a Dying Day: Catullus, 2023

Cover of The Writing Desk

Adult Non-Fiction

Cover of Tasty

Children & Young Adults

Cover of Hairy Maclary's Magnet Fun

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2

Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment

Tree of Nourishment

by Monty Soutar

David Bateman Ltd

$39.99 NZD

3

Marry Me in Italy

by Nicky Pellegrino

$37.99 NZD

4

The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone

Dead Girl Gone

by Gareth and Louise Ward

$38.00 NZD

Kāwai: For Such a Time As This

For Such a Time As This

by Monty Soutar

$39.99 NZD

6

All That We Know

by Shilo Kino

Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

$37.99 NZD

7

Pātea Boys

by Airana Ngarewa

$36.99 NZD

8

Auē

by Becky Manawatu

Makaro Press

$35.00 NZD

9

In the Half Light of a Dying Day: Catullus, 2023

Catullus, 2023

by C. K. Stead

$24.99 NZD

10

The Writing Desk

by Di Morris

$45.00 NZD

1

Tasty

by Chelsea Winter

$55.00 NZD

Cover of More Salad: Two Raw Sisters

More Salad: Two Raw Sisters

by Margo Flanagan, Rosa Power

$49.99 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 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

Cover of Woman Uninterrupted

Woman Uninterrupted

by Brodie Kane

$39.99 NZD

Cover of The Life of Dai

The Life of Dai

by Dai Henwood

HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)

$39.99 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 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 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

1

Hairy Maclary's Magnet Fun

by Lynley Dodd

$19.99 NZD

Cover of The Little Yellow Digger and the Helicopter

The Little Yellow Digger and the Helicopter

by Peter Gilderdale

$21.99 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 A Lot of Silly: A Book of Nonsense

A Lot of Silly: A Book of Nonsense

A Book of Nonsense

by Joy Cowley

$39.99 NZD

Cover of The Fantabulous Animal Orchestra

The Fantabulous Animal Orchestra

by Donovan Bixley

$21.00 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 Children of the Rush 1

Children of the Rush 1

by James Russell

$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 Nine Girls

Nine Girls

by Stacy Gregg

$22.00 NZD