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Aotearoa Bestsellers – 29 March to 5 April 2025

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Weekly Best Seller

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 29 March to 5 April 2025

Week of April 10, 2025

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (29 March to 5 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 See How They Fall

See How They Fall

by Rachel Paris

$37.99 NZD

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

Cover of Black Silk and Buried Secrets

Cover of Sea Change

Cover of Delirious

Cover of The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone

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

Cover of Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment

Cover of The Secrets of Maiden's Cove

Cover of Amma

Adult Non-Fiction

Cover of Everyday Comfort Food

Children & Young Adults

Cover of Giraffe the Gardener

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2

The Bookshop Detectives 2: Tea and Cake and Death

by Gareth and Louise Ward

$38.00 NZD

3

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

4

Sea Change

by Jenny Pattrick

$37.99 NZD

5

Delirious

by Damien Wilkins

$38.00 NZD

6

The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone

Dead Girl Gone

by Gareth and Louise Ward

$38.00 NZD

7

The Bookshop Detectives 1: Dead Girl Gone - B Format

by Gareth and Louise Ward

$26.00 NZD

8

Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment

Tree of Nourishment

by Monty Soutar

David Bateman Ltd

$39.99 NZD

9

The Secrets of Maiden's Cove

by Erin Palmisano

$37.99 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 Central Otago Couture: The Eden Hore Central Otago Collection

Central Otago Couture: The Eden Hore Central Otago Collection

The Eden Hore Central Otago Collection

by Jane Malthus

$70.00 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 Retirement Ready

Retirement Ready

by Martin Hawes

$39.99 NZD

Cover of Unveiled: A story of surviving Gloriavale

Unveiled: A story of surviving Gloriavale

A story of surviving Gloriavale

by Theophila Pratt

$39.99 NZD

Cover of Aroha: Maori wisdom for a contented life lived in harmony with our planet

Aroha: Maori wisdom for a contented life lived in harmony with our planet

Maori wisdom for a contented life lived in harmony with our planet

by Hinemoa Elder

$30.00 NZD

1

Giraffe the Gardener

by Kimberly Andrews

$21.00 NZD

Cover of The New Zealand Easter Activity Book

The New Zealand Easter Activity Book

by Sarina Dickson

$14.99 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 Easter Bunny needs a NEW BUM!

Easter Bunny needs a NEW BUM!

by Dawn McMillan

$21.00 NZD

Cover of Edmonds My First Cookbook

Edmonds My First Cookbook

by Goodman Fielder

$27.99 NZD

Cover of Run, Rabbit: Easter Surprise / E Oma, Rapeti: Te Kura Huna o te Aranga

Run, Rabbit: Easter Surprise / E Oma, Rapeti: Te Kura Huna o te Aranga

by NORAH WILSON

$19.99 NZD

Cover of The Tractor Has a Wobbly Wheel

The Tractor Has a Wobbly Wheel

by Carla Martell

$22.99 NZD

Cover of Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

by Lynley Dodd

$15.99 NZD

Cover of Wētāpunga

Wētāpunga

by Jo van Dam

$21.99 NZD

Cover of The Fairies' Easter Egg Surprise

The Fairies' Easter Egg Surprise

by Sarina Dickson

$19.99 NZD