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Aotearoa Bestsellers – 5 to 12 April

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Weekly Best Seller

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 5 to 12 April

Week of April 17, 2025

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (5 to 12 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 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 See How They Fall

Cover of Black Silk and Buried Secrets

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

Cover of Sea Change

Cover of The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone

Cover of The Secrets of Maiden's Cove

Cover of The Girl from Sarajevo: Two Novellas

Cover of Kāwai: For Such a Time As This

Cover of Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment

Adult Non-Fiction

Cover of No Words for This

Children & Young Adults

Cover of The New Zealand Easter Activity Book

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2

See How They Fall

by Rachel Paris

$37.99 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

The Bookshop Detectives 1: Dead Girl Gone - B Format

by Gareth and Louise Ward

$26.00 NZD

5

Sea Change

by Jenny Pattrick

$37.99 NZD

6

The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone

Dead Girl Gone

by Gareth and Louise Ward

$38.00 NZD

7

The Secrets of Maiden's Cove

by Erin Palmisano

$37.99 NZD

8

The Girl from Sarajevo: Two Novellas

Two Novellas

by Stef Harris

$35.00 NZD

9

Kāwai: For Such a Time As This

For Such a Time As This

by Monty Soutar

$39.99 NZD

10

Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment

Tree of Nourishment

by Monty Soutar

David Bateman Ltd

$39.99 NZD

1

No Words for This

by Ali Mau

HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)

$39.99 NZD

Cover of Everyday Comfort Food

Everyday Comfort Food

by Vanya Insull

$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 Retirement Ready

Retirement Ready

by Martin Hawes

$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 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 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 More Salad: Two Raw Sisters

More Salad: Two Raw Sisters

by Margo Flanagan, Rosa Power

$49.99 NZD

Cover of Rich Enough?: A Laid-back Guide for Every Kiwi 2025 Edition

Rich Enough?: A Laid-back Guide for Every Kiwi 2025 Edition

A Laid-back Guide for Every Kiwi 2025 Edition

by Mary Holm

HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)

$39.99 NZD

1

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 The New Zealand School Holidays Activity Book

The New Zealand School Holidays Activity Book

by Aleksandra Szmidt

Cover of Easter Bunny needs a NEW BUM!

Easter Bunny needs a NEW BUM!

by Dawn McMillan

$21.00 NZD

Cover of Giraffe the Gardener

Giraffe the Gardener

by Kimberly Andrews

$21.00 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 Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

by Lynley Dodd

$15.99 NZD

Cover of Pee Wee the Lonely Kiwi

Pee Wee the Lonely Kiwi

by Blair Cooper

$22.99 NZD

Cover of Where is Hairy Maclary?

Where is Hairy Maclary?

A Lift-the-Flap Book

by Lynley Dodd

$19.99 NZD

Cover of Hairy Maclary Treasury: The Complete Adventures of Hairy Maclary

Hairy Maclary Treasury: The Complete Adventures of Hairy Maclary

The Complete Adventures of Hairy Maclary

by Lynley Dodd

$50.00 NZD