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Aotearoa Bestsellers – 9 March to 15 March 2025

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Weekly Best Seller

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 9 March to 15 March 2025

Week of March 20, 2025

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (9 March to 15 March 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 Secrets of Maiden's Cove

The Secrets of Maiden's Cove

by Erin Palmisano

$37.99 NZD

Cover of Delirious

Cover of The Songbirds of Florence

Cover of Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment

Cover of The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone

Cover of Kāwai: For Such a Time As This

Cover of Amma

Cover of Kataraina

Cover of The Intimacy Bus

Cover of You Are Here

Adult Non-Fiction

Cover of Hastings: A boy's own adventure

Children & Young Adults

Cover of Toot the Tow Truck (Nee Naw and Friends)

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2

Delirious

by Damien Wilkins

$38.00 NZD

3

The Songbirds of Florence

by Olivia Spooner

$37.99 NZD

4

Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment

Tree of Nourishment

by Monty Soutar

David Bateman Ltd

$39.99 NZD

5

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

7

Amma

by Saraid de Silva

$37.99 NZD

8

Kataraina

by Becky Manawatu

$37.00 NZD

9

The Intimacy Bus

by Janet Charman

$30.00 NZD

10

You Are Here

by Peata Larkin, Whiti Hereaka

$45.00 NZD

1

Hastings: A boy's own adventure

A boy's own adventure

by Dick Frizzell

Massey University Press

$37.00 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 WHAKAWHETAI: Gratitude

WHAKAWHETAI: Gratitude

A Daily Bilingual Journal

by Hira Nathan

$36.99 NZD

Cover of Toitu Te Whenua: Places and People of the New Zealand Wars

Toitu Te Whenua: Places and People of the New Zealand Wars

Places and People of the New Zealand Wars

by Lauren Keenan

$45.00 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

Cover of More Salad: Two Raw Sisters

More Salad: Two Raw Sisters

by Margo Flanagan, Rosa Power

$49.99 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 Tony Fomison: Life of the Artist

Tony Fomison: Life of the Artist

Life of the Artist

by Mark Forman

$59.99 NZD

Cover of Understanding Te Tiriti: A Handbook of Basic Facts About Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Understanding Te Tiriti: A Handbook of Basic Facts About Te Tiriti o Waitangi

by Roimata Smail

$19.00 NZD

Toot the Tow Truck (Nee Naw and Friends)

by Deano Yipadee

$21.99 NZD

Cover of Pee Wee the Lonely Kiwi

Pee Wee the Lonely Kiwi

by Blair Cooper

$22.99 NZD

Cover of The Tractor Has a Wobbly Wheel

The Tractor Has a Wobbly Wheel

by Carla Martell

$22.99 NZD

Cover of Granny McFlitter Stitches Up a Storm

Granny McFlitter Stitches Up a Storm

by Heather Haylock

$21.00 NZD

Cover of Bear

Bear

by Kiri Lightfoot

$27.99 NZD

Cover of Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

by Lynley Dodd

$15.99 NZD

Cover of Dear Moko

Dear Moko

by Dr Hinemoa Elder

$30.00 NZD

Cover of Hineraukatauri Me Te Ara Puoro

Hineraukatauri Me Te Ara Puoro

by Elizabeth Gray

$22.00 NZD

Cover of Hairy Maclary's Magnet Fun

Hairy Maclary's Magnet Fun

by Lynley Dodd

$19.99 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