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Aotearoa New Zealand Bestseller List — 25 May to June 1

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Weekly Best Seller

Aotearoa New Zealand Bestseller List — 25 May to June 1

Week of June 5, 2024

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (25 May to June 1 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 undressing in slow motion

undressing in slow motion

by Michael Giacon

$30.00 NZD

Cover of The Space Between

Cover of Birnam Wood (B-Format)

Cover of The Secrets of the Little Greek Taverna

Cover of Kāwai: For Such a Time As This

Cover of Take Two

Cover of Amma

Cover of Bird Child and Other Stories

Cover of The Call

Cover of The Axeman's Carnival

Adult Non-Fiction

Cover of A Life Less Punishing 13 Ways To Love the Life You've Got

Children & Young Adults

Cover of Piki te Ora: Your Wellbeing Journal

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2

The Space Between

by Lauren Keenan

$37.00 NZD

Birnam Wood (B-Format)

by Eleanor Catton

$28.00 NZD

4

The Secrets of the Little Greek Taverna

by Erin Palmisano

Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

$36.99 NZD

5

Kāwai: For Such a Time As This

For Such a Time As This

by Monty Soutar

$39.99 NZD

6

Take Two

by Danielle Hawkins

Allen & Unwin

$36.99 NZD

7

Amma

by Saraid de Silva

$37.99 NZD

8

Bird Child and Other Stories

by Patricia Grace

$37.00 NZD

9

The Call

by Gavin Strawhan

Allen & Unwin

$36.99 NZD

10

The Axeman's Carnival

by Catherine Chidgey

$35.00 NZD

1

A Life Less Punishing 13 Ways To Love the Life You've Got

13 Ways To Love the Life You've Got

by Matt Heath

$37.99 NZD

Cover of The Everything Guide

The Everything Guide

Hormones, health and happiness in menopause, midlife and beyond

by Niki Bezzant

Penguin Group (NZ)

$45.00 NZD

Cover of Foraging New Zealand

Foraging New Zealand

by Peter Langlands

$50.00 NZD

Cover of Evolving: The new book by beloved broadcaster Judy Bailey on finding health and happiness as we age

Evolving: The new book by beloved broadcaster Judy Bailey on finding health and happiness as we age

The new book by beloved broadcaster Judy Bailey on finding health and happiness as we age

by Judy Bailey

HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)

$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

Cover of Maori Made Easy Workbook 1/Kete 1

Maori Made Easy Workbook 1/Kete 1

by Scotty Morrison

Cover of Fungi of Aotearoa: A Curious Forager's Field Guide

Fungi of Aotearoa: A Curious Forager's Field Guide

A Curious Forager's Field Guide

by Liv Sisson

$45.00 NZD

Cover of WHAKAWHETAI: Gratitude

WHAKAWHETAI: Gratitude

A Daily Bilingual Journal

by Hira Nathan

$36.99 NZD

Cover of This is ADHD

This is ADHD

by Chanelle Moriah

$32.99 NZD

1

Piki te Ora: Your Wellbeing Journal

by Hira Nathan

$29.99 NZD

Cover of My Matariki Colouring and Activity Book

My Matariki Colouring and Activity Book

by Isobel Joy Te Aho-White

$17.99 NZD

Cover of My Matariki Stories (Aku Paki Matariki)

My Matariki Stories (Aku Paki Matariki)

by Kat Quin

$29.99 NZD

Cover of Matariki Around the World: a Cluster of Stars, a Cluster of Stories

Matariki Around the World: a Cluster of Stars, a Cluster of Stories

by Miriama Kamo

$34.99 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 Hairy Maclary and Friends Meet the Gang!: A Tabbed Board Book

Hairy Maclary and Friends Meet the Gang!: A Tabbed Board Book

A Tabbed Board Book

by Lynley Dodd

$19.99 NZD

Cover of Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

by Lynley Dodd

$19.99 NZD

Cover of Aria and the Kūmara God

Aria and the Kūmara God

by Witi Ihimaera

$25.00 NZD

Cover of The Kai Stars of Matariki: Tupuānuku and Tupuārangi

The Kai Stars of Matariki: Tupuānuku and Tupuārangi

by Miriama Kamo, Zak Waipara

$21.99 NZD

Cover of Five Wee Puteketeke

Five Wee Puteketeke

by Nicola Toki

$22.99 NZD