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Aotearoa NZ Bestseller List —19 to 25 May 2024

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (19 to 25 May 2024).

Charts produced by Nielsen BookScan NZ using sales data from the NZ panel of participating booksellers.

© Nielsen BookScan NZ 2024

Fiction - Adults

  1. Amma by Saraid de Silva - $
  2. Bird Child and Other Stories by Patricia GracePenguin Group (NZ) - $37
  3. Take Two by Danielle HawkinsAllen & Unwin - $36.99
  4. Meantime by Majella CullinaneOtago University Press - $30
  5. The Space Between by Lauren KeenanPenguin Group (NZ) - $37
  6. The Call by Gavin StrawhanAllen & Unwin - $36.99
  7. The Secrets of the Little Greek Taverna by Erin PalmisanoHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $36.99
  8. The Axeman's Carnival by Catherine ChidgeyTe Herenga Waka University Press - $35
  9. Kāwai: For Such a Time As This by Monty SoutarDavid Bateman Ltd - $49.99
  10. Birnam Wood by Eleanor CattonTe Herenga Waka University Press - $50

Non-Fiction Adults

  1. The Last Secret Agent by Pippa LatourAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  2. Foraging New Zealand by Peter LanglandsPenguin Group (NZ) - $50
  3. WHAKAWHETAI: Gratitude: A Daily Bilingual Journal by Hira NathanAllen & Unwin - $36.99
  4. Fungi of Aotearoa: A Curious Forager's Field Guide by Liv SissonPenguin Group (NZ) - $45
  5. Hine Toa: An extraordinary memoir by a trailblazing voice in women's, queer and Maori liberation movements by Ngahuia te AwekotukuHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $17.99
  6. On Call: Stories from my life as a surgeon, a daughter and a mother by Ineke MeredithHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
  7. The Everything Guide by Niki BezzantPenguin Group (NZ) - $45
  8. Aroha: Maori wisdom for a contented life lived in harmony with our planet by Hinemoa ElderPenguin Group (NZ) - $30
  9. An Indigenous Ocean: Pacific Essays by Damon SalesaBridget Williams Books - $49.99
  10. This is ADHD by Chanelle MoriahAllen & Unwin - $32.99

Children and Young Adults

  1. My Matariki Colouring and Activity Book by Isobel Joy Te Aho-WhiteScholastic New Zealand Limited - $17.99
  2. Five Wee Puteketeke by Nicola TokiAllen & Unwin - $22.99
  3. Moto Mike the Motorbike (Nee Naw and Friends) by Deano YipadeeScholastic New Zealand Limited - $21.99
  4. Nine Girls by Stacy GreggPenguin Group (NZ) - $22
  5. Brown Bird by Jane ArthurPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
  6. My Matariki Stories (Aku Paki Matariki) by Kat QuinScholastic New Zealand Limited - $29.99
  7. The Observologist: A handbook for mounting very small scientific expeditions by Giselle ClarksonGecko Press - $39.99
  8. Edmonds My First Cookbook by Goodman FielderHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $
  9. Hairy Maclary and Friends Meet the Gang!: A Tabbed Board Book by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99