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The latest bestsellers from around New Zealand.

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 1 March to 8 March 2025

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (1 March to 8 March 2025).

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

© Nielsen BookScan NZ 2025

Fiction - Adults

  1. The Secrets of Maiden's Cove by Erin PalmisanoHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  2. The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $38
  3. Delirious by Damien WilkinsTe Herenga Waka University Press - $38
  4. Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment by Monty SoutarDavid Bateman Ltd - $39.99
  5. Kataraina by Becky ManawatuThe Cuba Press - $37
  6. Kāwai: For Such a Time As This by Monty SoutarDavid Bateman Ltd - $39.99
  7. Amma by Saraid de SilvaHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  8. The Songbirds of Florence by Olivia SpoonerHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  9. At The Grand Glacier Hotel by Laurence FearnleyPenguin Group (NZ) - $37
  10. All That We Know by Shilo KinoHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99

Non-Fiction Adults

  1. Unveiled: A story of surviving Gloriavale by Theophila PrattDavid Bateman Ltd - $39.99
  2. The Last Secret Agent by Pippa LatourAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  3. WHAKAWHETAI: Gratitude by Hira NathanAllen & Unwin - $36.99
  4. Understanding Te Tiriti: A Handbook of Basic Facts About Te Tiriti o Waitangi by Roimata SmailWai Ako Books - $19
  5. The Comeback Code: The power of resilience when the going gets tough by Jake BaileyAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  6. Aroha: Maori wisdom for a contented life lived in harmony with our planet by Hinemoa ElderPenguin Group (NZ) - $30
  7. More Salad: Two Raw Sisters by Margo FlanaganAllen & Unwin - $49.99
  8. Tasty by Chelsea WinterAllen & Unwin - $55
  9. Toitu Te Whenua: Places and People of the New Zealand Wars by Lauren KeenanPenguin Group (NZ) - $45
  10. Atua Wāhine: The ancient wisdom of Maori goddesses by Hana TapiataHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $36.99

Children and Young Adults

  1. Toot the Tow Truck (Nee Naw and Friends) by Deano YipadeeScholastic New Zealand Limited - $21.99
  2. Bear by Kiri LightfootAllen & Unwin - $27.99
  3. Granny McFlitter Stitches Up a Storm by Heather HaylockPenguin Group (NZ) - $21
  4. The Tractor Has a Wobbly Wheel by Carla MartellAllen & Unwin - $22.99
  5. Pee Wee the Lonely Kiwi by Blair CooperFlying Books Publishing - $22.99
  6. Where is Hairy Maclary? by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
  7. Mess of Our Lives by Mary-Anne ScottOneTree House - $29
  8. Run, Rabbit: Easter Surprise / E Oma, Rapeti: Te Kura Huna o te Aranga by NORAH WILSONScholastic New Zealand Limited - $19.99
  9. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
  10. Hairy Maclary's Magnet Fun by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99

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