Aotearoa Bestsellers – 11 to 17 August

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (11 to 17 August 2024).

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

© Nielsen BookScan NZ 2024

Fiction - Adults

1. The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $38
2. Home Truths by Charity NormanAllen & Unwin - $36.99
3. All That We Know by Shilo KinoHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
4. At The Grand Glacier Hotel by Laurence FearnleyPenguin Group (NZ) - $37
5. The Mess We Made by Megan O'NeillHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
6. The Girls in the Red House are Singing by Tracey SlaughterTe Herenga Waka University Press - $30
7. Amma by Saraid de SilvaHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
8. Birnam Wood (B-Format) by Eleanor CattonTe Herenga Waka University Press - $28
9. Kāwai: For Such a Time As This by Monty SoutarDavid Bateman Ltd - $39.99
10. Bird Child and Other Stories by Patricia GracePenguin Group (NZ) - $37

Non-Fiction Adults

1. View from the Second Row by Samuel WhitelockHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $49.99
2. Serviceman J: The Untold Story of a NZSAS Soldier by Jamie PennellHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
3. Sam the Trap Man: Cracking yarns and tall tales from the bush by Sam GibsonAllen & Unwin - $45
4. The Road to Chatto Creek by Matt ChisholmAllen & Unwin - $45
5. The Last Secret Agent by Pippa LatourAllen & Unwin - $37.99
6. The Life of Dai by Dai HenwoodHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
7. A Life Less Punishing 13 Ways To Love the Life You've Got by Matt HeathAllen & Unwin - $37.99
8. She Is Not Your Rehab: One Man's Journey to Healing and the Global Anti-Violence Movement He Inspired by Matt BrownPenguin Group (NZ) - $35
9. Unmasking Monsters by David HenwoodAllen & Unwin - $39.99
10. Becoming Tangata Tiriti: Working with Māori, Honouring the Treaty by Avril BellAuckland University Press - $29.99

Children and Young Adults

1. Nine Girls by Stacy GreggPenguin Group (NZ) - $22
2. Where is Hairy Maclary? by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
3. Duffy and the Bullies by Jeff SzustermanOratia Media - $25.99
4. The Grimmelings by Rachael KingAllen & Unwin - $24.99
5. Pee Wee the Lonely Kiwi by Blair CooperFlying Books Publishing - $22.99
6. Hairy Maclary and Friends Meet the Gang!: A Tabbed Board Book by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
7. Patu by Gavin BishopPenguin Group (NZ) - $40
8. The Stinky Wonky Donkey by Craig SmithScholastic New Zealand Limited - $22.99
9. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
10. Piki te Ora: Your Wellbeing Journal by Hira NathanAllen & Unwin - $29.99