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The latest bestsellers from around New Zealand.

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 22 March to 29 March 2025

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (22 March to 29 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. See How They Fall by Rachel ParisHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  2. The Secrets of Maiden's Cove by Erin PalmisanoHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  3. Delirious by Damien WilkinsTe Herenga Waka University Press - $38
  4. The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $38
  5. Amma by Saraid de SilvaHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  6. Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment by Monty SoutarDavid Bateman Ltd - $39.99
  7. At The Grand Glacier Hotel by Laurence FearnleyPenguin Group (NZ) - $37
  8. The Songbirds of Florence by Olivia SpoonerHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  9. Kataraina by Becky ManawatuThe Cuba Press - $37
  10. Kāwai: For Such a Time As This by Monty SoutarDavid Bateman Ltd - $39.99

Non-Fiction Adults

  1. The Last Secret Agent by Pippa LatourAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  2. Unveiled: A story of surviving Gloriavale by Theophila PrattDavid Bateman Ltd - $39.99
  3. Toitu Te Whenua: Places and People of the New Zealand Wars by Lauren KeenanPenguin Group (NZ) - $45
  4. Retirement Ready by Martin HawesUpstart Press Ltd - $39.99
  5. WHAKAWHETAI: Gratitude by Hira NathanAllen & Unwin - $36.99
  6. Hastings: A boy's own adventure by Dick FrizzellMassey University Press - $37
  7. More Salad: Two Raw Sisters by Margo FlanaganAllen & Unwin - $49.99
  8. Aroha: Maori wisdom for a contented life lived in harmony with our planet by Hinemoa ElderPenguin Group (NZ) - $30
  9. Atua Wāhine: The ancient wisdom of Maori goddesses by Hana TapiataHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $36.99
  10. Tasty by Chelsea WinterAllen & Unwin - $55

Children and Young Adults

  1. Toot the Tow Truck (Nee Naw and Friends) by Deano YipadeeScholastic New Zealand Limited - $21.99
  2. Easter Bunny needs a NEW BUM! by Dawn McMillanOratia Media - $21
  3. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
  4. The Tractor Has a Wobbly Wheel by Carla MartellAllen & Unwin - $22.99
  5. Tonight, I Bleed: The Witches of Halstett Book 2 by Katharine J. AdamsHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $29.99
  6. Run, Rabbit: Easter Surprise / E Oma, Rapeti: Te Kura Huna o te Aranga by NORAH WILSONScholastic New Zealand Limited - $19.99
  7. Hairy Maclary's Magnet Fun by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
  8. Granny McFlitter Stitches Up a Storm by Heather HaylockPenguin Group (NZ) - $21
  9. The Case of the Missing Stuff: Violet and the Velvets Book 1 by Rachael KingAllen & Unwin - $18.99
  10. Where is Hairy Maclary? by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99

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