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The latest bestsellers from around New Zealand.

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 25 to 31 August

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (25 to 31 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. Pātea Boys by Airana Ngarewa Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $36.99
  3. Home Truths by Charity NormanAllen & Unwin - $36.99
  4. All That We Know by Shilo KinoHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  5. Ōkiwi Brown by Cristina SandersThe Cuba Press - $37
  6. At The Grand Glacier Hotel by Laurence FearnleyPenguin Group (NZ) - $37
  7. The Mess We Made by Megan O'NeillHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  8. Amma by Saraid de SilvaHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  9. The Girl from London by Olivia SpoonerHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $27.99
  10. Birnam Wood (B-Format) by Eleanor CattonTe Herenga Waka University Press - $28

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 Life of Dai by Dai HenwoodHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
  5. The Road to Chatto Creek by Matt ChisholmAllen & Unwin - $45
  6. Seriously Delicious: 70 + recipes from the bestselling Miss Polly's Kitchen by Polly MarkusAllen & Unwin - $49.99
  7. A Life Less Punishing 13 Ways To Love the Life You've Got by Matt HeathAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  8. The Last Secret Agent by Pippa LatourAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  9. The Survivors by Steve BrauniasHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $37.99
  10. Unmasking Monsters by David HenwoodAllen & Unwin - $39.99

Children and Young Adults

  1. Lisa Carrington Chases a Champion by Lisa CarringtonHuia Publishers - $27
  2. Where is Hairy Maclary? by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
  3. Piki te Ora: Your Wellbeing Journal by Hira NathanAllen & Unwin - $29.99
  4. Nine Girls by Stacy GreggPenguin Group (NZ) - $22
  5. Pee Wee the Lonely Kiwi by Blair CooperFlying Books Publishing - $22.99
  6. The Raven's Eye Runaways by Claire MabeyAllen & Unwin - $24.99
  7. The Grimmelings by Rachael KingAllen & Unwin - $24.99
  8. The Stinky Wonky Donkey by Craig SmithScholastic New Zealand Limited - $22.99
  9. Hairy Maclary and Friends Meet the Gang!: A Tabbed Board Book by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
  10. Buzzz!: Native Bugs of Aotearoa by Donovan BixleyHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $24.99

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