Aotearoa Bestsellers – 28 September to 5 October

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (28 September to 5 October 2024).

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

© Nielsen BookScan NZ 2024

Fiction - Adults

1. Kataraina by Becky ManawatuThe Cuba Press - $37
2. Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment by Monty SoutarDavid Bateman Ltd - $39.99
3. Marry Me in Italy by Nicky PellegrinoHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
4. The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $38
5. Kāwai: For Such a Time As This by Monty SoutarDavid Bateman Ltd - $39.99
6. All That We Know by Shilo KinoHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
7. Pātea Boys by Airana Ngarewa Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $36.99
8. Auē by Becky ManawatuMakaro Press - $35
9. In the Half Light of a Dying Day: Catullus, 2023 by C. K. SteadAuckland University Press - $24.99
10. The Writing Desk by Di MorrisDavid Bateman Ltd - $45

Non-Fiction Adults

1. Tasty by Chelsea WinterAllen & Unwin - $55
2. More Salad: Two Raw Sisters by Margo FlanaganAllen & Unwin - $49.99
3. This is the F#$%ing News: My Story by Patrick GowerAllen & Unwin - $37.99
4. Atua Wāhine: The ancient wisdom of Maori goddesses by Hana TapiataHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $36.99
5. Woman Uninterrupted by Brodie KaneHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
6. The Life of Dai by Dai HenwoodHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
7. View from the Second Row by Samuel WhitelockHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $49.99
8. Serviceman J: The Untold Story of a NZSAS Soldier by Jamie PennellHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
9. Life Hacks from the Buddha: How to be calm and content in a chaotic world by Dr Tony FernandoHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $37.99
10. The Last Secret Agent by Pippa LatourAllen & Unwin - $37.99

Children and Young Adults

1. Hairy Maclary's Magnet Fun by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
2. The Little Yellow Digger and the Helicopter by Peter GilderdaleScholastic New Zealand Limited - $21.99
3. Lisa Carrington Chases a Champion by Lisa CarringtonHuia Publishers - $27
4. The Witch of Maketu and the Bleating Lambs by Anika MoaPenguin Group (NZ) - $21
5. A Lot of Silly: A Book of Nonsense by Joy CowleyGecko Press - $39.99
6. The Fantabulous Animal Orchestra by Donovan BixleyPenguin Group (NZ) - $21
7. Where's Dinky Donkey? A Lift-the-Felt-Flap Book by Craig SmithScholastic New Zealand Limited - $16.99
8. Children of the Rush by James RussellDragon Brothers Books Ltd - $22
9. Where is Hairy Maclary? by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $19.99
10. Nine Girls by Stacy GreggPenguin Group (NZ) - $22