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The latest bestsellers from around New Zealand.

Aotearoa Bestsellers – 29 March to 5 April 2025

View this week’s bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s books (29 March to 5 April 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 Bookshop Detectives 2: Tea and Cake and Death by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $38
  3. Black Silk and Buried Secrets by Deborah ChallinorHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $37.99
  4. Sea Change by Jenny PattrickDavid Bateman Ltd - $37.99
  5. Delirious by Damien WilkinsTe Herenga Waka University Press - $38
  6. The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $38
  7. The Bookshop Detectives 1: Dead Girl Gone - B Format by Gareth and Louise WardPenguin Group (NZ) - $26
  8. Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment by Monty SoutarDavid Bateman Ltd - $39.99
  9. The Secrets of Maiden's Cove by Erin PalmisanoHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99
  10. Amma by Saraid de SilvaHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $37.99

Non-Fiction Adults

  1. Everyday Comfort Food by Vanya InsullAllen & Unwin - $39.99
  2. No Words for This by Ali MauHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
  3. Three Wee Bookshops at the End of the World by Ruth ShawAllen & Unwin - $39.99
  4. Northbound: Four seasons of solitude on Te Araroa by Naomi ArnoldHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $39.99
  5. The Last Secret Agent by Pippa LatourAllen & Unwin - $37.99
  6. Central Otago Couture: The Eden Hore Central Otago Collection by Jane MalthusTe Papa Press - $70
  7. Atua Wāhine: The ancient wisdom of Maori goddesses by Hana TapiataHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) - $36.99
  8. Retirement Ready by Martin HawesUpstart Press Ltd - $39.99
  9. Unveiled: A story of surviving Gloriavale by Theophila PrattDavid Bateman Ltd - $39.99
  10. Aroha: Maori wisdom for a contented life lived in harmony with our planet by Hinemoa ElderPenguin Group (NZ) - $30

Children and Young Adults

  1. Giraffe the Gardener by Kimberly AndrewsPenguin Group (NZ) - $21
  2. The New Zealand Easter Activity Book by Sarina DicksonHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $14.99
  3. Toot the Tow Truck (Nee Naw and Friends) by Deano YipadeeScholastic New Zealand Limited - $21.99
  4. Easter Bunny needs a NEW BUM! by Dawn McMillanOratia Media - $21
  5. Edmonds My First Cookbook by Goodman FielderHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $27.99
  6. Run, Rabbit: Easter Surprise / E Oma, Rapeti: Te Kura Huna o te Aranga by NORAH WILSONScholastic New Zealand Limited - $19.99
  7. The Tractor Has a Wobbly Wheel by Carla MartellAllen & Unwin - $22.99
  8. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley DoddPenguin Group (NZ) - $15.99
  9. Wētāpunga by Jo van DamDavid Bateman Ltd - $21.99
  10. The Fairies' Easter Egg Surprise by Sarina DicksonHachette Aotearoa New Zealand - $19.99

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