The Aotearoa Junior Fiction and Young Adult Bestseller List — Nov/Dec 2024


Dive into this exciting list of the ten bestselling Aotearoa NZ books for tamariki and rangatahi (3 to 30 November 2024).

Each month, The Aotearoa Children’s Junior Fiction and Young Adults Bestseller List highlights the bestselling children’s books by New Zealand writers across junior fiction and young adult titles. Sponsored by Storylines. Data collected by Nielsen BookScan.

Charts produced by Nielsen BookScan NZ using sales data from the NZ panel of participating booksellers. © Nielsen BookScan NZ 2024.

View the latest monthly list below (3 to 30 November 2024).

  1. Nine Girls Stacy Gregg, Penguin Books. $22

  2. The Anaconda Attack (Miles and Jones 1) Sam Smith and César Lador, Little Moa. $19.99

  3. Children of the Rush Book 1 James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books. $22

  4. The Grimmelings Rachael King, Allen & Unwin Children's. $24.99

  5. Jason Mason and the Dastardly Master of Disguise Jason Gunn & Andrew Gunn, Bateman. $19.99

  6. The Raven's Eye Runaways Claire Mabey, Allen & Unwin's Children's. $24.99

  7. The Mess of Our Lives Mary-Anne Scott, OneTree House. $29

  8. Brave Kāhu and the Pōrangi Magpie Shelly Burns-Field, Allen & Unwin Children's. $24.99

  9. Children of the Rush Book 3 James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books. $22

  10. Dragon Defenders (Dragon Defenders 1) James Russell & Yongtao Zhang, Dragon Brothers Books. $22

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