Premier NZ Bestsellers

Apply for Premier NZ Bestseller Accreditation

Books become Premier New Zealand Bestsellers when they achieve outstanding sales within New Zealand. Top-selling New Zealand books are recognised with accreditation to four levels of success: platinum, gold, silver and bronze.

Platinum Premier NZ Bestsellers

ADULT FICTION

The Nature of Things: Poems from the New Zealand landscape
James Brown (editor) (Craig Potton Publishing)

Once Were Warriors
Alan Duff (Random House NZ)

Pounamu Pounamu
Witi Ihimaera (Reed Publishing NZ)

The Whale Rider
Witi Ihimaera (Reed Publishing NZ)

What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?
Alan Duff (Random House NZ)

Gold Premier NZ Bestsellers

ADULT FICTION

Both Sides of the Moon
Alan Duff (Random House NZ)

The Denniston Rose
Jenny Pattrick (Random House NZ)

Heart of Coal
Jenny Pattrick (Random House NZ)

Kitty
Deborah Challinor (HarperCollins Publishers)

One Night Out Stealing
Alan Duff (Random House NZ)

Potiki
Patricia Grace (Penguin Group NZ)

Some Other Country
eds. Marion McLeod & Bill Manhire (Bridget Williams Books)

Silver Premier NZ Bestsellers

ADULT FICTION

The 10 PM Question
Kate De Goldi (Longacre Press)

Blindsight
Maurice Gee (Penguin Group NZ)

Bulibasha
Witi Ihimaera (Penguin Group NZ)

Catching the Current
Jenny Pattrick (Random House NZ)

Cousins
Patricia Grace (Penguin Group NZ)

Going West
Maurice Gee (Penguin Group NZ)

Live Bodies
Maurice Gee (Penguin Group NZ)

Mutuwhenua
Patricia Grace (Penguin Group NZ)

Bronze Premier NZ Bestsellers

ADULT FICTION

Amber
Deborah Challinor (HarperCollins Publishers)

Baby No-Eyes
Patricia Grace (Penguin Group NZ)

Blue Smoke
Deborah Challinor (HarperCollins Publishers)

By Bread Alone
Sarah-Kate Lynch (Random House NZ)

The Captive Wife
Fiona Kidman (Random House NZ)

Dogside Story
Patricia Grace (Penguin Group NZ)

The Dream Swimmer
Witi Ihimaera (Penguin Group NZ)

Premier NZ Bestsellers Competition

JULY'S PREMIER NZ BESTSELLERS PRIZE PACK WINNER

And the winner is... Robyn, from Piccadilly Books, Christchurch.

Congratulations Robyn! You've won the July prize pack containing:

The Wonky Donkey
by Craig Smith & Katz Cowley
Scholastic New Zealand

Platinum Premier NZ Bestseller

New Premier NZ Bestseller accreditation - Scholastic NZ!

Congratulations to Scholastic New Zealand, who have acheived PLATINUM Premier NZ Bestseller accreditation for:

The Wonky Donkey,
written by Craig Smith, illustrated by Katz Cowley

Scholastic New Zealand
ISBN 978-1-86943-926-2 pb RRP $24.99

This means they've sold more than 40,000 copies! Wow!

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New Premier NZ Bestseller Accreditation - HarperCollins!

Congratulations to HarperCollins Publishers, who have acheived BRONZE Premier NZ Bestseller accreditation for:

The Word Witch,
written by Margaret Mahy,
illustrated by David Elliott,
edited by Tessa Duder

HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 978-1-86950-707-7 hb RRP $44.99

New Premier NZ Bestseller Accreditation - Scholastic!

Congratulations to Scholastic New Zealand, who have acheived GOLD Premier NZ Bestseller accreditation for:

 

 

 

The Wonky Donkey,
written by Craig Smith, illustrated by Katz Cowley

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New Gold Non-fiction Accreditation!

Congratulations to HarperCollins Publishers!

Their non-fiction title, The Lord of the Rings Location Guidebook Extended Edition by Ian Brodie, has been accredited with GOLD status.