Bestsellers for the week ending Sat 22nd August 2026
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NZ Fiction – Adults
| 1 | 9781776951338 | Murder and Mojitos (The Bookshop Detectives 3) | Gareth and Louise Ward | Penguin Books (NZ) | $38.00 |
| 2 | 9781869718800 | One Day a Taniwha | Tīhema Baker | Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand | $37.99 |
| 3 | 9781776951307 | Dead Girl Gone (The Bookshop Detectives 1) | Gareth and Louise Ward | Penguin Books (NZ) | $28.00 |
| 4 | 9781869718633 | The Body and the Blood | Molly Crighton | Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand | $37.99 |
| 5 | 9781776923229 | Kluge | Pip Adam | Te Herenga Waka University Press | $38.00 |
NZ Non-Fiction – Adults
| 1 | 9781991142825 | Lucky You’re Tough | Mark Law & Ron Crosby | A&U New Zealand | $39.99 |
| 2 | 9781869718596 | Home Again | Jon Toogood | Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand | $39.99 |
| 3 | 9781991142344 | A Bushman’s Book of Yarns | Sam Gibson | A&U New Zealand | $45.00 |
| 4 | 9781775541912 | One Last Question, Prime Minister | Barry Soper | HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) | $39.99 |
| 5 | 9781776951192 | Become Unstoppable | Gilbert Enoka | Penguin Books (NZ) | $40.00 |
NZ Children and Teens
| 1 | 9781776953431 | Dreamslinger (Slinger 1) | Graci Kim | Penguin Books (NZ) | $24.00 |
| 2 | 9781776953455 | Royalslinger (Slinger 2) | Graci Kim | Penguin Books (NZ) | $24.00 |
| 3 | 9781775507192 | A Guide To Rocks | Sacha Cotter & Josh Morgan | Huia Publishers | $26.00 |
| 4 | 9781991142566 | Te Ngahere i te Rā: The Forest by Day | Kiri Lightfoot & Pippa Keel Situ | A&U Children’s NZ | $24.99 |
| 5 | 9781991353047 | Dad needs a New Bum! | Dawn McMillan & Ross Kinnaird | Oratia Books | $21.00 |
International Fiction – Adults (excluding NZ)
| 1 | 9781761563102 | Big Little Truths | Liane Moriarty | Macmillan Australia | $38.00 |
| 2 | 9781529154429 | Agrippa | Robert Harris | Hutchinson Heinemann | $38.00 |
| 3 | 9781464291487 | Brain Damage | Freida McFadden | Poisoned Pen Press | $38.00 |
| 4 | 9781460766309 | Ransom (Gabriel Allon) | Daniel Silva | HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd | $37.99 |
| 5 | 9780008742775 | Yesteryear | Caro Claire Burke | Fourth Estate Ltd | $36.99 |
International Non-Fiction – Adults (excluding NZ)
| 1 | 9781922790859 | Did I Ever Tell You This? | Sam Neill | The Text Publishing Company | $45.00 |
| 2 | 9781401994136 | The Let Them Theory | Mel Robbins & Sawyer Robbins | Hay House Inc | $38.00 |
| 3 | 9781035056293 | London Falling | Patrick Radden Keefe | Picador | $40.00 |
| 4 | 9781250462220 | Ain’t Nobody’s Fool | Martha Ackmann | St Martin’s Press | $40.00 |
| 5 | 9781800818026 | Murdle | G. T. Karber | Souvenir Press Ltd | $36.99 |
International Children and Teens (excluding NZ)
| 1 | 9780063450882 | Warriors Graphic Novel: The New Prophecy (1) | Erin Hunter & Gibson Twist & Sammy Savos | Harperalley | $22.99 |
| 2 | 9780241805862 | Cozy Capybara | Coco Wyo | Penguin Books Ltd | $21.00 |
| 3 | 9781761622564 | Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories 2 | Jeff Kinney | Puffin | $21.00 |
| 4 | 9781761815058 | The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers (Super Diaper Baby 2) | Dav Pilkey | Scholastic | $22.99 |
| 5 | 9780241003008 | The Very Hungry Caterpillar | Eric Carle | Puffin | $17.99 |
Charts produced by NielsenIQ BookData NZ using sales data from the NZ panel of participating booksellers.