Bestsellers for the week ending Sat 8th 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 | 9781776951307 | Dead Girl Gone (The Bookshop Detectives 1) | Gareth and Louise Ward | Penguin Books (NZ) | $28.00 |
| 3 | 9781776950669 | The Whale Rider | Witi Ihimaera | Penguin Books (NZ) | $15.99 |
| 4 | 9781869718787 | No Prisoners | Ellis Blake | Moa Press | $37.99 |
| 5 | 9781991142788 | The Nowhere Boy | Anne Cleary | A&U New Zealand | $37.99 |
NZ Non-Fiction – Adults
| 1 | 9781776950928 | Go Hard Or Go Home | Kiri Allan | Penguin Books (NZ) | $40.00 |
| 2 | 9781775541912 | One Last Question, Prime Minister | Barry Soper | HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) | $39.99 |
| 3 | 9781991142344 | A Bushman’s Book of Yarns | Sam Gibson | A&U New Zealand | $45.00 |
| 4 | 9781991033949 | The Valley | Asher Emanuel | Bridget Williams Books | $39.99 |
| 5 | 9781775542971 | Better Never Stops | Paul Wood | HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) | $39.99 |
NZ Children and Teens
| 1 | 9781776957460 | Hairy Maclary’s Hullabaloo | Lynley Dodd | Penguin Books (NZ) | $19.99 |
| 2 | 9780143504450 | Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy (BB) | Lynley Dodd | Puffin | $15.99 |
| 3 | 9781776891603 | Jake Whyte Pig Hunter | J D Crouchley | David Bateman Ltd | $23.99 |
| 4 | 9781776953448 | What If You Could | Jacinda Ardern | Penguin Books (NZ) | $30.00 |
| 5 | 9781776957293 | Where is Hairy Maclary? | Lynley Dodd | Picture Puffin | $19.99 |
International Fiction – Adults (excluding NZ)
| 1 | 9781460766309 | Ransom (Gabriel Allon) | Daniel Silva | HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd | $37.99 |
| 2 | 9780008742775 | Yesteryear | Caro Claire Burke | Fourth Estate Ltd | $36.99 |
| 3 | 9781472289094 | Land | Maggie O’Farrell | Tinder Press | $37.99 |
| 4 | 9780241816233 | Carl’s Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl) | Matt Dinniman | Michael Joseph Ltd | $38.00 |
| 5 | 9781405971553 | The Correspondent | Virginia Evans | Penguin Books Ltd | $28.00 |
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 | 9781760980139 | RecipeTin Eats: Dinner | Nagi Maehashi | Macmillan Australia | $55.00 |
| 4 | 9781035056293 | London Falling | Patrick Radden Keefe | Picador | $40.00 |
| 5 | 9781847941831 | Atomic Habits | James Clear | Random House Business Books | $40.00 |
International Children and Teens (excluding NZ)
| 1 | 9780241838082 | KPop Demon Hunters: Official Activity Book | Puffin | $18.99 | |
| 2 | 9780241805886 | Comfy Corner | Coco Wyo | Penguin Books Ltd | $21.00 |
| 3 | 9780241003008 | The Very Hungry Caterpillar | Eric Carle | Puffin | $17.99 |
| 4 | 9781761725777 | Wings of Reverie (Wings 2) | Anna Bright | Scholastic Australia | $24.99 |
| 5 | 9781406358780 | Guess How Much I Love You | Sam McBratney & Anita Jeram | Walker Books Ltd | $18.99 |
Charts produced by NielsenIQ BookData NZ using sales data from the NZ panel of participating booksellers.