Bestsellers for the week ending Sat 23rd August 2025
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NZ Fiction – Adults
| 1 | 9781067027131 | Julia Eichardt | Lauren Roche | Flying Books Publishing | $36.99 |
| 2 | 9781776922246 | The Book of Guilt | Catherine Chidgey | Te Herenga Waka University Press | $38.00 |
| 3 | 9781776951307 | Dead Girl Gone (The Bookshop Detectives 1) | Gareth and Louise Ward | Penguin Books | $26.00 |
| 4 | 9781869718367 | See How They Fall | Rachel Paris | Moa Press | $37.99 |
| 5 | 9781991016973 | Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook 2025 | Tracey Slaughter | Massey University Press | $37.00 |
NZ Non-Fiction – Adults
| 1 | 9781776951192 | Become Unstoppable | Gilbert Enoka | Penguin Books | $40.00 |
| 2 | 9781991006875 | Anything Could Happen | Grant Robertson | A&U | $39.99 |
| 3 | 9781776951277 | A Different Kind of Power | Jacinda Ardern | Penguin Books | $59.99 |
| 4 | 9781991006882 | The Unlikely Doctor | Timoti Te Moke | A&U | $37.99 |
| 5 | 9781775542643 | Underworld | Jared Savage | HarperCollins Publishers | $39.99 |
NZ Children and Teens
| 1 | 9781990042775 | The Treaty of Waitangi | Ross Calman | Oratia Books | $29.99 |
| 2 | 9781869715816 | The Lost Words | Kimberley Ngareta Kearney & Taylor Terewai Tiave | Hachette | $21.99 |
| 3 | 9781776957408 | Hairy Maclary and Friends: Little Learning Library | Lynley Dodd | Picture Puffin | $15.99 |
| 4 | 9780143504450 | Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy (BB) | Lynley Dodd | Puffin | $15.99 |
| 5 | 9781776957293 | Where is Hairy Maclary? | Lynley Dodd | Picture Puffin | $19.99 |
International Fiction – Adults (excluding NZ)
| 1 | 9780241678121 | The Girl with the Suitcase | Lesley Pearse | Michael Joseph | $38.00 |
| 2 | 9781787303775 | Wolf Hour | Jo Nesbo | Harvill Secker | $38.00 |
| 3 | 9781035045945 | Summer Island | Kristin Hannah | Macmillan | $37.99 |
| 4 | 9781460766286 | An Inside Job | Daniel Silva | HarperCollins Publishers | $37.99 |
| 5 | 9781761472015 | A Beautiful Family | Jennifer Trevelyan | Allen & Unwin | $36.99 |
International Non-Fiction – Adults (excluding NZ)
| 1 | 9781401994136 | The Let Them Theory | Mel Robbins & Sawyer Robbins | Hay House | $38.00 |
| 2 | 9780857508751 | Reacher | Lee Child | Bantam Books | $38.00 |
| 3 | 9781847941831 | Atomic Habits | James Clear | Random House | $40.00 |
| 4 | 9781760980139 | RecipeTin Eats: Dinner | Nagi Maehashi | Macmillan | $49.99 |
| 5 | 9781761561832 | RecipeTin Eats: Tonight | Nagi Maehashi | Macmillan | $54.99 |
International Children and Teens (excluding NZ)
| 1 | 9780008604141 | The World’s Worst Superheroes | David Walliams & Adam Stower | HarperCollins | $26.99 |
| 2 | 9781761620133 | Bluey: Dad’s Awesome Treasury | Bluey | Puffin | $24.00 |
| 3 | 9781761641176 | Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games) | Suzanne Collins | Scholastic | $29.99 |
| 4 | 9781761620126 | Bluey: Grandad | Bluey | Puffin | $17.99 |
| 5 | 9780241599198 | The Summer I Turned Pretty | Jenny Han | Penguin Books | $24.00 |
Charts produced by NielsenIQ BookData NZ using sales data from the NZ panel of participating booksellers.