Bestsellers for the week ending Saturday 5th October 2024
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| Week 202440 w/e 5 October 2024 | |||||
| NZ Fiction – Adults | |||||
| ISBN | Title | Author | Imprint | RRP | |
| 1 | 9781067011307 | Kataraina | Becky Manawatu | Makaro Press | $37.00 |
| 2 | 9781776890729 | Tree of Nourishment (Kāwai 2) | Monty Soutar | David Bateman | $39.99 |
| 3 | 9781869715663 | Marry Me in Italy | Nicky Pellegrino | Hachette | $37.99 |
| 4 | 9781776951000 | The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone | Gareth Ward & Louise Ward | Penguin Books | $38.00 |
| 5 | 9781776890309 | Kāwai: For Such a Time as This (Kāwai 1) | Monty Soutar | David Bateman | $39.99 |
| 6 | 9781869718237 | All That We Know | Shilo Kino | Moa Press | $37.99 |
| 7 | 9781869718299 | Pātea Boys | Airana Ngarewa | Moa Press | $36.99 |
| 8 | 9780995111073 | Auē | Becky Manawatu | Makaro Press | $35.00 |
| 9 | 9781776711451 | In the Half Light of a Dying Day | C. K. Stead | Auckland University Press | $24.99 |
| 10 | 9781776891252 | The Writing Desk | Di Morris | David Bateman | $45.00 |
| NZ Non-Fiction – Adults | |||||
| ISBN | Title | Author | Imprint | RRP | |
| 1 | 9781991006516 | Tasty | Chelsea Winter | A&U | $55.00 |
| 2 | 9781991006356 | More Salad | Margo Flanagan & Rosa Power | A&U | $49.99 |
| 3 | 9781991006844 | This is the F#$%ing News | Patrick Gower | A&U | $37.99 |
| 4 | 9781775542520 | Atua Wāhine | Hana Tapiata | HarperCollins Publishers | $36.99 |
| 5 | 9781775542452 | Woman Uninterrupted | Brodie Kane | HarperCollins Publishers | $39.99 |
| 6 | 9781775542551 | The Life of Dai | Dai Henwood & Jaquie Brown | HarperCollins Publishers | $39.99 |
| 7 | 9781775542506 | View from the Second Row | Samuel Whitelock | HarperCollins Publishers | $49.99 |
| 8 | 9781775542384 | Serviceman J | Jamie Pennell | HarperCollins Publishers | $39.99 |
| 9 | 9781775542391 | Life Hacks from the Buddha | Tony Fernando | HarperCollins Publishers | $37.99 |
| 10 | 9781991006561 | The Last Secret Agent | Pippa Latour & Jude Dobson | A&U | $37.99 |
| Children and Teens – New Zealand | |||||
| ISBN | Title | Author | Imprint | RRP | |
| 1 | 9781776957309 | Hairy Maclary’s Magnet Fun | Lynley Dodd | Picture Puffin | $19.99 |
| 2 | 9781775438816 | The Little Yellow Digger and the Helicopter (Little Yellow Digger) | Peter Gilderdale & Fifi Colston | Scholastic | $21.99 |
| 3 | 9781775508229 | Lisa Carrington Chases a Champion | Lisa Carrington & Scott Pearson | Huia Publishers | $27.00 |
| 4 | 9781776958184 | The Witch of Maketu and the Bleating Lambs | Anika Moa & Rebecca ter Borg | Puffin | $21.00 |
| 5 | 9781776575978 | A Lot of Silly | Joy Cowley & David Barrow | Gecko Press | $34.99 |
| 6 | 9781776957200 | The Fantabulous Animal Orchestra | Donovan Bixley | Picture Puffin | $21.00 |
| 7 | 9781775438632 | Where’s Dinky Donkey? | Craig Smith & Katz Cowley | Scholastic | $16.99 |
| 8 | 9781991166807 | Children of the Rush (Book 1) | James Russell | Dragon Brothers Books | $22.00 |
| 9 | 9781776957293 | Where is Hairy Maclary? | Lynley Dodd | Picture Puffin | $19.99 |
| 10 | 9781776958146 | Nine Girls | Stacy Gregg | Penguin Books | $22.00 |
| International Fiction – Adults (excluding NZ) | |||||
| ISBN | Title | Author | Imprint | RRP | |
| 1 | 9781035047987 | The Hidden Girl | Lucinda Riley & Harry Whittaker | Macmillan | $37.99 |
| 2 | 9780571365470 | Intermezzo | Sally Rooney | Faber & Faber | $36.99 |
| 3 | 9780241608371 | We Solve Murders | Richard Osman | Viking | $38.00 |
| 4 | 9781760785031 | Here One Moment | Liane Moriarty | Macmillan | $37.99 |
| 5 | 9780857506801 | Safe Enough | Lee Child | Bantam Books | $38.00 |
| 6 | 9781761471001 | By Any Other Name | Jodi Picoult | Allen & Unwin | $37.99 |
| 7 | 9781761049293 | The Fallen Woman | Fiona McIntosh | Penguin Random House | $38.00 |
| 8 | 9781471156267 | It Ends With Us | Colleen Hoover | Simon & Schuster | $24.99 |
| 9 | 9781761421143 | Daydream (Maple Hills 3) | Hannah Grace | Simon & Schuster | $26.99 |
| 10 | 9781529077759 | The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope) | Ann Cleeves | Pan Books | $37.99 |
| International Non-Fiction – Adults (excluding NZ) | |||||
| ISBN | Title | Author | Imprint | RRP | |
| 1 | 9781911717096 | Nexus | Yuval Noah Harari | Fern Press | $45.00 |
| 2 | 9781785038914 | Ottolenghi Comfort | Yotam Ottolenghi & Helen Goh | Ebury Press | $70.00 |
| 3 | 9781760980139 | RecipeTin Eats: Dinner | Nagi Maehashi | Macmillan | $49.99 |
| 4 | 9781913484606 | Guinness World Records 2025 | Guinness World Records | Guinness World Records | $54.99 |
| 5 | 9781408864425 | The Golden Road | William Dalrymple | Bloomsbury Publishing | $44.99 |
| 6 | 9780241657805 | Simply Jamie | Jamie Oliver | Michael Joseph | $65.00 |
| 7 | 9780241675687 | The Siege | Ben Macintyre | Viking | $40.00 |
| 8 | 9781761561825 | Three Wild Dogs and the Truth | Markus Zusak | Picador Australia | $39.99 |
| 9 | 9781401994198 | Thriving Beyond Fifty | Will Harlow | Hay House | $45.00 |
| 10 | 9781847941831 | Atomic Habits | James Clear | Random House | $40.00 |
| Children and Teens – International (excluding NZ) | |||||
| ISBN | Title | Author | Imprint | RRP | |
| 1 | 9780008614515 | Super Sleuth | David Walliams & Adam Stower | HarperCollins | $25.00 |
| 2 | 9780241691700 | Wrath of the Triple Goddess (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) | Rick Riordan | Puffin | $30.00 |
| 3 | 9780008649555 | Astrochimp | David Walliams & Adam Stower | HarperCollins | $25.00 |
| 4 | 9781800789913 | The Wild Robot | Peter Brown | Piccadilly Press | $18.99 |
| 5 | 9781761351419 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1) | Jeff Kinney | Penguin Random House | $5.00 |
| 6 | 9781338896435 | The Scarlet Shedder (Dog Man 12) | Dav Pilkey | Scholastic | $21.99 |
| 7 | 9781405293181 | A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder 1) | Holly Jackson | Electric Monkey | $22.99 |
| 8 | 9781761268267 | The Land of Lost Things (Adventures Unlimited) | Andy Griffiths & Bill Hope | Pan Australia | $19.99 |
| 9 | 9781398529489 | Powerless (Powerless Trilogy 1) | Lauren Roberts | Simon & Schuster | $28.99 |
| 10 | 9781760266103 | One Last Thing (The Bad Guys 20) | Aaron Blabey | Scholastic Press | $17.99 |
| Charts produced by Nielsen BookScan NZ using sales data from the NZ panel of participating booksellers. | |||||
| © Nielsen BookScan NZ 2024 | |||||
| This chart is for internal use only, do not forward outside your organisation. | |||||
| Nielsen BookScan Bestseller Charts | |||||
| Week 202439 w/e 28 September 2024 | |||||
| NZ Fiction – Adults | |||||
| ISBN | Title | Author | Imprint | RRP | |
| 1 | 9781869715663 | Marry Me in Italy | Nicky Pellegrino | Hachette | $37.99 |
| 2 | 9781067011307 | Kataraina | Becky Manawatu | Makaro Press | $37.00 |
| 3 | 9781776951000 | The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone | Gareth Ward & Louise Ward | Penguin Books | $38.00 |
| 4 | 9781776890729 | Tree of Nourishment (Kāwai 2) | Monty Soutar | David Bateman | $39.99 |
| 5 | 9781991006905 | Home Truths | Charity Norman | Allen & Unwin | $36.99 |
| 6 | 9781869718299 | Pātea Boys | Airana Ngarewa | Moa Press | $36.99 |
| 7 | 9781776891160 | Better Left Dead | Catherine Lea | David Bateman | $37.00 |
| 8 | 9781776890309 | Kāwai | Monty Soutar | David Bateman | $39.99 |
| 9 | 9780995111073 | Auē | Becky Manawatu | Makaro Press | $35.00 |
| 10 | 9781776921409 | Birnam Wood | Eleanor Catton | Te Herenga Waka University Press | $28.00 |
| NZ Non-Fiction – Adults | |||||
| ISBN | Title | Author | Imprint | RRP | |
| 1 | 9781775542520 | Atua Wāhine | Hana Tapiata | HarperCollins Publishers | $36.99 |
| 2 | 9781991006356 | More Salad | Margo Flanagan & Rosa Power | A&U | $49.99 |
| 3 | 9781775542452 | Woman Uninterrupted | Brodie Kane | HarperCollins Publishers | $39.99 |
| 4 | 9781991006844 | This is the F#$%ing News | Patrick Gower | A&U | $37.99 |
| 5 | 9781775542391 | Life Hacks from the Buddha | Tony Fernando | HarperCollins Publishers | $37.99 |
| 6 | 9781775542506 | View from the Second Row | Samuel Whitelock | HarperCollins Publishers | $49.99 |
| 7 | 9781776950898 | Waitohu | Hinemoa Elder | Penguin Books | $35.00 |
| 8 | 9781775542384 | Serviceman J | Jamie Pennell | HarperCollins Publishers | $39.99 |
| 9 | 9781991006479 | A Life Less Punishing | Matt Heath | A&U | $37.99 |
| 10 | 9781990042591 | Ngā Hapa Reo: Common Māori Language Errors | Hona Black & Te Aorangi Murphy-Fell | Oratia Books | $39.99 |
| Children and Teens – New Zealand | |||||
| ISBN | Title | Author | Imprint | RRP | |
| 1 | 9781776957309 | Hairy Maclary’s Magnet Fun | Lynley Dodd | Picture Puffin | $19.99 |
| 2 | 9781775508229 | Lisa Carrington Chases a Champion | Lisa Carrington & Scott Pearson | Huia Publishers | $27.00 |
| 3 | 9781776958184 | The Witch of Maketu and the Bleating Lambs | Anika Moa & Rebecca ter Borg | Puffin | $21.00 |
| 4 | 9781991006745 | Piki te Ora: Your Wellbeing Journal | Hira Nathan & Jessie Eyre | A&U Children’s | $29.99 |
| 5 | 9781775438632 | Where’s Dinky Donkey? | Craig Smith & Katz Cowley | Scholastic | $16.99 |
| 6 | 9781775507185 | Dazzlehands | Sacha Cotter & Josh Morgan | Huia Publishers | $22.00 |
| 7 | 9780143504450 | Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy | Lynley Dodd | Puffin | $15.99 |
| 8 | 9780473713966 | Kiwi Bees Have Tiny Knees | Rachel Weston | Weston Books | $29.99 |
| 9 | 9780473295462 | Pee Wee the Lonely Kiwi Finds a New Friend | Blair Cooper & Cheryl Smith | Flying Books Publishing | $24.99 |
| 10 | 9781988550671 | Saving Wananga: The true story of a kea rescue | Kris Herbert & Dïne | Potton & Burton | $21.99 |
| International Fiction – Adults (excluding NZ) | |||||
| ISBN | Title | Author | Imprint | RRP | |
| 1 | 9781035047987 | The Hidden Girl | Lucinda Riley & Harry Whittaker | Macmillan | $37.99 |
| 2 | 9780241608371 | We Solve Murders | Richard Osman | Viking | $38.00 |
| 3 | 9780571365470 | Intermezzo | Sally Rooney | Faber & Faber | $36.99 |
| 4 | 9781760785031 | Here One Moment | Liane Moriarty | Macmillan | $37.99 |
| 5 | 9780857506801 | Safe Enough | Lee Child | Bantam Books | $38.00 |
| 6 | 9781761471001 | By Any Other Name | Jodi Picoult | Allen & Unwin | $37.99 |
| 7 | 9781529077759 | The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope) | Ann Cleeves | Pan Books | $37.99 |
| 8 | 9781398531734 | It Ends With Us | Colleen Hoover | Simon & Schuster | $26.99 |
| 9 | 9781460763056 | The Masterpiece | Belinda Alexandra | HarperCollins Publishers | $37.99 |
| 10 | 9781761421143 | Daydream (Maple Hills 3) | Hannah Grace | Simon & Schuster | $26.99 |
| International Non-Fiction – Adults (excluding NZ) | |||||
| ISBN | Title | Author | Imprint | RRP | |
| 1 | 9781911717096 | Nexus | Yuval Noah Harari | Fern Press | $45.00 |
| 2 | 9781785038914 | Ottolenghi Comfort | Yotam Ottolenghi & Helen Goh | Ebury Press | $70.00 |
| 3 | 9781913484606 | Guinness World Records 2025 | Guinness World Records | Guinness World Records | $54.99 |
| 4 | 9781760980139 | RecipeTin Eats: Dinner | Nagi Maehashi | Macmillan | $49.99 |
| 5 | 9780241657805 | Simply Jamie | Jamie Oliver | Michael Joseph | $65.00 |
| 6 | 9780241675687 | The Siege | Ben Macintyre | Viking | $40.00 |
| 7 | 9781408864425 | The Golden Road | William Dalrymple | Bloomsbury Publishing | $44.99 |
| 8 | 9781923049765 | Dress Up Taylor: A Taylor Swift paper doll book | Julia Murray | Smith Street Books | $21.99 |
| 9 | 9780730397533 | The Barefoot Investor | Scott Pape | John Wiley & Sons | $34.99 |
| 10 | 9781847941831 | Atomic Habits | James Clear | Random House | $40.00 |
| Children and Teens – International (excluding NZ) | |||||
| ISBN | Title | Author | Imprint | RRP | |
| 1 | 9780008614515 | Super Sleuth | David Walliams & Adam Stower | HarperCollins | $25.00 |
| 2 | 9780241691700 | Wrath of the Triple Goddess (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) | Rick Riordan | Puffin | $30.00 |
| 3 | 9781761268267 | The Land of Lost Things (Adventures Unlimited) | Andy Griffiths & Bill Hope | Pan Australia | $19.99 |
| 4 | 9781761351419 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1) | Jeff Kinney | Penguin Random House | $5.00 |
| 5 | 9781800789913 | The Wild Robot | Peter Brown | Piccadilly Press | $18.99 |
| 6 | 9781338896435 | The Scarlet Shedder (Dog Man 12) | Dav Pilkey | Scholastic | $21.99 |
| 7 | 9780008649555 | Astrochimp | David Walliams & Adam Stower | HarperCollins | $25.00 |
| 8 | 9781405293181 | A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder 1) | Holly Jackson | Electric Monkey | $22.99 |
| 9 | 9781761347030 | Bluey: Hooray, It’s Halloween! | Bluey | Puffin | $7.99 |
| 10 | 9781761529016 | Kristy and the Walking Disaster (The Baby-Sitters Club 16) | Ann Martin & Ellen Crenshaw | Scholastic | $20.99 |
| Charts produced by Nielsen BookScan NZ using sales data from the NZ panel of participating booksellers. | |||||
| © Nielsen BookScan NZ 2024 | |||||
| This chart is for internal use only, do not forward outside your organisation. | |||||
NZ Non-Fiction – Adults
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ISBN |
Title |
Author |
Imprint |
RRP |
| 1 | 9781775542506 | View from the Second Row | Samuel Whitelock | HarperCollins Publishers | $49.99 |
| 2 | 9781775542384 | Serviceman J | Jamie Pennell | HarperCollins Publishers | $39.99 |
| 3 | 9781991006509 | The Road to Chatto Creek | Matt Chisholm | A&U | $45.00 |
| 4 | 9781991006561 | The Last Secret Agent | Pippa Latour & Jude Dobson | A&U | $37.99 |
| 5 | 9781991006851 | Unmasking Monsters | Chook Henwood | A&U | $37.99 |
| 6 | 9781776950898 | Waitohu | Hinemoa Elder | Penguin Books | $35.00 |
| 7 | 9781776711345 | Becoming Tangata Tiriti | Avril Bell | Auckland University Press | $29.99 |
| 8 | 9781775542551 | The Life of Dai | Dai Henwood & Jaquie Brown | HarperCollins Publishers | $39.99 |
| 9 | 9781991006479 | A Life Less Punishing | Matt Heath | A&U | $37.99 |
| 10 | 9780143775225 | Aroha | Hinemoa Elder | Penguin Books | $30.00 |
Children and Teens – New Zealand
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ISBN |
Title |
Author |
Imprint |
RRP |
| 1 | 9781776957293 | Where is Hairy Maclary? | Samuel Whitelock | Picture Puffin | $19.99 |
| 2 | 9780473295462 | Pee Wee the Lonely Kiwi Finds a New Friend | Blair Cooper & Cheryl Smith | Flying Books Publishing | $24.99 |
| 3 | 9781991006745 | Piki te Ora: Your Wellbeing Journal | Hira Nathan & Jessie Eyre | A&U Children’s | $29.99 |
| 4 | 9781991006820 | The Raven’s Eye Runaways | Claire Mabey | A&U Children’s | $24.99 |
| 5 | 9781869715045 | Buzzz! Native Bugs of Aotearoa | Donovan Bixley | Little Moa | $24.99 |
| 6 | 9781991006646 | The Grimmelings | Rachael King | A&U Children’s | $24.99 |
| 7 | 9781775437918 | The Stinky Wonky Donkey (Wonky Donkey) | Craig Smith & Katz Cowley | Scholastic | $22.99 |
| 8 | 9781776957255 | Hairy Maclary and Friends Meet the Gang! | Lynley Dodd | Picture Puffin | $19.99 |
| 9 | 9780143504450 | Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy | Lynley Dodd | Puffin | $15.99 |
| 10 | 9781776575190 | The Observologist | Giselle Clarkson | Gecko Press | $39.99 |
International Fiction – Adults (excluding NZ)
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ISBN |
Title |
Author |
Imprint |
RRP |
| 1 | 9781471156267 | It Ends With Us | Colleen Hoover | Simon & Schuster | $24.99 |
| 2 | 9781460766262 | A Death in Cornwall | Daniel Silva | HarperCollins Publishers | $37.99 |
| 3 | 9781460764381 | This Is Why We Lied | Karin Slaughter | HarperCollins Publishers | $37.99 |
| 4 | 9780008643553 | The Briar Club | Kate Quinn | HarperCollins | $36.99 |
| 5 | 9781035005680 | The Women | Kristin Hannah | Macmillan | $37.99 |
| 6 | 9780733649646 | Seventeen Years Later | J.P. Pomare | Hachette | $37.99 |
| 7 | 9781804181553 | Whole Life Sentence | Lynda La Plante | Zaffre | $36.99 |
| 8 | 9780349437033 | Iron Flame (The Empyrean) | Rebecca Yarros | Piatkus Books | $37.99 |
| 9 | 9780241441152 | My Favourite Mistake | Marian Keyes | Michael Joseph | $38.00 |
| 10 | 9781761425622 | Fire and Bones (Temperance Brennan 23) | Kathy Reichs | Simon & Schuster Australia | $38.99 |
International Non-Fiction – Adults (excluding NZ)
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ISBN |
Title |
Author |
Imprint |
RRP |
| 1 | 9781760980139 | RecipeTin Eats: Dinner | Nagi Maehashi | Macmillan | $49.99 |
| 2 | 9781847941831 | Atomic Habits | James Clear | Random House | $40.00 |
| 3 | 9780008696283 | The Shadow Work Journal | Keila Shaheen | HQ | $39.99 |
| 4 | 9781788404853 | Opening The Gates of Hell | Mark Hodkinson | Cassell | $39.99 |
| 5 | 9780007350612 | Night of Power | Robert Fisk | Fourth Estate | $49.99 |
| 6 | 9780141978611 | The Body Keeps the Score | Bessel van der Kolkv | Penguin Books | $30.00 |
| 7 | 9781529195712 | Tiger, Tiger | James Patterson | Century | $40.00 |
| 8 | 9781804091043 | The Psychology of Money | Morgan Housel | Harriman House | $34.99 |
| 9 | 9781925483598 | The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck | Mark Manson | Macmillan | $34.99 |
| 10 | 9781398517295 | LeBron | Jeff Benedict | Simon & Schuster | $29.99 |
Children and Teens – International (excluding NZ)
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ISBN |
Title |
Author |
Imprint |
RRP |
| 1 | 9781405293181 | A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder 1) | Holly Jackson | Electric Monkey | $22.99 |
| 2 | 9780008649555 | Astrochimp | David Walliams & Adam Stower | HarperCollins | $25.00 |
| 3 | 9781338896435 | The Scarlet Shedder (Dog Man 12) | Dav Pilkey | Scholastic | $21.99 |
| 4 | 9781398529489 | Powerless (Powerless Trilogy 1) | Lauren Roberts | Simon & Schuster | $28.99 |
| 5 | 9781398530126 | Reckless (Powerless Trilogy 2) | Lauren Roberts | Simon & Schuster | $28.99 |
| 6 | 9781398535732 | Powerful | Lauren Roberts | Simon & Schuster | $26.99 |
| 7 | 9781460756126 | Girl in Pieces | Kathleen Glasgow | HarperCollins Publishers | $22.99 |
| 8 | 9781405297752 | Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder 2) | Holly Jackson | Electric Monkey | $22.99 |
| 9 | 9781405298605 | As Good As Dead (A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder 3) | Holly Jackson | Electric Monkey | $22.99 |
| 10 | 9781529074932 | Dear Zoo | Rod Campbell | Macmillan Children’s Books | $19.99 |
Charts produced by Nielsen BookScan NZ using sales data from the NZ panel of participating booksellers.