Bestsellers for the week ending Sat 3rd October 2026
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NZ Fiction - Adults
| 1 | 9781869715670 | A Siena Love Story | Nicky Pellegrino | Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand | $37.99 |
| 2 | 9781776951406 | The Star Path | Witi Ihimaera Smiler | Penguin Books (NZ) | $35.00 |
| 3 | 9781869718831 | Ordinary People Like Us | Kelly Ana Morey | Moa Press | $37.99 |
| 4 | 9781067018917 | The Valley of Unlikely Acquaintances | Terri Te Tau | Spoor Books | $38.00 |
| 5 | 9781776951338 | Murder and Mojitos (The Bookshop Detectives 3) | Gareth and Louise Ward | Penguin Books (NZ) | $38.00 |
NZ Non-Fiction - Adults
| 1 | 9781988550916 | Dirty Work | Nicky Hager | Potton & Burton | $34.99 |
| 2 | 9781991142825 | Lucky You're Tough | Mark Law & Ron Crosby | A&U New Zealand | $39.99 |
| 3 | 9781991006349 | That Woman | Silvia Cartwright | A&U New Zealand | $49.99 |
| 4 | 9781991006776 | Nothing But the Truth | Stuart Grieve | A&U New Zealand | $45.00 |
| 5 | 9781991006363 | How We Cook | Margo Flanagan & Rosa Power | A&U New Zealand | $49.99 |
NZ Children and Teens
| 1 | 9781869715724 | The Sweet As Looky Book | Donovan Bixley | Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand | $27.99 |
| 2 | 9781776957545 | Schnitzel Von Krumm, Dogs Never Climb Trees | Lynley Dodd | Picture Puffin | $15.99 |
| 3 | 9781775438069 | Moto Mike the Motorbike (Nee Naw and Friends) | Deano Yipadee & Bruce Potter | Scholastic New Zealand | $21.99 |
| 4 | 9781991142504 | Millie from Milford | Ruth Shaw & Deborah Hinde | A&U Children's NZ | $27.99 |
| 5 | 9780143504450 | Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy | Lynley Dodd | Puffin | $15.99 |
International Fiction - Adults (excluding NZ)
| 1 | 9780349450612 | Threshing Day (The Empyrean, Limited Deluxe Edition) | Rebecca Yarros | Piatkus Books | $55.00 |
| 2 | 9781761775642 | Hollow Bones | Jodi Picoult | Macmillan Australia | $38.00 |
| 3 | 9780241746035 | We Chase Shadows | Richard Osman | Viking | $38.00 |
| 4 | 9781761563102 | Big Little Truths | Liane Moriarty | Macmillan Australia | $38.00 |
| 5 | 9781682818084 | Threshing Day (The Empyrean, Wing and Claw Collection) | Rebecca Yarros | Entangled: Ever After | $69.99 |
International Non-Fiction - Adults (excluding NZ)
| 1 | 9780241825594 | Swan Song | Charles Spencer | Michael Joseph Ltd | $65.00 |
| 2 | 9781529921298 | Protocols | Andrew Huberman | Cornerstone Press | $45.00 |
| 3 | 9781405995887 | Murdoku Volume 2 | M. Garand | Penguin Books Ltd | $40.00 |
| 4 | 9780241848395 | End Times Fascism | Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor | Allen Lane | $40.00 |
| 5 | 9781529109511 | Ottolenghi Simple Too | Yotam Ottolenghi & Verena Lochmuller | Ebury Press | $75.00 |
International Children and Teens (excluding NZ)
| 1 | 9781037408724 | Gruffalo Granny | Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler | Macmillan | $30.00 |
| 2 | 9780655243823 | Hello Kitty and Friends | Lake Press | $19.99 | |
| 3 | 9780241805862 | Cozy Capybara | Coco Wyo | Penguin Books Ltd | $21.00 |
| 4 | 9781761622564 | Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories 2 | Jeff Kinney | Puffin | $21.00 |
| 5 | 9780241764220 | Cozy Corner | Coco Wyo | Penguin Books Ltd | $21.00 |
Charts produced by NielsenIQ BookData NZ using sales data from the NZ panel of participating booksellers.