Bestsellers for the week ending Sat 19th September 2026
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NZ Fiction - Adults
| 1 | 9781869718831 | Ordinary People Like Us | Kelly Ana Morey | Moa Press | $37.99 |
| 2 | 9781067018917 | The Valley of Unlikely Acquaintances | Terri Te Tau | Spoor Books | $38.00 |
| 3 | 9781869718633 | The Body and the Blood | Molly Crighton | Moa Press | $37.99 |
| 4 | 9781776951338 | Murder and Mojitos (The Bookshop Detectives 3) | Gareth and Louise Ward | Penguin Books (NZ) | $38.00 |
| 5 | 9781869718800 | One Day a Taniwha | Tīhema Baker | Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand | $37.99 |
NZ Non-Fiction - Adults
| 1 | 9781991142825 | Lucky You're Tough | Mark Law & Ron Crosby | A&U New Zealand | $39.99 |
| 2 | 9781991006349 | That Woman | Silvia Cartwright | A&U New Zealand | $49.99 |
| 3 | 9781776891887 | Give | Allyson Gofton & Lottie Hedley | David Bateman Ltd | $49.99 |
| 4 | 9781991006363 | How We Cook | Margo Flanagan & Rosa Power | A&U New Zealand | $49.99 |
| 5 | 9781991309259 | Stringer | Lynda Tyler & Haru Sameshima & Jane Ussher | Massey University Press | $90.00 |
NZ Children and Teens
| 1 | 9781776957545 | Schnitzel Von Krumm, Dogs Never Climb Trees | Lynley Dodd | Picture Puffin | $15.99 |
| 2 | 9781776957088 | Hairy Maclary Treasury | Lynley Dodd | Puffin | $50.00 |
| 3 | 9781991142672 | The Little Kiwi Builder | Tim Saunders & Minky Stapleton | A&U Children's NZ | $21.99 |
| 4 | 9780143504450 | Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy | Lynley Dodd | Puffin | $15.99 |
| 5 | 9781991142566 | Te Ngahere i te Rā: The Forest by Day | Kiri Lightfoot & Pippa Keel Situ | A&U Children's NZ | $24.99 |
International Fiction - Adults (excluding NZ)
| 1 | 9780241746035 | We Chase Shadows | Richard Osman | Viking | $38.00 |
| 2 | 9781761775642 | Hollow Bones | Jodi Picoult | Macmillan Australia | $38.00 |
| 3 | 9781761563102 | Big Little Truths | Liane Moriarty | Macmillan Australia | $38.00 |
| 4 | 9781529937831 | Our Noble Selves | Kate Atkinson | Doubleday | $38.00 |
| 5 | 9780349446288 | Fury In Death (In Death 63) | J. D. Robb | Piatkus Books | $37.99 |
International Non-Fiction - Adults (excluding NZ)
| 1 | 9781529921298 | Protocols | Andrew Huberman | Cornerstone Press | $45.00 |
| 2 | 9781529109511 | Ottolenghi Simple Too | Yotam Ottolenghi & Verena Lochmuller | Ebury Press | $75.00 |
| 3 | 9781401994136 | The Let Them Theory | Mel Robbins & Sawyer Robbins | Hay House Inc | $38.00 |
| 4 | 9781761561832 | RecipeTin Eats: Tonight | Nagi Maehashi | Macmillan Australia | $54.99 |
| 5 | 9781922790859 | Did I Ever Tell You This? | Sam Neill | The Text Publishing Company | $45.00 |
International Children and Teens (excluding NZ)
| 1 | 9781037408724 | Gruffalo Granny | Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler | Macmillan | $30.00 |
| 2 | 9781761622564 | Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories 2 | Jeff Kinney | Puffin | $21.00 |
| 3 | 9780655243823 | Hello Kitty and Friends | Lake Press | $19.99 | |
| 4 | 9780241003008 | The Very Hungry Caterpillar | Eric Carle | Puffin | $17.99 |
| 5 | 9780241805855 | Cozy Season | Coco Wyo | Penguin Books Ltd | $21.00 |
Charts produced by NielsenIQ BookData NZ using sales data from the NZ panel of participating booksellers.