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Bestseller List to 31 October

Auē by Becky Manawatu sits comfortably at number one for Fiction, having also taken out the Ngaio Marsh Book Award for Best Crime Novel at the WORD Christchurch Festival last Saturday (Mākaro Press) - but there are four hot new poetry books snapping at her heels. Chelsea Winter holds on to Non-Fiction for the fourth week with Supergood (Penguin Random House). And The Grinny Granny Donkey (Scholastic NZ) by Craig Smith hugs her way to top spot for Children/Teen books.

New Zealand Bestsellers Chart - Week ending 31-October-2020

NZ Fiction - Adults

  1. Auē, Becky Manawatu, Mākaro Press, $35.00

  2. The Savage Coloniser Book, Tusiata Avia, Victoria University Press, $25.00

  3. Nouns, Verbs, Etc., Fiona Farrell, Otago University Press, $35.00

  4. Wow, Bill Manhire, Victoria University Press, $25.00

  5. Goddess Muscle, Karlo Mila, Huia Publishers, $35.00

  6. The Jacaranda House, Deborah Challinor, HarperCollins , $36.99

  7. New Admissions, Mira Harrison, Mira Harrison, $23.00

  8. Landmarks, Grahame Sydney & Owen Marshall & Brian Turner, Godwit, $75.00

  9. Remote Sympathy, Catherine Chidgey, Victoria University Press, $35.00

  10. State Highway One, Sam Coley, Hachette, $34.99


NZ Non-Fiction - Adults

  1. Supergood, Chelsea Winter, Random House, $50.00

  2. Impossible: My Story, Stan Walker, HarperCollins, $39.99

  3. Aroha, Hinemoa Elder, Penguin Books, $30.00

  4. Searching for Charlie, Tom Scott, Upstart Press, $49.99

  5. Two Raw Sisters, Rosa Flanagan & Margo Flanagan, David Bateman, $39.99

  6. Tamatea Dusky, Peta Carey, Potton & Burton, $69.99

  7. Vegful, Nadia Lim, Nude Food, $55.00

  8. Wild at Heart, Miriam Lancewood, Allen & Unwin, $36.99

  9. This Is Not How It Ends, Jehan Casinader, HarperCollins, $35.00

  10. Bella: My Life in Food, Annabel Langbein, Allen & Unwin, $49.99


Children and Teens

  1. The Grinny Granny Donkey, Craig Smith & Katz Cowley, Scholastic, $21.99

  2. Beaudy: Skills, Drills and the Path to the Top, Rikki Swannell, Upstart Press, $39.99

  3. Kuwi & Friends Maori Picture Dictionary, Kat Quin & Pania Papa, Illustrated Publishing, $34.99

  4. Amazing Aotearoa Activity Book, Gavin Bishop, Penguin, $25.00

  5. The Dinky Donkey, Craig Smith & Katz Cowley, Scholastic, $21.99

  6. I am the Universe, Vasanti Unka, Puffin, $25.00

  7. Mophead, Selina Tusitala Marsh, Auckland University Press, $24.99

  8. The Dinky Donkey (The Box Set Plus Minibook), Craig Smith & Katz Cowley, Scholastic, $29.99

  9. Egg and Spoon, Alexandra Tylee & Giselle Clarkson, Gecko Press, $39.99

  10. Edmonds My First Cookbook, Goodman Fielder, Hachette, $24.99



Charts produced by Nielsen BookScan NZ using sales data from the NZ panel of participating booksellers.

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