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Bestseller List to 30 January 2021

Tell Me Lies (Hachette) by J.P. Pomare stays on top of Fiction for a third week. Supergood (Random House) by Chelsea Winter is number one for the eleventh week in a row. The Grinny Granny Donkey (Scholastic NZ) by Craig Smith and Katz Cowley tops Children/Teen books for fourteen weeks in a row.


New Zealand Bestsellers Chart
Week ending 30 January 2021

NZ Fiction - Adults

  1. Tell Me Lies, J.P. Pomare, Hachette, $29.99

  2. The Tally Stick, Carl Nixon, Vintage, $36.00

  3. Sister to Sister, Olivia Hayfield, Hachette, $34.99

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

  5. Auē, Becky Manawatu, Makaro Press, $35.00

  6. The Whale Rider, Witi Ihimaera, Raupo Publishing, $26.00

  7. The Silence of Snow, Eileen Merriman, Black Swan, $36.00

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

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

  10. Nothing to See, Pip Adam, Victoria University Press, $30.00

NZ Non-Fiction - Adults

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

  2. The Book of Angst, Gwendoline Smith, Allen & Unwin, $24.99

  3. Aroha, Hinemoa Elder, Penguin, $30.00

  4. Destitute Gourmet, Sophie Gray, Random House, $35.00

  5. My Journey Starts Here, Jazz Thornton & Genevieve Mora, Penguin, $30.00

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

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

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

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

  10. Living Lightly, Nicola Turner, HarperCollins, $45.00


NZ - Children and Teens

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

  2. Marvellous Marvin, Nadia Lim & Fifi Colston, Scholastic, $19.99

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

  4. The Wonky Donkey, Craig Smith & Katz Cowley, Scholastic, $21.99

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

  6. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy, Lynley Dodd, Puffin, $15.99

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

  8. My First Words in Māori, Stacey Morrison & Ali Teo & John O'Reilly, Puffin, $19.99

  9. The Little Yellow Digger, Betty Gilderdale & Alan Gilderdale, Scholastic, $12.99

  10. Hairy Maclary and Friends, Lynley Dodd, Puffin, $22.00



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

© Nielsen BookScan NZ 2021