June/ July Aotearoa Children’s Junior Fiction and Young Adult Bestseller List

Each month, the Aotearoa Children’s Junior Fiction and Young Adults Bestseller List highlights the bestselling junior fiction and young adult titles by New Zealand writers.
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Data collected by Nielsen BookScan.

14 June – 11 July 2026

1. Marlon Foundling and the Circus of Lost Children, James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books (PB). $24.00 
2. Royalslinger (Slinger Series Book 2) Graci Kim, Penguin Random House. $24.00
3. Dreamslinger (Slinger Series Book 1), Graci Kim, Penguin Random House. $24.00
4. Dawn Raid: The Apology, Pauline Vaeluaga Smith and Brooklyn Taylor, Scholastic NZ. $20.99
5. Marlon Foundling and the Circus of Lost Children, James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books (HB). $30.00 
6. The Dragon Defenders 1, James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books. $22.00
7. Ana & Frog Search for Minty the Missing Horse, Shelley Burne-Field and Story Hemi-Morehouse, Allen & Unwin. $19.99
8. Song of the Saltings, Rachael King, Allen & Unwin. $27.99
9. The Case of the Viral Video (Violet and the Velvets 3), Rachael King and Phoebe Morris, Allen & Unwin. $27.99
10. Children of the Rush Book 1, James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books. $22.00