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September 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.

6 September – 3 October 2026

  1. Dreamslinger (Slinger Series Book 1), Graci Kim, Penguin Random House. $24.00
  2. The Comeback Kid, Airana Ngarewa & Story Hemi-Morehouse, Little Moa. $19.99
  3. Royalslinger (Slinger Series Book 2) Graci Kim, Penguin Random House. $24.00
  4. Jake Whyte Pig Hunter, J D Crouchley, David Bateman Books. $23.99
  5. The (Not So) Superheroes (The Terrible Trio 1), Swapna Haddow and Mincky Stapleton, Scholastic NZ. $18.99
  6. The Song of Saltings, Rachael King, Allen and Unwin. $27.99
  7. The Porangi Boy, Shilo Kino, Huia Publishers. $25.00
  8. The Fate of the Dragons (Dragonfly 1), Sarina Clark and Alba Gil Celdran, Little Moa. $21.99
  9. Children of the Rush Book 1, James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books. $22.00
  10. Below, David Hill, Puffin. $22.00
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