September’s 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.

10 August  – 6 September 2025

  1. The Fate of Dragons, Sarina Clark & Abra Gil Celdran, Little Moa, $21.99
  2. The (Not So) Superheroes (The Terrible Trio 1), Swapna Haddow & Minky Stapleton, Scholastic, $18.99
  3. Children of the Rush Book 1 James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books. $22.00
  4. Leonardo’s Dragon, Donovan Bixley, Upstart Press, $29.99
  5. Spark Hunter Sonya Wilson, Allen & Unwin Children’s. $24.99
  6. The Case of the Missing Stuff (Violet and the Velvets Book 1). Rachael King, Allen & Unwin Children’s. $18.99
  7. The Secret Garden Sonya Wilson, Allen & Unwin Children’s. $24.99
  8. The Case of the Angry Ghost (Violet and the Velvets 2), Rachael King, Allen and Unwin Children’s, $18.99
  9. Dreamslinger (Slinger Series Book 1) Graci Kim, Penguin Books. $24.00
  10. Nine Girls Stacy Gregg, Penguin Books. $22.00

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