January’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.

29 December 2024 to 25 January 2025

  1. Blackmail and Lies Mary-anne Scott, Scholastic NZ. $21.99
  2. Red Rocks Rachael King, Random House. $22.00
  3. Lopini the Legend Feana Tu’akoi, Scholastic NZ. $20.99
  4. Nine Girls Stacy Gregg, Penguin Books. $22.00
  5. The Grimmelings Rachael King, Allen & Unwin. $24.99
  6. Children of the Rush Book 1 James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books. $22.00
  7. Jason Mason and the Dastardly Master of Disguise (Jason Mason 3), Jason Gunn and Andrew Gunn, Bateman Books. $19.99
  8. Children of the Rush Book 2 James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books. $22.00
  9. The Dragon Defenders (Dragon Defenders 1) James Russell & Yongtao Zhang, Dragon Brothers Books. $22.00
  10. Children of the Rush Book 3 James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books. $22.00

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