Tuesday, 5 May 2009

Booksellers Favourites

Bestsellers for the week ending 25 APRIL 2009. Anzac makes some impact in the NZ Non-fiction and Childrens & Teens NZ categories, while it was easy to see that the approach of the cold weather is getting everyone to dust off their crock-pots and slow cookers as well. The international categories reveal all the usual suspects with their latest (or most topical) titles.

NZ Fiction – Adults
1 Isle of Tears, Deborah Challinor
2 The Bone Tiki, David Hair
3 Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones
4 The 10pm Question, Kate De Goldi
5 Limestone, Fiona Farrell

NZ Non-fiction – Adults
1 Walking in Light, Kelvin Cruickshank
2 Fernleaf Cairo: New Zealanders at Maadi Camp, Alex Hedley & Megan Hutching
3 100 Ways to Use Slow Cookers and Crockpots, Alison Holst & Simon Holst
4 Edmonds Cookery Centenary Edition
5 Sins of the Father: The Long Shadow of a Religious Cult, Fleur Beale

International Fiction – Adults (excluding NZ)
1 Gone Tomorrow, Lee Child
2 Assegai, Wilbur Smith
3 Handle with Care, Jodi Picoult
4 The Best of Times, Penny Vincenzi
5 Long Lost, Harlan Coben

International Non-fiction – Adults (excluding NZ)
1 Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything, Elizabeth Gilbert
2 A Lion Called Christian, Anthony Bourke & John Rendall
3 Always Looking Up, Michael J. Fox
4 Jamie's Ministry of Food, Jamie Oliver
5 Dreams from My Father, Barack Obama

Children and Teens – International (excluding NZ)
Once again the name Stephenie Meyer with her "Twilight" series dominates this list.

Children and Teens – New Zealand
1 Awesome Aotearoa: A Kids' History of New Zealand, Margaret Mahy
2 Willie Apiata, VC: The Reluctant Hero, Paul Little & John Lockyer
3 Wearing the Poppy, A. J. Toledo
4 Perky the Pukeko, Michelle Osment
5 Old Drumble: The Smartest Drover's Dog There Ever Was, Jack Lasenby

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