Most Popular in 2025: Aotearoa

Most Popular in 2025 - Aotearoa New Zealand

Library staff have compiled reports to discover 2025's popular items at Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi. The books are listed in order of how many holds customers placed.

Most Popular Fiction and Non-Fiction Books

  1. A different kind of power : a memoir Jacinda Ardern
  2. The last secret agent : my untold story of life as a spy behind Nazi enemy lines Pippa Latour with Jude Dobson
  3. No words for this : a memoir Alison Mau
  4. Leave the girls behind Jacqueline Bublitz
  5. Tasty Chelsea Winter
  6. Delirious Damien Wilkins
  7. Careless people : a story of where I used to work Sarah Wynn-Williams
  8. Did I ever tell you this? : a memoir Sam Neill
  9. The official New Zealand road code. your guide to getting a learner licence
  10. More salad Two Raw Sisters
  11. Unveiled : a story of surviving Gloriavale Theophila Pratt
  12. A land of two halves Joe Bennett
  13. Schnitzel von Krumm's basketwork Lynley Dodd
  14. A life less punishing : 13 ways to love the life you've got Matt Heath
  15. Nadia Nadia Lim
  16. Woman uninterrupted Brodie Kane
  17. The life of Dai Dai Henwood
  18. Three wee bookshops at the end of the world Ruth Shaw
  19. From there to here Joe Bennett
  20. A very French affair : a memoir of adventure, amour and a little madness Maria Hoyle

Top 10 most popular eBooks

  1. Delirious Damien Wilkins
  2. Three Wee Bookshops at the End of the World Ruth Shaw
  3. A Beautiful Family Jennifer Trevelyan
  4. Leave the girls behind Jacqueline Bublitz
  5. A Very French Affair Maria Hoyle
  6. The Bookseller at the End of the World Ruth Shaw
  7. The Last Secret Agent: The untold story of my life as a spy behind Nazi enemy lines Pippa Latour with Jude Dobson
  8. Careless People: A Story of Where I Used to Work Sarah Wynn-Williams
  9. No Words for This Alison Mau
  10. Did I Ever Tell You This?: A Memoir Sam Neill,

Top 5 most popular eAudiobooks

  1. A Different Kind of Power Jacinda Ardern
  2. Leave the Girls Behind Bublitz, Jacqueline Bublitz
  3. This is the F#$%ing News Patrick Gower
  4. Careless People: A Story of Where I Used to Work Sarah Wynn-Williams
  5. Māori Made Easy: For Everyday Learners of the Māori Language Scotty Morrison

 

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