Booksellers Choice 2026
  • Booksellers Choice 2026

    This award celebrates the New Zealand books that independent bookshops love to recommend and proudly stock.
  • This is the first round of voting. You may vote for up to 20 titles on each of the Children’s and Adult Lists. The results of this round will be used to create the shortlist.

    All titles listed have been selected from books published in New Zealand or by a New Zealand author, released in the past year and that have appeared in a Nielsen bestsellers chart. But if we've missed your top choice, please email naoise@booksellers.co.nz and let us know.

    The second round of voting will open on 12 February for one week, with the winners announced at the Book Industry Awards on 25 July.

    Thank you for taking part and helping to champion the books you love most!

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