5 best-selling novels books like The Axeman's Carnival by Catherine Chidgey

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The Axeman's Carnival

By: Catherine Chidgey

4.37

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Everywhere, the birds: sparrows and skylarks and thrushes, starlings and bellbirds, fantails and pi…

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1. Lola in the Mirror

By: Trent Dalton

4.41

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from inter… read more

Similar categories in Trent Dalton's Lola in the Mirror book and Catherine Chidgey's The Axeman's Carnival

  • literary fiction
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. The Bookseller at the End of the World

By: Ruth Shaw

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A rich, immersive, funny and heartbreaking memoir of the charming bookseller who runs two tiny book… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Shaw's The Bookseller at the End of the World book and Catherine Chidgey's The Axeman's Carnival

  • contemporary
"My mother, more than anyone, knew why I lived such a high-risk life. She gave me the freedom to run."

-Ruth Shaw, The Bookseller at the End of the World

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3. There’s a Cure for This: A Memoir

By: Emma Espiner

4.31

Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition

“I don’t know why medicine felt like coming home but, for some reason, it fits. I keep thinking abo… read more

Similar categories in Emma Espiner's There’s a Cure for This: A Memoir book and Catherine Chidgey's The Axeman's Carnival

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4. How to Loiter in a Turf War

By: Coco Solid

4.23

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A genre-bending work of autobiographical fiction from one of Aotearoa’s fiercest and most versatile… read more

Similar categories in Coco Solid's How to Loiter in a Turf War book and Catherine Chidgey's The Axeman's Carnival

  • literary fiction
  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"She gives him a hurled brick wrapped up in a smile"

-Coco Solid, How to Loiter in a Turf War

"Māoridom in Aotearoa dictates that we generate prestige from manaakitanga. It is the connection and hospitality we express for those in our care but also to show all that they are our equal, they too…"

-Coco Solid, How to Loiter in a Turf War

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5. Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2)

By: Michael Bennett

3.94

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Better the Blood, the gripping second novel in a crime series starring Māori det… read more

Similar categories in Michael Bennett's Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2) book and Catherine Chidgey's The Axeman's Carnival

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. Lioness

By: Emily Perkins

3.43

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

You know how we say we devoured a story, and also that we were consumed by it? Eating and being eat… read more

Similar categories in Emily Perkins's Lioness book and Catherine Chidgey's The Axeman's Carnival

  • literary fiction
  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts

By: Josie Shapiro

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The stunning debut novel by the winner of the Allen & Unwin Commercial Fiction Prize. If you loved … read more

Similar categories in Josie Shapiro's Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts book and Catherine Chidgey's The Axeman's Carnival

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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8. Poor People With Money

By: Dominic Hoey

4.03

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Monday Woolridge is a fighter with a face covered in scars and life full of debt. Her Avondale f… read more

Similar categories in Dominic Hoey's Poor People With Money book and Catherine Chidgey's The Axeman's Carnival

  • fiction
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9. One of Those Mothers

By: Megan Nicol Reed

3.66

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

The residents of Point Heed keep nice houses and sign up as parent help at the local school. Occasi… read more

Similar categories in Megan Nicol Reed's One of Those Mothers book and Catherine Chidgey's The Axeman's Carnival

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Axeman's Carnival by Catherine Chidgey

10. The Axeman's Carnival

By: Catherine Chidgey

4.37

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Everywhere, the birds: sparrows and skylarks and thrushes, starlings and bellbirds, fantails and pi… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Chidgey's The Axeman's Carnival book and Catherine Chidgey's The Axeman's Carnival

  • literary fiction
  • magical realism
  • novels
  • animals
  • fiction
  • abuse
  • contemporary
  • birds
  • fantasy
  • nature
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11. Loop Tracks

By: Sue Orr

4.16

Format: 332 pages, Paperback

It’s 1978: the Auckland abortion clinic has been forced to close and sixteen-year-old Charlie has t… read more

Similar categories in Sue Orr's Loop Tracks book and Catherine Chidgey's The Axeman's Carnival

  • literary fiction
  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. The Doctor's Wife

By: Fiona Sussman

4.04

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

Nothing in Stan Andino's unremarkable life could prepare him for the day he discovers his wife in t… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Sussman's The Doctor's Wife book and Catherine Chidgey's The Axeman's Carnival

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. Amma

By: Saraid de Silva

4.45

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

Three generations. Three continents. Three sexualities. 1951. Singapore. Ten-year-old Josep… read more

Similar categories in Saraid de Silva's Amma book and Catherine Chidgey's The Axeman's Carnival

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. The Bone Tree

By: Airana Ngarewa

3.71

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

After the death of both parents, Kauri and Black must find a way to survive in a world that doesn't… read more

Similar categories in Airana Ngarewa's The Bone Tree book and Catherine Chidgey's The Axeman's Carnival

  • fiction
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15. Eddy, Eddy

By: Kate De Goldi

3.96

Format: None pages, Paperback

Eddy, Eddy is a coming of age story, a love story, an earthquake story and a story of finding your … read more

Similar categories in Kate De Goldi's Eddy, Eddy book and Catherine Chidgey's The Axeman's Carnival

  • literary fiction
  • animals
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. The Deck

By: Fiona Farrell

3.95

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

What is the point of inventing stories when reality eclipses imagination? A little way off in the f… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Farrell's The Deck book and Catherine Chidgey's The Axeman's Carnival

  • fiction
Cover of Audition by Pip Adam

17. Audition

By: Pip Adam

3.64

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A spaceship called Audition is hurtling through the cosmos. Squashed immobile into its largest room… read more

Similar categories in Pip Adam's Audition book and Catherine Chidgey's The Axeman's Carnival

  • novels
  • fiction
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18. The Waters

By: Carl Nixon

3.77

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

One family. Forty years. The Waters kids ― practical, athletic Mark; the physically beautiful drea… read more

Similar categories in Carl Nixon's The Waters book and Catherine Chidgey's The Axeman's Carnival

  • fiction
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19. Mrs Jewell and the Wreck of the General Grant

By: Cristina Sanders

4.01

Format: 321 pages, Paperback

It’s 1866 and the three-masted sailing ship General Grant is on the southern route from Melbourne t… read more

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20. Dice

By: Claire Baylis

3.86

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

A compelling courtroom drama, Dice is an incredibly timely exploration of how sexual violence is vi… read more

Similar categories in Claire Baylis's Dice book and Catherine Chidgey's The Axeman's Carnival

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. Hannah & Huia

By: Charlotte Lobb

4.67

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Hannah is in a mental health unit, in shock and rendered speechless following the sudden death of h… read more

Similar categories in Charlotte Lobb's Hannah & Huia book and Catherine Chidgey's The Axeman's Carnival

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Trent Dalton

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Coco Solid

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Michael Bennett

3.94

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Emily Perkins

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Pet

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4.06

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3.43

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Josie Shapiro

4.21

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