Grand: Becoming My Mother's Daughter
By: Noelle McCarthy
4.13
Format: 269 pages, Paperback
"I’ll be grand, girl, I’ve great faith." – Mammy, just before she died Funny, charismatic and ge…
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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
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2. Water
By: John Boyne
4.33
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the local… read more
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3. Pet
By: Catherine Chidgey
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic … read more
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4. Birnam Wood
By: Eleanor Catton
3.82
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Birnam Wood is on the move . . . Five years ago, Mira Bunting founded a guerrilla gardening gro… read more
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"...wondering, not for the first time, when exactly she had become so technologically dependent that her first instinct in every unpredicted circumstance was to outsource her imagination to her phone."-Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood
"Not at all,’ he said. ‘I was just going to remark that being a cliche can be very useful. You ought to consider it some time.’ ’Oh yeah?’ ’Yeah,’ he said. ‘It means people underestimate you. They thi…"-Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood
"As his rhetoric and reading life matured, he grew intensely scornful of what passed at his high school for 'education' - the mania for testing; the intolerance of real dissent; and the conformist cel…"-Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood
"... his future, had either been sold or laid to waste by his parents' generation, trapping him in a perpetual adolescence that was further heightened by the infantilising unreality of the Internet as…"-Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood
5. Remember Me
By: Charity Norman
4.33
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
They never found Leah Parata. Not a boot, not a backpack, not a turquoise beanie. After she left me… read more
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6. 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
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"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
7. 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
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8. 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
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"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
9. 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
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10. Did I Ever Tell You This?
By: Sam Neill
4.06
Format: 398 pages, Hardcover
In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tell… read more
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11. Straight Up
By: Ruby Tui
4.38
Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition
This is Ruby Tui. An open, raw and honest account of her journey from a troubled and unstable child… read more
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"True leadership is the opposite of individualism, the opposite of one person standing above the rest. It's an encompassing, inclusive thing. I never liked the top-down way of leading. Even if I've be…"-Ruby Tui, Straight Up
12. 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
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13. Greta & Valdin
By: Rebecca K. Reilly
4.05
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An irresistible and bighearted international bestseller that follows a brother and sister as they n… read more
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"I wonder what plant I would be, if I were a plant. Maybe something with big leaves that droop sulkily if not provided with the exact right amount of water and light."-Rebecca K. Reilly, Greta & Valdin
14. 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
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15. 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
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16. 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
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17. Harbouring
By: Jenny Pattrick
3.88
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
It is 1839 and Huw Pengellin is desperate to find a better life for his family than the one he ekes… read more
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18. 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
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19. 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
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20. Grand: Becoming My Mother's Daughter
By: Noelle McCarthy
4.13
Format: 269 pages, Paperback
"I’ll be grand, girl, I’ve great faith." – Mammy, just before she died Funny, charismatic and ge… read more
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21. Kāwai For Such A Time As This
By: Monty Soutar
4.16
Format: 371 pages, Paperback
This epic historical adventure tells the story of pre-colonial Aotearoa New Zealand like it’s never… read more
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22. 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
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23. 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
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24. The Mirror Book
By: Charlotte Grimshaw
3.91
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Brave, explosive, and thought-provoking, this is a powerful memoir from a critically acclaimed writ… read more
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25. Better the Blood
By: Michael Bennett
4.01
Format: 329 pages, Hardcover
A DETECTIVE IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH Hana Westerman is a tenacious Māori detective juggling single… read more
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26. After the Tampa
By: Abbas Nazari
4.69
Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition
The heart-rending story of a child 'Tampa' refugee who grew up to become a Fulbright scholar, highl… read more
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27. 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
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28. 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
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29. Things I Learned At Art School
By: Megan Dunn
3.90
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
From the writer who brought you Tinderbox, a book about a woman trying to write a book, comes Thing… read more
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30. You Probably Think This Song is About You
By: Kate Camp
4.14
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In these disarming true stories, Kate Camp moves back and forth through the smoke-filled rooms of h… read more
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31. On Call: Stories from my life as a surgeon, a daughter and a mother
By: Ineke Meredith
4.23
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Stories of life, death and bravery by a Kiwi female general surgeon. The world of surgery is str… read more
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