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…
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3.79
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2. Swimming in the Dark
By: Paddy Richardson
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
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By: Trent Dalton
4.41
Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition
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4. Pet
By: Catherine Chidgey
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Format: 352 pages, Paperback
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5. Birnam Wood
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3.82
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
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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
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6. 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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7. 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
8. 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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9. 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
10. 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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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
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13. Poor People With Money
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4.03
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
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14. One of Those Mothers
By: Megan Nicol Reed
3.66
Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition
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15. 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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16. Amma
By: Saraid de Silva
4.45
Format: 282 pages, Paperback
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17. Auē
By: Becky Manawatu
4.50
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
Taukiri was born into sorrow. Auē can be heard in the sound of the sea he loves and hates, and in t… read more
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"I thought how many terrible words there were, and how when they were let loose in the world, they sucked up all the air around them."-Becky Manawatu, Auē
18. Grand: Becoming My Mother's Daughter
By: Noelle McCarthy
4.13
Format: 269 pages, Paperback
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19. 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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20. 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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21. 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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22. Hine Toa
By: Ngahuia Te Awekotuku
4.45
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
The immersive, inspiring and long-awaited memoir by legendary activist and scholar Ngahuia Te Aweko… read more
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23. Kurangaituku
By: Whiti Hereaka
4.34
Format: 350 pages, Paperback
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"The lives I have consumed are countless. The lives you can live within stories are endless. Through story, I gift you my sight. I let you see this world as I see it."-Whiti Hereaka, Kurangaituku
24. Black Silk and Sympathy (Tatty Crowe #1)
By: Deborah Challinor
4.15
Format: 375 pages, Kindle Edition
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25. 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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26. Dice
By: Claire Baylis
3.86
Format: 375 pages, Paperback
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27. The Space Between
By: Lauren Keenan
3.91
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A gripping historical novel set amidst the New Zealand Wars in 1860. How do you choose between t… read more
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28. Golden Days
By: Caroline Barron
3.55
Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition
'Nostalgic and tender as a bruise.' - Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My NameBecky thought she'… read more
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29. Hannah & Huia
By: Charlotte Lobb
4.67
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
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30. The Seasonwife
By: Saige England
4.28
Format: 287 pages, Unknown Binding
It's 1832 on an isolated coast on the South Island of New Zealand. A lush and tranquil bay is facin… read more
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31. All That We Know
By: Shilo Kino
4.61
Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition
'I don't want to be a pioneer. I want to be the last; to enjoy the fruits of everyone else's hard l… read more
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