Everything I know about books: An insider look at publishing in Aotearoa
By: Odessa Owens
4.67
Format: 354 pages, Paperback
Anthology that gives a behind-the-scenes peek into the book trade in Aotearoa. From creating a fest…
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1. The Door-to-Door Bookstore
By: Carsten Henn
4.14
Format: 239 pages, Hardcover
The charming international bestseller about an elderly bookseller who delivers his recommendations … read more
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"If you can tell when a book is good, why don’t you write one yourself?"-Carsten Henn, The Door-to-Door Bookstore
"You need to read more. It makes the brain flexible, so that anything can fit into it."-Carsten Henn, The Door-to-Door Bookstore
"She didn't need to believe in God; it was entirely sufficient that God believed in her."-Carsten Henn, The Door-to-Door Bookstore
"It has been said that books find their own readers—but sometimes they need someone to show them the way."-Carsten Henn, The Door-to-Door Bookstore
2. 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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3. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
By: David Mitchell
4.16
Format: 433 pages, ebook
A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more
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"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
4. 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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5. Earth
By: John Boyne
4.34
Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition
From million-copy-bestselling author John Boyne, an inescapably gritty story about one young man wh… read more
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6. Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life
By: Anna Funder
4.13
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
This is the story of the marriage behind some of the most famous literary works of the 20th century… read more
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- nonfiction
7. 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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8. Red Side Story (Shades of Grey, #2)
By: Jasper Fforde
4.50
Format: 459 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Shades of Grey—in an exclusive edition… read more
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"Choice," went the Word of Munsell, "leads only to dithering and unhealthy speculation over alternative outcomes. The choice to have no choice is the best choice of all."-Jasper Fforde, Red Side Story (Shades of Grey, #2)
9. Anna O
By: Matthew Blake
3.43
Format: 421 pages, Hardcover
ANNA O WILL WAKE UP THE WORLD What if your nightmares weren’t really nightmares at all? We sp… read more
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"So many disorders of the mind can be traced back to the primordial forest. It is why it is such a unique symbol in fairy tales and myths. Leaving home and entering the Forest is a metaphor for sheddi…"-Matthew Blake, Anna O
10. Wavewalker: Breaking Free
By: Suzanne Heywood
4.27
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
‘A seven-year old girl on a seventy-foot yacht, for ten years, over fifty thousand miles of sailing… read more
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- nonfiction
"Do you want to hear a secret?' I asked him, leaning closer. 'I don't want to be different — I want to be normal. I don't want to be stuck out at sea away from my friends. I know Mum and Dad would lau…"-Suzanne Heywood, Wavewalker: Breaking Free
11. 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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12. 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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13. Apeirogon
By: Colum McCann
4.25
Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition
From the National Book Award–winning and bestselling author of Let the Great World Spin comes an ep… read more
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"We are running from our pain to our pain."-Colum McCann, Apeirogon
"We have words but sometimes they're not enough."-Colum McCann, Apeirogon
"When you divide death by life you find a circle."-Colum McCann, Apeirogon
"He had learned that the cure for fate was patience."-Colum McCann, Apeirogon
14. Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect (Ernest Cunningham, #2)
By: Benjamin Stevenson
3.87
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
When the Australian Mystery Writers’ Society invited me to their crime-writing festival aboard the … read more
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15. 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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- nonfiction
16. 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
17. 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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18. 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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19. Adventures with Emilie: Taking on Te Araroa trail in 138 life-changing days
By: Victoria Bruce
4.21
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
“I’m here because I want to test the very limits of my own resilience and reassure myself that no m… read more
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- nonfiction
20. 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
21. 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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22. Becoming Pakeha
By: John Bluck
3.63
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
A journey between two cultures After more than 200 years of co-existence under the umbrella of a … read more
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23. Everything I know about books: An insider look at publishing in Aotearoa
By: Odessa Owens
4.67
Format: 354 pages, Paperback
Anthology that gives a behind-the-scenes peek into the book trade in Aotearoa. From creating a fest… read more
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24. Untouchable Girls: The Topp Twins' Story
By: Jools Topp
4.45
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The iconic Kiwi duo - comedians, country music stars, yodellers, lesbians - in their own words. … read more
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25. 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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26. The Grimmelings
By: Rachael King
4.38
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Spellbinding middle-grade fantasy adventure of loyalty, courage, and being careful what you wish fo… read more
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27. Tikanga: An Introduction to te ao Māori
By: Keri Opai
4.41
Format: 194 pages, Paperback
Tikanga: An introduction to te ao Māori provides a unique explanation of the Māori world for Pākehā… read more
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28. Otherhood: Essays on being childless, childfree and child-adjacent
By: Alie Benge
4.46
Format: 303 pages, Paperback
In Aotearoa the number of people who will never have children is growing — and they’re pushing back… read more
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29. Ruin
By: Emma Hislop
3.80
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Women and girls walk a perilously thin line between ruin and redemption in these stories as they tr… read more
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30. Iris and Me
By: Philippa Werry
4.09
Format: 182 pages, Paperback
WINNER OF THE YOUNG ADULT FICTION AWARD – NZ BOOK AWARDS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS 2023 Th… read more
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31. Biter
By: Claudia Jardine
4.44
Format: 72 pages, Kindle Edition
Filled with hickeys puttanesca and tart wit, BITER is an apt title for Claudia Jardine' s debut col… read more
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"At home, only he can claim the title of Professor, but the way he opens a block of cheese, is akin to unwrapping a bar of chocolate, by putting it in a food processor."-Claudia Jardine, Biter
