11 must-read memoir books like The Drinking Game by Guyon Espiner

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The Drinking Game

By: Guyon Espiner

4.39

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

An incisive analysis of how our drinking culture is influenced by the government, media and big bus…

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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. 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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3. 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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4. 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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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"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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5. 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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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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6. 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

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7. 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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8. 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
  • memoir
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9. 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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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"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

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10. 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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11. One of Them

By: Shaneel Lal

4.27

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

A stunning, heart-breaking yet defiant memoir by activist, model and social media sensation Shaneel… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Religious leaders liberate themselves from their history of repeated anti-queer actions every time there is a new debate on queer rights. They get a clean slate even thought their hands are muddied w…"

-Shaneel Lal, One of Them

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12. Second Chances: Facing My Demons and Finding a Better Me

By: Hayley Holt

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A raw and honest story of alcoholism, recovery and courage in the face of loss Hayley Holt grew… read more

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  • nonfiction
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13. 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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14. 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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15. 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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16. 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

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17. 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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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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18. 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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19. 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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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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20. Cult Trip: Inside the world of Coercion and Control

By: Anke Richter

3.89

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A leading journalist's intense, riveting and personal investigation into the worlds and minds of cu… read more

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  • nonfiction
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21. The Drinking Game

By: Guyon Espiner

4.39

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

An incisive analysis of how our drinking culture is influenced by the government, media and big bus… read more

Similar categories in Guyon Espiner's The Drinking Game book and Guyon Espiner's The Drinking Game

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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22. The Last Secret Agent

By: Pippa Latour

4.55

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The extraordinary untold story of Pippa Latour, who parachuted into occupied France in 1944 as an u… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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23. Fear: New Zealand's Hostile Underworld of Extremists

By: Byron Clark

4.13

Format: 288 pages, ebook

How conspiracy theorists, far-right activists, anti-vaxers, fundamentalist Christian leaders, and t… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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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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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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25. Gangster's Paradise

By: Jared Savage

4.13

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

The much anticipated follow-up to the bestseller that exposed the escalation of organised crime in … read more

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  • nonfiction
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26. Mad on Meth: How New Zealand got hooked on P

By: Benedict Collins

4.00

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

Why cook at home when you can order in? Only 50 years ago, pure methamphetamine was legally presc… read more

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27. Gangland: New Zealand's Underworld of Organised Crime

By: Jared Savage

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

New Zealand's underworld of organised crime and deadly gangs New Zealand is now one of the most … read more

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  • nonfiction
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28. 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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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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29. Ash

By: Louise Wallace

4.35

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Thea lives under a mountain – one that’s ready to blow. A vet at a mid-sized rural practice, she… read more

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30. Home Truths

By: Charity Norman

4.36

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Livia Denby is on trial for attempted murder. The jury have reached a verdict. Two years earlier, L… read more

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31. Head On: An All Black's memoir of rugby, dementia, and the hidden cost of success

By: Carl Hayman

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

An All Black's memoir of rugby, dementia, and the hidden cost of success 'The best sports book I ha… read more

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  • nonfiction

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Ruth Shaw

4.25

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Emma Espiner

4.31

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Sam Neill

4.06

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Ruby Tui

4.38

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Trent Dalton

4.41

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Coco Solid

4.23

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3.94

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3.43

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