10 best-selling biography books like Pull No Punches: Memoir of a political survivor by Judith Collins

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Pull No Punches: Memoir of a political survivor

By: Judith Collins

3.77

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

The most anticipated political memoir of the year. A frank account from National MP Judith Collins …

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Cover of Open by J.R. Moehringer, Andre Agassi

1. Open

By: J.R. Moehringer , Andre Agassi

4.31

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever … read more

Similar categories in J.R. Moehringer's Open book and Judith Collins's Pull No Punches: Memoir of a political survivor

  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Control what you can control."

-J.R. Moehringer, Open

"We talk about things. We talk about nothing."

-J.R. Moehringer, Open

"The most animated talks we have are about…things"

-J.R. Moehringer, Open

"When they hand me the trophy I think about vomiting into it"

-J.R. Moehringer, Open

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2. Rafa

By: John Carlin , Rafael Nadal

4.05

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

What makes a champion? What does it take to be the best in the world at your sport? Rafael Nadal ha… read more

Similar categories in John Carlin's Rafa book and Judith Collins's Pull No Punches: Memoir of a political survivor

  • nonfiction
  • biography
"I have no sense of humor about losing"

-John Carlin, Rafa

"Si falta pasión no se encuentra la victoria"

-John Carlin, Rafa

"However great your dedication, you never win anything on your own"

-John Carlin, Rafa

"Se que cuando mi carrera acabe no seré un hombre feliz y quiero aprovecharla al máximo mientras dure."

-John Carlin, Rafa

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3. This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

By: Adam Kay

4.40

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to the life of a junior doctor: 97-hour weeks, life and death decisions, a constant tsunami… read more

Similar categories in Adam Kay's This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor book and Judith Collins's Pull No Punches: Memoir of a political survivor

  • nonfiction
  • biography
"From the most insignificant of actions can come the most serious of consequences."

-Adam Kay, This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

"Even if I wanted to have an affair, I honestly think I'd be too tired to unzip my trousers"

-Adam Kay, This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

"I’m all for explaining terminology as we go along, but if you don’t know what a stethoscope is, this is probably a book to regift. "

-Adam Kay, This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

"You work yourself to exhaustion, pushing yourself beyond what could be reasonably expected of you, and end up constantly feeling like you don’t know"

-Adam Kay, This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

4. John Key: Portrait of a Prime Minister

By: John Roughan

3.38

Format: None pages,

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Similar categories in John Roughan's John Key: Portrait of a Prime Minister book and Judith Collins's Pull No Punches: Memoir of a political survivor

  • politics
  • biography

5. In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

By: Yeonmi Park , Maryanne Vollers

3.98

Format: 212 pages,

Human rights activist Park, who fled North Korea with her mother in 2007 at age 13 and eventually m… read more

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6. What was I Thinking

By: Paul Henry

4.33

Format: 700 pages, Paperback

This book will challenge all your prejudices. It will keep you entertained for hours. It's the very… read more

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7. Way of the Wolf: Become a Master Closer with Straight Line Selling

By: Jordan Belfort

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Jordan Belfort immortalized by Leonardo DiCaprio in the hit movie The Wolf of Wall Streetreveals th… read more

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8. 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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9. 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

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10. 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 Judith Collins's Pull No Punches: Memoir of a political survivor

"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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11. 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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12. 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

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13. 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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14. 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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15. 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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16. Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future

By: Pete Buttigieg

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Once described by the Washington Post as “the most interesting mayor you’ve never heard of,” Pete B… read more

Similar categories in Pete Buttigieg's Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future book and Judith Collins's Pull No Punches: Memoir of a political survivor

  • politics
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"As I raised the glass and said, "South Bend is back," the roar of the crowd at once reflected, certified, and caused it to be so."

-Pete Buttigieg, Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future

"Yet even now he looked on his days as mayor -- not governor or lieutenant governor or baseball team owner or naval aviator -- as the best job he'd ever had."

-Pete Buttigieg, Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future

"At one point I learned that when I'd told them my college coursework in Arabic might make me a good intelligence officer, they had recorded that my minor at Harvard had been in aerobics."

-Pete Buttigieg, Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future

"I had a professional background in economic development and was fluent in the language of business - even while having fought and bled politically for organized labor in the auto industry."

-Pete Buttigieg, Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future

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17. Detransition, Baby

By: Torrey Peters

3.94

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

A whipsmart debut about three women—transgender and cisgender—whose lives collide after an unexpect… read more

Similar categories in Torrey Peters's Detransition, Baby book and Judith Collins's Pull No Punches: Memoir of a political survivor

"The moment elongates like pulled taffy."

-Torrey Peters, Detransition, Baby

"All pain merits care, but not dogmatically egalitarian relativism."

-Torrey Peters, Detransition, Baby

"The days I don't love you... I have to work hard to make those days happen."

-Torrey Peters, Detransition, Baby

"She's the type to turn hardship into hardness, like a shield for people she loves."

-Torrey Peters, Detransition, Baby

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18. She's a Killer

By: Kirsten McDougall

3.63

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The world’s climate is in crisis and New Zealand is being divided and reshaped by the arrival of pr… read more

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"I’m a fan of unhappy endings. They’re more honest."

-Kirsten McDougall, She's a Killer

"The internet made you feel like something might happen."

-Kirsten McDougall, She's a Killer

"In times of crisis people look for guidance to great artists."

-Kirsten McDougall, She's a Killer

"I was capable of astral travel while looking like I was entirely present."

-Kirsten McDougall, She's a Killer

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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. 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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21. Dear Mrs. Bird (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #1)

By: A.J. Pearce

3.80

Format: 281 pages, Hardcover

A charming, irresistible debut novel set in London during World War II about an adventurous young w… read more

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"Find out what you're good at...and then get even better. That's the key."

-A.J. Pearce, Dear Mrs. Bird (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #1)

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22. Call Me Evie

By: J.P. Pomare

3.61

Format: 368 pages, ebook

In this propulsive, twist-filled, and haunting psychological suspense debut perfect for fans of Sha… read more

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23. Blue Blood

By: Andrea Vance

3.91

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

'A political bombshell book' - Sunday Star TimesBeginning with the shock resignation of John Key, B… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Vance's Blue Blood book and Judith Collins's Pull No Punches: Memoir of a political survivor

  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Yes, Minister: An Insider's Account of the John Key years by Chris Finlayson

24. Yes, Minister: An Insider's Account of the John Key years

By: Chris Finlayson

3.60

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

An insightful and entertaining glimpse into what really made the John Key government one of the mos… read more

Similar categories in Chris Finlayson's Yes, Minister: An Insider's Account of the John Key years book and Judith Collins's Pull No Punches: Memoir of a political survivor

  • politics
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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25. On the Record

By: Steven Joyce

4.22

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

A candid and comprehensive account from one of National's main powerbrokers during the John Key yea… read more

Similar categories in Steven Joyce's On the Record book and Judith Collins's Pull No Punches: Memoir of a political survivor

  • politics
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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26. National Identity: Confessions of an outsider

By: Simon Bridges

3.96

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

An open, honest and at times intensely personal memoir about race, fatherhood, marriage, masculinit… read more

Similar categories in Simon Bridges's National Identity: Confessions of an outsider book and Judith Collins's Pull No Punches: Memoir of a political survivor

  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Under The Weather: A future forecast for New Zealand by James Renwick

27. Under The Weather: A future forecast for New Zealand

By: James Renwick

4.23

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The must-read book on what New Zealand's changing climate means for our everyday lives A warmer w… read more

Similar categories in James Renwick's Under The Weather: A future forecast for New Zealand book and Judith Collins's Pull No Punches: Memoir of a political survivor

  • nonfiction
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28. Pull No Punches: Memoir of a political survivor

By: Judith Collins

3.77

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

The most anticipated political memoir of the year. A frank account from National MP Judith Collins … read more

Similar categories in Judith Collins's Pull No Punches: Memoir of a political survivor book and Judith Collins's Pull No Punches: Memoir of a political survivor

  • politics
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Labour Saving: A Memoir by Michael Cullen

29. Labour Saving: A Memoir

By: Michael Cullen

3.83

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating and in-depth insight into the extraordinary career of one of our most important polit… read more

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Cover of After the Tampa: From Afghanistan to New Zealand by Abbas Nazari

30. After the Tampa: From Afghanistan to New Zealand

By: Abbas Nazari

4.53

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The heart-rending story of a child 'Tampa' refugee who grew up to become a Fulbright scholar, highl… read more

Similar categories in Abbas Nazari's After the Tampa: From Afghanistan to New Zealand book and Judith Collins's Pull No Punches: Memoir of a political survivor

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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31. Ross Taylor: Black & White

By: Paul Thomas

4.06

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

When an athlete with an exceptional record of achievement and longevity comes to the end of their c… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography

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John Roughan

3.38

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Pete Buttigieg

4.20

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Andrea Vance

3.91

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Chris Finlayson

3.60

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Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

4.41

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How to Loiter in a Turf War

Coco Solid

4.23

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Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2)

Michael Bennett

3.94

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Emily Perkins

3.43

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