Vital Signs: Heartbreaking, sometimes hilarious stories of a junior doctor's first year
By: Izzy Lomax-Sawyers
3.94
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
An insight into what it's like to be a first-year junior doctor - the ups and downs, the drama, and…
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1. The Whale Rider
By: Witi Ihimaera
3.84
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
Eight-year-old Kahu craves her great-grandfather's love and attention. But he's focused on his duti… read more
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"Even the good guys,' she said, 'can't win all the time."-Witi Ihimaera, The Whale Rider
"This is the last spear. It is the seed of Paikea and we must return it to the land."-Witi Ihimaera, The Whale Rider
"Man might carve his mark on the earth but unless he's vigilant, Nature will take it all back."-Witi Ihimaera, The Whale Rider
"Sometimes life has a habit of flooding over you and rushing you along in its overwhelming tide."-Witi Ihimaera, The Whale Rider
2. Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery
By: Henry Marsh
3.69
Format: 192 pages,
What is it like to be a brain surgeon? How does it feel to hold someone's life in your hands, to cu… read more
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3. Hera Lindsay Bird
By: Hera Lindsay Bird
4.19
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
this impressive debut has established Hera Lindsay Bird as a good girl.........with many beneficial… read more
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4. Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients
By: Adam Kay
3.91
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
Adam Kay's secret diary from his time as a junior doctor This is Going to Hurt was the publishing p… read more
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- memoir
5. 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
6. 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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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. The Prison Doctor
By: Amanda Brown
4.01
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
Dr Amanda Brown has treated inmates in the UK’s most infamous prisons – first in young offenders’ i… read more
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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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"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
10. Here For a Good Time: Organised thoughts from a disorganised mind
By: Chris Parker
3.90
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Comedian Chris Parker brings his brilliant comic wit to the page. Star of stand-up, winner of Cele… read more
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11. 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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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
13. 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
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. 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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16. What I'd Rather Not Think About
By: Jente Posthuma
3.77
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
What if one half of a pair of twins no longer wants to live? What if the other can’t live without t… read more
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"Cracks in the ground aren't always visible to the naked eye. Every movement has the potential to take you down."-Jente Posthuma, What I'd Rather Not Think About
"This was shocking to me, because if the oldest person I knew understood even less about the world than I did, then how was it possible that other adults had all the answers? And what was the point of…"-Jente Posthuma, What I'd Rather Not Think About
"To be a natural presence, you shouldn't take up too much space, which I always found easy at the beginning of a friendship. It felt nice to reshape myself into precisely the right format until the mo…"-Jente Posthuma, What I'd Rather Not Think About
17. Small Bodies of Water
By: Nina Mingya Powles
4.14
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Home is many people and places and languages, some separated by oceans. Nina Mingya Powles first l… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
18. 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
19. 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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20. The Discontented Little Baby Book
By: Pamela Douglas
4.41
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
A revolutionary new approach to caring for your baby The first months after a baby’s arrival can be… read more
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- nonfiction
21. 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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22. The Prison Doctor: Women Inside: Stories from my time inside Britain’s biggest women’s prison.
By: Amanda Brown
3.99
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
From the Sunday Times bestselling author Dr Amanda Brown. Insights into the world of a Prison Doct… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
23. Addressed to Greta
By: Fiona Sussman
4.18
Format: 338 pages, Paperback
‘Greta’s ears started to pop. She swallowed hard and looked out of her cabin window. The plane had … read more
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24. Put your Feet in the Dirt, Girl
By: Sonia Henry
4.29
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A memoir The bestselling author of Going Under recounts her real-life journey from hard-partying… read more
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25. The Interpreter
By: Brooke Robinson
3.22
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Innocent or guilty. It's all a matter of interpretation... A childhood spent moving around the w… read more
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26. 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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27. 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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28. Going Under
By: Sonia Henry
3.95
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
A darkly funny and sexy novel that blows the lid off the medical profession and life inside a hospi… read more
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29. Vital Signs: Heartbreaking, sometimes hilarious stories of a junior doctor's first year
By: Izzy Lomax-Sawyers
3.94
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
An insight into what it's like to be a first-year junior doctor - the ups and downs, the drama, and… read more
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- health
- medical
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30. The Unexpected Patient: True Kiwi stories of life, death and unforgettable clinical cases
By: Himali McInnes
3.88
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Stories of life, death and unforgettable clinical cases A psychiatrist and a patient with supernat… 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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