The Calling
By: Fleur Beale
3.96
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
'Dreams were dangerous things.' It was the dream of Molly's dying mother that she would become a …
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1. The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)
By: Shaun Bythell
3.72
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown - Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop. It contains 100… read more
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"the immersive capacity of a good novel to transport you into a different world is unique to the written word."-Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)
"...people still cling to the notion that first editions are somehow imbued with a magical and financial value."-Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)
"I am putting a mental jigsaw together of what a hobbit looks like, based on a composite of every customer I have ever sold a copy to."-Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)
"A less than friendly email this morning... [from a booksop customer] After lunch I went to my parents' house to get my shotgun and shoot a kindle (broken screen, bought on eBay for £10)"-Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)
2. Colour Scheme (Roderick Alleyn, #12)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.80
Format: None pages,
A spa-goer resorts to murder. Even down in New Zealand, war-fueled spy fever is running wild. Near … read more
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3. Kilmeny of the Orchard
By: L.M. Montgomery
4.37
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A sweet and moving romance from the author of the beloved Anne of Green Gablesseries! Eric Marshall… read more
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- historical
- young adult
- historical fiction
4. The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
By: Bill Bryson
3.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson--the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent-… read more
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5. London
By: Edward Rutherfurd
2.69
Format: 88 pages,
Here is Edward Rutherfurd's classic novel of London, a glorious pageant spanning two thousand years… read more
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6. Pounamu Pounamu
By: Witi Ihimaera
3.53
Format: None pages, Paperback
Pounamu Pounamu is classic Ihimaera. First published om 1972, it was immediately endorsed by Maori … read more
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7. The Denniston Rose
By: Jenny Pattrick
4.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
The bleak coal-mining settlement of Denniston, isolated high on a plateau above New Zealand's West … read more
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8. Heart of Coal
By: Jenny Pattrick
3.80
Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition
The compelling sequel to the bestselling novel The Denniston Rose. Eighteen years have passed since… read more
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9. The Art of Being Normal
By: Lisa Williamson
4.45
Format: 122 pages, Hardcover
Two boys. Two secrets. David Piper has always been an outsider. His parents think he's gay. The sch… read more
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10. Freeing Grace
By: Charity Norman
3.19
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
This novel tells the story of David, curate of an inner-city parish, and Leila, his Nigerian-born w… read more
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11. Confessions of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #2)
By: Shaun Bythell
4.01
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
"Do you have a list of your books, or do I just have to stare at them?" Shaun Bythell is the own… read more
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"Money can't buy happiness, BUT it can buy books (which is basically the same thing)."-Shaun Bythell, Confessions of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #2)
"There's a difference between a book being too expensive and a customer being too cheap."-Shaun Bythell, Confessions of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #2)
"On the news this morning was a story about four men who have been abducted from a bookshop in Hong Kong for disseminating literature critical of the Chinese regime. Bookselling can be a perilous busi…"-Shaun Bythell, Confessions of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #2)
"Коли я виставляв ціни на видання, до мене підійшов старший чоловік і попросив: - Не допоможете мені знайти книжки із самодопомоги? Певний, що він не помітив у цій фразі суперечності, я спитав, яка са…"-Shaun Bythell, Confessions of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #2)
12. The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #1)
By: Garth Nix
3.86
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A girl’s quest to find her father leads her to an extended family of magical fighting booksellers w… read more
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- historical
- young adult
- historical fiction
"Shakespeare knew too much."-Garth Nix, The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #1)
"Come sleep, oh sleep, the certain knot of peace."-Garth Nix, The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #1)
"I read. And you know 'no offense' means 'I am about to be or have just been fucking offensive."-Garth Nix, The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #1)
"Books help us anchor our souls, or re-anchor them; particularly for us, the left-handed, given the things we have to do."-Garth Nix, The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #1)
13. The Bookbinder
By: Pip Williams
4.07
Format: 437 pages, Hardcover
A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when Wor… read more
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- historical
- historical fiction
"Your stitching is what will hold the story together."-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder
"Love Eternal, in Baskerville typeface. He'd chosen it for its clarity and beauty."-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder
"The myriad ways our words had failed to be bound, and here they were, finally, and there was only one bloody copy."-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder
14. Treasure & Dirt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #1)
By: Chris Hammer
4.07
Format: 512 pages, Kindle Edition
An unputdownable thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands. In the desolate outback tow… read more
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15. Paper Cage
By: Tom Baragwanath
3.68
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
This prizewinning debut from New Zealand novelist Tom Baragwanath is both a nail-biting thrill-ride… read more
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16. 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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- historical fiction
17. Treacle Walker
By: Alan Garner
3.13
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
Treacle Walker is a stunning fusion of myth and folklore and an exploration of the fluidity of time… read more
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18. 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
19. 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
20. 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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21. 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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- historical
- historical fiction
22. The Dinner Lady Detectives (Dinner Lady Detectives, #1)
By: Hannah Hendy
3.27
Format: 290 pages, ebook
Murder is a dish best served ice cold... Margery and Clementine are enjoying a peaceful middle-a… read more
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23. 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
24. The Pōrangi Boy
By: Shilo Kino
4.14
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
Twelve-year-old Niko lives in Pohe Bay, a small, rural town with a sacred hot spring – and a taniwh… read more
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- young adult
25. The Headmaster's List
By: Melissa de la Cruz
3.50
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
One of them was driving. One of them was high. One of them screamed. And one of them died. When fif… read more
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- young adult
26. Mala's Cat: A Memoir of Survival in World War II
By: Mala Kacenberg
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The incredible true story of a young girl who navigated dangerous forests, outwitted Nazi soldiers,… read more
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- historical
27. Black Silk and Sympathy (Tatty Crowe #1)
By: Deborah Challinor
4.15
Format: 375 pages, Kindle Edition
A dazzling new series from bestselling historical fiction author Deborah Challinor, exploring the f… read more
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- historical
- historical fiction
28. Falling into Rarohenga
By: Steph Matuku
3.91
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
It seems like an ordinary day when Tui and Kae, sixteen-year-old twins, get home from school – unti… read more
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- young adult
29. Flight of the Fantail
By: Steph Matuku
3.76
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
A busload of high school students crashes in bush in a remote part of Aotearoa New Zealand. Only a … read more
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- young adult
30. Stop Surviving Start Fighting
By: Jazz Thornton
4.33
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Jazz Thornton first attempted to take her own life at the age of 12. Multiple attempts followed and… read more
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31. The Calling
By: Fleur Beale
3.96
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
'Dreams were dangerous things.' It was the dream of Molly's dying mother that she would become a … read more
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- historical
- religion
- young adult
- historical fiction
