9 must-read biography books like Ross Taylor: Black & White by Paul Thomas

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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…

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Cover of Sand (Sand, #1-5) by Hugh Howey

1. Sand (Sand, #1-5)

By: Hugh Howey

4.04

Format: 417 pages,

The new novel from the international bestselling author of the Wool trilogy. The old world is burie… read more

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2. Infernal Devices (The Hungry City Chronicles, #3)

By: Philip Reeve

4.19

Format: 144 pages,

Teenager Wren, bored and desperate for adventure in static Anchorage, is the eager dupe of limpet s… read more

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3. Predator's Gold (The Hungry City Chronicles, #2)

By: Philip Reeve

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this breathtaking sequel to his award-winning Mortal Engines, Reeve plunges readers into a ruthl… read more

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4. Going West

By: Maurice Gee

4.75

Format: 140 pages, Hardcover

For all the promise of his name, Jack Skeat cannot be a poet. His friend Rex Petley - eel-catcher, … read more

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5. The Day of the Triffids

By: John Wyndham

4.01

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1951 John Wyndham published his novel The Day of the Triffidsto moderate acclaim. Fifty-two year… read more

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6. Prophet Song

By: Paul Lynch

4.10

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internat… read more

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"people are entitled to some small moment of peace."

-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song

"the child absorbing the mother’s trauma and storing it in his body for later use,"

-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song

"... time is at once addition and subtraction, time adds one day to the next and always takes away from what's left..."

-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song

"...knowing how it is so that all boys grow up and pull away from home to unmake the world in the guise of making it, nature decrees it so."

-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song

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7. Surviving to Drive

By: Guenther Steiner

4.17

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

People talk about football managers being under pressure. Trust me, that's nothing. Pressure is wat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Then again, could you imagine me walking on to the balcony in St Peter’s Square in Rome and delivering the Urbi et Orbi. ‘OK, I’m finished now. Get to foking work!’ Pope Guenther the first would be P…"

-Guenther Steiner, Surviving to Drive

Cover of Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow

8. Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

By: Ronan Farrow

4.40

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

In 2017, a routine network television investigation led Ronan Farrow to a story only whispered abou… read more

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  • nonfiction
"All the women before feel I am their fault," she said. "And if there were women after me, I feel that is my fault."

-Ronan Farrow, Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

"Trying to get ahold of Davis later on, i asked Jonathan, "Who would have Lanny Davis's number?" He replied, I don't know, Pol Pot?"

-Ronan Farrow, Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

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9. 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
  • biography
"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

Cover of Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2) by Michael  Bennett

10. Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2)

By: Michael Bennett

3.94

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Better the Blood, the gripping second novel in a crime series starring Māori det… read more

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11. When You Are Mine

By: Michael Robotham

3.96

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this page-turning psychological thriller a young female police officer faces danger on all fron… read more

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12. 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
  • biography
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13. 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
  • biography
"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

Cover of Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts by Josie Shapiro

14. 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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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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Cover of Hell Bay (DI Ben Kitto, #1) by Kate Rhodes

16. Hell Bay (DI Ben Kitto, #1)

By: Kate Rhodes

4.00

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

DI Ben Kitto needs a second chance. After ten years working for the murder squad in London, a traum… read more

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"Your mother is holding your hand too tightly. You whimper and cling to her dress, because you know what will happen next. She stares at you, as if she's forgotten how to blink. There's one last glimp…"

-Kate Rhodes, Hell Bay (DI Ben Kitto, #1)

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17. Sultan: A Memoir

By: Wasim Akram

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Sultan is the official biography of Wasim Akram, the "sultan of swing", one of the greatest fast bo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"In fact, I was shortly to be chosen for my first tour to New Zealand. Again, I had Javed, now restored to captaincy, to thank. I was immediately anxious. I could not drive. I had neither money of my …"

-Wasim Akram, Sultan: A Memoir

Cover of The Cyclist (DS Cross #2) by Tim  Sullivan

18. The Cyclist (DS Cross #2)

By: Tim Sullivan

4.24

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

To solve any murder, you must first know your victim . . . THE DETECTIVE DS George Cross has … read more

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19. LeBron

By: Jeff Benedict

4.40

Format: None pages, Audiobook

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the #1 bestselling author of The Dynasty and Tiger Woods—the “defi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of The Drinking Game by Guyon Espiner

20. 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

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Untouchable Girls: The Topp Twins' Story by Jools Topp

21. 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
  • biography
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22. The Creeper

By: Margaret Hickey

4.18

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

Victim ... or killer?For the last decade, the small mountain town of Edenville in Victoria’s high c… read more

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23. 17 Years Later

By: J.P. Pomare

4.43

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Is the truth sometimes best left buried? A crime masterpiece by bestselling author J. P. Pomare… read more

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Cover of A Life Less Punishing: 13 Ways to Love the Life You've Got by Matt  Heath

24. A Life Less Punishing: 13 Ways to Love the Life You've Got

By: Matt Heath

4.33

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Why is it that no matter how good things get, we still feel dissatisfied? A few years ago, Matt Hea… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of BBQ Economics: How money works and why it matters by Liam Dann

25. BBQ Economics: How money works and why it matters

By: Liam Dann

4.27

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

Should I fix or float? Is now a good time to buy — or sell? What do self-made billionaires know tha… read more

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Cover of Ross Taylor: Black & White by Paul Thomas

26. 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
Cover of Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering by Malcolm Gladwell

27. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering

By: Malcolm Gladwell

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Modern New Zealand Cricket Greats: From Stephen Fleming to Kane Williamson by Dylan Cleaver

28. Modern New Zealand Cricket Greats: From Stephen Fleming to Kane Williamson

By: Dylan Cleaver

4.17

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

When New Zealand beat India to win the inaugural World Test Championship in 2021 it was more than a… read more

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29. All Out

By: Neil Wagner

4.24

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Neil Wagner is one of the greatest bowlers ever to play test cricket for New Zealand. His unique st… read more

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Cover of Brendon McCullum - Declared by Brendon McCullum

30. Brendon McCullum - Declared

By: Brendon McCullum

4.25

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

Brendon McCullum is known as an explosive wicketkeeper, then batsman, who went on to captain the Ne… read more

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  • biography
Cover of Shane Bond - Looking Back by Dylan Cleaver

31. Shane Bond - Looking Back

By: Dylan Cleaver

4.03

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

A breath of fresh air when he was introduced to Test cricket on the Australian tour of 2001-02, Sha… read more

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Surviving to Drive

Guenther Steiner

4.17

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Ronan Farrow

4.40

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The Bookseller at the End of the World

Ruth Shaw

4.25

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Did I Ever Tell You This?

Sam Neill

4.06

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Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

Shankari Chandran

4.21

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Pip Williams

4.07

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Emma Espiner

4.31

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Emily Perkins

3.43

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