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Top 10 best-selling NZ books: August 31

The books Kiwis are buying this month.

Nina Kenwood's The Wedding is a romcom for our times

Australian YA author's foray into romance for grown-ups is a satisfying, humorous read.

Whowunnit? 2024 Ngaio Marsh crime writing award winners announced

Memorable characters under extreme pressure make winners at the 2024 Ngaio Marsh Awards.

Recommended thriller reads

Two gripping reads from established writers cement their rightful place in thriller genre.

From photosynthesis to philosophy: Peter Godfrey-Smith’s epic tale of life and Earth

Philosopher on how life transforms - for better or worse - the environment that shapes it.

I was born in NZ, but stayed away for 47 years because I thought it was cursed

NZ author on coming home, the shadow of a serial killer, and family links to Janet Frame.

Jodi Picoult flips the bard while Fintan O’Toole struggles to offer new insights into Shakespeare’s tragedies

Two books about Shakespeare, not alike in genre.

Tina Shaw’s latest novel deftly tackles the terror of our times: Dementia

Shaw’s book won the Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel. You can see why.

From cops to crime writers: How Gareth and Louise Ward turned their past into a bestseller

Gareth and Louise Ward share their journey from police officers to bookshop bosses.

Major new history reconsiders role of NZ women artists in modernist movement

Our female artists and their connections beyond NZ feature in new book and exhibition.

Biggles from downunder? If the flying ace were real, he would have been NZer Keith Caldwell

Long-overdue biography captures the story of NZ’s most famous pioneer of aerial warfare.

The intriguing stories behind one of NZ’s most common plants

Scientist Leon Perrie snorkelled in a cold South Island lake to find rare species.

Top 10 best-selling NZ books: August 11

It's all change in the top 10.

Famed author’s conflicting attitudes towards the women in his life

A deep dive into Victorian novelist Thomas Hardy's relationships.

Short cuts: Four new books to check out this weekend

Mindset, mirth and mystery in four new books.

Coffin Confessor’s book: Proof the final word can really be a grave matter

Bill Edgar bares all, outlining his work ambushing funerals on behalf of the departed.