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Short cuts: Three new books to check out this weekend

An All Black memoir, essays on art and the secret life of flying.

Does gender still matter in art?

NZ’s women artists - notable, obscure and on fringes - celebrated in new essay collection.

J.P Pomare’s thriller echoes some of NZ’s most infamous crimes

A murder case explores biases and blind spots in the justice system.

Money and misfortune in darkly funny, finely woven Long Island Compromise

Fleischman Is In Trouble's writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner's new novel shows repressed trauma

Contemplative history of fascination with numbers isn’t just for math nerds

You don’t need to be good with numbers to enjoy this engrossing dip into counting.

Memory’s dark trickery in The Last Trace blurs reality and truth

Aussie environment and people to the fore in “Strine” thriller about darkness of memory.

US author Kirsten Miller: ‘Every banned book is a freedom denied’

Book takes: Information isn't just power, it's freedom too.

Top 10 best-selling NZ books: July 27

Check out NZ's most popular home-grown books.

Jenny Erpenbeck's Kairos is a masterful mix of personal and political drama

Love before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall backdrops powerful novel.

Secrets and suspense in US writer Liz Moore’s new novel

A child goes missing years after her siblings in this rollercoaster thriller.

The fascinating story of how lines on the map came to be where they are today

You could call this a travel book, but it travels through time as well as place.

French author’s tough epic exposes the brutality of intergenerational violence

Jean-Baptiste Del Amo casts a powerful spell in The Son of Man.

Award-winning YA writer Shilo Kino explores Māori activism in first adult novel

Shilo Kino’s uncompromising protagonist is balanced by delightful secondary characters.

Colour me wild: Picture books for our youngest readers

Ann Packer checks out the latest reads for children.

Top 10 best-selling NZ books: July 13

What booklovers are buying this week.

Short cuts: Keanu Reeves’ book due soon

Three new books to keep an eye out for.