
Redoubtable heroines, determined women and unlikely romances in latest crop of novels
Reviews: New novels travel from post-war America, Victorian England and Kiwi small towns.
Reviews: New novels travel from post-war America, Victorian England and Kiwi small towns.
New titles from some of our smaller publishers are worth a look.
Review: New climate-fiction for those who like things a little off-kilter.
Review: BBQ Economics transcends the limitations of barbecue banter and media columns.
Poetry is an art-form honed and ready to speak to the pressing live issues of now.
New entries and older favourites take top 10 spots.
As the novel reminds us, it’s in the nature of any lull to be short and unreliable.
Scriptwriter adds to the canon of local crime fiction, with compelling read.
Comparisons of past and present disinformation leaves readers wondering what's changed.
The editors of a new book based on Te Papa’s NZ Wars Collections identify some favourites.
"His playground was literally a bomb site, but he transformed this into his first garden."
First published in 2020, this book holds on to a top 10 spot.
Book of observations is a delightfully quirky view inside the mind of an author.
Cads, frauds and cover-ups feature in new thrillers.
Joys and sorrows of city-dwellers caught in pandemic played out in collaborative novel.
Shortlist announced for NZ's most prestigious book awards.
Charlotte Grimshaw reviews Eleanor Catton's much-awaited eco thriller.
Beatrice Tinsley rates as one of our top Kiwi scientists yet many have never heard of her.
Novel’s themes are weighty but Merriman’s pacy writing keeps it interesting.
We're not the same as neurotypical counterparts, but our uniqueness should be harnessed.
Author pens first kids' novel in 10 years, storms to the top of the best-selling NZ books.
From tales of adventure and magic, to prostates and catheters.
Enlightening book shows travel in the Middle Ages wasn't too different to modern tourism.
Nostalgia is widely enjoyed, but why is the word so often used with a sneer attached?
As bereaved mother Diane Foley asks, what are you if your child dies?
An enthusiastic ramble on the history, science and devotees of the polarising fruit.
Aussie athlete Bonnie Hancock on what it took to "touch the stars".
Veteran NZ author holds the top spot, but there's a hot new cookbook in the top 10.
All the Words We Know is glittering, inventive, poignant.
If We Burn is a peerless and lucid account of a remarkable period in history.