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Top 10 best-selling New Zealand books: September 8

Taupō chef Vanya Insull and journalist Gregor Paul make their way on to the list.

Review: Author investigates authorship behind Shakespeare’s work in ‘page-turner’

Elizabeth Winkler asks how he crafted mighty works when he could barely spell his name.

Review: Novel explores widow’s discoveries of wife’s past life

Catherine Lacey's character doesn’t feel beholden to normal expectations of behaviour.

Shoulder pads and Georgie Pies: 80s remembered in book

Good As Gold provides a stroll back through life in New Zealand during the decade.

Review: Book examines the myths around childbirth and parenthood

Pain of author's labours sets tone for book and her shocks continue to mount after birth.

Top 10 best-selling New Zealand books: September 1

Steven Joyce keeps the top spot, with Dan Carter and Al Brown remaining on the list.

Review: Fascinating book on how the brain works when appreciating art

Ever wanted to know what your brain does when you read poetry or listen to music?

Review: Three murder mystery novels to add to your collection

The politics of post-Partition India may cost many lives in Vaseem Khan’s new novel.

Review: Chronicler of weirdos delivers warm-hearted take on retired librarian

There's an unassuming hero in ­Patrick deWitt’s sweet, beguiling novel.

Review: Richard Ford’s road-trip novel a vision of Trump’s America

The novel follows a nuanced portrait of a fractious father-son relationship.

Three entertaining, action-packed books from female authors

A master and two debut authors deliver brand new tales.

Top 10 best-selling New Zealand books: August 18

A book showing NZ in colour and Al Brown’s cookbook make it to the top 10 list.

‘The Bone Tree’ Extract: Brothers say final farewell to their father

"The old man’s grave hung like a mist over the whole of the wops."

Novel explores two brothers surviving the underclass of Aotearoa

The story borrows heavily from the author's life and so many of the peers he grew up with.

Review: Novel set in the world of the influencer an unsettling read

Chrysalis suggests the line between narcissism and self-care is a thin thread.

Family truths: The explosive memoir by acclaimed writer Charlotte Grimshaw

Infidelity, sexual assault, domestic violence and a family feud covered in her memoir.