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Shit You Should Care About: Inside the rise of millennial and Gen Z NZ media phenomenon
NZ-gone-global media behemoth SYSCA brings out a book to make it make sense.
Robert Harris weaves scandal and strategy into latest fact-meets-fiction thriller
“They were all at it,” states lover of Britain’s WWI prime minister in Harris’s new book.
Top 10 best-selling NZ books: September 14
Lisa Carrington in pole position on local best-sellers list.
The private lives of opera chorus singers: We’re not just ‘singing wallpaper’ but vocal athletes
Book takes: First-hand account of what it takes to survive as a member of an opera chorus.
Short cuts: Liane Moriarty is back - books to check out this weekend
A slice of New Zealand history, a page-turner and a sequel.
Essays from the past canvass various ways of imagining a better world
David Runciman describes how historical ideas might be applied in modern society.
Why have Chinese youth lost their mojo?
Peter Hessler on how China's blessed generation is now consumed by fear and hopelessness.
There’s humour and heart in Airana Ngarewa’s Pātea Boys
Ngarewa follows up his acclaimed debut novel with short stories about young men.
Italian feasts: How food became a star in Nicky Pellegrino’s novels
As she publishes her 15th book, best-selling author shares some signature dishes.
Harrowing tales of migrants trying to enter US highlight political failure
Behind the scary headlines are a million human stories.
Book shopping for pre-teens? These titles tick all the boxes
Ann Packer surveys the best new books for pre-teens.
Top 10 best-selling New Zealand books: September 7
Call it the Father's Day bump, but books by blokes dominate the top 10.
Why NZ’s Living Wage Movement is bigger than you think
Unions don’t have a monopoly in caring about poverty wages.
Short cuts: Books to check out this weekend
From a charming history of Auckland's villages to a look into Alexei Navalny's life.
Catherine Lea’s fast-paced thriller sees DI Bradshaw return with a bang
DI Bradshaw's troubles mount in gritty Far North-set sequel.
History of maths adds up to more than the sum of its parts
Robyn Arianrhod provides a history of maths, along with its fundamental principles.
Loyalties of lifelong comrades tested in Malcolm Knox’s brilliant satire
Knox has written a satire so caustic it is hair’s breadth from reality.
Horsepower: How our equine friends transformed human history
Timothy C Winegard’s The Horse is an epic tale of one animal's global impact.
Man & myth: A spirited new biography of England’s warrior king
Apart from his miraculous victories in war, what more do we know about Henry V?
Matt Haig’s The Life Impossible is a whimsical tale of transformation
Matt Haig's new book is a warm, entertaining and pleasingly bonkers read.
Short cuts: Books to read this week
A “midlife mer-moir", a curious history of the gut and a bilingual guide.
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.
New poetry collections explore trauma and ordinary life in comic detail
Two very different collections from Tracey Slaughter and James Brown.
Julia Phillips’ new novel is a great American modern-day parable of horror and hope
A sense of innocence, delight and transformation pervades this fairytale-inspired novel.