The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
$39.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial new epic of love, faith and medicine, set in Kerala, South India. Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water follows a family in southern India that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every gener ...Show more
The Divorcees by Rowan Beaird
$36.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
A dark and dazzling debut from a beguiling new voice - for fans of Beautiful Ruins and Lessons in Chemistry. Lois Saunders thought that marrying the right man would finally cure her loneliness. But as picture-perfect as her husband is, she is suffocating in their loveless marriage. In 1951, though, unh ...Show more
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy
$45.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
The Sunday Times Bestseller and New York Times Bestseller. A book of hope for uncertain times. 'Feeling a little blue? Meet the new Winnie the Pooh.' - The Daily Mail .... 'A wonderful work of art and a wonderful window into the human heart' - Richard Curtis. Enter the world of Charlie's four unlikely ...Show more
Evolving: Finding Health and Happiness as We Age by Judy Bailey
$39.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
An inspiring and personal guide to ageing well and with happiness, by national treasure Judy Bailey. When beloved broadcaster Judy Bailey signed off her final news bulletin in 2005, she had no idea that retirement would bring some of the most fulfilling years of her life. Ever the journalist, Judy sea ...Show more
Girl Braiding Her Hair by Marta Molnar
$42.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
Her close friends included Van Gogh, Degas, and Renoir. As a sought-after model, Paris celebrated her - until she picked up the brush herself, at a time when art schools refused to accept female students. "I had a hard time putting the book down to go to sleep at night." Kaela Mays By the time S ...Show more
The Island of Missing Trees: Reese's Pick by Elif Shafak
$26.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
Two teenagers, from opposite sides of a divided land, meet at a tavern in the city they both call home. The tavern is the only place that Kostas, who is Greek and Christian, and Defne, who is Turkish and Muslim, can meet, in secret, hidden beneath the blackened beams from which hang garlands of garlic, ...Show more
Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton
$36.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from international bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe and All Our Shimmering Skies. 'Mirror, mirror, on the grass, what's my future? What's my past?' A girl and her mother are on the lam. They've been runn ...Show more
The Boy and the Dog by Seishu Hase
$28.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
Winner of the Naoki Prize Perfect for fans of The Guest Cat and Before the Coffee Gets Cold 'It’s no wonder the author won the prestigious Naoki Prize for this novel, which is at times heartwarming and suspenseful, detailing true resilience and survival.' Belfast Telegraph One dog changes the life of ev ...Show more
Ndima Ndima by Tsitsi Mapepa
$36.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
From debut Zimbabwean writer Tsitsi Mapepa comes the saga of the four Taha sisters, and the indomitable matriarch who carried her daughters--and her community--through times of drought and violence in their Harare neighborhood. From the red soil of her garden in Southgate 1, a crowded suburb of Hara ...Show more
Under the Influence by Noelle Crooks
$37.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
After a series of go-nowhere jobs in the New York publishing world, Harper Cruz is broke, lonely, and desperate for a salary that won't leave her scrambling to make rent each month. So when she stumbles across a job posting from an influencer offering triple her last paycheck, she automatically submits ...Show more
Fourteen Days: A Unique Collaborative Novel From a Star-Studded Cast of Writers by Margaret Atwood & Douglas Preston (eds)
$38.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
Led by Margaret Atwood, a star-studded cast create a dazzling, heartwarming response to the darkness cast by the pandemic. Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the pandemic, Fourteen Days is a dazzling, heartwarming novel with an unusual twist- each character has been secretly written ...Show more
Peace Stick by Stephen Johnson
$30.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
Peace Stick is story about children hoping for a future during a nuclear confrontation between the superpowers. It is set during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. It was inspired by a former East German schoolgirl now living in Auckland.Life for 13-year-old Ingrid Richter in Erfurt involves adventures w ...Show more