Discover the Best Books this Summer

Discover the Best Books this Christmas

Discover the best books for everyone this Summer.
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Romantasy

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The Shadow Weaver by Ivy Cliffwater
Brimstone by Callie Hart
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Mate by Ali Hazelwood
Arcana Academy by Elise Kova
The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig
Heir of Illusion by Madeline Taylor
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightley
The Wrath of the Fallen by Amber V. Nicole
Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
Metal Slinger by Rachel Schneider
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
Tonight I Bleed by Katharine J. Adams
Unbound by Penelope Bloom
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Alchemy of Secrets by Stephanie Garber
Twilight Deluxe Collector's Edition by Stephenie Meyer
Twilight 20th Anniversary edition by Stephenie Meyer
 
Non-Fiction

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Poems & Prayers by Matthew McConaughy
Finding my Way by Malala Yousafzi
The Look by Michelle Obama
The Little book of Miriam by Miriam Margolyes
Heartbeats by Bjorn Borg
White Male Stand Up by Alan Davies
Last Rites by Ozzy Osbourne
Recipe for Murder by Duncan McNab
Seriously Silly: The Life of Terry Jones by Robert Ross
It Nearly Killed Me (But I Love You) by Sinead Corcoran Dye
My book of Treasures by Joanna Lumley
Future Boy by Michael J. Fox
Fawlty Towers: Fawlts and All by John Cleese
Softly As I Leave You: Life After Elvis by Priscilla Presley
Cat on the Road to Find Out by Yusuf/Cat Stevens
 
Crime and Thriller

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The Vanishing Place by Zoe Rankin
See How They Fall by Rachel Paris
All The Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
Wild Animal by Joel Dicker
The Girl With Ice in Her Veins by Karin Smirnoff
The Tin Men by Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille
Silent Bones by Val McDermid
The Widow by John Grisham
Framed in Death by J.D. Robb
Sharp Force by Patricia Cornwell
Clown Town by Mick Herron
Tom Clancy: Terminal Velocity by M.P. Woodward
The Traitors Circle by Jonathan Freedland
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
No Regret by Martina Cole and Jacqui Rose
A Particularly Nasty Case by Adam Kay
Kids

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My Kiwi Christmas by Donovan Bixley
One Night Before Christmas by Kes Gray
The Little Lambs' Great New Zealand Christmas Activity Book
Poppa's Workshop by Chelsea Cresswell
The Christmas Looky Book by Donovan Bixley
Whenua by Isobel Joy Te Aho-White
Dragonfall: The Fate of Dragons by Sarina Clark
Edmonds: My First Cookbook
Miles and Jones: The Anaconda Attack by Sam Smith
The Lost Words by Kimberley Ngareta Kearney
Will the Driver be a Waver by Paul Beavis
Splash! by Donovan Bixley
The Great White Man-Eating Shark by Margaret Mahy
My Friends and I by Jessica Urlichs
Hansel and Gretel by Stephen King
May You Always Know by Jessica Urlichs
The Guardians of Dreamdark by Laini Taylor
Asterix in Lusitania by Fabcaro
The Invisible Parade by Leigh Bardugo and John Picacio
Which Way to the Future by Cressida Cowell
The Ickabog by J.K. Rowling
Jerusalem by Simon Sebag Montefiore
 
 
NZ Authors

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See How They Fall by Rachel Paris
The Vanishing Place by Zoe Rankin
It Nearly Killed Me (But I Love You) by Sinead Corcoran Dye
The Shadow Weaver by Ivy Cliffwater
Amma by Saraid de Silva
The American Boys by Olivia Spooner
The Secrets of Maiden's Cove by Erin Palmisano
Whānau by Donovan Te Ahunui Farnham and Rehua Wilson
The Good Mistress by Anne Tiernan
Tonight I Bleed by Katharine J. Adams
The Last Living Cannibal by Airana Ngarewa
Coldwire by Chloe Gong
Whenua by Isobel Joy Te Aho-White
Dragonfall: The Fate of Dragons by Sarina Clark
Poppa's Workshop by Chelsea Cresswell
May You Always Know by Jessica Urlichs
Splash! by Donovan Bixley
Feijoa by Kate Evans
 
 
Books for Her

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The American Boys by Olivia Spooner
The Seven Rings by Nora Roberts
The Funeral Crashers by Joanna Nell
The Defender by Ana Huang
The Look by Michelle Obama
Remain by Nicholas Sparks and M. Night Shyamalan
Framed in Death by J.D. Robb
The Little Book of Miriam by Miriam Margolyes
Softly As I Leave You: Life After Elvis by Priscilla Presley
My Book of Treasures by Joanna Lumley
Kingmaker by Sonia Purnell
The Secrets of Maiden's Cove by Erin Palmisano
The Good Mistress by Anne Tiernan
 
 
 
SFF/Horror

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Coldwire by Chloe Gong
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
King Sorrow by Joe Hill
Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson
The Witcher: Crossroads of Ravens by Andrezej Sapkowski
 
 
 
Literary

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The Last Living Cannibal by Airana Ngarewa
Amma by Saraid de Silva
Wild Animal by Joel Dicker
Amity by Nathan Harris
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
All The Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
The Names by Florence Knapp
Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
Historical

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Circle of Days by Ken Follett
Kingmaker by Sonia Purnell
SAS: The Great Train Raid by Damien Lewis
The Courageous Life of Weary Dunlop by Peter Fitzsimons
The American Boys by Olivia Spooner
The Romans by Edward J. Watts
The Traitors Circle by Jonathan Freedland
The Last Living Cannibal by Airana Ngarewa
 

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