Strange Sally Diamond: Crime Novel of the Year, Irish Book Awards 2023 by Liz Nugent
36.99 NZD
Category: Staff Picks- Read our reviews | Reading Level: near fine
The internationally bestselling author of the "dark, captivating psychological thriller" (People) Lying in Wait returns with a wickedly dark, twisted, and brilliantly observed new novel about an enigmatic woman confronting her unknown past. Reclusive Sally Diamond causes outrage by trying to incinerat ...Show more
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
27.99 NZD
Category: Staff Picks- Read our reviews | Reading Level: very good
Klara and the Sun is the first novel by Kazuo Ishiguro since he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2017. From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behaviour of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass in the ...Show more
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
24.99 NZD
Category: Staff Picks- Read our reviews | Reading Level: very good
The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Ten ...Show more
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
27.99 NZD
Category: Staff Picks- Read our reviews | Reading Level: very good
FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE GOLDFINCH Truly deserving of the accolade Modern Classic, Donna Tartt's bestseller The Secret History is a remarkable achievement - both compelling and elegant, dramatic and playful. 'What we did was terrible, but still I don't think any of us were ...Show more
The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
26.99 NZD
Category: Staff Picks- Read our reviews | Reading Level: very good
Over five years in the writing, Alice Hoffman's most ambitious and mesmerizing work ever, a triumph of imagination and research set in ancient Israel.The author of such iconic bestsellers as Illumination Night, Practical Magic, Fortune's Daughter, and Oprah's Book Club selection Here on Earth, Alice Hof ...Show more
Go as a River by Shelley Read
36.99 NZD
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For fans of WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, GREAT CIRCLE and THE PAPER PALACE- lush, immersive, soaring tale of a young woman's journey to becoming, of love and loss, home and resilience, and finding those where least expected, and a breathtaking exploration of our connection to nature. On a cool autumn mornin ...Show more
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare
24.99 NZD
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK "Brave, fresh . . . unforgettable."--The New York Times Book Review "A celebration of girls who dare to dream."--Imbolo Mbue, author of Behold the Dreamers (Oprah's Book Club pick)Shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize ...Show more
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
25.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Teeming with energy, humour and heart, a love song to black Britain told by twelve very different people. Grace is a Victorian orphan dreaming of the mysterious African father she will never meet. Winsome is a young Windrush bride, recently arrived from Barbados. Amma is the fierce queen of her 1980s sq ...Show more
The Maid by Nita Prose
24.99 NZD
Category: Staff Picks- Read our reviews | Series: A\Molly the Maid Mystery Ser.
POLISHED TO PERFECTION, THE HOTLY-ANTICIPATED & SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING DEBUT *The instant Sunday Times Top 5 bestseller* *The New York Times No.1 bestseller* *One of Buzzfeed’s highly anticipated BookTok reads in 2022* ‘Delightful’ GUARDIAN ‘An escapist pleasure’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘A true 21st century ...Show more
The Improbable Life of Ricky Bird by Diane Connell
34.99 NZD
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If you were charmed by The Curious Incident, laughed with Eleanor Oliphant and cried over A Man Called Ove, you will love Ricky Bird. ‘No one loved making forts more than Ricky. A fort was a place of safety and possibility. It shut out the world and enclosed her and Ollie within any story she wanted to ...Show more
The Sixteen Trees of the Somme by Lars Mytting
24.99 NZD
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The Times bestseller by the author of NORWEGIAN WOOD, a family story of epic scale."An intricate story about war, family, secrets and,yes, wood ... An engaging, satisfying read" The Times "So cleverly plotted, and it builds up such effortless dramatic momentum as it zeroes in on its conclusion" Scotsma ...Show more
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
27.99 NZD
Category: Staff Picks- Read our reviews | Reading Level: very good
A young boy in New York City, Theo Decker, miraculously survives an explosion that takes the life of his mother. Alone and determined to avoid being taken in by the city as an orphan, Theo scrambles between nights in friends' apartments and on the city streets. He becomes entranced by the one thing that ...Show more