Books from New Zealand
102 popular new zealand books
Travel the world without leaving your chair.
The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Oceania Challenge" were written by authors from New Zealand.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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The Cleaner : A Thriller by Paul Cleave EN
Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
A police department janitor named Joe investigates what is thought to be the seventh Christchurch Carver murder, except that Joe knows for certain that the latest homicide is the work of a copycat killer.
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The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly EN
Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
Sequel to: The evolution of Calpurnia Tate.
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The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly EN
Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
Calpurnia Virginia Tate is eleven years old in 1899 when she wonders why the yellow grasshoppers in her Texas backyard are so much bigger than the green ones.With a little help from her notoriously cantankerous grandfather, an avid naturalist, she figures out that the green grasshoppers are easier to see against the yellow grass, so they are eaten before they can get any larger. As Callie explores the natural world around her, she develops a close relationship with her grandfather, navigates the dangers of living with six brothers, and comes up against just what it means to be a girl at the tu... continue
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The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield EN
Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
Twenty-one stories depict the dangers and complexities of modern life and the conflict between men and women
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The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, Henry Lincoln EN
Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
Revised edition. The book's conclusions, and the new material are persuasive, shocking and even dangerous.
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The Hop : A Novel by Diana Clarke EN
Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
Sex worker Kate Burns heads to Nevada where she lands a job at America's largest and most successful brothel, "The Hop," but when ten street workers are killed in a nearby city, Kate begins to see things differently as success breeds scandal and unwanted fame.
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The Imaginary Lives of James Poneke by Tina Makereti EN
Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
"The hour is late. The candle is low. Tomorrow I will see whether it is my friends or a ship homewards I meet. But I must finish my story for you first. My future, my descendant, my mokopuna. Listen. So begins the tale of James Poneke: orphaned son of a chief; ardent student of English; wide-eyed survivor. All the worlds a stage, especially when youre a living exhibit. But anything can happen to a young New Zealander on the savage streets of Victorian London. When James meets the man with laughing dark eyes and the woman who dresses as a man, he begins to discover who people really are beneath... continue
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The Impossible Resurrection of Grief by Octavia Cade EN
Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
A chilling novella about extinction, grief, and what we hold onto when the world falls apart.
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The Nancys by R.W.R. McDonald EN
Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
A schoolgirl and her uncle and his boyfriend have two weeks to solve a murder in a small town style forgot... WINNER of the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best First Novel 'Funny, dark and above all, heart-warming, The Nancys is a celebration of what's important in life - which is family, friendship and also: makeovers. R.W.R. McDonald's novel is face-paced, clever and full of wit and repartee. McDonald pays homage to the novel's namesake Nancy Drew, but adds elements of RuPaul and Shirley Barrett's The Bus on Thursday. The result is a work of fiction that is smart, darkly comic and, in the very best o... continue