Books from New Zealand
101 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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Dogside Story by Patricia Grace EN
Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
There is conflict in the whanau. The young man Te Rua holds a secret for life, the one to die with . But he realises that if he is to acknowledge and claim his daughter, the secret will have to be told. The Sisters are threatening to drag the whanau through the courts. But why? What is really going on? Meanwhile, wider events are encroaching. Visitors will arrive in numbers to this East Coast site, wanting to be among the first in the world to see the new millennium. There are plans to be put into action, there's money to be made, and there's high drama as the millennium turns . . . Like Potik... continue
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El mar alrededor by Keri Hulme ES
Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
En la solitaria torre junto a la costa neozelandesa en la que vive recluida Kerewin Holmes, una artista de ascendencia europea y maorí, irrumpe durante una tormenta Simon, un niño de apariencia salvaje, mudo y rubio como el sol. A la mañana siguiente llegará para recogerlo su padrastro, Joe, un operario de fábrica maorí. Entre el magnético niño, el extrañamente tierno padrastro y la hosca Kerewin pronto nacerá un vínculo singular que, progresivamente, los llevará a adentrarse en el enigma de sus pasados
23.
El Raton De Ciudad Y El Raton De Campo by Graham Percy ES
Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
A town mouse and a country mouse exchange visits and discover each is suited to his own home. For ages 3-6.
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Enter A Murderer by Ngaio Marsh EN
Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
The crime was committed on stage at the theatre, when an unloaded gun fired a very real bullet; the victim was an actor clawing his way to stardom using blackmail instead of talent; the suspects included two unwilling girlfriends and several relieved blackmail victims. The stage was set for one of Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn's most baffling cases.
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Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
Inspired by Heart of Darkness but set in a dystopian New Zealand, it explores themes of family, love, solitude, fulfilment, success, survival, death and many others.
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Evacuation Road by H.M. Waugh EN
Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
Eva is far from home when everything goes wrong. And then it gets even worse. Her evacuation bus leaves her behind, stranded with classmates she barely knows. The chase is on. But South America is big, and the old rules are changing quickly. This is the road trip Eva never knew she needed. This is the race for the last flight home.
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Faces In The Water by Janet Frame EN
Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
'One of the most impressive accounts of madness to be found in literature' ANITA BROOKNER 'Lyrical, touching and deeply entertaining' JOHN MORTIMER, OBSERVER 'Any one of her books could be published today and it would be ground-breaking' ELEANOR CATTON 'I was now an established citizen with little hope of returning across the frontier; I was in the crazy world, separated now by more than locked doors and barred windows from the people who called themselves sane.' When Janet Frame's doctor suggested that she write about her traumatic experiences in mental institutions in order to free herself f... continue
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Falling into Rarohenga by Steph Matuku EN
Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
"It seems like an ordinary day when Tui and Kae, sixteen-year-old twins, get home from school - until they find their mother, Maia, has disappeared and a swirling vortex has opened up in her room. They are sucked into this portal and dragged down to Rarohenga, the Māori Underworld, a place of infinite levels, changing landscapes and some untrustworthy characters. Maia has been kidnapped by their estranged father, Tema, enchanted to forget who she really is and hidden somewhere here. Tui and Kae have to find a way through this maze, outwit the characters they meet, break the spell on their moth... continue
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Gefangen am Fluss by Shirley Corlett DE
Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
Matt und Caleb sind dicke Freunde, doch nachdem ein Unglück die Familien trennt, dürfen sie sich nicht mehr sehen. Voller Wut darüber brechen die Jungen mit ihrem alten Floß heimlich zu einem Lagerplatz am Fluss auf, der tief in einer Schlucht verborgen liegt. Was anfangs nach Freiheit und Abenteuer aussieht, wird nach und nach zu lebensbedrohlicher Realität: Umringt von hohen Klippen haben sie weder Handy-Empfang noch scheint es einen passierbaren Weg aus der Schlucht heraus zu geben ...
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Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
Set on a remote island in a post-apocalyptic, plague-ridden world, this bold and ingenious thriller questions what it means to be human as philosophical questions collide with technology.