The Glass House: A Novel of Mental Health by Anne Buist, Graeme Simsion
38.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Contemporary
A compelling, addictive novel for readers of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine told with heart, humour and insight by Anne Buist and The Rosie Project's Graeme Simsion. Psychiatry registrar Doctor Hannah Wright, a country girl with a chaotic history, thought she had seen it all in the emergency room. ...Show more
The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzalez James
38.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Crime/Thriller
A dazzling magical realism western in the vein of Cormac McCarthy meets Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The Bullet Swallower follows a Mexican bandido as he sets off for Texas to save his family, only to encounter a mysterious figure who has come, finally, to collect a cosmic debt generations in the making. I ...Show more
Enlightenment by Sarah Perry
38.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Contemporary
An unforgettable story of love, faith and science, Enlightenment is Sarah Perry's finest novel to date 'A complete masterwork' SARAH HALL, author of The Electric Michelangelo 'Enlightenment is a gift' SE N HEWITT, author of All Down Darkness Wide Thomas Hart and Grace Macauley are fellow worshippers ...Show more
My Heavenly Favourite by Lucas Rijneveld (translated by Michele Hutchison)
37.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Contemporary
The electrifying new novel from the winner of the International Booker Prize and sensational bestseller - a daring and unflinching account of loss, loneliness and the cost of survival. I heard you laughing from time to time and you stayed lying there on the flattened hay, and after you left, your body' ...Show more
Darkness Runs Deep by Claire McNeel
38.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Contemporary
In the darkest hour, a blood-soaked teenager flees the rural Gerandaroo football oval. Eight months later, Bess, a young teacher, returns home to Gerandaroo. A childhood game of dare with her former best friend forces Bess to form a women's footy team to play against Denby, a rival town. Bess reluctant ...Show more
Amma by Saraid de Silva
38.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Fiction
Singapore, 1951. When Josephina is a girl, her parents lock her in a room with the father of the boy to whom she's betrothed. What happens next will determine the course of her life for generations to come. New Zealand, 1984. Josephina and her family leave Sri Lanka for New Zealand. But their new home ...Show more
Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
35.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Contemporary
She's human in every way that matters. Annie is a robot, created to be the perfect girlfriend for her human owner, Doug. Playful and eager to please, she has dinner ready for him every night, wears the outfits he buys for her, and adjusts her libido to suit his whims. Maybe the apartment isn't always ...Show more
Sisters under the Rising Sun by Heather Morris
37.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Historical | Reading Level: very good
Sisters under the Rising Sun, the captivating new novel by Heather Morris, is a story of women in war: a testament to resilience, bravery and friendship in the darkest of circumstances. It is February 1942. Amid the turmoil of World War II, a group of Australian Army nurses, among them Nesta James and ...Show more
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
26.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Contemporary
Irresistibly funny, wise and thought-provoking, The Bee Sting is a tour de force about family, fortune, and the struggle to be a good person when the world is falling apart The Barnes family is in trouble. Dickie's once-lucrative car dealership is going under, and while his wife is frantically selling o ...Show more
Home Front by Kristin Hannah
25.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Contemporary
An intimate look at the inner landscape of a disintegrating marriage and a dramatic exploration of the price of war. Kristin Hannah's Home Front is a provocative and timely portrait of hope, honour, loss, forgiveness - and the elusive nature of love.From a distance, Michael and Jolen Zarkades seem to ha ...Show more
The Goodbye Cat: The uplifting tale of wise cats and their humans by the global bestselling author of THE TRAVELLING CAT CHRONICLES by Hiro Arikawa
37.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Contemporary
A new Japanese bestseller- seven fabulous warm, wise and sarcastic cats support the complicated lives of their humans BY THE AUTHOR OF THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING THE TRAVELLING CAT CHRONICLES A PERFECT READ FOR CAT-LOVERS Against changing seasons in Japan, seven cats weave their way through their o ...Show more
The Axeman's Carnival by Catherine Chidgey
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
Everywhere, the birds: sparrows and skylarks and thrushes, starlings and bellbirds, fantails and pipits – but above them all and louder, the magpies. We are here and this is our tree and we’re staying and it is ours and you need to leave and now. Tama is just a helpless chick when he is rescued by Mar ...Show more