This Is Happiness by Niall Williams
25.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Contemporary
Longlisted for the 2020 Walter Scott Prize for Historical FictionThe most enchanting novel you'll read this year, from the acclaimed author of Man Booker-longlisted History of the RainChange is coming to Faha, a small Irish parish unaltered in a thousand years.For one thing, the rain is stopping. Nobody ...Show more
Everything Calls for Salvation by Daniele Mencarelli
33.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Contemporary
WINNER OF THE 2020 YOUTH STREGA PRIZE, NETFLIX SERIES TO BE RELEASED OCTOBER 2022A heart-breaking and unforgettable novel that challenges our notion of normality and celebrates the salvific power of solidarity and vulnerability.
By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult
38.00 NZD
Category: Coming Soon
No.1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult brings to life the woman many believe was the real playwright behind the work of William Shakespeare alongside a contemporary story of a New York author suffering the same fate of being silenced. Two women, centuries apart-one of whom is the real auth ...Show more
Red Side Story (Shades of Grey #2) by Jasper Fforde
38.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Contemporary
Imagine a world where your position in society depended on what bit of the colour spectrum you could see. This is the world inhabited by Eddie Russett (red, middle-level) and Jane Grey (monochromatic, lowest in society). Eddie and Jane must negotiate the delicate Chromatic politics of society to find o ...Show more
Clockwork Orange: Popular Penguins by Anthony Burgess
16.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Contemporary | Series: Popular Penguins Ser. | Reading Level: very good
'What's it going to be then, eh?'In this nightmare vision of youth in revolt, fifteen-year-old Alex and his friends set out on a diabolical orgy of robbery, rape, torture and murder. Alex is jailed for his teenage delinquency and the State tries to reform him - but at what cost?Social prophecy? Black co ...Show more
Behind You Is the Sea by Susan Muaddi Darraj
37.00 NZD
Category: Coming Soon
Behind You Is the Sea is a compelling debut that fearlessly challenges stereotypes surrounding Palestinian culture. With humour and poignancy, Behind You Is the Sea delves into the intimate lives of three primary Palestinian immigrant families in America -the Baladis, the Salamehs, and the Ammars- whos ...Show more
Rare Singles by Benjamin Myers
37.00 NZD
Category: Coming Soon
A warm, tender and funny story about unlikely friendships, second chances, and the magic of soul music - perfect for fans of Nick Hornby, David Nicholls and Jonathan Coe. Dinah has always lived in Scarborough. Trapped with her feckless husband and useless son, her one release comes at her town's Northe ...Show more
Liberation Day by George Saunders
33.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Reading Level: very good
The first short story collection in ten years from the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo, MacArthur genius and Booker Prize-winner. George Saunders returns with a collection of short stories that make sense of our increasingly troubled world The 'best sh ...Show more
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
23.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
Esther Greenwood is at college and is fighting two battles, one against her own desire for perfection in all things - grades, boyfriend, looks, career - and the other against remorseless mental illness. As her depression deepens she finds herself encased in it, bell-jarred away from the rest of the worl ...Show more
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
25.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird' - Meet Scout, the narrator of this book. Her story is one of Deep South summers, fights at school and playing in the street. The spooky house of her mysterious neighbour, Boo Radley, sags dark and forbid ...Show more
Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan
25.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan is the critically acclaimed second collection from the Booker-shortlisted author of Small Things Like These. A long-haired woman moves into the priest's house and sets fire to his furniture.That Christmas, the electricity goes out.A forester mortgages his land and ...Show more
The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
38.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Contemporary
'A stunning fever dream of a story that feels completely real - don't miss this fantastic thriller debut.' LEE CHILD If you could open a door to anywhere, where would you go?In New York City, bookseller Cassie Andrews is living an unassuming life when she is given a gift by a favourite customer. It's a ...Show more