First Person by Richard Flanagan
48.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: very good
From the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Narrow Road to the Deep North, the hypnotic tale of a ghost writer writing the memoir of a notorious con man, and the chilling events that unfold as their lives become increasingly intertwined. Kif Kehlmann, a young, penniless writer, is rung in the midd ...Show more
Earthly Remains #26 Brunetti by Donna Leon
26.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Brunetti Ser.
A New York Times Bestselling AuthorA Commissario Guido Brunetti MysteryIn the 26th mystery in Donna Leon's bestselling series set in Venice, Commissario Guido Brunetti's endurance is tested. During his interrogation of an arrogant man suspected of causing a young girl's death, Brunetti does something ra ...Show more
The Bear and The Nightingale: (Winternight Trilogy #1) by Katherine Arden
26.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Winternight Trilogy Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
** Voted Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2017 **'Frost-demons have no interest in mortal girls wed to mortal men. In the stories, they only come for the wild maiden.'In a village at the edge of the wilderness of northern Russia, where the winds blow cold and the snow falls many months of the ye ...Show more
The Last Hours by Minette Walters
36.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: very good
June, 1348: the Black Death enters England through the port of Melcombe in the county of Dorsetshire. Unprepared for the virulence of the disease, and the speed with which it spreads, the people of the county start to die in their thousands. A culture of terror and superstition quickly sweeps across the ...Show more
I Hate Everyone but You by Gaby Dunn; Allison Raskin
22.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
This debut from two emerging YA talents is told through a series of texts and emails sent between two best friends as they head off to their first semesters of college on opposite sides of the country. But as each changes and grows into her new life, will their friendship survive the distance?
The Life to Come by Michelle de Kretser
36.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Winner of the 2018 Miles Franklin Literary Award Shortlisted for the 2018 Stella Prize "For a novel concerned with dislocation, there's a lot of grounding humor in The Life to Come. Most of it comes at the expense of Pippa and her ilk, but de Kretser's observations are so spot on, you'll forgive her eve ...Show more
Set Me Free: How Shakespeare Saved My Life by Salvatore Striano
37.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
SasO grew up in Naples. He never went to school, and instead grew up with street violence and bloodshed, becoming the leader of a gang of boys who became Camorristi by the age of fourteen. At the age of thirty, he was in prison, his life all but mapped out. That's when Shakespeare steps in. At SasO's mo ...Show more
Two Steps Forward by Graeme Simsion; Anne Buist
37.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Each looking to make a new start, Zoe and Martin set out independently to walk two thousand kilometres from Cluny in France to Santiago in Spain, in the footsteps of pilgrims who have walked the Camino -- The Way -- for centuries. The Camino changes you, it's said. It's a chance to find a new version of ...Show more
The Stranger by Melanie Raabe
37.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Philip Petersen, a wealthy businessman, disappears without trace on a trip to South America. His wife, Sarah, is left to bring up their son on her own. Seven years later, out of the blue, Sarah receives news that Philip is still alive. But the man who greets her before a crowd of journalists at the airp ...Show more
The Schooldays of Jesus by J. M. Coetzee
30.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
The Schooldays of Jesus, is the startling sequel to J. M. Coetzee's widely praised The Childhood of Jesus David is the small boy who is always asking questions. Sim n and InUs take care of him in their new country. He is learning the language; he has begun to make friends. He has the big dog BolYvar to ...Show more
The Baby Doctor by Fiona McArthur
37.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
'The right people turn up in your life at the right time if you let them.' Sienna Wilson is living her dream in the city - a rewarding obstetrics job in a leading hospital, an apartment with a view, and handsome Sergeant McCabe on call whenever she needs him. The last thing she wants is a posting to ...Show more
Dancing Home by Paul Collis
37.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: David Unaipon Award Winners Ser.
'When he was in jail, he'd begun to prepare himself for the fight of his life, a showdown with the policeman, McWilliamsa In Dubbo, he reckoned, he'd face life with death, and see who blinked first.' Blackie and Rips are fresh out of prison when they set off on a road trip back to Wiradjuri country with ...Show more