The top 10 sales lists recorded every week at Unity Books’ stores in High St, Auckland, and Willis St, Wellington.
2. See How They Fall by Rachel Paris (Moa Press, $38)
Claire Mabey spoke to Rachel Paris earlier this year about her sleek, fast-paced crime story.
3. The Safe Keep by Yael van der Wouden (Penguin, $26)
Beautiful historical fiction set in The Hague in the 1960s.
4. Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton (Canongate, $28)
Hear, hear, hare – here!
5. The Unlikely Doctor by Timoti Te Moke (Allen & Unwin, $38)
The return of Dr Timoti Te Moke’s memoir to the charts, detailing his harrowing journey through childhood abuse, stints in prison, to eventually becoming a doctor at the age of 56.
6. Katabasis by R. F. Kuang (Harper Collins, $38)
According to The Guardian: “this journey into the underworld is delivered with heretical glee.”
7. Passengers on the Hankyu Line by Hiro Arikawa (Doubleday, $38)
Cosiness, cats, dogs and rail – what more could you want?
8. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (Hodder Press, $31)
More cosiness, this time longlisted for the Bailey’s women’s prize for fiction.
9. Become Unstoppable by Enoka Gilbert (Penguin, $40)
Reading this book is the closest many of us will ever come to being an All Black.
10. Bird of the Year by Forest and Bird (Penguin, $45)
All the birds, and one bat, from 20 years of the Bird of the Year competition.
WELLINGTON
1. Bird of the Year by Forest and Bird (Penguin, $45)
2. Anything Could Happen by Grant Robertson (Allen & Unwin, $40)
3. Noho Tahi 和平共處 by Noho Tahi Collective (5Ever Books, $30)
“This multimedia collection reflects on noho tahi | 和平共處, peaceful co-existence between cultures — an emerging invitation for Hainamana/NZ Chinese communities to reorient ourselves towards Tangata Whenua.”
4. Katabasis by R. F. Kuang (Harper Collins, $38)
5. The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey (Te Herenga Waka University Press, $38)
Trust us: the less you know about this book, the better the reading experience will be.
6. Become Unstoppable by Gilbert Enoka (Penguin, $40)
7. A Different Kind of Power by Jacinda Ardern (Penguin, $60)
Jacinda returns to the charts! Here’s Madeleine Chapman’s review!
8. Clown Town #9 Slough House by Mick Herron (Hachette, $38)
The new thriller in the bestselling series that inspired Slow Horses. Doesn’t feature real clowns… or does it?
9. The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden (Penguin, $26)
10. The Gift of Not Belonging by Rami Kaminski (Scribe, $38)
The first book to explore the personality of the “otrovert” – someone who does not fit in with any social group – appears to be fitting in quite nicely in Wellington.
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