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Fiction Literary Fiction Novel

Performance
by David Coventry

An 'immersive experience' about living with a debilitating disease.

Guy SomersetJuly 24, 2024

Fiction Literary Fiction Novel

At the Grand Glacier Hotel
by Laurence Fearnley

Nature is volatile and isolating in an evocative novel 'aimed at the senses'.

Sally BlundellJune 21, 2024

Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Māori Novel

The Space Between
by Lauren Keenan

A tale of two outsiders, Māori and Pākehā, in 1860, while Taranaki tumbles into war.

Kelly Ana MoreyApril 3, 2024

Asian Fiction Literary Fiction Novel

Amma
by Saraid de Silva

A debut novel that feels like 'an instant classic'.

Sanjana KhusalApril 3, 2024

Crime Fiction Fiction Mystery Noir Novel

The Call
by Gavin Strawhan

A 'smart, complex, nuanced' crime story.

Andrew Paul WoodMarch 20, 2024

Asian Fiction Literary Fiction Novel

When I open the shop
by Romesh Dissanayake

'Acutely observed' comedy and pathos in this debut novel.

Angelique KasmaraMarch 15, 2024

Fiction Novel Thriller

The Night She Fell
by Eileen Merriman

A taut thriller about brittle med students in Dunedin, their drugs and disguises.

Clare TravagliaMarch 6, 2024

Children’s Literature Fiction Historical Fiction Novel YA

Before George
by Deborah Robertson

An impressive YA debut about a girl's new identity – and new world – in the shadow of the Tangiwai disaster.

Erica StrettonDecember 20, 2023

Fiction Literary Fiction Novel

Bird Life
by Anna Smaill

In Tokyo, a city of ghosts, grief and birds.

Paula MorrisDecember 8, 2023

African Fiction Literary Fiction Novel

Ndima Ndima
by Tsitsi Mapepa

An 'utterly original' debut novel set in post-Independence Zimbabwe

Anne KennedyNovember 15, 2023

Novel

Performance
by David Coventry

At the Grand Glacier Hotel
by Laurence Fearnley

The Space Between
by Lauren Keenan

Amma
by Saraid de Silva

The Call
by Gavin Strawhan

When I open the shop
by Romesh Dissanayake

The Night She Fell
by Eileen Merriman

Before George
by Deborah Robertson

Bird Life
by Anna Smaill

Ndima Ndima
by Tsitsi Mapepa

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