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2021/2022 List as voted by New Zealanders
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TOP 100
1 The Seven Sisters 2 Harry Potter 4 A Court of Thorns
Series Series and Roses Series
Lucinda Riley J.K.Rowling Sarah J. Maas
FICTION FICTION FANTASY
Lucinda Riley’s magnificent These wonderful books A fantasy novel series which
achievement with The Seven have now captivated several follows the journey of mortal
Sisters series has, for the first generations of readers and the Feyre Archeron after she is
time, brought them to the top love for them shows no sign brought into the faerie lands of
of our List – our readers love of abating. They’re timeless, Prythian for murdering a faerie.
these books! They’re based on ageless stories which have Sarah J. Maas is one of the
the legend of the Pleiades, also become modern classics hottest names writing Young
known as the Seven Sisters, and and will endure well into Adult fantasy these days, and
tell the story of Pa Salt and his the future. her books have taken three slots
seven adopted daughters, each on this Top 100 List, showing
of whom is named after one of 3 Where the the heights of her popularity.
the stars in the constellation, Crawdads Sing
and each of whom has a book Delia Owens 5 Outlander Series
dedicated to her story. The
most recent addition to the FICTION
An exquisite ode to the natural Diana Gabaldon
series is The Missing Sister.
world, a heartbreaking coming- FICTION
of-age story, and a surprising Big, fat, wonderful historical
tale of possible murder. fiction - this series has
thousands of obsessed fans!
6 Pride and 9 To Kill a 12 The Tattooist of
Prejudice Mockingbird Auschwitz Series
Jane Austen Harper Lee Heather Morris
CLASSIC FICTION FICTION
Her popularity goes on and on - A timeless classic about racial Based on true stories these
this classic is consistently voted tension, beloved by generations books have a huge following for
to a high position on our List. of readers. their empathetic depiction of
life in the Camps in WW2.
7 The Book Thief 10 The Grishaverse
13 The Bible
Markus Zusak Leigh Bardugo
FICTION FANTASY SPIRITUAL
A sophisticated work that has A high fantasy universe Appearing on every
found favour with both teens comprised of seven books where Top 100 List. It continues to
and adults. Death himself readers encounter thieves, inspire and guide.
narrates this World War 2 story smugglers, pirates and magic
14 Throne of Glass
about Liesel. users forming unexpected bonds.
The Lord of the Series
8 11 I Am Pilgrim Sarah J. Maas
Rings FANTASY
J.R.R.Tolkien Terry Hayes The thrilling epic story of a
FANTASY THRILLER teenage assassin uncovering
New Zealand embraced this An astonishingly good thriller a conspiracy threatening her
series and made it its own - the which has electrified everyone world whilst confronting her
classic epic which still stands who’s read it. We love this book own murky past.
the test of time. as much as our readers do!
TOP
19 Bridgerton Series 25 The Song of
Achilles
Julia Quinn Madeline Miller
FICTION FICTION
Set during the Regency era This version of the epic Trojan
between 1813 and 1827, this is War is a dazzling feat of the
a collection of eight novels, imagination, a devastating love
each featuring one of the eight story, and an almighty battle
children of the late Viscount between gods and kings, peace
Bridgerton. The Netflix series and glory, immortal fame and
has set these books alight! the human heart.
20 Aroha 26 The Kingsbridge
Series
Hinemoa Elder Ken Follett
15 The Midnight INSPIRATIONAL FICTION
Library Discover traditional Māori This epic series about the
Matt Haig philosophy through 52 building of cathedrals in the 12th
FICTION whakataukī – simple, powerful Century and beyond has been on
When Nora Seed finds herself life lessons, one for every week; our List since it first began.
in the Midnight Library she has and find how the power of aroha
a chance to make things right. can help you each day.
Up until now, her life has
been full of misery and 21 All The Light We
regret, and she feels she has Cannot See
let everyone, including herself Anthony Doerr
down. But things FICTION
are about to change. An utterly brilliant, captivating
WW2 story which transcends
16 The Bronze all the others. We don’t know
Horseman anyone who has read this who
Paullina Simons hasn’t absolutely loved it.
FICTION
First in a trilogy set against 22 The Girl in the
the backdrop of Leningrad Mirror
27 Auē
during World War 2, this is Rose Carlyle
still a highlight for many of our THRILLER
readers and often voted their Beautiful twin sisters Iris and
all time favourite. Becky Manawatu
Summer are identical, but FICTION
that’s where the similarities
17 The Hunger
The award winning New Zealand
end. When Iris finds her chance novel about Arama, Taukiri and
Games Series to have everything she’s ever Beth – and Lupo, the dog. It's
Suzanne Collins wanted, how far will she go? full of tragedy, sorrow, hope
FICTION and aroha.
This perennially popular trilogy 23 Becoming
28 Me Before You
was recently joined by the
series prequel, The Ballad of Michelle Obama
Songbirds and Snakes, which MEMOIR
tells the story of Coriolanus Jojo Moyes
Michelle Obama recounts her FICTION
Snow as a young man and helps life growing up, working as an
explain a lot about his actions in Jojo Moyes’ breakout book, the
advocate for girls across the first in her series about Louisa
the series. All the titles in this globe, her relationship with
series remain highly popular Clark and Will Traynor which
Barack and living in the resonated with readers.
with our readers. White House. This is deeply This book continues to be voted
personal and utterly compelling!
18 Eleanor Oliphant
for time and time again.
is Completely Fine 24 Normal People
Gail Honeyman 29 A Little Life
FICTION Sally Rooney
Meet Eleanor Oliphant : she Hanya Yanagihara
FICTION FICTION
struggles with appropriate Two people who meet as
social skills and tends to say The much acclaimed novel
teenagers then reconnect at about the decades long
exactly what she’s thinking. University must each confront
A runaway bestseller. relationship between four men,
how far they are willing to go to which was nominated for many
save the other. Highly acclaimed. literary prizes.
TOP
35 The Alchemist 40 Shuggie Bain
Paulo Coelho Douglas Stuart
SPIRITUAL FICTION
A parable that has touched Winner of the 2020 Booker
millions of lives with its Prize, this story of young
thoughtful message. Shuggie and his mother in
1981 Glasgow lays bare the
36 American Dirt ruthlessness of poverty,
the limits of love, and the
Jeanine Cummins hollowness of pride.
FICTION
A mother and her son embark 41 Educated
on a perilous journey from
Mexico to the US border, Tara Westover
30 The Invisible Life escaping the drug cartel which MEMOIR
of Addie LaRue has changed their lives forever. The astonishing memoir of a
V.E.Schwab This is riveting. young woman who survived
FANTASY her family’s brutal ideology
Addie LaRue makes a pact with 37 The Hobbit and went to university without
having spent a single day
the devil, trading her soul for
immortality. But as payment J.R.R.Tolkien at school. This is a must-read!
the devil takes away her place FANTASY
in the world, cursing her to be Tolkien’s classic has enduring 42 The Power of One
forgotten by everyone. appeal, and is particularly
loved here in New Zealand. Bryce Courtenay
31 The Sentinel FICTION
Set in Africa in the 1930-40's,
Lee Child & Andrew Child this was Bryce Courtenay’s
THRILLER first - and, some say, best book.
Jack Reacher gets off the bus
in a town outside Nashville, 43 Women Don’t
planning to grab a cup of coffee Owe You Pretty
and move along. Not going Florence Given
to happen. Classic Jack! NONFICTION
An accessible leap into
32 A Song of Ice and feminism for people at all
Fire Series stages of their journey who
George R.R.Martin are seeking to reshape and
FANTASY transform the way they view
Thousands of new readers have themselves. This is about living
discovered these books, whose on your own terms.
popularity is undiminished 38 Crescent City :
- even as everyone waits for House of Earth & 44 Red, White &
number six in the series! Blood Royal Blue
Sarah J. Maas Casey McQuiston
33 The Night Circus SCI-FI/FANTASY FICTION
A blockbuster modern fantasy The story of a President’s son
Erin Morgenstern set in a divided world where who has an altercation with the
FICTION one woman must uncover the Prince of Wales, who
Brilliantly inventive, this story truth to seek her revenge. then find themselves hurtling
of a circus which only performs into a secret romance.
at night and the cast of 39 Māori Made Easy US/UK relations as you’ve
performers whose fate hangs never seen them!
in the balance, is a feast for the Scotty Morrison
senses and the heart. TE REO 45 The Nightingale
The complete and accessible
34 The Kingkiller guide to learning te reo, no Kristin Hannah
Chronicle matter your knowledge level – FICTION
Patrick Rothfuss this is the one-stop resource The New York Times bestseller,
FANTASY for anyone wanting to learn the about two sisters navigating
This highly acclaimed fantasy basics of the Māori language. their way through German-
series of books tell the It takes just 30 minutes a day occupied, war-torn France.
autobiography of Kvothe, an for 30 weeks. This is an amazing book.
adventurer and famous musician.
TOP
46 The Kite Runner 54 The Woman in
the Window
Khaled Hosseini A.J.Finn
FICTION THRILLER
A terrific novel about Anna Fox fills her days with
friendship in difficult prescription medicines,
circumstances - set against red wine, and spying on the
the challenging political neighbours and is certain
turmoil of Afghanistan. something terrible has
happened to one of them.
47 A High Country No one will take her seriously
Life though because she is, after
Philippa Cameron all, unreliable.
NONFICTION
A story of life on a 40,000
hectare high country sheep 50 Lilac Girls Series
station, with 30,000 merino
sheep and 500 head of cattle. Martha Hall Kelly
It features Philippa’s most FICTION
trusted recipes, tested on Novels about the Ferriday
many approving musterers. family and their antecedents
– good people fighting just
causes in wonderful stories
which span the Romanov era
(Lost Roses), the US Civil War
(Sunflower Sisters) and WW2
(Lilac Girls).
51 Tell Me Lies
55 The Boy, the
J.P.Pomare
Mole, the Fox &
FICTION
the Horse
Psychologist Margot Scott Charlie Mackesy
has a picture-perfect life: a INSPIRATIONAL
nice house in the suburbs, a Enter the world of Charlie’s
husband, two children and a four unlikely friends and
successful career. Her clients discover their story and life
all lie to her, but one lie lessons which have captured
48 Think Like a cost her family and the hearts of millions of
Monk her freedom. readers all over the world.
Jay Shetty
SPIRITUAL 52 Supergood 56 The Seven
Jay Shetty distills the timeless Husbands of
wisdom he learned as a monk Chelsea Winter Evelyn Hugo
into practical steps anyone can COOKING Taylor Jenkins Reid
take every day to live a less New Zealand’s new queen FICTION
anxious, more meaningful life. of cooking shares a massive The entrancing story of a
selection of dishes which go reclusive Hollywood starlet
49 The Handmaid’s way beyond what you’d expect reflecting on her relentless
Tale Series from plant-based fare to rise to the top and the long-
Margaret Atwood deliver hearty, tasty, fussy- held secrets the public could
FICTION eater-approved satisfaction. never imagine.
The Handmaid’s Tale has
recently reached a whole new 57 Note to Self
audience – at a time when 53 Sapiens
the themes are perhaps more Rebekah Ballagh
relevant than ever, and Yuval Noah Harari SELF HELP
The Testaments continues NONFICTION Jam-packed with handy tips,
that story. Both books won 100,000 years ago, at least bite-sized wisdom & thoughtful
The Booker Prize. six human species inhabited illustrations to help you
the earth. Today there is just navigate through feelings like
one. Us. Homo sapiens. This anxiety, stress, worry, guilt
remarkable book challenges & sadness.
all we thought we knew about
humanity: our thoughts,
actions, power... and future.
TOP
58 The Tea Rose 63 Jane Eyre
Series
Jennifer Donnelly Charlotte Brontë
FICTION CLASSIC
These books have it This novel remains a favourite,
all - romance, love, loss, especially amongst younger
heartbreak, fear, conspiracy, readers who continue to be
rebellion, and happiness. entranced by the young Jane
It is a much loved trilogy. and her mysterious
Mr Rochester.
59 Gone Girl
64 The Millennium
Gillian Flynn Series
FICTION Stieg Larsson & David Lagercrantz
An apparently perfect THRILLER 68 The Stormlight
marriage, where all is most These are clever, thrilling, Archive
definitely not as it seems. utterly captivating mysteries. Brandon Sanderson
This book spawned The series has continued after SCI-FI/FANTASY
an entire genre! Stieg Larsson’s death and is A series of epic fantasy novels
as good now as it was at planned to consist of ten
the beginning. books, with there currently
being four in the series – plus
65 My Sister’s two novellas. These are books
Keeper of enormous scope and drama.
Jodi Picoult
FICTION 69 The Book of
A compelling moral dilemma - Knowing Series
the trademark of one of Gwendoline Smith
our most popular author’s
books - is at the heart of SELF HELP
this pageturner. These books help you
understand what’s going
on in your mind and how
66 The Subtle Art of to get your feelings under
Not Giving a F*** control. They explain in clear
60 The Four Winds Mark Manson and simple language what’s
SELF HELP happening when you’re feeling
Kristin Hannah Forget about trying to find overwhelmed, anxious and
FICTION the good in everything - just confused, and what to do
Texas,1934. Elsa Martinelli has accept that life is tough, about it.
the life she’s always dreamed and deal with it. Don’t keep
70 This is Going
of, only to see it threatened pretending that everything
and attacked by the Dust Bowl is perfect! to Hurt
and the Great Depression.
Adam Kay
67 The Alice NONFICTION
61 The Secret Network A first-hand account of life as
History Kate Quinn a junior doctor in all its joy,
Donna Tartt FICTION pain, sacrifice and maddening
FICTION This book follows an American bureaucracy, and a love letter
Under the influence of their college student looking for to those who might at any
charismatic Classics professor, her cousin in the aftermath moment be holding our lives in
a group of clever, eccentric of WW2 – a journey which their hands.
misfits at an elite college begin introduces her to one of the
71 Girl, Woman,
a downhill slide into obsession heroines of the First World
and evil. A modern classic. War, who was a member of Other
the Alice Network, a female Bernardine Evaristo
62 Boy Swallows spy ring. The Alice Network
FICTION
Universe did exist and those women
Joint winner of the 2019
Trent Dalton were heroic; and the book is
Booker Prize, this is a story
FICTION quite wonderful. of twelve characters, who tell
A novel of love, crime, magic, the stories of their families,
fate and coming of age, set friends and lovers.
in Brisbane’s violent working
class suburban fringe.
This is outstanding.
TOP
72 Untamed 78 It
Glennon Doyle Stephen King
MEMOIR FICTION
The story of how one woman This deals with themes which
learned that a responsible are Stephen King staples: the
mother is not one who slowly power of memory, childhood
dies for her children, but one trauma, and the ugliness
who shows them how to fully live. lurking behind a façade of
traditional small-town values.
73 Back to You
79 Shantaram
Tammy Robinson
FICTION Gregory David Roberts
What happens when a couple FICTION
are torn apart just at the A convicted Australian bank 83 A Gentleman in
moment they fall in love? robber and heroin addict Moscow
escapes from prison and flees Amor Towles
74 Keepers
to India. Fiction, with more FICTION
than a dose of real life. In 1922, Count Alexander
Cherie Metcalfe Rostov is sentenced to house
COOKING 80 A Thousand arrest inside a luxury hotel.
Cherie Metcalfe combines Splendid Suns Having never worked a day
her chef ’s skills with a great Khaled Hosseini in his life, he must now live in
range of pastes, sauces and FICTION an attic while Russian history
condiments to help you step up This story covers three unfolds outside.
your cooking game without the decades of anti Soviet Jihad,
hard work. civil war and Taliban tyranny 84 Heartstopper
through the lives of two women. Series
75 1984 Alice Oseman
81 The Last Hours FICTION
George Orwell Series The Heartstopper series is
CLASSIC Cassandra Clare about love, friendship, loyalty
The original futuristic look at FANTASY and mental illness, through
what our lives would become - The first two books in a trilogy the story of Nick and Charles
it was prescient, and becomes where evil hides in plain and their lives together. These
ever more relevant with each sight and love cuts deeper are hugely popular LGBTQ+
passing year. than any blade. These are graphic novels which span
Shadowhunters novels. life, love, and everything that
76 Orphan X Series happens in between.
Gregg Hurwitz 85 Big Little Lies
THRILLER
The Orphan X thrillers feature Liane Moriarty
Evan Smoak – a hero for all FICTION
Jack Reacher fans! Trained Set around the lives of three
in black ops at a government women, connected because
institution for orphans, he uses their kids attend the same
the skills he learned there as a school, it soon becomes clear
force for good in the world, and that at the school Trivia Quiz
in each book takes on a project night after a lot of parents
for people at their wits’ end. behaved extremely badly,
somebody died.
77 Mythos
82 The Girl on the 86 Dune
Stephen Fry Train
NONFICTION Paula Hawkins Frank Herbert
The Greek myths are among SCIENCE FICTION
FICTION
the best stories ever told, Rachel’s life is a mess, and A stunning blend of
passed through generations adventure and mysticism,
she’s envious of the perfect
and continuing to inspire. environmentalism and politics
lives she sees around her –
Now Stephen Fry reinterprets which has become one of the
them for a modern audience then when she spies something
unusual from the window of her bestselling science fiction
with his trademark wit, warmth novels of all time.
and charm. train, a series of events spiral
out of her control.
TOP
87 The Goldfinch 92 The Choice
Donna Tartt Edith Eger
FICTION MEMOIR
Theo Decker is 13 years old The remarkable true story of
when his life changes forever. an Auschwitz survivor who has
This epic, sweeping, brilliant used her experiences to build a
novel is simply one of the very meaningful life helping others.
best books of the last decade. A wise and compassionate book.
88 The Riftwar Saga 93 Into the
Wilderness Series
Raymond E. Feist Sara Donati
FANTASY FICTION
A brilliant fantasy trilogy – the
first in the series is Magician,
This series begins in the
fictional town of Paradise in
97 The Vanishing Half
which has been on our Top New York State in 1792. Brit Bennett
100 since the very beginning It’s an adventure and a love
– although fans tell us that all story with many twists and FICTION
A stunning, highly acclaimed
three books are wonderful reads. turns told throughout six books. novel about twin sisters,
inseparable as children, who
94 The Catcher in ultimately choose to live in two
the Rye very different worlds, one black
J.D.Salinger and one white.
FICTION
Wry observations from a 98 The Outsiders
teenager just expelled from
school, this is still edgy, S.E.Hinton
insightful and essential reading. FICTION
This classic story of a boy who
95 Sh*t Towns of New finds himself on the outskirts
Zealand of regular society has become a
Anonymous timeless young adult classic.
NONFICTION
89 In Order to Live Based on a Facebook page, 99 Rich Dad Poor Dad
these books describe all the
Yeonmi Park best places in New Zealand not Robert T. Kiyosaki
to visit – or, heaven forbid, live! NONFICTION
MEMOIR
The deeply moving true story Kiyosaki is a strong advocate
of one girl’s escape from North for the importance of financial
Korea (it’s easy to see why) and literacy, financial independence
what happened next. and building wealth through
assets, real estate, and starting
90 The Body
and owning businesses.
Bill Bryson 100 They Both Die at
NONFICTION
the End
Bill Bryson’s wit and wonderful Adam Silvera
storytelling bring the marvels FICTION
of the human body to life in Rufus and Mateo are strangers
his latest book. His insights but share one thing in common.
and discoveries are They meet up through an
endlessly fascinating! app called The Last Friend
96 The Thursday
which helps them have a great
91 Little Women Murder Club adventure, and to live a lifetime
in a single day. This is an
Richard Oseman unforgettable story of life, loss,
Louisa May Alcott FICTION and making each day count.
CLASSIC In a peaceful retirement village
The timeless story of the four unlikely friends meet up
humorous and sentimental weekly to investigate unsolved
fortunes of the four March killings. But when a local
sisters as they grow into property developer shows up
young women and marry in dead, they find themselves in
nineteenth-century the middle of their first
New England. live case.
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