24 NZ Books

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3 participants (18 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

24 books from NZ authors, ideally based in Aotearoa with a focus on Māori & Pasifika representation and the LGBTQ+ community

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Tea and Cake and Death by Louise Ward, Gareth Ward, Gareth Ward

Tea and Cake and Death

The Bookshop Detectives #2

Louise Ward, Gareth Ward, Gareth Ward

328 pages • 2025

3 editions

fiction crime mystery lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Greta and Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly

Greta and Valdin

Rebecca K Reilly

352 pages • paperback • 2021

26 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone by Louise Ward, Gareth Ward

The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone

The Bookshop Detectives #1

Louise Ward, Gareth Ward

336 pages • paperback • 2024

7 editions

fiction crime mystery adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
The Sunforge by Sascha Stronach

The Sunforge

The Endsong #2

Sascha Stronach

336 pages • digital • 2024

4 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

Sarah Wynn-Williams

393 pages • hardcover • 2025

16 editions

nonfiction business memoir politics technology dark informative medium-paced
Kurangaituku by Whiti Hereaka

Kurangaituku

Whiti Hereaka

350 pages • paperback • 2021

3 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Kāwai: For Such a Time as This by Monty Soutar

Kāwai: For Such a Time as This

Monty Soutar

376 pages • hardcover • 2022

4 editions

fiction historical challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach

The Dawnhounds

The Endsong #1

Sascha Stronach

259 pages • paperback • 2022

7 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Wind City by Rem Wigmore
The Wind City
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Rem Wigmore

The Wind City

Rem Wigmore

321 pages • digital

1 edition

medium-paced
Out Here: An Anthology of Takatāpui and LGBTQIA+ Writers from Aotearoa by Emma Barnes, Chris Tse

Out Here: An Anthology of Takatāpui and LGBTQIA+ Writers from Aotearoa

Emma Barnes, Chris Tse

368 pages • hardcover • 2022

2 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced