Giovanni's Room (Modern Classics) by James Baldwin
$26.00 NZD
Category: Modern Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
James Baldwin's groundbreaking novel about love and the fear of love is set among the bohemian bars and nightclubs of 1950s Paris. David is a young American expatriate who has just proposed marriage to his girlfriend, Hella. While she is away on a trip, David meets a bartender named Giovanni to whom he ...Show more
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
$28.00 NZD
Category: Fiction A-Z | Reading Level: good-very good
RUNNER UP PULITZER PRIZE 2019 WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019 FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS A New York Times Top Ten Best Book of 2018 'I loved this book' Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You In 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to p ...Show more
Greta and Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly
$36.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
‘The modern world is too much for me. I feel like I’m George of the Jungle.’ —Greta 'At the moment, for personal reasons, I don't like reading things about people being in love with each other.' —Valdin Valdin is still in love with his ex-boyfriend Xabi, who used to drive around Auckland in a ute but no ...Show more
Heartsong (Green Creek #3) by TJ Klune
$38.00 NZD
Category: Fantasy & SciFi | Series: Green Creek Ser.
All Robbie Fontaine ever wanted was a place to belong. After the death of his mother, he bounces around from pack to pack, forming temporary bonds to keep from turning feral. It’s enough – until he receives a summons from the wolf stronghold in Caswell, Maine. Life as the trusted second to Michelle Hugh ...Show more
Ryan and Avery by David Levithan
$23.00 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
From the New York Times bestselling author of Every Day, this is a queer love story for the ages – told over the course of a couple’s first ten dates. When a blue-haired boy (Ryan) meets a pink-haired boy (Avery) at a dance – a queer prom – both feel an inexplicable but powerful connection. Follow them ...Show more
Hine Toa: A Story of Bravery by Ngahuia Te Awekotuku
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
An incredible memoir by a trailblazing voice in women's, queer and Maori liberation movements. In the 1950s, a young Ngahuia is fostered by a family who believe in hard work and community. Although close to her kuia, she craves more: she wants higher education and refined living. But whanau dismiss her ...Show more
He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor #2) by Shelley Parker-Chan
$38.00 NZD
Category: Fiction A-Z | Series: The Radiant Emperor Ser.
Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, is riding high after her victory – one that tore southern China from its Mongol masters. Now she burns with a new desire: to seize the throne and crown herself emperor. To stay in the game, Zhu must gamble everything on one bold move. A risky alliance with an old enemy: ...Show more
Tin Man by Sarah Winman
$28.00 NZD
Category: Fiction A-Z
From internationally bestselling author Sarah Winman comes an unforgettable and heartbreaking novel celebrating love in all its forms, and the little moments that make up the life of one man. This is almost a love story. But it's not as simple as that. Ellis and Michael are twelve-year-old boys ...Show more
The Bone People by Keri Hulme
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
The Bone People is a love story. It begins when a mute six-year-old, full of blasting hurt and strange charm, wanders off the beach and into the home of a despairing artist. Kerwin has given up everything but drinking, thinking and fishing, but the arrival of the boy Simon, and later on, of his Maori fo ...Show more
The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor
$37.00 NZD
Category: Fiction A-Z
From the Booker Prize shortlisted author of Real Life In the shared and private spaces of Iowa City, a social circle of lovers and friends navigate tangled webs of connection as they try to figure out what they want, and who they are. At the centre of the group are three dancers - Ivan, tall and stoic, ...Show more
Honeybee by Craig Silvey
$28.00 NZD
Category: Fiction A-Z
The bestselling and award-winning novel from the author of Jasper Jones. 'Find out who you are, and live that life.' Late in the night, fourteen-year-old Sam Watson steps onto a quiet overpass, climbs over the rail and looks down at the road far below. At the other end of the same bridge, an old man, Vi ...Show more
Love Me Tender by Constance Debré; Peter Straus (Editor); Hedi El Kholti (Editor); Holly James (Translator)
$30.00 NZD
Category: Fiction A-Z
When Constance told her ex-husband that she was dating women, he made a string of unfounded accusations that separated her from her young son, Paul. Laurent trained Paul to say he no longer wants to see his mother, and the judge believed him. She approaches this new life with passionate intensity and th ...Show more