Before We Say Goodbye by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
$8.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Series: Before the Coffee Gets Cold | Reading Level: good-very good
Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s poignant Before we say goodbye, translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot, explores the age-old question: what would you do if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for one last time? The regulars at the magical Cafe Funiculi Funic ...Show more
The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl
$10.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Reading Level: very good
In his most enthralling novel yet, the critically acclaimed author Matthew Pearl reopens one of literary history's greatest mysteries. The Last Dickens is a tale filled with the dazzling twists and turns, the unerring period details, and the meticulous research that thrilled readers of the bestsellers T ...Show more
Bitter Orange Tree by Jokha Alharthi
$10.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Reading Level: good-very good
An extraordinary novel from a 'remarkable' Booker Prize-winning author who has 'constructed her own novelistic form' (James Wood, The New Yorker) that follows one young Omani woman as she builds a life for herself in Britain and reflects on the relationships that have made her. Zuhur, an Omani student ...Show more
The Anomaly by Herve Le Tellier
$12.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Reading Level: very good
A runaway bestseller, and the winner of France's most prestigious literary prize, The Anomaly is the bestselling international sensation that asks - What would you do, if there were two of you? When Air France flight 006 departed from Paris, the route to New York was just as it had always been. The skie ...Show more
The Mathematics of Love by Emma Darwin
$10.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Reading Level: very good
I believe I have just discovered one of my favourite books this year. Two story lines, one set in the early 19th century takes us from the gentle Suffolk countryside to the battlefields of Waterloo and the ports of Spain where we follow and reflect on the life, loves and fortunes of Waterloo veteran and ...Show more
What Will Survive of Us by Howard Jacobson
$14.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
Love can change your life. Can it survive it? Lily falls in love with Sam the minute she sets eyes on him. It takes Sam a day or two longer. Curious, because Lily - independent, headstrong, rational - has never quite believed in love; while Sam - confident, passionate, romantic - thought he understood i ...Show more
Victory City by Salman Rushdie
$18.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
An epic tale with a message for us all: our power is fleeting, but our stories last forever. This is Salman Rushdie at his best. A magical realist feminist tale in an historical setting that will stay with you long after you turn the final page. The epic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire ...Show more
Devil House by John Darnielle
$15.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
From New York Timesbestselling author and Mountain Goats singer/songwriter John Darnielle, an epic, gripping novel about murder, truth, artistic obsession, and the dangers of storytelling. Gage Chandler is descended from kings. That's what his mother always told him. Chandler is a true crime writer, wit ...Show more
Juja by Nino Haratischvili
$16.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
The debut novel by international bestseller Nino Haratischvili, author of The Eighth Life, published for the first time in English.In 1953, a teenage girl, Jeanne Sare, jumps in front of a train at the Gare du Nord station in Paris. She leaves behind writings that to some are unreadable, but to others t ...Show more
Brooklyn Crime Novel by Jonathan Lethem
$16.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
1978 and two 14-year-old white boys are creating dubious art by using a hacksaw to cut multiple quarters into pieces. A child who's just bought ice cream from a Mr. Softee truck witnesses a daylight sidewalk shooting in 1979. At another time, a couple of blocks over, a kid gets caught trying to shoplift ...Show more