Books of New Zealand fiction

  • The River of No Return: A Novel
    By Neil Robinson

    Written fifty-three years ago by Neil Robinson, he never attempted to publish it. Several black and white photographs and lithographs illustrate the work.

  • Adventure at Picton
    By Karen Anderson, ARLA

    Adventure at Picton

  • Jewel Lagoon
    Jewel Lagoon
    By Karen McMillan

    Landing at Jewel Lagoon on Trinity Island, the children quickly nd themselves in trouble.

  • This House Has Three Walls
    This House Has Three Walls
    By Lloyd Jones

    "This House Has Three Walls is a stunning new novel as 'triptych' by the author of the acclaimed Biograpfi.

  • Paddy's Puzzle: A Novel
    By Fiona Kidman

    In a strange old building known as Paddy's Puzzle, Clara Bentley endures the fear of war, and waits for her lover, Ambrose, a black American soldier.

  • A Nurses's Search and Rescue
    A Nurses's Search and Rescue
    By Alison Roberts

    A Nurses's Search and Rescue

  • Tomorrow's Empire
    By Sandra Arnold

    This is a multi-layered story set in England, Turkey, New Zealand and the USA. It tells the compelling story of its central character, the complex Celik, whose dream is to establish a global Islamic society.

  • Rhythms of Water
    Rhythms of Water
    By Nicco McKenzie

    Save the Waitaki

  • A Lady Betrayed: And One for All
    A Lady Betrayed: And One for All
    By Kate Silver

    She had Suzanne brush her hair and braid it in a simple plait that hung down her back . She was far from satisfied when she looked in the glass . With such a simple braid , she looked more like a young country girl than ever .

  • Revealed: His Secret Child
    By Sandra Hyatt

    Revealed: His Secret Child

  • So None Jinx Our High Jinks
    By Frank William Nielsen Wright

    So None Jinx Our High Jinks

  • Manipulating the Diamond
    By Susan Rogers-Allan

    Manipulating the Diamond

  • The Windeater
    The Windeater
    By Keri Hulme

    I hid the baby under my heart as long as I could , hid it all the glaring drunken weed - rotten nights , but it had to slip down , lower and lower . And sadly , it did not , she did not , stop outside my womb , but imperceptibly ...

  • The Reluctant Gardeners
    The Reluctant Gardeners
    By Stuart Chambers

    A nostalgic look at rural New Zealand in the 1970s. This is another novel by Stuart Chambers, a long time writer for the "New Zealand Farmer" magazine and also a farmer for 30 years.

  • Waiparu: The Story of a Young Sheep Farmer in the Early Nineteen Sixties
    Waiparu: The Story of a Young Sheep Farmer in the Early Nineteen Sixties
    By Stuart Chambers

    A young man learning the sheep farming trade meets a young woman studying science at university.

  • Seasons of the Sheep
    Seasons of the Sheep
    By Stuart Chambers

    Trish returns to Auckland, but her relationship with Geoff continues and after they marry, Trish too, learns about the seasons of the sheep and finds Sonny's melancholy warnings are both right and wrong.

  • The Par-Rem Kids
    By Stuart Chambers

    The Par-Rem Kids

  • Azure Sea Gold
    Azure Sea Gold
    By Ross Richdale

    Azure Sea Gold

  • Blue Smoke
    Blue Smoke
    By Deborah Challinor

    On 3 February 1931, Napier is devastated by a powerful earthquake -- and Tamar Murdoch, beloved matriarch of Kenmore, is seriously injured. As she recovers, Tamar is preoccupied with the ongoing effects of the Great Depression.

  • Whispering Shadows/Samantha Lloyd
    By Samantha Lloyd

    Whispering Shadows/Samantha Lloyd