2022 Best booksLike this list

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• One Weka Went Walking

  Preece, Kate

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  This is a must read for bird lovers or Chathams fans. The poems are beautifully crafted and you can skip ahead to your favourite page without ruining the story. The paintings are exquisite - you can't pick this book up without saying, "Oooh!"

• Gideon the Ninth

  Muir, Tamsyn

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  No spoilers please - I haven't finished the series yet! I love how mind bending these stories are. Fantastic.

• Answers in the Pages

  Levithan, David, 1972-

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  This book made me cry (happy tears!). 10/10

• The Odyssey

  Homer

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  Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey is a bop.

• Tim Te Maro and the Subterranean Heartsick Blues

  Valley, H. S.

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  Enemies to lovers in a magical underground boarding school at Fox Glacier? Yes please.

• Foul Lady Fortune

  Gong, Chloe

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  I enjoyed These Violent Delights and Our Violent Ends, but I liked Foul Lady Fortune more. Lots of intrigue, poison and romance.

• Heartstopper. Volume 1

  Oseman, Alice, 1994-

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  I'm not immune to a cute LGBTQ graphic novel, with a Netflix adaptation okay?

• Six of Crows

  Bardugo, Leigh, 1975-

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  Heists and grey morals with a rag-tag group of criminals and no-gooders. Also seen on Netflix. (Shadow and Bone)

• A History of Glitter and Blood

  Moskowitz, Hannah

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  With its unreliable narrator, pictures and clippings inserted throughout and gorgeous use of language, this book felt like a painting.

• Iron Widow

  Zhao, Xiran Jay

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  Gotta love a main character fueled by rage and vengeance.

• Aspiring

  Wilkins, Damien, 1963-

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  I was drawn in by the beautiful Ross Murray design on the cover and the book lives up to it.

• If We Were Villains

  Rio, M. L.

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  Yeah it's a bit pretentious, but if you like Shakespeare and dark academia, this definitely itches the scratch.

• Light From Uncommon Stars

  Aoki, Ryka

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  I love books with characters who have talents I don't. From the art of mending a violin to the art of baking the perfect doughnut, this book is a delight.

• Here for a Good Time

  Organised Thoughts From a Disorganised Mind

  Parker, Chris (Comedian)

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  I finished this one today so it just scrapes its way onto the list! This made me feel a weird nostalgia for being a teenager in pre-earthquake Christchurch.