General fiction - Award Winners - Christchurch City Libraries.
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These highly acclaimed award winners are the crème de la crème of fiction. They range from tales of modern politics, environmental activism, civil war and talking magpies. Each one a standout for their masterful writing, exquisite characters and gripping plots. Featuring winners and nominees from New Zealand and around the world. A Christchurch City Libraries list.
A relationship forms from a chance encounter between an older male writer and a young student. A familiar trope, but the novel takes place in East Berlin between mid-1986 to early 1992. The weight of history hangs over both the older…
This character-based novel provides a portrait of the long-term impact on a Latino family when their 13-year-old goes missing. No-one knows what happened to her, but could she possibly be the unruly, red-haired woman on a reality TV show…
This atmospheric novel is set in a future dystopian Ireland, where the state is turning against sectors of its community. The fear and disbelief is palpable as unionists, journalists and the usual suspects become targets. Could it happen…
If you like talking magpies, wicked farmers and the Otago high country you'll love this stunning novel by Catherine Chidgey. Chidgey skillfully explores the peaks and valleys of rural high country life with humour and grace. Tama, the…
Maali Almeida has died and has awoken in a visa office of the afterlife. He has seven moons to find his killer but during a civil war, the list of suspects appear endless. The Seven Moons of Maali Almedia reveals the ferocity and violence…
Solenoid has been called a 'waking-dream book' and it is a fair description of this exquisitely detailed, surreal, Kafkaesque novel, where you can never be sure what is real and what is the narrator's strange perception. If you enjoy…
This retelling of the traditional tale of Hatupatu is told from the perspective of the bird-woman 'monster' Kurangaituku. But this amazingly lyrical novel is so much more. It has an awareness of how the storytellers have made and re-made…
An 80-year-old turning her back on life at the death of her husband may not sound like a stimulating read, but this warm, playful, engaging novel manages to be both intimate and deep. It explores the universal themes of love, loss, grief,…
Based on a true story, Rami (Israeli) and Bassam (Palestinian) form a bond of friendship through their grief at the loss of their daughters by violence. Apeirogon (a shape with a countable number of infinite sides) is the perfect name for…
Hugh 'Shuggie' Bain is growing up in poverty in Glasgow in the 1980s. He has fears and feelings he shouldn't have to deal with at his young age, as he watches his mother spiral into an alcoholic haze. The characters are so deftly drawn,…
Immersive and moving, 'Celestial Bodies' is a vivid portrait of village life in Oman as the country struggles to adapt to the modern world. Written with elegance and full of insights into the culture, folklore, religion and healing…
Based on true events, 'This Mortal Boy' tells the controversial story of Albert Black, the second-to-last person ever hanged in New Zealand. Black was convicted of killing a man in a fight in 1955, and many questioned whether the public’s…
Highly acclaimed Indigenous Australian author, Melissa Lucashenko, addresses heavy topics in this portrait of small-town Australia where the characters must navigate family violence, alcoholism, land disputes, and cross-cultural…
Lyrical, compelling and impassioned, 'The Overstory' is a novel of two halves – in the first part we meet nine strangers whose lives are all changed in some way by trees, and in the second section, the strangers come together to save the…
