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Why did James Cook make his fateful and final voyage to the Pacific?

Bestselling author investigates one of maritime history's greatest mysteries.

Top 10 best-selling NZ books: July 20

Which author has broken into the top 10 best-selling NZ books?

The Bigger Picture: Tolkien classic marks major anniversary

One of the most significant books in New Zealand's history turns 70 this month.

Short cuts: Books to check out this weekend

Politics and power are the themes of these new books.

Jenny Erpenbeck's Kairos is a masterful mix of personal and political drama

Love before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall backdrops powerful novel.

Secrets and suspense in US writer Liz Moore’s new novel

A child goes missing years after her siblings in this rollercoaster thriller.

The fascinating story of how lines on the map came to be where they are today

You could call this a travel book, but it travels through time as well as place.

French author’s tough epic exposes the brutality of intergenerational violence

Jean-Baptiste Del Amo casts a powerful spell in The Son of Man.

Untold stories of an overlooked NZ medical pioneer revealed

Book takes: Historian Mark Derby on the legacy of forgotten hero surgeon Douglas Jolly.

Top 10 best-selling NZ books: July 6

The Matariki effect continues, reflected in book sales.

New book remembers the world’s first pandemic

Colin Elliott's research explores the plague that helped put an end to an empire.

Hidden motives at play in Jessie Tu’s new novel

A young translator is caught up in an affair with a married man.

Worth the mahi: Māori authors go global

Māori writers are riding a wave of international demand for their stories.

Terra Nova: Fascinating new insights into doomed Antarctic expedition

The crucial role of a feud between two officers in Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova expedition

Mad, bad & dangerous: Why you should read fiction that challenges you

Young minds are being sheltered from "dangerous" fiction, but should they be?

Girl with a Pearl Earring author’s time-bending new novel

Tracy Chevalier’s returns with twisty novel about Venetian glassblowers.