Home / The Listener / Books

Latest from Books

Listener

Review: Nostalgia is a seductive siren, it's no wonder we get stuck living in the past

Review: Nostalgia is a seductive siren, it's no wonder we get stuck living in the past

27 Feb 03:30 AM

Listener

Review: A mother’s courageous response to the loss of her son publicly murdered by ISIS

Review: A mother’s courageous response to the loss of her son publicly murdered by ISIS

26 Feb 03:00 AM

Listener

Review: Feijoa frenzy – the sweet and the sour of our most divisive fruit

Review: Feijoa frenzy – the sweet and the sour of our most divisive fruit

25 Feb 11:30 PM

Listener

Book takes: Dehydration, fatigue, hypothermia, sharks and crocs couldn’t beat marathon ocean paddler

Book takes: Dehydration, fatigue, hypothermia, sharks and crocs couldn’t beat marathon ocean paddler

23 Feb 11:30 PM

Listener

Top 10 best-selling New Zealand books: February 24

Top 10 best-selling New Zealand books: February 24

23 Feb 11:00 PM

Listener

Review: Smart, funny, playful novel tackling the 21st century’s most pervasive fear is a delight to read

Review: Smart, funny, playful novel tackling the 21st century’s most pervasive fear is a delight to read

23 Feb 03:30 AM

Listener

Review: Why have so many modern mass global uprisings failed?

Review: Why have so many modern mass global uprisings failed?

21 Feb 04:30 PM

Listener

Review: The extraordinary romance that blossomed amid Auschwitz’s horrific ‘conveyor belt’ of death

Review: The extraordinary romance that blossomed amid Auschwitz’s horrific ‘conveyor belt’ of death

19 Feb 11:30 PM

Listener

Rachael King’s first children’s book in more than 10 years defies categorisation

Rachael King’s first children’s book in more than 10 years defies categorisation

19 Feb 03:00 AM

Listener

Review: The Bullet Swallower reads like a superior Western, with firearms aimed at the US

Review: The Bullet Swallower reads like a superior Western, with firearms aimed at the US

17 Feb 11:30 AM

Listener

Book takes: Show me the money - how colonial NZ was all about wealth accumulation

Book takes: Show me the money - how colonial NZ was all about wealth accumulation

16 Feb 11:30 PM

Listener

2024 NZ Booklovers Awards finalists announced

2024 NZ Booklovers Awards finalists announced

16 Feb 11:15 PM

Listener

Top 10 best-selling New Zealand Books: February 17

Top 10 best-selling New Zealand Books: February 17

16 Feb 11:00 PM

Listener

New crime books: Hollywood exposed, an investigative trio returns, and James Lee Burke is back

New crime books: Hollywood exposed, an investigative trio returns, and James Lee Burke is back

16 Feb 03:30 AM

Listener

Short takes: 3 new books to checkout this weekend

Short takes: 3 new books to checkout this weekend

15 Feb 11:30 PM

Listener

Review: Is debut thriller Anna O this year’s Girl on a Train?

Review: Is debut thriller Anna O this year’s Girl on a Train?

15 Feb 05:00 AM

Listener

What’s new in poetry?

What’s new in poetry?

14 Feb 03:00 AM

Listener

Review: Famed South Korean writer returns with more dystopian short stories

Review: Famed South Korean writer returns with more dystopian short stories

12 Feb 03:30 AM

Listener

Book takes: Author Chanel Contos on the prevalence of rape culture and the solution to it

Book takes: Author Chanel Contos on the prevalence of rape culture and the solution to it

09 Feb 11:30 PM

Listener

Top 10 best-selling New Zealand books: February 10

Top 10 best-selling New Zealand books: February 10

09 Feb 11:00 PM

Listener

Review: First-time novelist Freddie Gillies’ Because All Fades is a trip worth taking

Review: First-time novelist Freddie Gillies’ Because All Fades is a trip worth taking

08 Feb 03:30 AM

Listener

Review: Sparks fires up compelling stories of those defying Chinese Communist party line

Review: Sparks fires up compelling stories of those defying Chinese Communist party line

07 Feb 03:30 AM

Listener

Review: Kiwi expat’s debut novel inspired by Aussie literary icon

Review: Kiwi expat’s debut novel inspired by Aussie literary icon

06 Feb 03:30 AM

Listener

Review: Art imitates life for roguish Irish writer John Banville

Review: Art imitates life for roguish Irish writer John Banville

05 Feb 03:30 AM

Listener

Book takes: The ultrawild and whacky inventions which might just save the world

Book takes: The ultrawild and whacky inventions which might just save the world

02 Feb 11:30 PM

Listener

Top 10 best-selling New Zealand books: February 3

Top 10 best-selling New Zealand books: February 3

02 Feb 11:00 PM

Listener

Ockham NZ Book Awards longlist announced - who will win and who should win?

Ockham NZ Book Awards longlist announced - who will win and who should win?

31 Jan 04:00 PM

Listener

Review: Kiley Reid’s intricate, wide-ranging new campus novel

Review: Kiley Reid’s intricate, wide-ranging new campus novel

31 Jan 03:30 AM

Listener

Review: Exploration of noise will open minds to the world of sounds in nature and beyond

Review: Exploration of noise will open minds to the world of sounds in nature and beyond

29 Jan 03:00 AM

Listener

Meet the bright new stars of NZ fiction

Meet the bright new stars of NZ fiction

28 Jan 11:30 PM

Listener

Book takes: Why does cuteness have such a power over us - and could it prove dangerous in the AI future?

Book takes: Why does cuteness have such a power over us - and could it prove dangerous in the AI future?

26 Jan 11:30 PM

Listener

Top 10 best-selling New Zealand books: January 27

Top 10 best-selling New Zealand books: January 27

26 Jan 11:00 PM

Listener

Short cuts: Mark Broatch rounds up 3 new books

Short cuts: Mark Broatch rounds up 3 new books

26 Jan 03:30 AM

Listener

Reviews: Summery reads for young ones

Reviews: Summery reads for young ones

25 Jan 03:00 AM

TOP