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Book of the Day: Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia by Sam Dalrymple

When the British exited direct rule in India, they unleashed chaos on millions of people.

Book of the Day: The Four Spent The Day Together by Chris Kraus

Honest to a fault about determining truth of events, Chris Kraus produces a page-turner.

Jung Chang on how her mother inspired the Wild Swans sequel - and the backlash from Beijing

Some 34 years after Wild Swans took the world by storm, Jung Chang resumes her story.

Book of the Day: When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows by Steven Pinker

There’s more to common knowledge than meets the eye, writes Steven Pinker.

Building history: Heritage and majesty of Dunedin’s Olveston celebrated in new book

Jane Ussher and John Walsh's Olveston reveals how the wealthy Theomin family lived.

Top 10 best selling NZ books: September 20

New fiction takes top spot.

Book of the Day: Fulfillment by Lee Cole

Echoes of Dickens in deft satire about status and ambition within a Kentucky family.

Book of the Day: Edges Of Empire: The Politics of Immigration in Aotearoa New Zealand, 1980-2020

What’s the goal of immigration? Whatever it is, NZ prefers newcomers with skills & cash.

Setting the record straight on the Kiwis who supported Britain’s era of Antarctic exploration

Book of the day: South by South: New Zealand and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration

Book of the day: Buckeye by Patrick Ryan

Able tale of small-town life spanning big moments in US history needs more messy humanity.

Top 10 bestselling NZ books: September 6

After just two days on sale, there's a new number one NZ book.

A fan of Agatha Christie novels? These two new books are worthy adversaries

Christie-like whodunnits from two Antipodean crime writers.

Book of the day: Strange Houses by Uketsu

Japanese crime-writing phenomenon blends the macabre with meta-fiction.

Book of the day: Saving Elli by Doug Gold

Fictionalised true story of bravery in the most extreme conditions has NZ element.

Book of the day: Watching Over Her by Jean-Baptiste Andrea

Sprawling, award-winning epic gets English release.

Winning hearts: Social theorist argues for left to become more inclusive and persuasive rather than brow-beating

Book of the day: Don't Talk About Politics: How to Change 21st-Century Minds