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US entrepreneur on 6 skills to make money - and why true wealth is more than financial success

Definition of success needs to change if you want to be truly wealthy, says Sahil Bloom.

Book of the day: The Body Next Door

Suburban thrills aplenty in wry latest from award-winning Aussie crime-writer.

Book of the day: The South by Tash Aw

Subtle, immersive new novel, about a family holiday in rural Malaysia, is a quiet triumph.

Best new releases for young bookworms

Ann Packer checks out the best new junior fiction.

Top 10 bestselling NZ books: March 8

Beloved picture book character propels new story into top three local bestsellers.

Book of the day: Letters from the Ginza Shihodo Statinery Shop by Kenji Ueda

Customers are encouraged to tell their stories in a welcoming Tokyo stationery shop.

Book of the day: Twist by Colum McCann

Ambitious novel exploring modern calamity loses its way in the telling.

No regrets: Richard Dawkins on science, culture wars and his legacy

Evolutionary biologist has made his swansong tour but he’s not yet ready to make his peace

Pong or pleasant? Why smell is highly personal

Psychology professor Jonas Olofsson on why there’s more to the nose than meets the eye.

The virus that stole all the smells

Pong or pleasant? Jonas ­Olofsson traces the rise in Covid-induced loss of smell.

Top 10 bestselling NZ books: February 22

The local books New Zealanders have been buying this week. Photos / supplied

Book of the day: Hum by Helen Phillips

Helen Phillips' novel asks how to raise children in a dying world.

The long & short of it: Best new NZ poetry collections

Three very different collections stretch the sense of what might be called poetry.

Book of the day: The Book of George by Kate Greathead

Intensely unlikeable main character makes you grateful he is a work of fiction.

The new science giving new hope after strokes, trauma & dementia diagnosis

Modern neuroscience is helping those with brain injuries to find a new sense of self.

Book of the day: Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon

Glorious Exploits is that rare thing: a debut of genuine freshness, verve and ambition.