New Zealand Literature List

1.
The Bone People
The Bone People 4.04 avg rating — 23,582 ratings
2.
The Whale Rider
The Whale Rider 3.84 avg rating — 11,946 ratings
3.
The Luminaries
The Luminaries 3.75 avg rating — 84,465 ratings
4.
Travelling in the Dark
Travelling in the Dark 3.60 avg rating — 108 ratings
5.
Tu
Tu 3.96 avg rating — 540 ratings
6.
The Wish Child
The Wish Child 3.87 avg rating — 1,186 ratings
7.
An Angel at My Table: The Complete Autobiography (Autobiography, #1-3)
An Angel at My Table: The Complete Autobiography (Autobiography, #1-3) 4.21 avg rating — 2,516 ratings
8.
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy 4.29 avg rating — 14,712 ratings
9.
Wild Pork and Watercress
Wild Pork and Watercress 4.30 avg rating — 2,450 ratings
10.
A Lion in the Meadow
A Lion in the Meadow 4.13 avg rating — 574 ratings
11.
Singularity
Singularity 3.74 avg rating — 80 ratings
12.
Down the Back of the Chair
Down the Back of the Chair 4.01 avg rating — 271 ratings
13.
Te Kaihau/the Windeater
Te Kaihau/the Windeater 3.78 avg rating — 243 ratings
13.
Artists in Crime
Artists in Crime 4.02 avg rating — 9,633 ratings
15.
Potiki
Potiki 3.88 avg rating — 2,373 ratings
16.
Good Keen Man
Good Keen Man 3.99 avg rating — 438 ratings
17.
Faces in the Water
Faces in the Water 4.02 avg rating — 2,612 ratings
18.
The Butcher Shop
The Butcher Shop 3.60 avg rating — 20 ratings
19.
Maori Girl
Maori Girl 3.93 avg rating — 43 ratings
20.
Dreamhunter (The Dreamhunter Duet, #1)
Dreamhunter (The Dreamhunter Duet, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 3,792 ratings
21.
The God Boy
The God Boy
by: Ian Cross
3.60 avg rating — 331 ratings
22.
The Penguin History of New Zealand
The Penguin History of New Zealand 4.13 avg rating — 2,325 ratings
23.
New Zealand Stories
New Zealand Stories 3.79 avg rating — 112 ratings
24.
Season Of The Jew (New Zealand Wars, #1)
Season Of The Jew (New Zealand Wars, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 275 ratings
25.
The Captive Wife
The Captive Wife 3.88 avg rating — 389 ratings
26.
A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn, #1)
A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 16,396 ratings
27.
The Heart of the Bush
The Heart of the Bush 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
27.
Teacher
Teacher 4.08 avg rating — 278 ratings
27.
The Garden Party
The Garden Party 3.80 avg rating — 13,138 ratings
27.
Kiss and Make Up
Kiss and Make Up 3.86 avg rating — 196 ratings
27.
A Place to Stand
A Place to Stand 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings
27.
Ticket To Love
Ticket To Love
by: Donna Jay
4.06 avg rating — 540 ratings
27.
The Absolute Book
The Absolute Book 3.21 avg rating — 5,323 ratings
27.
The Weather Girl
The Weather Girl
by: Lu Opie
3.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
27.
Grandpa's Slippers
Grandpa's Slippers 4.48 avg rating — 66 ratings
27.
They Whisper in my Blood
They Whisper in my Blood 4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings
37.
Greenstone Door
Greenstone Door 4.04 avg rating — 24 ratings
37.
Poison Bay (Wild Crimes, #1)
Poison Bay (Wild Crimes, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 146 ratings
37.
Landscape with Solitary Figure
Landscape with Solitary Figure 3.63 avg rating — 46 ratings
37.
Ko Mauao te Maunga: Legend of Mauao
Ko Mauao te Maunga: Legend of Mauao 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
37.
Beneath Pale Water
Beneath Pale Water 3.78 avg rating — 51 ratings
37.
X Marks the Spot
X Marks the Spot 4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings
37.
Finding Love Down Under
Finding Love Down Under
by: Donna Jay
3.96 avg rating — 437 ratings
37.
Addressed to Greta
Addressed to Greta 4.15 avg rating — 469 ratings
37.
Dogside Story
Dogside Story 3.65 avg rating — 250 ratings
37.
The Shadow
The Shadow really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
47.
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
by: Alan Duff
3.99 avg rating — 3,742 ratings
47.
The Treaty of Waitangi in Tauranga: Te Tiriti o Waitangi ki Tauranga Moana
The Treaty of Waitangi in Tauranga: Te Tiriti o Waitangi ki Tauranga Moana 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
47.
Tane's War
Tane's War 4.36 avg rating — 22 ratings
47.
The Boyfriend
The Boyfriend 2.90 avg rating — 135 ratings
47.
Blood, Wine & Chocolate
Blood, Wine & Chocolate 3.61 avg rating — 92 ratings
47.
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
by: Alan Duff
3.99 avg rating — 3,742 ratings
53.
Taratoa and the Code of Conduct: A Story from the Battle of Gate Pā
Taratoa and the Code of Conduct: A Story from the Battle of Gate Pā it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
53.
A Striking Truth
A Striking Truth 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
53.
DietVale: Starving to death is the easy way out
DietVale: Starving to death is the easy way out 3.86 avg rating — 43 ratings
53.
Purgatory
Purgatory 4.09 avg rating — 115 ratings
57.
Mōtītī Blue and the Oil Spill: A Story from the Rena Disaster
Mōtītī Blue and the Oil Spill: A Story from the Rena Disaster 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
57.
Southern Cross Crime: The Pocket Essential Guide to the Crime Fiction, Film & TV of Australia and New Zealand
Southern Cross Crime: The Pocket Essential Guide to the Crime Fiction, Film & TV of Australia and New Zealand 4.09 avg rating — 22 ratings
57.
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (Once were warriors trilogy, #2)
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (Once were warriors trilogy, #2)
by: Alan Duff
3.72 avg rating — 482 ratings
60.
Snake and Lizard
Snake and Lizard 3.97 avg rating — 365 ratings
60.
Tiny Pieces of Us
Tiny Pieces of Us 3.92 avg rating — 885 ratings
60.
Jake's Long Shadow
Jake's Long Shadow
by: Alan Duff
3.91 avg rating — 141 ratings
63.
Singing Home the Whale
Singing Home the Whale 4.19 avg rating — 226 ratings
63.
The Scene of the Crime
The Scene of the Crime 3.73 avg rating — 242 ratings
63.
Dreamboat Dad
Dreamboat Dad
by: Alan Duff
3.89 avg rating — 56 ratings
66.
Maddigan's Fantasia
Maddigan's Fantasia 3.66 avg rating — 690 ratings
66.
One Single Thing (Hunter Grant, #2)
One Single Thing (Hunter Grant, #2) 3.74 avg rating — 27 ratings
68.
Into the River
Into the River
by: Ted Dawe
3.49 avg rating — 455 ratings
68.
The Vintner's Luck (The Vintner's Luck, #1)
The Vintner's Luck (The Vintner's Luck, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 3,626 ratings
70.
Selected Stories
Selected Stories 3.92 avg rating — 1,582 ratings
70.
Satire, Celebrity, and Politics in Jane Austen
Satire, Celebrity, and Politics in Jane Austen 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
70.
Call Me Evie
Call Me Evie 3.60 avg rating — 8,478 ratings
73.
A Revolution Almost Beyond Expression: Jane Austen's Persuasion
A Revolution Almost Beyond Expression: Jane Austen's Persuasion 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
74.
Tangi
Tangi 4.31 avg rating — 433 ratings
74.
Jane Austen's Art of Memory
Jane Austen's Art of Memory 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
74.
The Chinese Proverb (The Hunter Grant Series Book 1)
The Chinese Proverb (The Hunter Grant Series Book 1) 3.98 avg rating — 41 ratings
74.
Mutuwhenua
Mutuwhenua 3.93 avg rating — 227 ratings
78.
The Student Body
The Student Body 4.12 avg rating — 97 ratings
78.
Cousins
Cousins 4.22 avg rating — 811 ratings
80.
The Costumier's Gift
The Costumier's Gift 4.23 avg rating — 52 ratings
80.
One Night Out Stealing
One Night Out Stealing
by: Alan Duff
3.60 avg rating — 121 ratings
82.
Plumb (Plumb, #1)
Plumb (Plumb, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 504 ratings
82.
The Vanishing Act
The Vanishing Act 3.78 avg rating — 23 ratings
82.
Owls Do Cry
Owls Do Cry 3.96 avg rating — 2,016 ratings
85.
No One Can Hear You
No One Can Hear You 4.27 avg rating — 124 ratings
85.
Scented Gardens for the Blind
Scented Gardens for the Blind 3.94 avg rating — 326 ratings
87.
The Killing Hour
The Killing Hour 3.32 avg rating — 773 ratings
87.
The Carpathians
The Carpathians 3.82 avg rating — 307 ratings
89.
Mister Pip
Mister Pip 3.68 avg rating — 23,798 ratings
90.
Pounamu Pounamu
Pounamu Pounamu 4.18 avg rating — 811 ratings
91.
In My Father's Den
In My Father's Den 3.89 avg rating — 913 ratings
92.
Tangi & Whanau
Tangi & Whanau 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings
93.
Scarface and the Angel
Scarface and the Angel liked it 3.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
93.
The Book of Secrets
The Book of Secrets 3.67 avg rating — 225 ratings
95.
The Penguin Book of Contemporary New Zealand Short Stories
The Penguin Book of Contemporary New Zealand Short Stories 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
96.
Dreamquake (The Dreamhunter Duet, #2)
Dreamquake (The Dreamhunter Duet, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 2,988 ratings
96.
Baby No-Eyes
Baby No-Eyes 3.87 avg rating — 373 ratings
98.
Gardens of Fire
Gardens of Fire 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings
98.
The Singing Whakapapa
The Singing Whakapapa 3.71 avg rating — 21 ratings
100.
The Godwits Fly
The Godwits Fly 3.64 avg rating — 134 ratings
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