52 Book Club 2025: May Mini Challenge - Dessert - Pavlova: Set In New Zealand

1.
Greta & Valdin
Greta & Valdin 3.92 avg rating β€” 25,810 ratings
2.
The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds 4.25 avg rating β€” 361,049 ratings
3.
The Garden Party and Other Stories
The Garden Party and Other Stories 3.80 avg rating β€” 13,134 ratings
4.
The Whale Rider
The Whale Rider 3.84 avg rating β€” 11,946 ratings
4.
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
by: Alan Duff
3.99 avg rating β€” 3,742 ratings
6.
Quiet in Her Bones
Quiet in Her Bones 3.60 avg rating β€” 8,489 ratings
7.
The Piano
The Piano 3.93 avg rating β€” 4,810 ratings
8.
The Axeman's Carnival
The Axeman's Carnival 4.33 avg rating β€” 4,431 ratings
8.
Don't Sweat It: How to make 'the change' a good one
Don't Sweat It: How to make 'the change' a good one 4.25 avg rating β€” 160 ratings
10.
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World 4.06 avg rating β€” 12,693 ratings
10.
The Wives of Henry Oades
The Wives of Henry Oades 3.62 avg rating β€” 2,927 ratings
12.
Green Dolphin Street
Green Dolphin Street 4.24 avg rating β€” 2,673 ratings
12.
When We Believed in Mermaids
When We Believed in Mermaids 4.17 avg rating β€” 241,232 ratings
14.
Strange Sally Diamond
Strange Sally Diamond 4.15 avg rating β€” 153,901 ratings
14.
Homecoming
Homecoming 4.05 avg rating β€” 106,678 ratings
16.
The Tomorrow Code
The Tomorrow Code 3.74 avg rating β€” 2,542 ratings
17.
Wide-Open World: How Volunteering Around the Globe Changed One Family's Lives Forever
Wide-Open World: How Volunteering Around the Globe Changed One Family's Lives Forever 3.98 avg rating β€” 593 ratings
18.
The Luminaries
The Luminaries 3.75 avg rating β€” 84,459 ratings
19.
What The Librarian Did
What The Librarian Did 3.46 avg rating β€” 1,092 ratings
20.
The Bone People
The Bone People 4.04 avg rating β€” 23,580 ratings
21.
Vintage Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #5)
Vintage Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #5) 3.83 avg rating β€” 4,083 ratings
22.
Birnam Wood
Birnam Wood 3.80 avg rating β€” 50,381 ratings
23.
Come On Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All: A New Zealand Story
Come On Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All: A New Zealand Story 3.59 avg rating β€” 1,605 ratings
24.
In the Land of the Long White Cloud (In the Land of the Long White Cloud Saga, #1)
In the Land of the Long White Cloud (In the Land of the Long White Cloud Saga, #1) 4.09 avg rating β€” 21,223 ratings
25.
The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke
The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke 3.80 avg rating β€” 388 ratings
26.
Rock Hard (Rock Kiss, #2)
Rock Hard (Rock Kiss, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 17,721 ratings
27.
The Quiet Earth
The Quiet Earth 3.55 avg rating β€” 491 ratings
28.
The Boy from Gorge River: From New Zealand's remotest family to the world beyond
The Boy from Gorge River: From New Zealand's remotest family to the world beyond 4.24 avg rating β€” 547 ratings
29.
Janet Frame, Stories & Poems
Janet Frame, Stories & Poems 4.21 avg rating β€” 61 ratings
30.
A Good Keen Man
A Good Keen Man 3.99 avg rating β€” 438 ratings
31.
Swimming with Orca: My Life with New Zealand's Killer Whales
Swimming with Orca: My Life with New Zealand's Killer Whales 4.46 avg rating β€” 266 ratings
32.
Song of the Spirits (In the Land of the Long White Cloud Saga, #2)
Song of the Spirits (In the Land of the Long White Cloud Saga, #2) 4.19 avg rating β€” 11,124 ratings
33.
Wild Pork and Watercress
Wild Pork and Watercress 4.30 avg rating β€” 2,449 ratings
34.
An Olive Grove at the Edge of the World: How two American city boys built a new life in rural New Zealand
An Olive Grove at the Edge of the World: How two American city boys built a new life in rural New Zealand 4.38 avg rating β€” 605 ratings
35.
Sentence of Marriage (Promises to Keep, #1)
Sentence of Marriage (Promises to Keep, #1) 3.85 avg rating β€” 11,144 ratings
36.
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep 3.98 avg rating β€” 7,115 ratings
37.
Pet
Pet 4.03 avg rating β€” 9,275 ratings
38.
Death by Water (Phryne Fisher, #15)
Death by Water (Phryne Fisher, #15) 4.07 avg rating β€” 5,162 ratings
39.
Clanlands in New Zealand: Kiwis, Kilts, and an Adventure Down Under
Clanlands in New Zealand: Kiwis, Kilts, and an Adventure Down Under 4.10 avg rating β€” 1,217 ratings
40.
Just This Once (Escape to New Zealand, #1)
Just This Once (Escape to New Zealand, #1) 3.84 avg rating β€” 8,900 ratings
41.
Colour Scheme (Roderick Alleyn, #12)
Colour Scheme (Roderick Alleyn, #12) 3.81 avg rating β€” 3,816 ratings
42.
A Madness of Sunshine
A Madness of Sunshine 3.84 avg rating β€” 8,825 ratings
43.
Can You Tolerate This?
Can You Tolerate This? 3.97 avg rating β€” 787 ratings
44.
Sideways New Zealand: The Road Back (The Sideways Series)
Sideways New Zealand: The Road Back (The Sideways Series) 4.02 avg rating β€” 149 ratings
45.
Death of a Peer (Roderick Alleyn, #10)
Death of a Peer (Roderick Alleyn, #10) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 7,789 ratings
46.
Nest or Invest (Love New Zealand #1)
Nest or Invest (Love New Zealand #1) 4.05 avg rating β€” 167 ratings
47.
The Rule of Three (Extinction New Zealand #1)
The Rule of Three (Extinction New Zealand #1) 3.87 avg rating β€” 859 ratings
48.
Eels: An Exploration, from New Zealand to the Sargasso, of the World's Most Mysterious Fish
Eels: An Exploration, from New Zealand to the Sargasso, of the World's Most Mysterious Fish 3.93 avg rating β€” 996 ratings
49.
The Colour
The Colour 3.86 avg rating β€” 6,444 ratings
50.
Catch a Kiwi (New Zealand Ever After Book 6)
Catch a Kiwi (New Zealand Ever After Book 6) 4.61 avg rating β€” 688 ratings
51.
Nobody Is Ever Missing
Nobody Is Ever Missing 3.28 avg rating β€” 7,163 ratings
52.
The Player in New Zealand (Love and Wanderlust #4)
The Player in New Zealand (Love and Wanderlust #4)
by: Liz Alden
4.04 avg rating β€” 612 ratings
53.
Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World
Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World 3.84 avg rating β€” 17,584 ratings
54.
The Fire Blossom (The Fire Blossom Saga, #1)
The Fire Blossom (The Fire Blossom Saga, #1) 4.31 avg rating β€” 5,450 ratings
55.
Kiwi Rules (New Zealand Ever After, #1)
Kiwi Rules (New Zealand Ever After, #1) 4.35 avg rating β€” 1,653 ratings
56.
Just Good Friends (Escape to New Zealand, #2)
Just Good Friends (Escape to New Zealand, #2) 3.98 avg rating β€” 5,081 ratings
57.
The Last Guests
The Last Guests 3.67 avg rating β€” 4,645 ratings
58.
The Pants of Perspective: One Woman's 3,000 Kilometre Running Adventure through the Wilds of New Zealand
The Pants of Perspective: One Woman's 3,000 Kilometre Running Adventure through the Wilds of New Zealand 4.29 avg rating β€” 3,600 ratings
59.
White Spirit
White Spirit 4.41 avg rating β€” 388 ratings
60.
In Too Deep (Stewart Island, #1)
In Too Deep (Stewart Island, #1) 3.96 avg rating β€” 3,891 ratings
61.
Faces in the Water
Faces in the Water 4.02 avg rating β€” 2,612 ratings
62.
Remember Me
Remember Me 4.32 avg rating β€” 3,347 ratings
63.
Love Language
Love Language 4.08 avg rating β€” 2,835 ratings
64.
Cemetery Lake (Theodore Tate, #1)
Cemetery Lake (Theodore Tate, #1) 3.74 avg rating β€” 1,786 ratings
65.
See You In September
See You In September 4.23 avg rating β€” 4,058 ratings
66.
The Larnachs
The Larnachs 3.37 avg rating β€” 212 ratings
67.
Expectant (Sam Shephard #5)
Expectant (Sam Shephard #5) 4.14 avg rating β€” 419 ratings
68.
Where Sea Meets Sky
Where Sea Meets Sky 3.76 avg rating β€” 3,192 ratings
69.
Call Me Joe
Call Me Joe 3.49 avg rating β€” 93 ratings
70.
Blood Men
Blood Men 3.78 avg rating β€” 1,323 ratings
71.
Paper Cage
Paper Cage 3.64 avg rating β€” 1,322 ratings
72.
Baby No-Eyes
Baby No-Eyes 3.87 avg rating β€” 373 ratings
73.
A Good Winter
A Good Winter 3.64 avg rating β€” 318 ratings
74.
The New Animals
The New Animals
by: Pip Adam
3.29 avg rating β€” 494 ratings
75.
The Words For Her
The Words For Her 4.20 avg rating β€” 46 ratings
76.
AuΔ“
AuΔ“ 4.49 avg rating β€” 6,938 ratings