The best-selling books at the world’s best two bookstores.
WELLINGTON UNITY
1 The New Zealand Project by Max Harris (Bridget Williams Books, $40)
Max! Number one in both Wellington and Auckland. He’s cool.
2 Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli & Francesca Cavallo (Particular Books, $40)
Inspirational role modelling.
3 Rule of Law by Winton Higgins (Brandl & Schlesinger $35)
Novel about the Nuremberg trials.
4 Leap of Faith by Jenny Pattrick (Black Swan, $38)
Latest pageturner by the master.
5 Whose Feet are These? By Gillian Candler (Potton Burton, $15)
Cute.
6 Mr Postmouse Goes on Holiday by Marianne Dubuc (Book Island, $30)
Also cute.
7 Rising Tide by Sarina Dickson (Kotuku Creative,$23)
For years 5-8.
8 Can You Tolerate This by Ashleigh Young (Victoria University Press, $30)
Genius at work.
9 Frankie Potts & the Sparkplug Mysteries #1 Frankie by Juliet Jacka (Puffin, $12)
Good old Frankie!
10 Lifting by Damien Wilkins (Victoria University Press, $30)
Latest novel by the prolific head of a Sunday writers’ school.
AUCKLAND UNITY
1 The New Zealand Project by Max Harris (Bridget Williams Books, $40)
2 Idaho by Emily Ruskovich (Chatto & Windus, $37)
Shocking novel.
3 Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Ravioli & Francesca Cavallo (Particular Books)
4 The Sellout by Paul Beatty (Oneworld Publications, $28)
He’s coming to the AWF.
5 Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (Bloomsbury, $33)
So’s he.
6 Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman (Bloomsbury, $30)
Thor etc.
7 The Road to Ruins: The Global Elites’ Secret Plan for the Next Financial Crisis by James Rickards (Portfolio Penguin, $40)
Conspiracy theory.
8 Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari (Vintage, $30)
Speculative non-fiction.
9 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson (Macmillan, $35)
Self f*cking help.
10 Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory by Deborah E. Lipstadt (Penguin, $30)
The author, in the Guardian: “Many would like to stand up to the anti-Semites. I had the chance to do it.”