The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending March 13

The only published and available best-selling indie book chart in New Zealand is the top 10 sales list recorded every week at Unity Books’ stores in High St, Auckland, and Willis St, Wellington. AUCKLAND 1  The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel (Fourth Estate, $50) Toby Manhire: If someone’s self-isolating, what’s your recommendation, as … Read more

‘You cannot dismiss us’: A review of Booker winner Girl, Woman, Other

Himali McInnes looks past the fact that the first black woman to win the Booker had to bloody share it and focuses on the book –  in itself a treasure.  Girl, Woman, Other is the smart, urbane eighth novel by Bernadine Evaristo. Born in London of Nigerian, German and Irish descent, Evaristo is the first … Read more

Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending December 13

A man wearing shorts, T shirt and hat reads a book in a deckchair placed in the tide.

The only published and available best-selling indie book chart in New Zealand is the top 10 sales list recorded every week at Unity Books’ stores in High St, Auckland, and Willis St, Wellington.  AUCKLAND 1   Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo (Hamish Hamilton, $40) Winner of the 2019 Booker Prize. 2  The Body: A … Read more

Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending November 15

The only published and available best-selling indie book chart in New Zealand is the top 10 sales list recorded every week at Unity Books’ stores in High St, Auckland, and Willis St, Wellington. AUCKLAND 1  Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout (Viking Penguin $35) “Olive struggles to figure herself out, and has an urgent need for … Read more

Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending November 8

The only published and available best-selling indie book chart in New Zealand is the top 10 sales list recorded every week at Unity Books’ stores in High St, Auckland, and Willis St, Wellington. AUCKLAND 1  The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson (Doubleday, $55) Bryson, eh? Just casually walloping both Booker winners a … Read more

Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending November 1

Mophead, by Selina Tusitala Marsh and The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood

The only published and available best-selling indie book chart in New Zealand is the top 10 sales list recorded every week at Unity Books’ stores in High St, Auckland, and Willis St, Wellington.  AUCKLAND 1  Mophead: How Your Difference Makes a Difference by Selina Tusitala Marsh (Auckland University Press, $25) “I think an excellent and … Read more

Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending October 16

The only published and available best-selling indie book chart in New Zealand is the top 10 sales list recorded every week at Unity Books’ stores in High St, Auckland, and Willis St, Wellington (this week we totted up the data a day early, on Wednesday, to let our books ed. check out for a bit. … Read more