Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending October 4

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  Talking to Strangers: what we should know about the people we don’t know by Malcolm Gladwell (Allen Lane, $40) Auckland … Read more

Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending September 27

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 Testaments by Margaret Atwood (Chatto & Windus, $48) “… part of the engine of The Testaments is a challenging … Read more

Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending September 20

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 Testaments by Margaret Atwood (Chatto & Windus, $48) Obvs. (Read our review by Pip Adam here) 2  Three … Read more

The Testaments: Pip Adam reviews the ultra-hyped new Margaret Atwood

One of our country’s finest writers gorges herself on Gilead – and finds herself wishing for more osmosis between the Booker-shortlisted new novel and the horror-story politics playing out around us.  Over the past five days I’ve re-read Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel The Handmaid’s Tale, caught myself up with the MGM/Hulu TV series of the … Read more