The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending September 18

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  Hope in Hell: A Decade to Confront the Climate Emergency by Jonathon Porritt (Simon & Schuster, $38) Consider it a … Read more

The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending September 11

Monique Fiso and others shovelling dirt onto a hangi pit

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  Ottolenghi: Flavour by Yotam Ottolenghi and Ixta Belfrage (Ebury, $60) “Every time we publish a book, it feels like the … Read more

The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending September 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  Searching for Charlie: In Pursuit of the Real Charles Upham VC & Bar by Tom Scott (Upstart Press, $50) “There … Read more

What you bought in 2019: Unity’s best-selling books of the year

Amazing photo of a boy reading on a bench, with a big dog beside him and on the other side of the dog, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.

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. These lists cover the entire year to Christmas Eve.  AUCKLAND 1  The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck by Mark Manson … Read more

The Unity children’s bestseller chart for the month of May

What’s the best way to get adults reading? Get them reading when they’re children – and there’s no better place to start than the Unity Children’s Bestseller Chart. These lists of the bestselling children’s books at Unity Wellington and Little Unity in Auckland cover the sales period May 10 – June 6 2019. AUCKLAND 1 … Read more

Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending June 7

The essential best-selling book chart in New Zealand, recorded every week at Unity Books’ stores in High St, Auckland, and Willis St, Wellington. AUCKLAND 1 The New Zealand Wars: Ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa by Vincent O’Malley (Bridget Williams Books, $40) O’Malley continues his reign at the top, and in case you haven’t already bought it, can … Read more

Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending May 17

The only published and available best-selling 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  Dead People I Have Known by Shayne Carter (Victoria University Press, $40) Welcome to the charts, Shayne. You’ll stay a while, yeah? … Read more

Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending April 12

The only published and available best-selling 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 Necessary Secrets by Greg McGee (Upstart Press, $38) Stand by for a Spinoff review. 2 Auckland Architecture: A Walking Guide by … Read more

Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending April 4

The only published and available best-selling 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 Troll Hunting: Inside the World of Online Hate and its Human Fallout by Ginger Gorman (Hardie Grant Books, $33) The clue … Read more

Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending March 15

The only published and available best-selling 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 John Scott Works by David Straight (Massey University Press, $70) Gorgeous tome celebrating the career of one of our most influential architects. … Read more

Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending May 25

The week’s  best-selling books at the Unity stores in Willis St, Wellington, and High St, Auckland. AUCKLAND UNITY 1 The New Animals by Pip Adam (Victoria University Press, $30) Winner of the Acorn Prize for best novel of the year at last week’s 2018 Ockham New Zealand national book awards. So how come The Spinoff … Read more

The Unity Books best-seller chart for the week ending August 4

The best-selling books at the two best bookstores you ever did see. AUCKLAND UNITY 1 The 7th Function of Language by Laurent Binet (Harvill Press, $35) Pretentious bullshit. 2 The Ministry Of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy (Hamish Hamilton, $38) Trash, damningly reviewed by Marion McLeod at the Spinoff Review of Books. 3 The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret … Read more

The Unity Books best-selling chart for the week ending June 23

The best-selling books at the two best bookstores known to God.   WELLINGTON UNITY 1 The Whole Intimate Mess: Motherhood, Politics & Women’s Writing by Holly Walker (Bridget Williams Texts, $15) “There is nothing normal about crawling up the hallway, screaming and hitting yourself in the head, in front of your baby…”: Revealing and intense … Read more

The return of the Unity chart!!! The week’s best sellers at Unity Books

The weekly Unity Books best-seller chart at their stores in Auckland and Wellington. AUCKLAND STORE 1 Swing Time (Hamish Hamilton, $37) by Zadie Smith Interesting! So in the first chart since Xmas, the best best-seller at Unity Auckland is the latest novel by English writer Zadie Smith; it must be word of mouth, because the reviews have … Read more

The weekly Unity Books best-seller chart: October 21

The weekly best-seller chart at Unity stores in Auckland and Wellington, for the week just ended: October 21 AUCKLAND STORE 1 Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Harvill Secker, $40) by Yuval Noah Harari “The epic, widely celebrated Sapiens gets the sequel it demanded – a breathless, compulsive inquiry into humanity’s apocalyptic, tech-driven future”: … Read more