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Shirl is Book Hero’s official book buyer, expanding our in-stock range and making sure the warehouse and bookstore are always full of the latest great reads. She loves modern fiction, biographies, and thrillers, and is especially excited about discovering new releases from local New Zealand authors. When she’s not reading, you’ll usually find her at CrossFit, enjoying a coffee or ice cream by the beach, or staying up late playing board games with friends or tuning into Formula One.

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  • Stations
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    Stations
    FROM THE PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF TRESPASSES 'Moving, compassionate, a touching love story' - DAVID NICHOLLS 'I gulped this down - convinced, fascinated and moved by every page' - EMMA DONOGHUE 'A beautiful novel about loss and being lost' - NICK HORNBY 'A moving and immersive novel about first love, addiction and regret' - MIN JIN LEE Róisín and Red meet as...
    By Louise Kennedy
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    Ordinary People Like Us
    The stunning final novel from one of New Zealand's finest writers. Ambitious, funny, wise and deeply affecting, Ordinary People Like Us calls to mind the immersive narratives of Elena Ferrante and Isabel Allende. 'And here I was thinking we were just ordinary people.' From the landscapes of the Far North, through inner-city Auckland and to London in the 1970s and 90s, Ordinary People...
    By Kelly Ana Morey
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    Home Again
    Join rock-legend, former Shihad frontman and lead singer of The Adults, Jon Toogood in this unflinching and no-holds-barred memoir Home Again.This is more than a rock story. Toogood looks back on a 37-year career that helped define New Zealand rock music, and the personal cost that came with it. From a music-obsessed childhood in Wellington to the deafening roar of international stages, this...
    By Jon Toogood
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    London Falling
    From the Baillie Gifford Prize-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing comes a stunning story of wealth, violence and deceit at the heart of a glittering city. 'A new book by Keefe means drop everything and close the blinds; you'll be turning pages for hours' - Los Angeles Times 'Patrick Radden Keefe [is] one...
    By Patrick Radden Keefe
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    The Things We Never Say
    Internationally bestselling and prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout's new novel tells the story of a chance incident in a man's life—a poignant meditation on loneliness, friendship, and free will in a capsizing world. Artie Dam is a man with a secret. He spends his days teaching history to high schoolers, expanding their young minds, correcting their casual cruelties, and lending a...
    By Elizabeth Strout
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    The Starving Bride
    Look at her. How serene she is in her long white dress, eyes closed like a stone copy of herself. Perhaps she lives on air. We would like a little piece of her – a hank of hair, a pared fingernail slender as a new moon, a wisp of skin peeled from a sunburned shoulder…England, the near future.Dumped by her...
    By Catherine Chidgey
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    Whistler
    FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING, PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF The Dutch House AND Tom Lake 'One of the most beloved authors of her generation'Sunday Times When Daphne notices an older gentleman following her around the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, she doesn’t expect it to be Eddie – her former stepfather. Married to her mother for a short time when...
    By Ann Patchett
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    Stakes
    Read our interview with author Noelle McCarthy! A darkly funny, sparkling follow-up to the author’s bestselling memoir Grand. You have to invite him in. You have to want the vampire’s badness in the house with you. Growing up in Catholic Ireland, Noelle McCarthy is captivated by Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The vampire is a risk-free fantasy, a suave alternative to the fraught realities...
    By Noelle McCarthy
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    Main Characters
    Irresistible, all-consuming and decades-spanning, this is the love story of theyear, told from the perspective of everyone but the main characters. Clara and Seb are about to fall in love.They don't know it yet.But everybody else does. When Clara and Seb meet in a quiet corner of London, it's the start of something. Shewants to be a director. He's an...
    By Bobby Palmer
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  • Moss'd In Space
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    Moss'd In Space
    This is a fabulously cosy adventure from Rebecca Thorne featuring shenanigans in space and how it feels to find friendship and family. The journey is more important than the destination — which is great, because they're definitely lost. Torian Razner finally bought a starship, and contrary to Amelia's assessment, it was not "a meteoric sign of stupidity". Sure, the alien...
    By Rebecca Thorne
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    Ring Shout
    Set against the backdrop of an alternate history, Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark crafts a gripping tale where American demons wear white hoods, and history is drenched in blood and magic. It's 1915, and the release of the film The Birth of a Nation casts a dark spell across America, amplifying the Ku Klux Klan's insidious influence and enkindling...
    By P. Djèlí Clark
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  • Heart the Lover
    'You knew I'd write a book about you someday' Our narrator understands good love stories — their secrets, their highs, and free falls. But her greatest love story, the one she lived, never followed the rules. She was in her senior year of college when star students Sam and Yash swept her into an intoxicating world of academic fervour, rapid-fire...
    By Lily King
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    Banjara
    A powerful literary debut from an astonishing new Kiwi voice, focusing on the Indo-Fijian indenture system and how it affected generations across the Pacific.Rajasthan 1888: Avani Rathod, a nomad of the Banjara community, is summoned to teach a blue-eyed colonial officer the trees of her region, but instead is misled into indenture to the sugarcane plantations of Fiji. While on...
    By Shana Chandra
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    Strangers
    The must-read memoir of the end of a marriage and the start of a personal revolution, based on the iconic Modern Love essay in the New York Times and perfect for fans of Glennon Doyle. "A beautifully written eulogy for the loss of a relationship" — Joyce Carol Oates How do we go on when a loved one betrays us?...
    By Belle Burden
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  • Shark Heart
    Every page bursts with heart Anthony Doerr, author of All The Light We Cannot See Compelling, moving, lyrical - Claire North, author of Ithaca and The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August For Lewis and Wren, their first year of marriage is also their last. A few weeks after their wedding, Lewis receives a rare diagnosis. He's turning into a...
    By Emily Habeck
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    Yesteryear
    A BOLD AND BITING SATIRE. WILL HAVE YOU GASPING TO THE FINAL PAGE — Nita Prose WICKEDLY FUNNY, BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND FRIGHTENINGLY PERCEPTIVE — Abigail Dean INVENTIVE, ADDICTIVE, A WILD RIDE — Ashley Audrain SHOT THROUGH WITH HUMOUR AND LACED WITH DARKNESS — Clare Mackintosh The Stepford Wives meets The Handmaid's Tale — Hannah Deitch My name was Natalie Heller...
    By Caro Claire Burke
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    The Correspondent
    84 Charing Cross Road meets A Man Called Ove in this heartwarming, witty story about the life of an extraordinary woman, told through her letters. In her letters to family and friends, we come to know the life of Sybil Van Antwerp—stubborn, cantankerous, opinionated, always steadfast in her belief in the power of the written word. But as the clock...
    By Virginia Evans
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  • My Friends
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger’s life twenty-five years later. Most people don’t even notice them—three tiny figures sitting at the end of a long pier in the corner of one of the most...
    By Fredrik Backman
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    Mother Mary Comes To Me
    The incredible first memoir from the Booker-winning radical icon Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things. Arundhati Roy's first work of memoir, this is a soaring account, both intimate and inspiring, of how the author became the person and the writer she is, shaped by circumstance, but above all by her relationship to her extraordinary, singular mother Mary,...
    By Arundhati Roy
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    Taipei Story
    TAIPEI STORY is the electrifying new novel by bestselling literary phenomenon Rebecca F. Kuang, a profoundly moving coming-of-age story that explores first love, second language and final goodbyes – all set against the backdrop of one unforgettable summer in Taipei. Yale student Lily Chen arrives in Taipei hungry: for family, for culture, for connection. But her summer of discovery quickly...
    By R.F. Kuang
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    Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
    Stylish and open-hearted, this is a very different kind of love story, elevated and energised by being set in the world of creativity and video gaming. THE BESTSELLING PHENOMENON I loved this book – Jojo Moyes This is the story of Sam and Sadie. It's not a romance, but it is about love. When Sam catches sight of Sadie at...
    By Gabrielle Zevin
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    Strange Pictures
    THE TIMES BESTSELLER 'So captivating I read it in a day. So disturbing I thought about it all night' — Janice Hallet, author of The Appeal 'The twists of a Golden Age whodunit, mixed with a wonderfully innovative use of illustrations. Delightfully macabre and fiendishly clever' — G.T. Karber, author of Murdle A Japanese mystery bestseller, revolving around a series...
    By Uketsu
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  • The Vanishing Place
    Jane Harper's Force of Nature meets the wild and atmospheric setting of The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah in this twisty, stay-up-all-night thriller about family, love, and loyalty, and the fight for survival in the most beautiful but dangerous New Zealand wilderness. On the remote West Coast of the South Island, vast forests stretch out between mountain ranges and rugged...
    By Zoe Rankin
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  • Atmosphere
    The new novel by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six. An epic novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle programme and the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits. In the summer of 1980, astrophysics professor Joan Goodwin begins...
    By Taylor Jenkins Reid
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  • Wild Dark Shore
    From the New York Times bestselling author of Migrations and Once There Were Wolves, a novel about a family living alone on a remote island, when a mysterious woman washes up on shore. 'At once a gripping mystery, an exquisitely written ode to the natural world, and a taut, psychological thriller, Wild Dark Shore is a triumph. Charlotte McConaghy is...
    By Charlotte McConaghy
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  • The Women
    An instant Sunday Times bestseller and soon to be a major motion picture! "Utterly absorbing. Kristin Hannah is singular in her ability to tell unforgettable stories about some of the women our world has forgotten. The Women is a triumph." - Taylor Jenkins Reid 'Astonishing. Compelling. Powerful' - Delia Owens, bestselling author of Where the Crawdads Sing 'Stuns with sacrifice....
    By Kristin Hannah
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  • Lessons in Chemistry
    The 8-million-copy worldwide and Sunday Times #1 bestseller and award-winner featuring the uncompromising, unconventional Elizabeth Zott. A New York Times Top 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Reader's Pick. Discover the must-read Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, the perfect uplifting summer read, now a major Apple TV series starring Brie Larson. 'The most charming, life-enhancing novel I've...
    By Bonnie Garmus
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    The Book of Guilt
    In a sinisterly skewed version of England in 1979, thirteen-year-old triplets Vincent, Lawrence and William are the last remaining residents of a New Forest home, part of the government’s Sycamore Scheme. Each day the boys must take medicine to protect themselves from a mysterious illness to which many of their friends have succumbed. Children who survive are allowed to move...
    By Catherine Chidgey
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  • All the Colours of the Dark
    A missing persons mystery, a serial killer thriller, and an epic love story - with a unique twist on each... Late one summer, the town of Monta Clare is shattered by the abduction of local teenager Joseph 'Patch' Macauley. Nobody more so than Saint Brown, who is broken by her best friend's disappearance. Soon, she will eat, sleep, breathe, only...
    By Chris Whitaker
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  • The Midnight Library
    The Midnight Library by Matt Haig is a profound and captivating novel that delves into the intricacies of life’s choices and their impacts on our destinies. Nora Seed’s life has been a series of disappointments and missed opportunities. Struggling with the belief that she has made irrevocable mistakes, Nora's existence takes a surreal turn when she finds herself in a...
    By Matt Haig
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  • Greta and Valdin (B Format)
    Greta & Valdin, a bestseller and international sensation, has captivated readers everywhere with its offbeat comedy and quirky goodness. Valdin is still in love with his ex-boyfriend Xabi, who used to drive around Auckland in a ute but now drives around Buenos Aires in one. Greta is in love with her fellow English tutor Holly, who doesn't know how to...
    By Rebecca Reilly
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    Grand
    The astonishing debut memoir about mothers and daughters, drinking, birth and loss, running away and homecoming from prize-winning writer and broadcaster Noelle McCarthy. "I'll be grand, girl, I've great faith." - Mammy, just before she died Funny, charismatic and generous; angry, vicious and hurt; in pub lounges all over Cork City, Noelle McCarthy's mother Carol rages against her life and...
    By Noelle McCarthy
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  • The Wedding People
    'BEST READ OF THE YEAR SO FAR' THE TIMES 'BOOKS AS FUN AS THIS ONE ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN' GUARDIAN Phoebe Stone arrives at a grand beachside hotel in Rhode Island wearing her best dress and least comfortable shoes. Immediately she is mistaken for one of the wedding people — but she's actually the only guest at the Cornwall...
    By Alison Espach
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    The Truth About Ruby Cooper
    The latest deliciously dark novel from bestselling author, Liz Nugent. If my sister hadn't been beautiful, none of it would have happened. Ruby Cooper and her sister, Erin, live an idyllic life in their close-knit church community in Boston. But when Ruby is sixteen, she is involved in an incident that causes her family's world to implode. Across decades, the...
    By Liz Nugent
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    The Midnight Train
    When your life flashes before your eyes, where would you stop? No one can change the past, but the Midnight Train can take you there. The chance to re-live the moments that meant most. To see what kind of person you really were. For Wilbur, his best days were with Maggie, the love of his life. On his honeymoon in...
    By Matt Haig
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    Small Things Like These
    Set in 1985, in a small Irish town, Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan tells the poignant story of Bill Furlong, a dedicated coal and timber merchant. As Christmas approaches, Bill finds himself busier than ever, delivering fuel to the cold homes of his neighbours. Amidst his routine, he begins to confront the quiet, oppressive presence of the Church...
    By Claire Keegan
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    Molka
    'Brutal and unflinching...You won't be able to look away as this book cuts you to pieces.' — Kylie Lee Baker, author of Bat Eater 'Combining feminist fury with creeping horror... Fans of Bunny will love this.' — Eve Kellman, author of How to Kill a Guy in Ten Ways The new novel by the Sunday Times bestselling author of The...
    By Monika Kim
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  • The Lord of the Rings Fate of the Fellowship - A Pandemic System Game
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    The Lord of the Rings Fate of the Fellowship - A Pandemic System Game
    As members of The Fellowship, embark on a journey to save—or doom—Middle-earth. 1-5 Players  |  90 Mins  |  Ages 14+ Features: Action Points, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Solo / Solitaire Game, Variable Player Powers Theme: Fantasy, Novel-based The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship is Matt Leacock's most mechanically-rich Pandemic System design to date. Gather heroes...
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  • A Court of Thorns and Roses Paperback Box Set (5 books)
    All five of the Court of Thorns and Roses paperbacks packaged together in a gorgeous box set. "Passionate, violent, sexy and daring." —USA TODAY on A Court of Thorns and Roses Feyre is a huntress. The skin of a wolf would bring enough gold to feed her sisters for a month. But the life of a magical creature comes at...
    By Sarah J. Maas
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  • Fourth Wing
    THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NUMBER ONE GLOBAL BESTSELLING PHENOMENON! DON'T MISS OUT ON THE SERIES THAT EVERYONE CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT: 'This book contains an addictive, drug-like essence that will make you relinquish all responsibility until the very last word. Do not say I didn't warn you' Glamour 'I didn't sleep, I didn't eat, and when I finished, I...
    By Rebecca Yarros
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    Sophie, Standing There
    From the award-winning, bestselling author of Sorrow and Bliss comes an achingly tender, poignant, funny and bittersweet story of love, loneliness and finding connection in the most unlikely of places. 'So smart, so funny, so moving - Mason has done it again, this time using behind the scenes of a literary festival to reveal the complexity of loneliness and how one woman...
    By Meg Mason
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  • Aroha
    Aroha by Dr Hinemoa Elder is an enlightening exploration of timeless Maori wisdom, intricately woven into a contemporary context. This top-selling non-fiction title from New Zealand in 2021 introduces readers to 52 traditional Maori proverbs, known as whakataukī, each offering a profound lesson for every week of the year. Dr Elder, a respected Maori psychiatrist, delves into these powerful sayings...
    By Dr Hinemoa Elder
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  • Maori Made Easy
    Immerse yourself in the vibrant world of te reo Māori with Maori Made Easy by Scotty Morrison. This thoroughly engaging and accessible guide is designed for all learners, from those taking their first steps in the Māori language to those looking to refresh and expand their existing knowledge. The journey to mastering te reo Māori has never been more enjoyable...
    By Scotty Morrison
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  • Katabasis
    'Katabasis is a formidable, timeless work, destined to be a modern classic' OLIVIE BLAKE 'Katabasis is more than a novel to savor. This book is an experience. I envy those who get to read it for the first time' REBECCA ROSS 'A witty, gory, harrowing ride' LEIGH BARDUGO Katabasis, noun, Ancient Greek. The story of a hero's descent to the underworld. Grad student Alice Law...
    By R.F. Kuang
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    The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
    The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid is an enthralling novel that captures the glamour and intrigue of Old Hollywood through the eyes of one of its most enigmatic stars. This gripping story delves into the dazzling yet tumultuous life of reclusive movie icon Evelyn Hugo, a woman known for her breathtaking beauty, immense talent, and unforgettable...
    By Taylor Jenkins Reid
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  • One Day A Taniwha
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    One Day A Taniwha
    From the bestselling author of Turncoat comes a powerful new novel. As the pressure of fatherhood tightens its grip, sleepless nights and rising tensions begin to erode Hepa's sense of control. When the line between fear and reality begins to blur, can he be trusted with his own son? Hepa hasn't slept properly in four months. His newborn son, Wi,...
    By Tihema Baker
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  • Poetry For Neanderthals (By Exploding Kittens)
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    Poetry For Neanderthals (By Exploding Kittens)
    Poetry for Neanderthals is a family-friendly party game similar to Taboo where players earn points by getting their teammates to guess words and phrases. The catch is that the "Neanderthal Poets" are only allowed to use single syllable words. If they use any words with more than one syllable, the other team gets to bop them with a 2-foot inflatable club. The...
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  • Codenames (2025)
    Codenames (2025)
    Codenames is a party game of wordplay and deduction, where two teams compete as rival spymasters. They give clever one-word clues to help teammates identify secret agents hidden among 25 codenames. The challenge is to avoid innocent bystanders, enemy agents, and the deadly assassin. Think creatively, guess boldly, and make contact with all your agents before your rivals do! This...
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  • Remarkably Bright Creatures
    THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OVER 1.5 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK OVER 60,000 5 STAR REVIEWS GOOD HOUSEKEEPING BEST BOOKS OF 2022 GLAMOUR BEST BOOKS OF 2022 Remarkably Bright Creatures is an ultimately feel-good but deceptively sensitive debut... Memorable and tender. —Washington Post Full of heart and humour... I loved it. —Ruth Hogan...
    By Shelby Van Pelt
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  • Dodge City
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    Dodge City
    ‘A perfect novel … on the knife’s edge of hilarity and tenderness’ JONATHAN LETHEM From the Booker-shortlisted author of The Sisters Brothers comes Dodge City, a thrilling novel about a young man on an amphetamine-fuelled cross-country road trip fleeing the Vietnam draft. 1967, California. Lee Clarke is a strait-laced twenty-three-year-old, happily in love and ambling along at college until an...
    By Patrick deWitt
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  • RecipeTin Eats: Tonight
    Australia's favourite home cook, Nagi Maehashi, is back to solve the perennial problem of what's for dinner tonight ... and every night. Following on from her record-breaking first cookbook, Dinner, Nagi brings us Tonight with more than 150 brand-new foolproof, flavour-packed recipes, 800 variations on those recipes, and 3000 possible combinations that match formulas (including the world-famous Charlie sauce) with...
    By Nagi Maehashi
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  • None of This is True
    Prepare to be hooked—nail-biting suspense from the addictive number one ten-million-copy bestselling author. Celebrating her 45th birthday at her local pub, podcaster Alix Summer crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie is also celebrating her 45th birthday. They are, in fact, birthday twins. A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time...
    By Lisa Jewell
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  • 7 Wonders (New Edition)
    7 Wonders (New Edition)
    Draft cards to develop your ancient civilization and build its Wonder of the World. 3-7 Players  |  30+ Mins  |  Ages 10+ Features: Closed Drafting, Hand Management, Set Collection, Simultaneous Action Selection, Variable Player Powers Theme: Ancient, Card Game, City Building, Civilization, Economic Description: Make the right decisions to lead your civilization to prosperity! Lead one of the seven greatest...
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  • Dishoom
    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A love letter to Bombay told through food and stories, including their legendary black daal' - Yotam Ottolenghi Dishoom by Shamil Thakrar, Kavi Thakrar, and Naved Nasir is a richly detailed and visually stunning cookbook that invites readers on a gastronomic journey through the heart of Bombay. At its core, the book is a celebration of...
    By Shamil Thakrar and Kavi Thakrar and Naved Nasir
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    Strange Houses
    A sinister hidden room. A dead space between two walls. A sealed cellar. A child's face glimpsed at a window. Every house hides secrets. But some secrets are far darker than others. More than a million readers have discovered the terrible truth behind these strange houses. Now it's your turn.
    By Uketsu
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  • Heat Pedal to the Metal
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    Heat Pedal to the Metal
    Manage your race car's speed to keep from overheating. 1–6 Players  |  30–60 Min  |  Age: 10+ Based on simple and intuitive hand management, Heat: Pedal to the Metal puts players in the driver's seat of intense car races, jockeying for position to cross the finish line first, while managing their car's speed if they don't want to overheat. Selecting the right upgrades for...
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  • Bride
    A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis. Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, is an outcast - again. Her days of living...
    By Ali Hazelwood
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  • Carcassonne
    Carcassonne
    Shape the medieval landscape of France, claiming cities, monasteries and farms. 2-5 Players  |  45+ Mins  |  Ages 7+ Features: Area Majority / Influence, Enclosure, Map Addition, Pattern Building, Tile Placement Theme: Medieval, Territory Building Description: Inspired by the medieval fortress in southern France of the same name, Carcassonne is a tile-laying game in which players fill in the countryside around the...
    2–6 players
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  • Uzumaki (3-in-1 Deluxe Edition)
    Uzumaki (3-in-1 Deluxe Edition) by Junji Ito is a renowned masterpiece of horror manga, now encapsulated in a deluxe hardcover edition that combines all three volumes into one. This chilling tale transports readers to Kurouzu-cho, a small, fogbound town on the coast of Japan, where a sinister curse has gripped the community. In this eerie town, teenager Kirie Goshima and...
    By Junji Ito
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  • Strange Sally Diamond
    I'm lost in admiration. Strange Sally Diamond is vivid, pacy, taut but so very moving . . . defies categorisation. — Marian Keyes Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her father told her to do: to put him out with the rubbish when he died. Now Sally is the centre...
    By Liz Nugent
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  • AZUL
    AZUL
    Artfully embellish the walls of your palace by drafting the most beautiful tiles.  2-4 Players  |  30-45 Mins  | Ages 8+ Features: End Game Bonuses, Open Drafting, Pattern Building, Tile Placement, Turn Order: Claim Action Themes: Abstract Strategy, Puzzle, Renaissance Description: Introduced by the Moors, azulejos (originally white and blue ceramic tiles) were fully embraced by the Portuguese when their king Manuel I, on...
    2–4 players
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  • The Family Upstairs
    FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THEN SHE WAS GONE Olivia Colman: 'Really good, gripping. I couldn't bear for it to finish... I don't want to move onto the next book too soon as it feels like a betrayal.' Clare Mackintosh: 'I swear I didn't breathe the whole time I was reading it. Gripping, pacy, brilliantly twisty.' Ian Rankin:...
    By Lisa Jewell
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  • All That We Know
    All That We Know, authored by Shilo Kino, masterfully captures the vibrant and complex essence of contemporary Aotearoa, New Zealand, threading together the intricate relations between the past, present, and future. This compelling novel boldly explores themes of identity, love, activism, and the enduring impacts of colonisation. Meet Mareikura Pohe, a young woman teetering on the edge of great personal...
    By Shilo Kino
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  • Silvercloak
    An addictive new fantasy series set in a world where magic is fuelled by pleasure and pain, in which an obsessive detective infiltrates a brutal gang of dark mages - knowing that one wrong move will get her killed... 'An absolute masterpiece - I've never read a fantasy like it' - Imani Erriu, author of Heavenly Bodies An addictive new...
    By Laura Steven and L. K. Steven
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  • All the Light We Cannot See
    All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr is a breathtaking novel that intricately weaves together the lives of a blind French girl and a German boy during the tumultuous times of World War II. Through rich and descriptive prose, Doerr paints a hauntingly beautiful portrait of a world faced with darkness and destruction, yet brimming with moments of...
    By Anthony Doerr
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  • Blue Sisters
    It moved me deeply — Liv Little Deeply poignant — Harpers Bazaar Gorgeous — Raven Leilani The instant Sunday Times top ten bestseller from the author of Cleopatra and Frankenstein It will make you laugh, cry deeply, and want to call your siblings — Cosmopolitan Even better than Cleopatra and Frankenstein — Grazia The Blue sisters have always been exceptional...
    By Coco Mellors
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  • Perfection
    A razor-sharp novel from one of Italy's most exciting authors, about a millennial couple's quest for authenticity in a life designed according to social media trends. They have everything to make them happy. Expat couple Anna and Tom are living the dream in Berlin, in a bright, plant-filled apartment. Young, cool digital creatives, they enjoy slow cooking, Danish furniture, progressive...
    By Vincenzo Latronico
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  • Pandemic
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    Pandemic
    Your team of experts must prevent the world from succumbing to a viral pandemic.  2-4 Players  |  45 Mins  |  Ages 8+ Features: Action Points, Cooperative Game, Hand Management, Point to Point Movement, Set Collection Theme: Medical Description: In Pandemic, several virulent diseases have broken out simultaneously all over the world! The players are disease-fighting specialists whose mission is to...
    2–4 players
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  • Rolife Sam’s Study DIY Miniature Puzzle - (DG102)
    Rolife Sam’s Study DIY Miniature Puzzle - (DG102)
    Sam’s Study is a classic style library diy miniature house kit, full of realistic details like crowded shelves & cabinets, realistic books etc. You’ll definitely feel amazing and sense of fulfillment after finished! Art, life, philosophy, novel… You can find all kinds of books in this Sam’s Study Library DIY miniature house kit. If you love DIY and crafting, then...
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  • Wingspan
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    Wingspan
    Wingspan is a competitive, medium-weight, card-driven, engine-building board game from Stonemaier Games. You are bird enthusiasts, researchers, bird watchers, ornithologists, and collectors, seeking to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves. Each bird extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your habitats (actions). These habitats focus on several key aspects of growth: Gain...
    1–4 players
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  • Sea Salt & Paper
    Sea Salt & Paper
    Assemble your hand of cards, play their effects, and take the initiative to stop the round. Will you dare to give your opponents one last turn to try to maximise your own points? How to play: In Sea Salt & Paper, players are trying to manage their hands and collect sets of cards. On your turn, you may either draw...
    2–4 players
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  • When the Moon Hatched
    When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker is a No.1 bestselling fantasy phenomenon filled with magic, dragons, and romance. “With dragons, doomed lovers and magic, this will be huge,” says Stylist. “An absolutely stunning fantasy world,” praises Raven Kennedy, author of the international bestseller, The Plated Prisoner Series. “A wild ride that thrills as much as it enchants… An...
    By Sarah A. Parker
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    Mortified
    The hilarious and heartfelt debut book from award-winning TV writer and comedian Pax Assadi A joyfully chaotic memoir about what we gain by embracing our shameful moments, from award-winning comedian and TV writer Pax Assadi.What do we lose by hiding our shame, and what do we gain by sharing it? From herding ducks across South Auckland to catastrophic culture shock...
    By Pax Assadi
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  • Fire
    From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, a challenging and visceral narrative that asks the question: can one cataclysmic moment turn someone into a monster? On the face of it, Freya lives a gilded existence, dancing solely to her own tune. She has all the trappings of wealth and privilege, a responsible job as a surgeon specialising in skin grafts, a...
    By John Boyne
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    The Black Monk
    The latest novel from Charlotte Grimshaw, best-selling author of The Mirror Book. A woman haunted by family denial, secrets and a shadowy figure . . . While her brother Cedric spirals into addiction, Alice Lidell finds herself confronted not only by his decline, but by memories of the past. From their chaotic Auckland childhood to her present day life, Alice...
    By Charlotte Grimshaw
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  • Human Acts
    Gwangju, South Korea, 1980. In the wake of a viciously suppressed student uprising, a boy searches for his friend's corpse, a consciousness searches for its abandoned body, and a brutalised country searches for a voice. In a sequence of interconnected chapters, the victims and the bereaved encounter censorship, denial, forgiveness, and the echoing agony of the original trauma. Human Acts...
    By Han Kang
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  • See How They Fall
    See How They Fall by Rachel Paris is a gripping thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. The novel masterfully weaves together suspense, intrigue, and unexpected twists, creating a story that is impossible to put down. In the quiet town of Ashford, secrets begin to unravel when a mysterious stranger arrives. With each turn of the...
    By Rachel Paris
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  • Air
    From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, a contemplative story about one man trying to move forward from the trauma of his youth to become a better father to his son. Being in limbo, 30,000 feet in the air, offers time to reflect and take stock. For Aaron Umber, it's an opportunity to connect with his 14-year-old son as they travel...
    By John Boyne
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  • Wasgij Destiny #25 1000pc Jigsaw Puzzle - Games Night
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    Gathering the family around the table for a wholesome evening of board games, tea and sandwiches and records on the turntable used to be the highlight of the week. The television remained off and there wasn’t a single digital screen in sight. Games night with the family may still be a regular event, but now, new technology means we can...
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    Seed
    An always hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking new novel from the publishers of Marian Keyes and Dolly Alderton. Seed is raw, hilarious and so lifelike I kept forgetting I wasn't reading about real people. I felt every frustration, every high and every low as if these women were my friends. A heartfelt, funny, unforgettable read. I loved it. - Rachael Johns Four...
    By Elisabeth Easther
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