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Find your next great read. Browse Kete's curated reading lists.

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Six top 2025 picture books to buy and gift

Six top 2025 picture books to buy and gift

Melinda Syzmanik reviews six picture books from 2025 that would make marvellous Christmas gifts. Read on to see what she thinks.

20 November 2025

Booksellers NZ 2025 Summer Reading: Home & garden

Booksellers NZ 2025 Summer Reading: Home & garden

We deep dive into the home & garden titles of Booksellers NZ's 2025 Summer Reading Guide!

18 November 2025

Booksellers NZ 2025 Summer Reading: Fiction

Booksellers NZ 2025 Summer Reading: Fiction

We deep dive into the fiction books featured in Booksellers NZ's 2025 Summer Reading Guide!

18 November 2025

NZ Chart-toppers of 2025: Non-fiction

NZ Chart-toppers of 2025: Non-fiction

Check out the non-fiction books from Aotearoa that hit the top spot on 2025's bestseller lists.

18 November 2025

Booksellers NZ 2025 Summer Reading: Non-fiction

Booksellers NZ 2025 Summer Reading: Non-fiction

We deep dive into the non-fiction titles of Booksellers NZ's 2025 Summer Reading Guide!

17 November 2025

Booksellers NZ 2025 Summer Reading: Biography & memoir

Booksellers NZ 2025 Summer Reading: Biography & memoir

We deep dive into the biography & memoir titles of Booksellers NZ's 2025 Summer Reading Guide!

17 November 2025

NZ Chart-toppers of 2025: Fiction

NZ Chart-toppers of 2025: Fiction

Check out the fiction books from Aotearoa that hit the top spot on 2025's bestseller lists.

17 November 2025

NZ Chart-toppers of 2025: Children's and YA

NZ Chart-toppers of 2025: Children's and YA

Check out the children's and YA books from Aotearoa that hit the top spot on 2025's bestseller lists.

17 November 2025

Booksellers NZ 2025 Summer Reading: Award-winners

Booksellers NZ 2025 Summer Reading: Award-winners

We deep dive into the award-winners listed in Booksellers NZ's 2025 Summer Reading Guide!

17 November 2025

The Aotearoa Junior Fiction and Young Adult Bestseller List — October 2025

The Aotearoa Junior Fiction and Young Adult Bestseller List — October 2025

Here they are! Ten bestselling Aotearoa NZ books for tamariki and rangatahi (5 October to 1 November 2025).

5 November 2025

Aotearoa Blooms: Homegrown and the Interlopers

Aotearoa Blooms: Homegrown and the Interlopers

Alex Eagles-Tully tackles flowers in Aotearoa from two different angles, considering Philip Garnock-Jones' HE PUĀWAI: A NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW ZEALAND FLOWERS, and CASE STUDIES: A ...

5 November 2025

Celebrating South Asian Voices with guest editor, Vasanti Unka

Celebrating South Asian Voices with guest editor, Vasanti Unka

'I’m delighted with the mayhem of this list. It’s like an eclectic mixtape, spanning genres, styles, and characters that break free from stereotypes and showcase the vibrancy of So...

19 October 2025

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