Reading ListsNgā Rārangi Pānui

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

Kimihia te pukapuka tino pai hei pānuitanga māu ā whai ake. Tirohia ngā rārangi pānui rauhī a Kete.

10 top junior, middle grade and YA books by NZ authors

Linda Jane Keegan shares her favourite junior fiction, middle grade fiction books by New Zealand authors from the past 10 years.

7 July 2024

'The Aotearoa New Zealand children’s book that inspired me'

Finalists in the 2024 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults discuss the local children’s books that inspire them.

30 June 2024

25 new, New Zealand classics published since 2000

When thinking of classic fiction from Aotearoa, works by Janet Frame and Keri Hulme, published last century might come to mind. But what about New Zealand fiction published in the ...

30 June 2024

10+ New Zealand romance books to heat up your winter

Romance author and Sir Julius Vogel Award-winner Marie Cardno shares books from her favourite New Zealand romance writers.

27 June 2024

The Aotearoa Junior Fiction and Young Adult Bestseller List — June 2024

The June list has landed! Here are ten incredible (and bestselling) books for tamariki and rangatahi. Take a look (19 May to 15 June 2024).

24 June 2024

Starry cluster of new pukapuka give a bigger picture on Matariki

Maatakiwi Wakefield (Kāi Tahu whānui, Te Ati Awa, Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Maniapoto) and Ngapiu Tainui Maclure (Kāi Tahu whānui, Te Rarawa), Māori Library Se...

13 June 2024

Reading list: Enticing NZ picture books from May and June 2024

’When it was suggested I write some reviews of New Zealand picture books coming out over May/June I wasn’t expecting to receive over twenty books in the post, writes Melinda Szyman...

10 June 2024

New picture books for tamariki this winter

Take a look at the brilliant words and pictures in this selection of new picture books by authors and illustrators from Aotearoa.

3 June 2024

The latest junior, middle and young adult reading for winter

Take a look at this selection of some of the best new books by authors from Aotearoa for tamariki and rangatahi this winter.

3 June 2024

New non-fiction to intrigue and entertain over the cold months to come

History, nature and the environment, sports, economics, entomology, and more!

3 June 2024

Brand new fiction to curl up with on a cold winter's day

Take a look at the very latest fiction by authors from Aotearoa. Dive into everything from contemporary fiction to thrilling crime, fantasy to historical fiction, to poetry.

3 June 2024

10 thrilling crime novels by New Zealand authors to add to your e-reader or bookshelf

If crime novels and thrillers are your favourite flavour of fiction, why not add some of these whodunnits by New Zealand authors to your reading list? Greg Fleming shares some of h...

2 June 2024