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.

Foraging for brilliant books for the long weekend

Kiran Dass has a shelf of excellent books for the long (or any) weekend! Read on for book-inspiratation.

30 May 2024

Eight recent fiction and short story books by Māori authors

Eight fiction titles by Māori writers from the 2024 Ngā Pukapuka Māori | Māori Books catalogue.

30 March 2024

Celebrating LGBTQIA+ writers from Aotearoa

Simie Simpson crafts a reading list of recent books by Aotearoa’s LGBTQIA writers to mark Auckland Pride and her final year as Chair of samesame but different the LGBTQIA+ literary...

11 February 2024

5 NZ audiobooks for your next road trip

Audiobooks are great for road trips! Listening to a story is an excellent way to break up your journey one chapter at a time, ideal for drivers, and passengers who get motion sickn...

5 February 2024

Best of the year: Aotearoa’s YA class of 2023

In 2023 a cohort of excellent, world-class authors from Aotearoa penned novels for young adults. Here is Kete’s pick of the year based on our reviewers’ insights.

17 December 2023

Intriguing plant books published in 2023

Leafy green inspiration must have been floating, spore-like in the air, in 2023. From art books to more whimsical first-person narrative natural history to the illustrative work of...

15 December 2023

Celebrating South Asian Authors from Aotearoa

Saraid de Silva curates a selection of recent books by Aotearoa’s South Asian writers.

31 October 2023

Reviews: NZ picture books to let young imaginations take flight

Books about errant road cones, moving true-life stories and rugby-playing dogs star in the latest New Zealand children's picture books.

30 October 2023

Non fiction picture books for the young and young at heart promise bountiful adventures

Non-fiction pictures books to let the imaginations of young readers take flight.

30 September 2023

Review: Five picture books to make young ones laugh

Five picture books to make young ones laugh: Nanas With No Manners, Dreams of a Moa, There Was a Farmer Who Swallowed A Fly, Tulip and Sprout, You Don't Know How Lucky You Are/ Me...

31 May 2023

3 picture books for tree-loving young readers

Arbor Day is a day of observance where we’re encouraged to plant trees. Here’s three picture books about trees to share with young people.

3 June 2021