Category: Psychological

Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell

Posted on October 11, 2024 by

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READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Suzy Set in the 1580s, this book is about Shakespeare and the events that led to him writing the play Hamlet. It is told not from his point of view, but from that of his wife, who is left in… Continue Reading “Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell”

Category: Art, Domestic Fiction, Family drama, Female Experience, Historical Fiction, Irish, Literary fiction, Philosophical, Psychological, UK author, Women's PrizeTags: ,

Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead – Olga Tokarczuk

Posted on September 11, 2024 by

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READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Jo Janina lives alone in a desolate, snowy part of Poland near the Czech border. She studies astrology, over analyses everything and has a fiercely protective nature for the animals of the region. She becomes concerned when the police don’t… Continue Reading “Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead – Olga Tokarczuk”

Category: Art, Booker Prize, Cultural, Environmental fiction, Existentialist, Faith & Religion, Female Experience, Gothic, Humour, Literary fiction, Mystery/Crime, National Book Awards, Philosophical, Political, Psychological, Satire, Thriller, Translated, Unreliable NarratorTags: ,

All Fours – Miranda July

Posted on August 14, 2024 by

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READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Rachel A 45 year old artist plans a roadie from LA to New York. Twenty minutes into the drive, she exits the freeway, rents a motel room, and undertakes a transformation of the room and herself, leading her on a… Continue Reading “All Fours – Miranda July”

Category: Art, Contemporary fiction, Domestic Fiction, Environmental fiction, Family drama, Female Experience, Feminism, Humour, National Book Awards, Philosophical, Psychological, Queer, Surreal, US fiction, Women's PrizeTags: , ,

Audition – Pip Adam

Posted on April 25, 2024 by

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READ FOR NZ BOOK AWARDS Oversized people crammed in a space ship hurtle through space. Experimental fiction about New Zealand’s unjust justice system, the state of our prisons and how to be a good coloniser. It was one of the worst places Alba had… Continue Reading “Audition – Pip Adam”

Category: Absurdist, Allegory, Dystopian, Environmental fiction, Kiwi lit, Literary fiction, Metafiction, NZ Book Awards, Political, Psychological, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Surreal, Unreliable NarratorTags: , ,

Lioness – Emily Perkins

Posted on April 20, 2024 by

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READ FOR NZ BOOK AWARDS Therese Thorn is a luxury homewares retailer and married to a wealthy man who is accused of corruption. Newly 50, Therese must now take control of her life and reinvent herself, with the help of her kind-of-muse and friend,… Continue Reading “Lioness – Emily Perkins”

Category: Contemporary fiction, Domestic Fiction, Family drama, Female Experience, Feminism, Humour, Kiwi lit, Literary fiction, NZ Book Awards, Philosophical, Political, Psychological, ThrillerTags: , ,

Birnam Wood – Eleanor Catton

Posted on April 15, 2024 by

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READ FOR NZ BOOK AWARDS A guerilla gardening group and an immigrant billionaire are both using beautiful New Zealand land illegally. Unsurprisingly they discover one another and clash but when trouble strikes there is benefit in them colluding. A political and eco thriller about… Continue Reading “Birnam Wood – Eleanor Catton”

Category: Contemporary fiction, Environmental fiction, Female Experience, Kiwi lit, Literary fiction, Mystery/Crime, NZ Book Awards, Philosophical, Political, Psychological, Satire, ThrillerTags: , ,

Kim JiYoung, Born 1982 – Cho Nam-joo

Posted on April 10, 2024 by

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READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Rachel Kim Jiyoung is a new wife and young mother living in Seoul. One day she begins channelling dead women from her past, speaking eerily. The book is a look at important events in her life and the way in… Continue Reading “Kim JiYoung, Born 1982 – Cho Nam-joo”

Category: Banned/controversial books, Contemporary fiction, Cultural, Domestic Fiction, Family drama, Female Experience, Feminism, Literary fiction, National Book Awards, Political, Psychological, Realist, TranslatedTags:

Pet – Catherine Chidgey

Posted on April 5, 2024 by

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READ FOR NZ BOOK AWARDS Pet is a psychological thriller, about 12-year-old Justine and her fascination with her glamorous new teacher Mrs Price. She, and many of her classmates, are determined to be the teacher’s pet, clambering to help or do after-school jobs and… Continue Reading “Pet – Catherine Chidgey”

Category: Coming of Age, Cultural, Faith & Religion, Female Experience, Historical Fiction, Kiwi lit, Literary fiction, Mystery/Crime, NZ Book Awards, Political, Psychological, Thriller, Unreliable NarratorTags: , ,

Backwaters – Emma Ling Sidnam

Posted on March 30, 2024 by

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READ FOR NZ BOOK AWARDS Backwaters addresses the consequences of feeling distant from your ethnic heritage. It starts with fourth generation New Zealander, Laura, being asked “but where are you from from?” New Zealand has been her family’s birth place and home for generations,… Continue Reading “Backwaters – Emma Ling Sidnam”

Category: Colonisation, Coming of Age, Contemporary fiction, Cultural, Family drama, Female Experience, Historical Fiction, Immigrant story, Kiwi lit, Literary fiction, Māori Fiction, NZ Book Awards, Political, Psychological, QueerTags: , ,

Remarkably Bright Creatures – Shelby van Pelt

Posted on March 20, 2024 by

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READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Jodie Remarkably Bright Creatures features an all-knowing giant Pacific octopus as its key narrator. Marcellus knows only captivity and is astute in his observations of those observing him, which helps connect missing family members. Day 1,361 of My Captiv- Oh,… Continue Reading “Remarkably Bright Creatures – Shelby van Pelt”

Category: Contemporary fiction, Domestic Fiction, Family drama, Humour, Literary fiction, Magical Realism, Mystery/Crime, Psychological, US fictionTags:

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