The Spinoff Review of Books

The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending March 5
Stuck at home for a week, Auckland decided to read about the Trojan War, and a pandemic.
Stuck at home for a week, Auckland decided to read about the Trojan War, and a pandemic.
A little light reading on the Treaty, philosophy and the history of humankind.
A week dominated by homegrown non-fiction.
Goodbye hygge, hello ikigai, "the happiness of always being busy".
Strange old chart this week!
A Q&A with the New Zealand author of the moment.
What you were reading the week before Waitangi.
A school holidays' worth of smashing great books.
We shop in search of wisdom, it seems.
Our thoughts on this year's literary top 40.
This week's top books tend toward the existential.
The return of the Unity top 10s.
Finally, we come to the final weekly chart of 2020.
The only published and available best-selling indie book chart in New Zealand.
Knock knock, who's there – it's the best-loved kids' books in the country this week.
Inside: a peek at what you'll be reading on Boxing Day, probably.
Obama's memoir enters the chart with a landslide.
What you read when you weren't doomscrolling this week.
Delighted to see Wellington's number one this week – it's been on the charts since March, just about, and is finally sitting pretty.
Sure, you could go and play outside. Or you could snuggle up with a stack of books.
Weird old list this week, featuring Sally Rooney (once), K-pop (once), and moles (twice).
The best reads of the week are all in here, waiting.
Who knew Chelsea Winter had such a vicious streak?
Come for the very bad dog pun, stay for the very good news about Mophead.