Books, books and more books. No captions because our esteemed Braunias, Steve Braunias is away this week, but still, here are the best-selling books from the Unity stores on Willis Street, Wellington and High Street, Auckland.

WELLINGTON UNITY

1 Heart of Jesus Valentino: A Mother’s Story by Emma Gilkison (Awa Press, $40)

2 Transcription by Kate Atkinson (Doubleday, $38)

3 Simple by Yotam Ottolenghi (Ebury, $60)

4 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari (Jonathan Cape, $38)

5 In a House of Lies by Ian Rankin (Orion, $35)

6 Normal People by Sally Rooney (Faber, $33)

7 Munro: A Cat, a Mouse, a Crossword Clue by Sharon Murdoch (Potton Burton, $45)

8 Wonky Donkey Book & CD by Craig Smith (Scholastic, $19)

9 Lethal White by Robert Galbraith (Sphere, $38)

10 But I Changed all That: First NZ Women by Jane Tolerton (Booklovers Press, $18)

AUCKLAND UNITY

1 Simple by Yottam Ottolenghi (Ebury Press, $65)

2 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson (MacMillan, $35)

3 Wonkey Donkey by Craig Smith and Kate Cowley (Scholastic, $19)

4 Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami (Harvill Secker, $45)

5 The Top Secret Undercover Notes of Buttons McGinty by Rhys Darby (Scholastic, $18)

6 Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward (Simon & Schuster, $50)

7 Normal People by Sally Rooney (Faber & Faber $33)

8 Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (Penguin Random House, $26)

9 Aotearoa : The NZ Story by Gavin Bishop (Penguin, $40)

10 Dragon Post by Emma Yarlett (Walker Books, $28)

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