A round-up of 20 best-sellers this Christmas – featuring the world’s first ever recorded use of emoji reviews.

1 Shit Towns of New Zealand (Allen & Unwin, $24.99)

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2 The Beautiful Poetry of Donald Trump by Rob Sears (Canongate, $28)

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

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4 Milkman by Anna Burns (Faber & Faber, $33)

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5 This Mortal Boy by Fiona Kidman (Vintage, $38)

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6 The Ice Shelf by Anne Kennedy (Victoria University Press, $28)

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7 Fresh Start, Feel Good! by Nadia Lim (Nude Food, $49.99)

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8 Simple by Yotam Ottolenghi (Ebury Press, $65)

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9 The Friday Poem edited by Steve Braunias (Luncheon Sausage Books, $25)

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10 Poūkahangatus by Tayi Tibble (Victoria University Press, $20)

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11 Flame by Leonard Cohen (Canongate, $45)

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12 Barry Crump: Collected Stories (Potton & Burton, $49.99)

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13 Flourish: New Zealand Women and Their Extraordinary Garden by Bard Rogers and Juliet Nicholas (Godwit, $55)

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14 Steven Adams: My Life, My Fight (Penguin, $40)

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15 Topp Country: A Culinary Journey Through New Zealand with the Topp Twins  (Diva Productions, $59.99)

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16 The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith and Katz Cowley (Scholastic, $18.99)

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17 Past Tense by Lee Child (Bantam, $38)

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18 Becoming by Michelle Obama (Viking, $55)

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19 Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking (John Murray, $34.99)

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20 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson (Macmillan, $34.99)

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