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Phil Vine reviews Family Instructions Upon Release by Elizabeth Kirkby-McLeod, published by The Cuba Press. Audio

Cindy Kiro reviews American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins, published by Hachette NZ. Audio

Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews her favourite reads of last year: Will and Testament by Vigdis Hjorth (Bloomsbury, $23), No Friend But the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani (Pan Macmillan, $25)… Audio

Jenna Todd of Time Out Bookstore with her favourite books of 2019: Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellman (Text Publishing) and Childhood by Tove Ditlevesen (Penguin). Lucy Ellmann's Ducks, Newburyport is… Audio

Elisabeth Easther with her top picks from last year: Pathway of the Birds by Andrew Crowe (David Bateman Ltd), The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (Hachette), and a round-up of Ann Patchett books. Audio

Sonja de Friez with her best magical realism reads:The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (Penguin,$38), and Margaret Mahy's The Tricksters and The Changeover (both published by Hachette). Audio

Jessie Bray Sharpin reviews her top picks of 2019: The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold and Gun Love by Jennifer Clement (both published by Penguin). Audio

Louise Ward of Wardini Books with her top picks from 2019: Running With Sherman by Christopher McDougall (Allen & Unwin), The History Speech by Mark Sweet (Huia), and The Good Thieves by Katherine… Audio

Louise O'Brien with her favourite books from 2019: The Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox (Victoria University Press), To Calais, in Ordinary Time by James Meek (Allen and Unwin) and Big Sky by Kate… Audio

Ralph McAllister with his picks for the best books of 2019: Lady in Waiting by Anne Glenconner (Hachette NZ), Find Me by André Aciman (Faber), The Offing by Benjamin Myers (Bloomsbury). Audio

Bronwyn Wylie-Gibb of University Book Shop, Dunedin, with her favourite books from last year: The Man in the Red Coat by Julian Barnes (Jonathan Cape), The Library of Ice: Readings from a Cold Climate… Audio

Tilly Lloyd of Unity Books with her top picks of the year: Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm by Isabella Tree (Picador); This is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality by… Audio

David Hill reviews his favourite books of the year: Night Fishing by Vicki Hastrich (Allen and Unwin), Nothing To See Here by Kevin Wilson (Text Publishing), Wildlife of Aotearoa by Gavin Bishop… Audio

Anna Daniell with her favourite young adult books from last year: Invisibly Breathing by Eileen Merriman (Penguin), On the Come Up by Angie Thomas (Walker Books), My Brother's Name is Jessica by John… Audio

Kiran Dass of Time Out Bookstore shares her picks for the best books of 2019: Make it Scream, Make It Burn by Leslie Jamison (Allen & Unwin) and The Years by Annie Ernaux (Fitzcarraldo). Audio

Laura Caygill reviews The Weekend by Charlotte Wood, published by Allen & Unwin. A touching tale of friendship, ageing and vulnerability from the author of The Natural Way of Things. Audio

Sally Wenley reviews The Hero by Lee Child, published by HarperCollins. Audio

Ian Telfer reviews Waterline by Chris Else, published by Quentin Wilson Publishing. Audio

Gina Rogers reviews Red Can Origami by Madelaine Dickie, published by Fremantle Press. Audio

Harry Ricketts, from quarterly review periodical New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa, reviews Listening In by Lynley Edmeades . This poetry collection is published by Otago University Press.

Clarissa Dunn reviews Sing New Zealand: The story of choral music in Aotearoa by Guy E. Jansen, published by Massey University Press. Audio

Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books reviews Life: Selected Writings by Tim Flannery, Text Publishing. Tim Flannery is one of the world's great thinkers, environmental scientists and writers. Sir David… Audio

Jane Westaway reviews The Cockroach by Ian McEwan, published by Penguin Books. Audio

Phil Vine reviews Damascus by Christos Tsiolkas. Published by Allen and Unwin. Audio