8 Dec 2020

Book critic: Catherine Robertson

From Afternoons, 1:50 pm on 8 December 2020

Our regular book reviewer, author Catherine Robertson, recently opened her own bookstore.

She shares what's been selling well, and why books make great Christmas presents!

Catherine Robertson and Jane Arthur at their shop, Good Books

Catherine Robertson and Jane Arthur at their shop, Good Books Photo: Supplied/ Good Books

Top selling books for adults:

1.    Victory Park by Rachel Kerr 
2.    Aroha: Māori Wisdom for a Contented Life Lived in Harmony with our Planet by Dr Hinemoaa Elder

For younger readers:
3.    Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea by TK Roxborogh
4.    The Pōrangi Boy by Shilo Kino 

Team favourites:

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

Summerwater by Sarah Moss

Hench by Natalie Zing Walschots 

The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty

I Wish, I Wish by Dirk van den Berg 

Wife After Wife by Olivia Hayfield