It's the best of the best, the cream of the crop - we've narrowed our Top 100 down to the Top 10 best reads of 2020!We've chosen our Top 10 books that you cannot go without this summer. Our Top 10 features one book from each category of the much-anticipated Top 100, so there's something for every kind of reader!
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Such a fun age by Keily Reid: Alix is a woke white woman, a mother and a successful internet influencer. She is shocked when her young black babysitter, Emira, is accused of kidnapping while out with Alix's toddler at a high-end supermarket.
Husna’s story by Farid Ahmed: Husna and her husband Farid Ahmed were praying at El Noor Mosque in Christchurch when a gunman burst in and shot and killed 51 people and injured many others in a terrorist attack. This book is about a life of selflessness, bravery and love.
Mophead tu by Selina Tusitala Marsh: Poet laureate Selina Tusitala Marsh is invited to perform for the Queen in London. When someone at work calls her a 'sellout', Selina starts doubting herself. Can she stand with her people who struggled against the Queen, and also serve the Queen?
Not that I’d kiss a girl by Lil O'Brien: A heartbreaking yet hugely funny story of a young Kiwi girl coming to grips with her sexuality and trying to reconcile who she is against the stark disapproval from her parents. From subtext and sadness to main text, motorbikes and happy endings.
Real life by Brandon Taylor: Almost everything about Wallace, an introverted African-American transplant from Alabama, is at odds with the lakeside Midwestern university town where he is working toward a biochem degree.
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Nam-ju Cho: Ms Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 is the life story of one South Korean woman born at the end of the twentieth century. This worldwide sensation raises questions about endemic misogyny and institutional oppression which are relevant to all.
Auē by Beck Manawatu: Taukiri was born into sorrow.
Auē can be heard in the sound of the sea and in his music. It spills out of the violence that killed his father and sent his mother into hiding, and the shame he feels about abandoning little brother to a violent home.
Aroha by Dr Hinemoa Elder: Through 52 whakataukī - traditional Māori life lessons - Māori psychiatrist Dr Hinemoa Elder shares the power of Aroha and explores how it could help us all every day.
Slime by David Walliams: The Isle of Mulch is home to a lot of horrible grown-ups. The school, the park, the toy shop and the ice-cream van are all run by awful adults who like making children miserable. Something needs to be done but who could be brave enough?
Burn by Patrick Ness: On a cold evening in 1957, Sarah waits with her father at the local petrol station for the dragon he's hired to help on the farm. Sarah is curious about this dragon, an animal who supposedly doesn't have a soul but is intent on keeping her safe.
Auckland Libraries Top 100 2020
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