New Releases to add to your TBR this week (22nd September)
By Lizzy
Honestly this week my bank account balance is in so much trouble because the new releases that arrived in our warehouse are all SO GOOD. Best of luck to you.
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Every crime/thriller Novel Lizzy has read this year (so far!)
By Lizzy
Lizzy is sharing her crime and thriller reads for 2026 so far and giving you the run down so you can find a couple new ones to add to your...
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New Releases to add to your TBR this week (16th September)
By Lizzy
We had some exciting new releases arrive with some huge names in fiction, a highly anticipated health guide, and possibly the biggest children's book of 2026.
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Book Hero reviews for Taipei Story
By Lizzy
Taipei Story is the newest novel by RF Kuang, and another example of her exploring genres. The Book Hero team shares their reviews of this language exploring story.
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Celebrating Roald Dahl and the team's favourite stories
By Lizzy
Roald Dahl day takes place on September 13th and the Book Hero team is reflecting on his books and stories that have stuck with them since childhood.
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Meet Serena: The Month I Finally Started Reading Again
By Amelia
After months of being stuck in a reading slump, Serena set herself one simple goal for August: just read. From finally starting the Throne of Glass series to rediscovering the...
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Everyone is reading Dungeon Crawler Carl - And you should too!
By Lizzy
Dungeon Crawler Carl is the latest series that everyone has been reading and talking about. Need more info? Lizzy is here to explain all (with some help).
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New Releases to add to your TBR this week (9th September)
By Lizzy
Lizzy is rounding up the newest arrivals across fiction, non-fiction, and children's books! Check out all the titles you need to add to your TBR!
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Your Introduction to Paranormal Romance
By Lizzy
Paranormal Romance is a sub-genre of the romance world that I love in all it's varied forms - Lizzy is sharing what it is and where to start if you're...
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Review of Ordinary People Like Us by Kelly Ana Morey
By Shirl
While reading Ordinary People Like Us by Kelly Ana Morey (Ngāti Kurī, Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri) I could feel the mauri from each character coming off the pages, the author created a...
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Lizzy's August Reading
By Lizzy
Book Hero team member Lizzy is rounding up her reads for August! Check out what she's been reading last month and let us know what you've been reading too.
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NZ’s Biggest Range of Penguin Classics
By Shirl
We’ve been noticing our customers really loving our Penguin Classics range so Dylan thought why don’t we just offer our customers the biggest and best range in NZ? Then HUZZAH!...
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Shirl's Road Trip Reads and Board Game Picks
By Shirl
I recently spent a couple of weeks road-tripping with whānau visiting Aotearoa from overseas showing them around and doing tourist activities that I don't normally get to do. I forget...
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Romance for Spring - Groundbreaking!
By Lizzy
Lizzy is sharing her top picks for Spring reads in the romance and romantasy genre - with plenty of cozy cottagecore vibes, fresh flowers, and new starts.
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Books about Bookshops (across almost every genre)
By Lizzy
Books about books, bookshops, and booksellers - it's my favourite thing. Here's a small selection across most genres for those who loving reading about bookshops as well as shopping at...
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Ben Sanders/Ellis Blake visits Book Hero
By Lizzy
We were so happy to have Ben Sanders pop in to Book Hero HQ this week to chat with Lizzy about his newest book, No Prisoners, written under penname Ellis...
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New Releases to add to your TBR (11th August)
By Lizzy
There's a new release for everyone this week - here's your TBR roundup! Lizzy shares her picks from the newest in fiction, non-fiction, cookbooks and children's books!
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Have you heard of ... SolarPunk?
By Lizzy
I love a niche genre and discovering a range of books that have things in common that I love. Solarpunk is a new one for me, and maybe for you...
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New Releases to add to your TBR (5th August)
By Lizzy
Check out this week's new release round up with loads of local new non-fiction, some amazing new fantasy reads, and books for the tamariki too!
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Fiction for Foodies
By Lizzy
Lizzy is sharing some of her favourite fiction reads for people who love food as well as escaping into delicious stories. From fantasy, to thrillers, to some romance!
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Lizzy has a TBR issue thanks to the Booker Prize Longlist
By Lizzy
Lizzy's TBR was already out of control and now there are 11 more books she needs to read thanks to the announcement of the Booker Prize Longlist.
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The Longlist for the 2026 Booker Prize has been announced
By Dylan
The Longlist for the 2026 Booker Prize has been announced consisting of 13 novels also known as "the booker's dozen". The selection was determined by a judging panel chaired by author...
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New Releases to add to your TBR this week (29th July)
By Lizzy
Lizzy is here with everything you need to know about the new releases this week - featuring local non-fiction, spectacular picture books, and a whole range of fiction!
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Don't Let These Books Pass You By
By Lizzy
Lizzy rounds up 10 books that have been published this year that she feels are deserving of more hype!
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Fiction that Feels like Travelling (Part One)
By Lizzy
The best novels are those ones that transport us somewhere different. Here are three countries and the books that took me there while I was reading them.
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New Releases to add to your TBR this week (21st July)
By Lizzy
Lizzy is here with the weekly round up of all the brand new releases you need on your radar! This week there's a lot of amazing new fiction to get...
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Books that take you past the eyes of a camera
By Eve
Eve has collated a list of books below that take you through stories that go beyond the screen - whether this being through the life of an influencer to a...
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We Prescribe You: Some Japanese Healing Fiction
By Lizzy
Lizzy is breaking down what healing fiction is (especially Japanese Healing Fiction!) , how to spot it, and why you need to buy yourself some to try.
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We Did It! Book Hero Has Officially Moved 🎉
We did it! 🎉 After a huge weekend moving more than 100,000 books, Book Hero is officially settled into our brand-new HQ in Hobsonville. Take a look behind the scenes...
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Book Hero is moving! Here’s what you need to know.
Book Hero is moving! This weekend, we’re relocating 120,000 books, puzzles, board games and toys to our brand-new warehouse and bookstore at 112B Hobsonville Road. Find out what the move...
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Book Hero has won the 2026 Spark People’s Choice Award
Book Hero has won the Spark People’s Choice Award at the 2026 Retail NZ Awards! Book Hero is not even two years old, so hearing our name called as the...
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Two Years. Three Warehouses. One Wild Ride.
I can’t believe I’m already sitting down to write this blog post. Book Hero isn’t even two years old and we’ve already moved once before, which means we’re now onto...
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The Next Chapter in our Story
Today we’re incredibly excited to share the next chapter in our story. Later this month, we’ll be launching Toy Hero - a brand-new home for toys, imagination and play.
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Little Heroes, and an Easter to Remember
Even though we’re an online business, our physical bookstore feels like the heart of everything we do. There’s something special about stepping away from the screen and being around people...
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Another big year ahead
If we thought 2025 was a busy year, 2026 is shaping up to be even bigger. Before we get started, I’d like to be cheeky and acknowledge a small personal...
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Reflecting on 2025
Looking back on 2025, it has been without doubt the most challenging year of my life — and also the most rewarding. For a long time, I’ve held two competing...
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Fresh off the back of our Christmas Bookshop Day (only our second ever in-person event) it’s fair to say it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas here at Book...
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One year on - and we’re just getting started
Exactly one year ago today, the Book Hero website went live, and a hopeful but fragile idea transformed into a fully functional business with real people, real shelves, real books...
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What Does a Modern Bookshop Look Like? Celebrating NZ Bookshop Day
Tomorrow is New Zealand Bookshop Day, an event championed by the Booksellers Association of New Zealand to encourage book lovers to celebrate their local bookshop. Having not quite achieved the...
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Welcome to our New Home
We’ve done it — 40,000 books moved across a single weekend to our new home just around the corner at 8/4 Rawiri Place, Hobsonville. If you know Hobsonville, we are...
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