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Lizzy makes sure the Book Hero bookstore is an integral part of our local Hobsonville community, welcoming readers of all ages with a genuine kindness and love of books. The Fantastic Mr Fox ignited her passion for books as a child, and now she’s read thousands of books and loves matching the right book to the right reader - both in our bookstore and online. When she’s not recommending her next favourite read, she’s enjoying life’s small joys and adding to a home library so large her husband Edd is constructing a massive bookshelf to try and keep up.

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  • We Can Do Hard Things
    We Can Do Hard Things is a powerful and inspiring guide co-authored by renowned voices Abby Wambach, Glennon Doyle, and Amanda Doyle. This compelling book offers insights and encouragement to help readers tackle life's toughest challenges. By combining personal stories with practical advice, the authors empower you to embrace resilience and courage. Their collective wisdom sheds light on the strength...
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  • Shark Heart
    Every page bursts with heart Anthony Doerr, author of All The Light We Cannot See Compelling, moving, lyrical - Claire North, author of Ithaca and The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August For Lewis and Wren, their first year of marriage is also their last. A few weeks after their wedding, Lewis receives a rare diagnosis. He's turning into a...
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  • Some Bright Nowhere
    ‘Readers, you will shed tears and talk long into the night about this book’ ANDREW SEAN GREER 'A heartbreaking novel' MEG WOLITZER 'A triumph' RUFI THORPE 'Unforgettable' J. COURTNEY SULLIVAN 'Exquisite' TANIA JAMES An extraordinarily beautiful and life-affirming new novel from one of America's greatest chroniclers of the human heart, Ann Packer. Eliot and his wife Claire have been happily...
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  • The Vanishing Place
    Jane Harper's Force of Nature meets the wild and atmospheric setting of The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah in this twisty, stay-up-all-night thriller about family, love, and loyalty, and the fight for survival in the most beautiful but dangerous New Zealand wilderness. On the remote West Coast of the South Island, vast forests stretch out between mountain ranges and rugged...
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  • The Meaning Of Trees
    The Meaning of Trees by Robert Vennell is an enchanting exploration into the rich botanical heritage of New Zealand. This beautifully crafted work delves into the intricate relationships between the native plants of Aotearoa New Zealand and the people who have relied on them for centuries. Vennell's prose is a harmonious blend of history, science, and cultural insight, designed to...
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  • Bewilderment
    The breathtaking new novel from the million-copy bestselling author of The Overstory. THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021 AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB SELECTION The breathtaking new novel from the million-copy bestselling author of The Overstory. 'Heart-rending' Oprah Winfrey Theo Byrne is a promising young scientist who has found a way to search...
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    Gravity Let Me Go
    Trent Dalton, Australia's #1 bestselling author, returns with the astonishing Gravity Let Me Go - a story you won't ever forget. There are one thousand stories up and down your street. There are nine thousand stories in your neighbourhood. This is the one about true crime journo Noah Cork, and the most important story he almost missed in pursuit of...
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  • A Family Matter
    A completely unputdownable debut novel that tells the story of one family torn apart by secrets, prejudice, and their own best intentions, for readers of Trespasses and Sorrow and Bliss. No one need know about her mother's deviation. A mother following her heart. A father with the law on his side. A child caught in the middle. Powerful ...smart and...
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  • Babel
    Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. Oxford, 1836. The city of dreaming spires. It is the centre of all knowledge and progress in the world. And at its centre is Babel, the Royal Institute of Translation. The tower from which all the power of the Empire flows. Orphaned in Canton and brought to England...
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  • Fight Oligarchy
    An urgent manifesto to defeat authoritarianism, by one of the world's great progressive voices. Today, Trump's USA is a government of the billionaires, by the billionaires, for the billionaires. As inequalities grow starker and authoritarianism takes hold, people are deprived of both the basic necessities of life and the right to hold to account the ever-smaller number of corporations in...
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  • Lola in the Mirror
    Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from international bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe and All Our Shimmering Skies, Trent Dalton. WINNER 2024 ABIA BOOK LITERARY FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR 2023 DYMOCKS BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2024 INDIE BOOK AWARDS, 2024 BOOKPEOPLE FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR and 2024...
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  • The Future of Truth
    A timely and compelling meditation on the nature of truth and lies, fact and fiction, by the legendary filmmaker and global cultural icon. What if a lie is told to reveal some underlying truth? Are feelings that seem inappropriate, such as hysteria following the death of a celebrity, any less true than the grief we feel over the death of...
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  • Abundance
    The real threat to liberal democracy isn't autocrats—it's the lack of effective action by progressives. In Abundance, veteran journalists Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson reveal the structural, economic, and political forces that have led to America, and much of the liberal world, of today: where scarcity and preservation drive the agenda, and we have forgotten how to deliver on big...
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  • Doppelganger
    A wild ride into the uncanny mirror world of our polarised culture, from the international bestselling author of The Shock Doctrine. What if you woke up one morning and found you'd acquired a double? Someone almost like you, and yet not you at all? When Naomi Klein discovered that a woman who shared her first name, but had radically different,...
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  • Will There Ever Be Another You
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  • The Story of a Heart
    WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024 BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SPECTATOR, NEW STATESMAN, NEW SCIENTIST, AND PROSPECT 'What a book . . . The perfect book' Chris Evans on Virgin Radio 'Profoundly moving and at the same time wildly inspiring' Rob Delaney 'Rachel Clarke's finest book yet'...
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  • No One Is Talking About This
    ‘Patricia Lockwood is the voice of a generation’ Namita Gokhale ‘A masterpiece’ Guardian ‘I really admire and love this book’ Sally Rooney ‘An intellectual and emotional rollercoaster’ Daily Mail ‘I can’t remember the last time I laughed so much reading a book’ David Sedaris ‘A rare wonder . . . I was left in bits’ Douglas Stuart WINNER OF THE...
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  • The Daily Artist's Way
    'The queen of change' - New York Times 'Morning pages are the most cost-effective therapy I've found' - Tim Ferriss 'Without The Artist's Way, there would have been no Eat, Pray, Love' - Elizabeth Gilbert. Start each day with intention and find your purpose with a year of creative living. Offering wisdom we can turn to any day of the...
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  • Slow Productivity
    From the New York Times bestselling author of Deep Work, Slow Productivity is a groundbreaking philosophy for creating great work at a sustainable pace. Hustle culture. Burnout. Quiet quitting. Today we're either sacrificing ourselves on the altar of success or we're rejecting the idea of ambition entirely. But it doesn't have to be all or nothing. There is a way...
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  • One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
    'A howl from the heart of our age' — Richard Flanagan 'A unique and urgently needed book.' — Naomi Klein 'A powerful, uncomfortable but thought-provoking read.' — Dua Lipa 'Clear, elegant and devastatingly truthful... Read this shatteringly honest book.' — Max Porter From award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad, an urgent and necessary reckoning with what it means to...
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  • The World Needs the Wonder You See
    New York Times bestselling author Joanna Gaines welcomes you on an imaginative adventure through nature’s small surprises and invites you and your children to be curious, slow down, and take in everyday wonders. With vibrant art by Julianna Swaney that is full of dreamy details, this whimsical picture book will inspire your family to pause busy schedules and explore together.Inspired by...
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  • Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat
    In this hilarious full-colour graphic novel, Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat by Li Chen, readers are introduced to Cat Town's best kitten detective on a new and exciting adventure. When Detective Beans realises his favourite hat has gone missing, he quickly jumps into action to crack the case. Armed with his wit, determination, and a love...
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  • Winner 2026 Pulitzer
    Things in Nature Merely Grow
    A remarkable, defiant work of radical acceptance from acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist Yiyun Li as she considers the loss of her son James. 'There is no good way to say this,' Yiyun Li writes at the beginning of this book. 'There is no good way to state these facts, which must be acknowledged. My husband and I had two children...
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  • Scattered Minds
    Scattered Minds by Gabor Maté is a profound exploration into the nature of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Challenging conventional beliefs, this groundbreaking work offers a revolutionary perspective on ADD, scrutinising it beyond the simplified notion of a genetically inherited illness. Through a synthesis of scientific research and clinical experience, Maté delves deeply into how early life experiences shape the biological...
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  • Shuggie Bain
    Shuggie Bain is a powerful debut novel by Douglas Stuart that captures the stark realities of a family struggling to survive in 1980s Glasgow. With unflinching honesty and profound compassion, Stuart paints a vivid portrait of addiction, resilience, and a son's enduring hope. Set against the backdrop of a crumbling city, the novel follows Agnes Bain and her youngest son,...
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  • The Overstory
    The Overstory THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER THE MILLION-COPY GLOBAL BESTSELLER AND WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION Radical and exciting Jessie Burton Breathtaking Barbara Kingsolver It changed how I thought about the Earth and our place in it Barack Obama Really, just one of the best novels, period Ann Patchett A wondrous, exhilarating novel about nine strangers brought together by...
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  • Tender is the Flesh
    It all happened so quickly. First, animals became infected with the virus and their meat became poisonous. Then governments initiated the Transition. Now, special meat - human meat - is legal. Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans - only no one calls them that. He works with numbers, consignments, processing. One day, he's given a gift to seal...
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  • So Thrilled For You
    THEY'RE THE BEST OF FRIENDS. OR SO THEY SAY... "Brilliant: so funny, so sad, so scary" Jacqueline Wilson "It will resonate for all women, and it's so much fun" Marian Keyes An intense heatwave. A high-stakes baby shower. Will it all end in tears? Nicki, Lauren, Charlotte, and Steffi have been friends since university. Now in their thirties, life is...
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  • The Vegetarian
    The Vegetarian by Han Kang is an intoxicating and visceral novel that delves into the psyche of a woman seeking transformation and liberation from societal norms. The story centres around Yeong-hye, an unremarkable yet dutiful wife living in Seoul, South Korea. Her life is thrown into turmoil when she decides to stop eating meat, a decision that baffles and enrages...
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  • Axeman's Carnival (B-Format)
    Everywhere, the birds: sparrows and skylarks and thrushes, starlings and bellbirds, fantails and pipits – but above them all and louder, the magpies. We are here and this is our tree and we’re staying and it is ours and you need to leave and now. Tama is just a helpless chick when he is rescued by Marnie, and this is...
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  • Convenience Store Woman
    Meet Keiko. Keiko is 36 years old. She's never had a boyfriend, and she's been working in the same supermarket for eighteen years. Keiko's family wishes she'd get a proper job. Her friends wonder why she won't get married. But Keiko knows what makes her happy, and she's not going to let anyone come between her and her convenience store......
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  • Love Stories
    WINNER, INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2022 BOOK OF THE YEAR Trent Dalton, Australia's best-loved writer, goes out into the world and asks a simple, direct question: 'Can you please tell me a love story?' In Love Stories, Trent Dalton embarks on an unparalleled journey of the human heart. Inspired by a profound personal moment of love and generosity, Dalton spends two...
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  • The Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary
    FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'Life-affirming' - THE TELEGRAPH 'Wonderful' - INDEPENDENT 'She made it her mission to learn how to be default happy rather than default disgruntled' - RADIO 4 - WOMAN'S HOUR 'Take a leaf out of Gray's book and be kinder to yourself by appreciating life just as it is' - IRISH TIMES 'This book came...
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  • When the Cranes Fly South
    The Swedish phenomenal NUMBER 1 Bestseller, winner of Swedish Book of the Year, with rights sold in 34 territories. A moving debut about an ageing man's fight to keep the power over his own life for fans of A Man Called Ove and Remarkably Bright Creatures. WINNER OF THE SWEDISH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024 WINNER of both ADLIBRIS...
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  • There are Rivers in the Sky
    The latest masterpiece from Elif Shafak, There are Rivers in the Sky, promises readers an unforgettable journey through time and space, transcending the ordinary boundaries of storytelling. From the acclaimed Booker-shortlisted author of The Island of Missing Trees and 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World, this novel intertwines history, mythology, and human fragility in a way only Shafak...
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