24 NZ Books

tessa3768 Host

2 participants (11 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

24 books from NZ authors, ideally based in Aotearoa with a focus on Māori representation and the LGBTQ+ community

Challenge Books

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The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach

The Dawnhounds

The Endsong #1

Sascha Stronach

259 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Wind City by Rem Wigmore
The Wind City
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Rem Wigmore

The Wind City

Rem Wigmore

321 pages • missing pub info (editions)

medium-paced
Out Here: An Anthology of Takatāpui and LGBTQIA+ Writers from Aotearoa by Emma Barnes, Chris Tse

Out Here: An Anthology of Takatāpui and LGBTQIA+ Writers from Aotearoa

Emma Barnes, Chris Tse

368 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Life in Lashes: The Story of a Drag Superstar by Kita Mean

Life in Lashes: The Story of a Drag Superstar

Kita Mean

272 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Project Nought by Chelsey Furedi

Project Nought

Chelsey Furedi

336 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Straight Up by Ruby Tui

Straight Up

Ruby Tui

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir sports emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
How to Get Fired by Evana Belich

How to Get Fired

Evana Belich

240 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

fiction short stories
One of Those Mothers by Megan Nicol Reed

One of Those Mothers

Megan Nicol Reed

296 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary dark emotional medium-paced
Hine Toa by Ngahuia Te Awekotuku

Hine Toa

Ngahuia Te Awekotuku

336 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography memoir
How to Loiter in a Turf War: An Autobiographical Novel by Jessica Hansell (Coco Solid)

How to Loiter in a Turf War: An Autobiographical Novel

Jessica Hansell (Coco Solid)

176 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary funny hopeful reflective fast-paced