NZ Listener 100 Best Books of 2010
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THE ASK, by Sam Lipsyte (Picador, $39.99).
BEFORE NIGHTFALL, by Michael Cunningham (Fourth Estate, $34.99).
BLACKLANDS, by Belinda Bauer (Bantam, $38.99).
BLOOD MEN, by Paul Cleave (Black Swan Crime, $36.99).
C, by Tom McCarthy (Jonathan Cape, $39.99).
THE COLLECTOR’S DREAM, by Pierre Furlan (VUP, $30).
THE FALLEN, by Ben Sanders (HarperCollins, $32).
FREEDOM, by Jonathan Franzen (Fourth Estate, $38.99).
GIFTED, by Patrick Evans (VUP, $30).
HICKSVILLE, by Dylan Horrocks (VUP, $38).
HUNTING BLIND, by Paddy Richardson (Penguin, $29).
IN A STRANGE ROOM, by Damon Galgut (Atlantic, $36.99).
THE LONG SONG, by Andrea Levy (Headline Review, $38.99).
MATTERHORN, by Karl Marlantes (Corvus – part of Allen and Unwin, $38.99).
NEMESIS, by Philip Roth (Jonathan Cape, $49.99).
THE PREGNANT WIDOW, by Martin Amis (Jonathan Cape, $39.99).
PRIVATE LIFE, by Jane Smiley (Faber and Faber, $39.99).
THE REVERSAL, by Michael Connelly (Allen and Unwin, $39.99).
ROOM, by Emma Donoghue (Picador, $39.99).
SETTLERS’ CREEK, by Carl Nixon (Vintage, $29.99).
SUPER SAD TRUE LOVE STORY, by Gary Shteyngart (Granta, $35).
SURRENDER, by Donna Malane (New Zealand Society of Authors, $20).
THE SURRENDERED, by Chang-Rae Lee (Little, Brown, $38.99).
SYDNEY BRIDGE UPSIDE DOWN, by David Ballantyne (Text, $33).
THEIR FACES WERE SHINING, by Tim Wilson (VUP, $30).
TO THE END OF THE LAND, by David Grossman (Jonathan Cape, $42.99).
TRAITOR, by Stephen Daisley (Text, $40).
TRESPASS, by Rose Tremain (Chatto & Windus, $38.99).
THE COLLECTED STORIES OF LYDIA DAVIS, by Lydia Davis (Hamish Hamilton, $62).
THE EMPTY FAMILY, by Colm Toibin (Picador, $37.99).
FRANK SARGESON’S STORIES, introduced by Janet Wilson (Cape Catley, $47.99).
GOLD BOY, EMERALD GIRL, by Yiyun Li (Fourth Estate, $32.99).
A MAN MELTING, by Craig Cliff (Vintage, $29.99).
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AOTEAROA, by Tina Makereti (Huia, $30).
DEAR SWEET HARRY, by Lynn Jenner (AUP, $24.99).
HUMAN CHAIN, by Seamus Heaney (Faber and Faber, $36.99).
THE MIRROR OF SIMPLE ANNIHILATED SOULS, by Kate Camp (VUP, $25).
99 WAYS INTO NEW ZEALAND POETRY, by Paula Green and Harry Ricketts (Vintage, $44.99).
STEAL AWAY BOY: SELECTED POEMS OF DAVID MITCHELL, edited by Martin Edmond and Nigel Roberts (AUP, $34.99).
THE VICTIMS OF LIGHTNING, by Bill Manhire (VUP, $30).
THE BRIDGE, by David Remnick (Picador, $44.99).
CONVERSATIONS WITH MYSELF, by Nelson Mandela (Macmillan, $69.99).
THE FRY CHRONICLES: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, by Stephen Fry (Penguin/Michael Joseph, $46).
HITCH-22, by Christopher Hitchens (Allen and Unwin, $39.99).
JUST KIDS, by Patti Smith (Bloomsbury, $49.99).
KATHERINE MANSFIELD: THE STORY-TELLER, by Kathleen Jones (Penguin/Viking, $65).
NAVIGATION: A MEMOIR, by Joy Cowley (Penguin, $45).
NO FRETFUL SLEEPER: A LIFE OF BILL PEARSON, by Paul Millar (AUP, $59.99).
THE PAST AWAITS: PEOPLE, FILM, IMAGES, by Vincent Ward (Craig Potton, $69.99).
REBEL WITH A CAUSE, by Ray Avery (Random House, $39.99).
REPORT ON EXPERIENCE, by John Mulgan (VUP, $40).
SOUTH-WEST OF EDEN: A MEMOIR, 1932-1956, by CK Stead (AUP, $45).
STORYTELLER: THE LIFE OF ROALD DAHL, by Donald Sturrock (HarperPress, $39.99).
WAIT FOR ME! MEMOIRS OF THE YOUNGEST MITFORD SISTER, by Deborah Devonshire (John Murray, $45).
AT HOME: A SHORT HISTORY OF PRIVATE LIFE, by Bill Bryson (Doubleday, $65).
HOME: CIVILIAN NEW ZEALANDERS REMEMBER THE SECOND WORLD WAR, by Alison Parr (Penguin, $50).
READING ON THE FARM: VICTORIAN FICTION AND THE COLONIAL WORLD, by Lydia Wevers (VUP, $40).
TRUTH: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE PEOPLE’S PAPER, by Redmer Yska (Craig Potton, $49.99).
CRISIS: ONE CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR & THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL COLLAPSE, by Alan Bollard with Sarah Gaitanos (AUP, $29.99).
FREEFALL: FREE MARKETS AND THE SINKING OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY, by Joseph Stiglitz (Penguin/Allen Lane, $39).
ILL FARES THE LAND: A TREATISE ON OUR PRESENT DISCONTENTS, by Tony Judt (Penguin/Allen Lane, $35).
RACE OF A LIFETIME: HOW OBAMA WON THE WHITE HOUSE, by John Heilemann and Mark Helperin (Penguin/Viking, $38).
WAR, by Sebastian Junger (Fourth Estate, $35).
THE GRAND DESIGN: NEW ANSWERS TO THE ULTIMATE QUESTIONS OF LIFE, by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow (Bantam, $37.99).
THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca Skloot (Picador, $42.99).
NORTH POLE, SOUTH POLE: THE EPIC QUEST TO SOLVE THE GREAT MYSTERY OF EARTH’S MAGNETISM, by Gillian Turner (Awa Press, $40).
REQUIEM FOR A SPECIES: WHY WE RESIST THE TRUTH ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, by Clive Hamilton (Allen and Unwin, $29.99).
SEEING FURTHER: THE STORY OF SCIENCE & THE ROYAL SOCIETY, edited by Bill Bryson (Harper Press, $56).
ANDREW DRUMMOND: OBSERVATION/ACTION/REFLECTION, by Jennifer Hay, et al (Christchurch Art Gallery, $89.99).
ANGELS & ARISTOCRATS: EARLY EUROPEAN ART IN NEW ZEALAND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS, by Mary Kisler (Godwit, $75).
ARTISTS @ WORK: NEW ZEALAND PAINTERS & SCULPTORS IN THE STUDIO, by Richard Wolfe and Stephen Robinson (Penguin, $72).
BRIAN BRAKE: LENS ON THE WORLD, edited by Athol McCredie (Te Papa Press, $99.99).
HAUGA: THE ART OF JOHN PULE, edited by Nicholas Thomas (Otago, $120).
NEW ZEALANDERS IN FOCUS: THE DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY OF PETER JAMES QUINN, introduced by Vaughan Yarwood (Kowhai, $69.99).
STILL LIFE: INSIDE THE ANTARCTIC HUTS OF SCOTT AND SHACKLETON, by Jane Ussher, with essays by Nigel Watson (Murdoch, $89.99).
TIVAIVAI: THE SOCIAL FABRIC OF THE COOK ISLANDS, by Susanne Kuchner and Andrea Eimke (Te Papa Press, $64.99).
WAYNE BARRAR: AN EXPANDING SUBTERRA, by David L Pike, et al (Dunedin Public Art Gallery, $55).
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Music
BLUE SMOKE: THE LOST DAWN OF NEW ZEALAND POPULAR MUSIC 1918-1964, by Chris Bourke (AUP, $59.99).
BOB DYLAN IN AMERICA, by Sean Wilentz (Bodley Head, $59.99).
LIFE, by Keith Richards (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, $59.99).
LIVE: GIGS THAT ROCKED NEW ZEALAND, by Bruce Jarvis and Josh Easby (HarperCollins, $89.99).
SERIOUS FUN: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF MIKE NOCK, by Norman Meehan (VUP, $50).
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Lifestyle
CLASSIC: THE REVIVAL OF CLASSIC BOATING IN NEW ZEALAND, by Ivor Wilkins (Godwit, $95).
THE DRESS CIRCLE: NEW ZEALAND FASHION DESIGN SINCE 1940, by Lucy Hammonds, Douglas Lloyd Jenkins and Claire Regnault (Godwit, $75).
GROUP ARCHITECTS: TOWARDS A NEW ZEALAND ARCHITECTURE, edited by Julia Gatley (AUP, $75).
A HISTORY OF GARDENING IN NEW ZEALAND, by Bee Dawson (Godwit, $49.99).
HOME WORK: LEADING NEW ZEALAND ARCHITECTS’ OWN HOUSES, BY John Walsh and Patrick Reynolds (Godwit, $75).
CHANCERS AND VISIONARIES: A HISTORY OF WINE IN NEW ZEALAND, by Keith Stewart (Random House, $49.99).
FREE RANGE COOK, by Annabel Langbein (Annabel Langbein Media, $59.99).
A GOOD SPREAD, by Rural Women New Zealand (Random House, $34.99).
KITCHEN: RECIPES FROM THE HEART OF THE HOME, by Nigella Lawson (Chatto & Windus, $75).
MARTIN BOSLEY, by Martin Bosley (Godwit, $90).
THE NEW ZEALAND VEGETABLE COOKBOOK, by Lauraine Jacobs, Ginny Grant and Kate Paterson (Random House, $49.99).
PINOT NOIR: THE NEW ZEALAND STORY, by John Saker, with photography by Aaron McLean (Random House, $49.99).
TENDER: VOLUME II – A COOK’S GUIDE TO THE FRUIT GARDEN, by Nigel Slater (Fourth Estate, $59.99).
THE AWA BOOK OF NEW ZEALAND SPORTS WRITING, edited by Harry Ricketts (Awa Press, $40).
MANA, by Nick Danziger and James Kerr (Hodder Moa, $99.99).
THE POSSESSED: ADVENTURES WITH RUSSIAN BOOKS AND THE PEOPLE WHO READ THEM, by Elif Batuman (Text, $31).
REALITY HUNGER: A MANIFESTO, by David Shields (Hamish Hamilton, $35).
THE TASMAN: BIOGRAPHY OF AN OCEAN, by Neville Peat (Penguin, $40).
The Children's Book List will be published in The Listener that goes out to subscribers on Friday, November 26.
Publishers have all been notified of their own books in the list.
Books are listed in no particular order.
AMAZING POP-UP BIG MACHINES, by Robert Crowther (Walker)
ANNEXED, by Sharon Dogar (Andersen Press)
BLOODLINES, by TK Roxborogh (Penguin)
THE CITY, by Armin Greder (Allen and Unwin)
DEWEY: THE TRUE STORY OF A WORLD-FAMOUS CAT, by Vicki Myron with Brett Witter (Simon and Schuster)
A DOG LIKE THAT, by Janene Cooper (Duck Creek Press)
DREAMS OF WARRIORS, by Susan Brocker (HarperCollins)
EBONY HILL, by Anna Mackenzie (Longacre)
AN ELEPHANT IN THE GARDEN, by Michael Morpurgo (HarperCollins)
ENCHANTED GLASS, by Diana Wynne Jones (HarperCollins)
THE FIERCE LITTLE WOMAN AND THE WICKED PIRATE, by Joy Cowley and Sarah Davis (Gecko)
FIERCE SEPTEMBER, by Fleur Beale (Random House)
THE GHOSTS OF IRON BOTTOM SOUND, by Sandy Nelson (HarperCollins)
GIRL SAVES BOY, by Steph Bowe (Text)
HALO, by Zizou Corder (Puffin)
THE HARVEST, by Jack Lasenby (HarperCollins)
HARVEY, THE BOY WHO COULDN'T FART, by Matthew Johnstone (Walker)
HEADS, by Matthew Van Fleet (Simon and Schuster)
HETTY'S DAY OUT, by Pamela Allen (Viking)
HILL & HOLE, by Kyle Mewburn and Vasanti Unka (Puffin)
HOUSE, by Aleksandra Machowiak and Daniel Mizielinski (Gecko)
INTO THE WILDERNESS, by Mandy Hager (Random House)
IT'S A BOOK, by Lane Smith (Walker)
KAKAPO RESCUE, by Sy Montgomery with photographs by Nic Bishop (Houghton Mifflin)
THE LEGEND OF THE GOLDEN SNAIL, by Graeme Base (Viking)
LET ME WHISPER YOU MY STORY, by Moya Simmons (HarperCollins)
MICE, by Gordon Reece (Allen and Unwin)
MIRROR, by Jeannie Baker (Walker)
MONSTERS OF MEN, by Patrick Ness (Walker)
THE MOON AND THE FARMER MCPHEE, by Margaret Mahy and David Elliot (Random House)
MORE, by Peter Schossow (Gecko)
MOVIE MAKER, by Tim Grabham (Walker)
MY FAVOURITE FAIRY TALES, by Tony Ross (Andersen Press)
THE NAUGHTY KID'S BOOK OF NATURE, by Des Hunt and Scott Tulloch (HarperCollins)
THE NEW ZEALAND KIDS' GARDEN, by Diana Noonan and Keith Olsen (Penguin)
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, by Clement Moore, illustrated by Robert Ingpen (Walker)
NOW, by Morris Gleitzman (Viking)
ODD AND THE FROST GIANTS, by Neil Gaiman (Bloomsbury)
ON THE BLUE COMET, by Rosemary Wells (Candlewick Press)
SHADOW OF THE BOYD, by Diana Menefy (HarperCollins)
THE SHEEP ON THE FOURTH FLOOR, by Leoni Thorpe (HarperCollins)
THE SKY IS EVERYWHERE, by Jandy Nelson (Walker)
SMILING JACK, by Ken Catran (HarperCollins)
THE TALL MAN AND THE TWELVE BABIES, by Tom Niland Champion and Kilmeny Niland (Allen and Unwin)
THE TANIWHA'S TEAR, by David Hair (HarperCollins)
TRASH, by Andy Mulligan (Random House)
THE UNINVITED, by Tim Wynne-Jones (Walker)
VIOLET MACKEREL'S BRILLIANT PLOT, by Anna Bramford (Walker)
ZERO HOUR, by Leon Davidson (Text)
ZOMBIES VS UNICORNS (Allen and Unwin)
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