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The latest Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list, described by Steve Braunias.

Dmitry Muratov's claim came as the head of Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin alleged Vladimir Putin is being told "monstrous" lies by his military chiefs over Russia's "colossal problems" in its resistance to Ukraine’s counteroffensive

A rare Maurice Sendak picture story, originally a pamphlet for a 1970 museum fundraiser, will be coming out in book form next year

Inspired by a recurring dream, Jackie Watson's Apokeri Bay is the first part of a trilogy set in Lefkada - a quaint seaside village full of secrets

The American writer Cormac McCarthy, who died on 13 June aged 89, was a novelist “utterly wedded to the apocalyptic sublime”, said Rob Doyle in The Guardian. Over a career that produced 12 novels and two plays – and spawned some excellent film adaptations, notably the Coen brothers’ “No Country…

In his second novel, set in a fictional Caribbean country, the British Ghanian author pays homage to the staying power of migrant communities

Knowing how to highlight text and make notes on your Kindle edges the digital device even closer to a physical book

Woolf’s epic and unmatchable record of her life, times and writing process

Wall is the third short novel Jen Craig has published over the past 13 years.