Bestsellers

New Bestsellers

The official New Zealand road code. "The official New Zealand road code is a user-friendly guide to New Zealand's traffic law and safe driving practices. You will be tested on this information in your theory and practical driving tests." The 2007 edition is also available on the Land Transport NZ website. In the name of honour: a memoir, by Mukhtar Mai with Marie-Therese Cuny. "Mukhtar Mai came to prominence in June 2002, when journalists in Pakistan first learned of her gang rape, punishment for an 'honour crime' allegedly committed by her brother, an offence for which there was never any proof. Custom dictated that she would kill herself. But Mai defied custom. In an unprecedented act of courage, she took her rapists to court." (Amazon UK)

The steep approach to Garbadale, by Iain Banks. "Dark family secrets, a long-lost love affair and a multi-million pound gaming business lie at the heart of Iain Banks's fabulous new novel. The Wopuld family built its fortune on a board game called Empire! Young renegade Alban, who has been evading the family clutches for years, is run to ground and persuaded to attend the forthcoming family gathering... at Garbadale, the family's highland castle." (Amazon UK) Count to ten, by Karen Rose. "A young boy and his brother are abandoned by their mother and end up in the foster-care system. Let down by everyone who should have looked out for them, the boys fall prey to the abusers they meet. Is it any wonder one of them loses his mind and develops a taste for matches and revenge?" (Amazon UK)

Also, An absolute scandal by Penny Vincenzi, Innocent in death by J.D. Robb, The Abduction by Mark Gimenez, Affluenza : how to be successful and stay sane by Oliver James, The greatest story ever sold: the decline and fall of truth from 9/11 to Katrina by Frank Rich, Stumbling on happiness by Daniel Gilbert, The malice box by Martin Langfield and 8 Tribes: the hidden classes of New Zealand by Jill Caldwell & Christopher Brown.

What are Bestsellers?

Our Bestsellers Collection is the no-wait way to borrow the latest popular books and magazines.

Simply check out the distinctive red shelves on the ground floor of the Central Library and at selected branch libraries.
The same titles are available for free in the main collection. However, there may be a reserve queue.

Issue charge: $5 (books) $2.50 (magazines)
Issue period: one week
Overdue charge: $1 per day
Cannot be reserved.

Locating Bestsellers on the catalogue

Bestsellers can be found in the catalogue by searching by title or author. If you choose to reserve the title, the reserve will go on the normal lending copies, not the Bestseller copies.

Central and some branches keep a list of their current Bestsellers; check the Bestsellers stand or ask the staff for assistance.

Bestseller magazines