Kōrero paki Fiction
Pages in this section:
- Main Fiction |
- Classics |
- NZ fiction |
- Who writes like |
- Mysteries |
- Sci-fi |
- Comics |
- Short stories
Welcome
Here you'll find information about our Fiction collections - have a browse! If you have feedback, questions or a suggestion to buy, we'd love to hear from you - email us.
New Fiction on our Blog
If you're seeing this message for an extended period, javascript is not enabled in your browser. Head over to the libraries' News Blog to view our latest fiction recent picks.
More New Books
Wanting to browse new book lists? You'll find these in several places on our website, depending on what you're after...
Recent Picks
Every month our staff at Wellington City Libraries publish over thirty lists of newly available books on our Library News Blog, including lists of:
- Contemporary/General Fiction
- Science Fiction
- Mysteries
- Graphic Novels
- plus a different fiction genre chosen on a rotating basis each month, e.g. Short Stories, Translated Fiction.
Librarian's Choice
Recommended by Wellington City Libraries' staff members, these novels are displayed with gold Librarian's choice stickers. A very popular display and a guaranteed good read.
Reader's Choice
We are always interested in the opinions of our readers, and so provide opinion forms with new debut novels, and new fiction as they are received. We also have these forms available on the Reader's Choice display, along with forms for favourite novels.The response to Reader's Choice had been amazing, and each novel that receives good readers reviews is displayed with a light blue Reader's Choice sticker. All completed opinion forms, with either good or bad comments are displayed in a folder, on the display stand. This display has proved extremely popular, as a guaranteed good read can be found there.
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Booklists
We also compile complete area monthly lists of new material in our libraries' collection. This includes: general fiction, science fiction and fantasy, murder mysteries, large print and graphic novels.
Online Databases
The library subscribes to a number of online "premium" Books & Reading databases you can access for free with your library card. Not a member? Join online.
Here are just a few:
- Books & Authors
Allows you to peruse lists of expert picks and librarian's favorites, browse within genres, browse similar authors, award winners and more. - Literature Resource Center
Read literary criticism, reviews and author bios
Book Review Sites
- Goodreads
Goodreads is a website and community for readers - record what you're reading and follow other members to see what they're reading. It's a great source of book recommendations with more than 9,200,000 members who have added more than 330,000,000 books to their shelves - LibraryThing
LibraryThing is an online service to help people catalog their books easily. Because everyone catalogs together, LibraryThing also connects people with the same books, comes up with suggestions for what to read next, and so forth - Book Riot
A blog covering book news, reviews, advice, fun lists, and more - Electric Literature
Interviews, reviews and more - Guardian Books
An excellent site for books published in Britain, fiction and non-fiction. Links to Authors, top 10s, and London Review of Books essays - Literary Hub
If you're looking for an easy way to get all of your daily literary news, look no further than Literary Hub - Radio New Zealand — Books & Authors
Book reviews and related news.
Book Awards
- Costa Book Awards
- The Crime Writer's Association - The Daggers
- International Dublin Literary Award
- The James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
- LAMBDA Literary Awards
- Man Booker Prize
- New Zealand Book Awards
- New Zealand Literature
- Nobel Prize for Literature
- Women's Prize for Fiction
- Pulitzer Prize
Bestseller Lists
- New York Times Best Seller
Hardcover and paperback Fiction and Non-fiction best seller lists. Links to reviews and first chapters. - Publishers Weekly Best Sellers
Features author interviews, best seller list, reviews and book news.
Contact us
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