The top 10 sales lists recorded every week at Unity Books\u2019 stores in High St, Auckland, and Willis St, Wellington.<\/p>\n
1 Dungeon Crawler Carl<\/a> by Matt Dinniman (Michael Joseph, $38)<\/p>\n \u201cWhat an absolutely absurd, bizarre, and outlandishly fun read this turned out to be \u2013 could it be that progression fantasy is the genre I never knew I needed!\u201d Ira Perkins, Good Reads.<\/p>\n 2 Hungus<\/a> by Amber Esau (Te Herenga Waka University Press, $30)\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cHungus is a work of world-building that draws on myth, pop culture, p\u016brakau and science fiction \u2013 and the arrival of a dazzling new voice in New Zealand poetry.\u201d And it has one of the best covers of the year so far.<\/p>\n 3 Project Hail Mary<\/a> by Andy Weir (Penguin, $28)<\/p>\n If you\u2019d like to regain some faith in both humanity and aliens then highly recommend this book and also the film.<\/p>\n 4 The<\/a> Black Monk<\/a>\u00a0by Charlotte Grimshaw (Penguin, $38)<\/p>\n Complex, beguiling new novel from one of the best.<\/p>\n 5 Flesh<\/a> by David Szalay (Vintage, $28)<\/p>\n Last year\u2019s Booker Prize winner. (See also: this year\u2019s International Booker Prize shortlist, out now<\/a>).<\/p>\n 6 Hamnet<\/a>\u00a0by Maggie O\u2019Farrell (Tinder Press, $28)<\/p>\n The movie was pretty good but the book is miles better.<\/p>\n 7 The<\/a> Correspondent<\/a> by Virginia Evans (Michael Joseph, $38)<\/p>\n Delightful and satisfying novel in letters.<\/p>\n 8 Heart the Lover<\/a>\u00a0by Lily King (Canongate, $37)<\/p>\n \u201cLily King owes me financial compensation for ripping my heart out and stomping on it.\u201d Maxwell, Good Reads<\/p>\n 9 Hooked<\/a>\u00a0by Asako Yuzuki (Fourth Estate, $37)<\/p>\n From the brilliant author of Butter.<\/p>\n 10 Rasputin and the Downfall of the Romanovs<\/a> by Antony Beevor (W&N, $60)<\/p>\n \u201cJust as Rasputin cast a spell over the Romanovs, his legend has bewitched historians. More than a century later, we still fail to comprehend fully the collapse of the greatest autocracy on Earth. Was there any truth to the wild tales that brought down the empire? Or was his true legacy an unsettling lesson on the potency of myth?\u201d<\/p>\n WELLINGTON<\/p>\n 1 Be Brave: The Life of a Pacific<\/a> by Barbara Dreaver (Awa Press, $45)<\/p>\n Dreaver\u2019s compelling, action-packed memoir is a hit in Wellington! Preview an excerpt here<\/a>, on The Spinoff.<\/p>\n 2 Childish Palate<\/a> by Shariff Burke (Tender Press, $32)<\/p>\n From one of the most interesting indie publishers in Aotearoa comes this superb collection of short stories: \u201cChildish Palate follows a cast of outsiders in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, searching for hope in a country caught in an identity crisis.<\/p>\n A philosophy student makes a striking proposal to the imam of the Kilbirnie mosque; flatmates ignite a flame over a bowl of chicken ginseng soup; an office worker finds a sense of purpose in the brightly lit aisles of Thorndon New World.<\/p>\n Across eleven stories, Shariff Burke wrestles with possibility, ignorance and the ways we compromise in order to survive. Childish Palate savours the richness and warmth of community, rejecting easy answers about whose tastes should define our world.\u201d<\/p>\n 3 Project Hail Mary<\/a> by Andy Weir (Penguin, $28)<\/p>\n 4 Mother Mary Comes to Me<\/a> by Arundhati Roy (Hamish Hamilton, $40)<\/p>\n Turbulent and unputdownable.<\/p>\n 5 The<\/a> Correspondent<\/a> by Virginia Evans (Michael Joseph, $38)<\/p>\n 6 The Only Way is Up: On Foot to Rome<\/a> by Jennifer Andrewes (Parallel Lives, $35)<\/p>\n A gently compelling walking memoir that will take you on a pilgrimage from Canterbury to Rome.<\/p>\n 7 Flesh<\/a> by David Szalay (Vintage, $28)<\/p>\n 8 The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a Radically Changed and Changing World<\/a> by Rebecca Solnit (Granta, $50)<\/p>\n \u201cA convincing vision of a brighter future.\u201d Read the rest of the Kirkus Review, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n