The top 10 sales lists recorded every week at Unity Books\u2019 stores in High St, Auckland, and Willis St, Wellington.<\/p>\n
AUCKLAND<\/p>\n
1 Counting Down with Theodore Brown<\/a>\u00a0by Daniel Devenney (Allen & Unwin, $25)<\/p>\n Bookseller-turned-author Daniel Devenney\u2019s debut novel is a delight. \u201cI feel like Counting Down with Theodore Brown chose me,\u201d said Devenney in a conversation with books editor, Claire Mabey<\/a>. \u201cI was struck with the idea after I applied for my New Zealand residency. I began questioning if I could live so far away from my friends and family in Ireland. I\u2019d fallen in love with Aotearoa but couldn\u2019t stop wondering how many days I\u2019d have left with my loved ones on the other side of the world, if I chose to stay. I asked myself if I\u2019d make the same decision if I knew those precise numbers. Theodore Brown was born from there. I simply couldn\u2019t stop thinking about how such an ability would shape a person.<\/p>\n The story explores our basic need for connection. Theo\u2019s journey highlights the joy close relationships bring to our lives, and the dangers we face when we isolate ourselves. It\u2019s also a love story and many other things. Ultimately, I wanted to write about life, and the triumphs and tragedies we all experience.\u201d<\/p>\n 2 Claude Megson: Architect<\/a> by Reid Giles & Jackie Meiring (Massey University Press, $75)<\/p>\n Another stunning publication from Massey University Press: \u201cFrom the 1960s until his early death in 1994, New Zealand architect Claude Megson forged a significant body of experimental houses \u2013 typically abstract and fantastical, they could seem almost unfathomable in their complexity.\u201d<\/p>\n 3 Flesh<\/a>\u00a0by David Szalay (Jonathan Cape, $28)\u00a0<\/p>\n Last year\u2019s Booker Prize winner.<\/p>\n 4 Hooked<\/a>\u00a0by Asako Yuzuki (Fourth Estate, $37)<\/p>\n \u201cHooked is the follow-up for English-language readers, though it was written earlier, in 2015, and like the previous novel is translated with crackling verve by Polly Barton. While a more introspective work, its high-wire plot and uneven trajectory make for a relentlessly dizzying experience. Fans of Butter might even view it as a trial run.\u201d Read the rest of Catherine Taylor\u2019s review on The Guardian.<\/a><\/p>\n 5 Son of a Nobody<\/a> by Yan Martel (Text Publishing, $38)<\/p>\n From the author of Life of Pi.<\/p>\n 6 Nonesuch<\/a>\u00a0by Francis Spufford (Faber & Faber, $38)\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cChasing Fascists Through the London Blitz, With Time Travel and Angels\u201d goes the NY Times (paywalled) headline<\/a>, which is probably all you need to know.<\/p>\n 7 Between Two Fires<\/a> by Christopher Buehlman (Hachette, $38)<\/p>\n Gothic knights.<\/p>\n 8 Project Hail Mary<\/a> by Andy Weir (Penguin, $28)<\/p>\n The book that launched a thousand knitted fox cardis.<\/p>\n 9 Dungeon Crawler Carl<\/a>\u00a0by Matt Dinniman (Michael Joseph, $38)<\/p>\n Cult hit vibes.<\/p>\n 10 The Clean: In the Dream Life You Need a Rubber Soul<\/a> by Richard Langston (Auckland University Press, $50)<\/p>\n The story of the pioneering Dunedin band in their own words.<\/p>\n WELLINGTON<\/p>\n 1 Night, Ma<\/a> by Elizabeth Knox (Te Herenga Waka University Press, $40)<\/p>\n An early contender for book of the year. A moving, humane, profoundly interesting memoir about family, care and tragedy. Make sure to return to The Spinoff this weekend to read more about it.<\/p>\n 2 Project Hail Mary<\/a> by Andy Weir (Penguin, $28)<\/p>\n 3 The Clean: In the Dream Life You Need a Rubber Soul<\/a> by Richard Langston (Auckland University Press, $50)<\/p>\n 4 The<\/a> Correspondent<\/a> by Virginia Evans (Michael Joseph, $38)<\/p>\n A comfort read of the best kind.<\/p>\n 5 Be Brave: The Life of a Pacific Correspondent<\/a> by Barbara Dreaver (Awa Press, $45)<\/p>\n A testament to the grit, intelligence and daring required to be one of the very best.<\/p>\n 6 Mother Mary Comes to Me<\/a> by Arundhati Roy (Hamish Hamilton, $40)<\/p>\n The other fantastic memoir on this here chart.<\/p>\n 7 Finding Cynthia Winters<\/a> by Sue Watson (Lasavia Publishing, $35)<\/p>\n And another. Here\u2019s the publisher\u2019s blurb: \u201cSue Watson grew up in a perfect, loving nuclear family, a white-picket fence, quarter acre paradise. But all was not quite as it seemed. Sue and her sister were adopted, and one day when Sue as a young woman was studying in Wellington, she received a letter from her birth mother Elizabeth Winters. This began a life-long journey to discover the shadowy truth of her past.\u201d<\/p>\n 8 Aotearoa in Bloom<\/a> by Rachel Clare and Tryphena Carcknell (Harper Collins, $60)<\/p>\n A beautifully illustrated book on the history of Aotearoa\u2019s flowers.<\/p>\n 9 Hooked<\/a>\u00a0by Asako Yuzuki (Fourth Estate, $37)<\/p>\n