Penguin Picks for Christmas 2024

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Novels and stories to relax with

In Too Deep
Lee Child, Andrew Child
We Solve Murders
Richard Osman
The Fallen Woman
Fiona McIntosh
The Blue Hour
Paula Hawkins
The House of Cross
James Patterson
New Stories
Owen Marshall

For foodies
That Green Olive
Olivia Moore
Ottolenghi COMFORT
Yotam Ottolenghi, Helen Goh
Simply Jamie
Jamie Oliver
Bake with Brooki
Brooke Bellamy
Rick Stein’s Food Stories
Rick Stein
Dinner, Done Better
My Food Bag

Great gifts for the hard-to-buy-for
Unreel
Diana Wichtel
All Out
Neil Wagner
What I Ate in One Year
Stanley Tucci
The Alternative Commentary Collective Almanack
Mike Lane and Matt Heath with Dylan Cleaver
Wild Walks Aotearoa
Hannah-Rose Watt
Foraging New Zealand
Peter Langlands

For big thinkers

Nexus
Yuval Noah Harari
We Who Wrestle With God
Jordan B. Peterson
The Siege
Ben Macintyre
Atomic Habits
James Clear
Following the Moon
James Norbury

Great books for kids
The Gavin Bishop Treasury
Gavin Bishop
The Witch of Maketu and the Bleating Lambs
Anika Moa, Rebecca ter Borg
The Fantabulous Animal Orchestra
Donovan Bixley
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess
Rick Riordan
Dear Moko
Dr Hinemoa Elder
Hot Mess: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (19)
Jeff Kinney

For stocking stuffers
Hairy Maclary's Magnet Fun
Lynley Dodd
The Pōhutukawa Tree
Linda Adamson, Hope McConnell
Bluey: Christmas Holiday Treasury
Bluey
Peter Rabbit: Christmas Tales
Beatrix Potter
Bluey: Let's Do Christmas!
Bluey
Happy Christmas, Spot!
Eric Hill, Hill, Eric

More great picks
Fungi of Aotearoa
Liv Sisson
Clive Cussler’s Ghost Soldier
Mike Maden
Nine Girls
Stacy Gregg
The Mermaid Chronicles
Megan Dunn
Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat
Li Chen
Blood Ties
Jo Nesbo
Sonny Boy
Al Pacino
My Favourite Mistake
Marian Keyes
The Bookshop Detectives 1: Dead Girl Gone
Gareth and Louise Ward
Think Twice
Harlan Coben
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle
The Sweet Blue Distance
Sara Donati
Games Untold
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus
Chugga Tugga Tugboat
Sally Sutton, Sarah Wilkins
The Art of Winning
Dan Carter
The Long and Winding Road
Lesley Pearse
Daisy Jones and The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Māori Made Easy Pocket Guide
Scotty Morrison
The Bee Sting
Paul Murray
Such Charming Liars
Karen M. McManus
Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout
Wilson Sisters Adventures 3: Allegiance, the Wild Kaimanawa
Kelly Wilson, Nina Sutherland
Pacific Arts Aotearoa
Lana Lopesi
Juice
Tim Winton
Precipice
Robert Harris
A Thousand Broken Pieces
Tillie Cole
The Summer I Turned Pretty
Jenny Han
The Proud Pūteketeke
Peter Millett, Fifi Colston
Girl, Goddess, Queen
Bea Fitzgerald

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