Non-Fiction Staff Picks 2025

Recommended reads from staff at Puke Ariki, Community Libraries and the Museum

Updated December 17, 2025
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Kōtui New Plymouth Libraries
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Good Nature: Improve Your Health and Happiness with Nature One Simple Step at a Time
Willis, Kathy.
Paper Book
'This lucid and entertaining book presents compelling scientific evidence that proves what many of us have perhaps long suspected: nature is really good for us. I found it revelatory' Richard Deverell, Director of Kew A revolutionary, science-based look...
I'm glad my mom died
McCurdy, Jennette
Paper Book
* #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * MORE THAN 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD! A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor--including eating...
Less : stop buying so much rubbish : how having fewer, better things can make us happier
Grant, Patrick
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTELLER 'Utterly brilliant. We all need to read this book' CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN 'Patrick's book is fascinating and sobering and makes a compelling argument for going back to basics' JOE LYCETT We used to care a lot about our clothes. We didn't...
Politics on the edge : a memoir from within
Stewart, Rory
Paper Book
Named a Best Book of the Year by Foreign Affairs, Financial Times, and Kirkus Reviews The #1 Sunday Times bestseller, published in the UK as Politics on the Edge. "One of the best books on politics our era will see . . . A book of astonishing...
Raising hare : the heart-warming true story of an unlikely friendship
Dalton, Chloe
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITINGWINNER OF BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION, HATCHARDS AND BIOGRAPHERS' CLUB FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZEA BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE HAY FESTIVAL, SUNDAY TIMES...
Saltwater cure : true stories of the transformative power of the ocean
Gripper, Ali
The serviceberry : abundance and reciprocity in the natural world
Kimmerer, Robin Wall
Paper Book
'This book will nourish your soul, heart, and mind' Anthony Doerr As Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy....
The trading game : a confession
Stevenson, Gary (Economist)

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