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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi

December 2024

 

Haere mai, welcome to our non-fiction newsletter. Discover interesting library events, and books and resources focused on the factual.

 

New For You

Best of 2024

Find out what books and movies staff and customers enjoyed in 2024.

Most Popular in 2024

Find out what was popular this year - fiction, non-fiction, books and comics for tamariki and rangatahi, and more!

Best of the Year
 

Donna's Best Movies and TV of 2025

A selection of movies and telly watched this year.

Check holiday hours
 

New For You

Staff List

New For You - Aotearoa New Zealand - November 2024

Have a taste of home-grown books! Here are some of our best New Zealand new arrivals for this month. Fiction, Biography, Poetry, and more.

Staff List

New For You - History & Current Events - December 2024

Our selectors look at new titles that explore history and global issues including politics, media, climate change, racism and more.

More New for you lists
 

eAudiobooks

Donna's Best Movies and TV of 2025

A selection of movies and telly watched this year.

Donna's Best of the Best 2025

The absolute faves - there are the books I raved about the most. A mixture of fiction and non-fiction.

Explore eAudiobooks
 

In the library catalogue

New in non-fiction

"All the Way to the River" by Gilbert, Elizabeth, 1969-
"Kim" by Logan, Kim Rangiaonui, 1952-
"Overland to the Island" by Bulloch, Hannah
"Dead and Alive" by Smith, Zadie, 1975-
"Mr Ward’s Map" by Cox, Elizabeth (Historian)
"When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows" by Pinker, Steven, 1954-
"Kim" by Logan, Kim Rangiaonui, 1952-

Non-fiction audiobooks

"Fly, Wild Swans : My Mother, Myself and China" by Chang, Jung, 1952-
"Standstill" by Perera, Sashi
"Full Circle" by Clarkson, Jenny-May, 1974-
"Mumming" by Vanstone, Victoria
"Selfish" by Pitt, Turia, 1987-
"Milena and Margarete" by Strauss, Gwen
"Standstill" by Perera, Sashi

Non-fiction eBooks

"We Did OK, Kid" by Hopkins, Anthony, 1937-
"Up, Up, Ever Up!" by Yasuda, Anita
"Awake" by Hatmaker, Jen
"Dinosaurs" by Jensen, Rob, 1977-
"Facing Feelings" by Telgemeier, Raina
"Dogs With Jobs" by Hamilton, Max
"Up, Up, Ever Up!" by Yasuda, Anita
 
Find more Non-fiction
 

The Baillie Gifford Prize

The 2024 winner of the most prestigious non-fiction prize in the United Kingdom is How to end a story by Australian author Helen Garner.

Baillie Gifford Prize
 

Popular science reading guide

Popular science takes science and makes it engaging and interesting to read. We recommend some great popular science titles and authors.

Non-fiction recommendations
 

More from the Library

This December and January, tamariki and rangatahi can enter the Summertime Reading Challenge. It's easy. Pick up a postcard, complete at least three challenges, and drop the card into the library and be in to win cool prizes!

 
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