Most Popular in 2023 - Non-Fiction for adults
Library staff have compiled reports to discover 2023's popular items at Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi. The books are listed in order of how many times they were borrowed.
- Spare Prince Harry
- Did I ever tell you this?: a memoir Sam Neill [New Zealand]
- The light we carry: overcoming in uncertain times Michelle Obama
- Second chances : facing my demons and finding a better me Hayley Holt [New Zealand]
- Grand: becoming my mother's daughter Noelle McCarthy [New Zealand]
- Whatever next? : lessons from an unexpected life Anne Glenconner
- The better brain : how nutrition will help you overcome anxiety, depression, ADHD and stress Julia J. Rucklidge [New Zealand]
- Just one thing : how simple changes can transform your life Michael Mosley
- This much is true Miriam Margolyes
- Straight up Ruby Tui [New Zealand]
- The bookseller at the end of the world Ruth Shaw [New Zealand]
- The boy from Gorge River : from New Zealand's remotest family to the world beyond Chris Long [New Zealand]
- Supergood Chelsea Winter [New Zealand]
- After the Tampa : from Afghanistan to New Zealand Abbas Nazari [New Zealand]
- Windswept & interesting : my autobiography Billy Connolly
- Freezing order : a true story of money laundering, murder, and surviving Vladimir Putin's wrath Bill Browder
- Learning to be French (and failing) : a New Zealander, a tiny village and an ancient stone house Anna Bibby [New Zealand]
- Sons of a good keen man : life in the shadow of Barry Crump The Crump brothers [New Zealand]
- Atomic habits : an easy and proven way to build good habits and break bad ones : tiny changes, remarkable results James Clear
- I'm glad my mom died Jennette McCurdy
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