{"id":73052,"date":"2025-09-19T08:18:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/73052\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:18:12","slug":"this-weeks-bestselling-books-september-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/73052\/","title":{"rendered":"This week’s bestselling books \u2013 September 19"},"content":{"rendered":"

FICTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

1\u00a0The Vanishing Place\u00a0by Zo\u00eb Rankin (Hachette, $37.99)<\/p>\n

A free copy of the new thriller which I reviewed this week <\/a>(\u201cbuy it, and allow yourself to be immersed in the dark world that Rankin creates\u201d) was up for grabs in last week\u2019s free book giveaway contest. It\u2019s about bad things happening in the bush. Readers were asked to send in stories about bad things happening in the bush. The best story came from Neil, who wrote, \u201cOne of our gigs is volunteer wardening at a remote back country hut in South Westland. It\u2019s tucked in under the big mountains and a full day\u2019s walk from the road end, so trampers can enjoy being offline for at least 48 hours. This remoteness adds a little bit of potential menace. The overdue M8 earthquake is always lurking in the background.<\/p>\n

\u201cThree years ago one of our colleagues was confronted by an incident that underlined for us how far away help can be. At 3am trampers were awoken by frenzied shouting and hammering on their bunkroom doors. They were ordered out, so the disturbed man who was making the fuss could \u2018clean their rooms.\u2019 His behaviour next morning remained erratic and confronting enough for the hut warden to radio for police assistance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thump-thump of the approaching helicopter spun the man out even further and he disappeared off upstream, electing to swim across a river swollen with snowmelt.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey took two days to catch him, with rocks being thrown at hovering aircraft and multiple risky river crossings as he tried to evade the law\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Good luck to that poor devil, and huzzah to Neil, who wins a free copy of The Vanishing Place\u00a0by Zo\u00eb Rankin.<\/p>\n

2\u00a0The Book of Guilt\u00a0by Catherine Chidgey (Te Herenga Waka University Press, $38)<\/p>\n

3\u00a0Julia Eichardt\u00a0by Lauren Roche (Flying Books Publishing, $36.99)<\/p>\n

The best historical novel of the year, set in the Queenstown goldrush.<\/p>\n

4\u00a0Hooked Up\u00a0by Fiona Sussman (David Bateman, $38.99)<\/p>\n

Excellent crime thriller about a ridiculous premise \u2013 a serial killer is on the loose in Auckland \u2013 and the police investigation that tries to figure it out.<\/p>\n

5\u00a0May You Always Know\u00a0by\u00a0Jessica Urlichs & Bethany Gale\u00a0(Hachette, $24.99)<\/p>\n

Woah.\u00a0Jessica Urlichs is a poet who \u201cstarted her journey on Instagram\u201d and has written three poetry books on early motherhood. You Hung The Moon was an international no #1 bestseller, and she has sold 140,000 copies worldwide. Sample:<\/p>\n

You won\u2019t always get it right
And mistakes aren\u2019t always wrong.
Life is full of learning,\u00a0
Gaining wisdom is lifelong.<\/p>\n

I swear I\u2019m not making this shit up. Here\u2019s what it looks like.<\/p>\n

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6\u00a0Tea and Cake and\u00a0Death (The Bookshop Detectives 2)\u00a0by Gareth and Louise Ward (Penguin Random House, $38)<\/p>\n

7\u00a0Dead Girl Gone\u00a0(The Bookshop Detectives\u00a01)\u00a0by Gareth and Louise Ward (Penguin Random House, $26)<\/p>\n

8\u00a0See How They Fall\u00a0by Rachel Paris (Hachette, $37.99)<\/p>\n

9\u00a01985\u00a0by Dominic Hoey (Penguin Random House, $38.00)<\/p>\n

10\u00a0Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts\u00a0by Josie Shapiro (Allen & Unwin, $27.99)<\/p>\n

NONFICTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

1\u00a0Saving Elli\u00a0by Doug Gold\u00a0(Allen & Unwin, $37.99)<\/p>\n

Blurbology: \u201cIn Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, near Anne Frank\u2019s house, another Jewish girl is hidden. Her name is Elli. Her father has been executed at Mauthausen concentration camp. Her mother is fleeing for her life. Elli is next.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cTo save her, resistance couple Frits and Jo Hakkens must risk everything, concealing her in a secret space above the ceiling. With shrewd cunning and unflinching courage, they outwit the Gestapo, survive relentless searches and face betrayal from those they once trusted \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

2\u00a0Become Unstoppable\u00a0by Gilbert Enoka (Penguin Random House, $40)<\/p>\n

Motivational statements.<\/p>\n

3\u00a0Ara\u00a0by Hinemoa Elder (Penguin Random House, $30)<\/p>\n

Spiritual contemplations.<\/p>\n

4\u00a0Habits of High Performers\u00a0by James Laughlin (HarperCollins, $39.99)<\/p>\n

Motivational statements.<\/p>\n

5\u00a0A Different Kind of Power\u00a0by Jacinda Ardern (Penguin Random House, $59.99)<\/p>\n

Memoir by an ex-Labour MP.<\/p>\n

6\u00a0Just a Mum\u2019s Kitchen\u00a0by Anna Cameron (Allen & Unwin, $45)<\/p>\n

Recipes.<\/p>\n

7\u00a0Anything Could Happen\u00a0by Grant Robertson (Allen & Unwin, $39.99)<\/p>\n

Memoir by an ex-Labour MP.<\/p>\n

8\u00a0Edible Weeds Handbook\u00a0by Andrew Crowe (Penguin Random House, $35)<\/p>\n

Last year I went on a guided foraging tour with investigative reporter Rebecca Macfie in Christchurch. We were shown what plants, weeds, leaves and roots that were good to eat. I have forgotten everything I learned that happy hour so am thrilled to see this newly published guide to edible weeds. Crowe\u2019s list includes borage, miner\u2019s lettuce, watercress, taro and acorns. (How is taro a weed?)<\/p>\n

A free copy is up for grabs in this week\u2019s giveaway contest. To enter, name your favourite edible growing thing that you can easily locate and pick in the wild (fungi is eligible), describe how to cook or prepare it, and what it tastes like if it has a taste, and email it to\u00a0stephen11@xtra.co.nz<\/a>\u00a0with the subject line in screaming caps\u00a0FREE FOOD IS GOOD FOOD<\/strong>\u00a0by midnight on Sunday, September 21.<\/p>\n

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9 The Unlikely Doctor\u00a0by Timoti Te Moke (Allen & Unwin, $37.99)<\/p>\n

Memoir of an ex-gang member.<\/p>\n

10\u00a0Leading Under Pressure\u00a0by\u00a0Ian Foster & Gregor Paul (HarperCollins, $39.99)<\/p>\n

Ghosted memoir of an ex-All Blacks coach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FICTION 1\u00a0The Vanishing Place\u00a0by Zo\u00eb Rankin (Hachette, $37.99) A free copy of the new thriller which I reviewed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266],"tags":[359,18,117,19,17,50059],"class_list":{"0":"post-73052","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-nz-best-sellers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}