If You Like…

If you like books in a certain style or by a particular author, you may wish to explore some of these. For even more reading ideas try our Novelist or What do I read next? databases.

• Fiction
• Biographies & Non-Fiction
• Detective & Mystery Fiction
• Fantasy & Science Fiction
• Kids
• Large Print
• New Zealand Fiction
• Contemporary Women Writers
• Teens

Fiction

Genre Animal stories Chick Lit: Bridget Jones, Marian Keyes Christian fiction Cult fiction Detective & Mystery Fiction Stories of the East (novels and memoirs with an Asian focus) Espionage Fantasy & Science Fiction Glamour & Glitz Historical fiction Horror stories Humorous novels Marriage & relationships Nice books Oprah's fiction Queer fiction Sagas Thrillers & adventure Westerns for those who don't necessarily like westerns Countries & Groups Contemporary Black American authors Contemporary Irish authors Indian, Pakistani and South Asian authors Jewish novelists & Jewish life Latin American fiction writers in English

Author Anita Brookner Sandra Brown Tom Clancy Catherine Cookson Bernard Cornwell Patricia Cornwell Dick Francis Diana Gabaldon John Grisham Stephen King Jodi Picoult Terry Pratchett / Douglas Adams William Stuart Long Wilbur Smith Joanna Trollope Books Angela's ashes Bridget Jones The Da Vinci Code The Horse Whisperer Longitude The Lord of the Rings Princess Star Wars

Biographies & Non-Fiction

• Angela's ashes
• Bill Bryson
• Biographies about people triumphing over adversity
• Biographies about persecution and escape
• Stories of the East (novels and memoirs with an Asian focus)
• Longitude by Dava Sobel (narrative non-fiction)
• Madcap Journeys (travel stories)
• Jean Sasson’s Princess
• Te Reo Māori

Detective & Mystery Fiction

• American mystery stories
• Novels about American private eyes
• Best of British detective stories (when you have exhausted Agatha Christie)
• Sandra Brown
• Patricia Cornwell
• Espionage (spies and spying)
• Detective stories around the world and in earlier eras
• Hardboiled crime (crime novels that walk on the wild side)
• Mysteries with a light touch (comedy thrillers and satirical detective stories)
• The police at work
• Psychological mysteries (emphasis on the criminal, not detection)
• Woman detectives

Fantasy & Science Fiction

• The Lord of the Rings
• Science fiction and fantasy
• Star Wars
• Terry Pratchett / Douglas Adams
• Time travel and alternate history

New Zealand Fiction

• Māori writers
• New Zealand historical fiction
• Modern New Zealand novelists
• New Zealand mystery and adventure writers
• Modern New Zealand romantic fiction writers
• New Zealand short stories
• Te Reo Māori

In Large Print

• Best of British detective stories (when you have exhausted Agatha Christie)
• Catherine Cookson
• Dick Francis
• A good humorous novel