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New Zealand
7 authors in the ranking·16 rated books·1 book set here
This page shows New Zealand authors from the reader ranking, including Tamsyn Muir and Sarah Wynn-Williams, and books whose story is set in New Zealand. One of them is “The Luminaries” by Eleanor Catton, set in 1866 in the goldfields settlement of Hokitika on the South Island. The novel won the Booker Prize in 2013, and Catton, then 28, became the youngest author to win it.
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Authors 7
- Tamsyn Muir3 ranked booksNona the Ninth8.4
- Graeme Simsion3 ranked booksThe Rosie Result7.8
- Sarah Wynn-Williams1 ranked bookCareless People8.2
- Chloe Gong3 ranked booksOur Violent Ends8.1
- Sarah A. Parker2 ranked booksThe Ballad of Falling Dragons8.0
- Juliet Marillier3 ranked booksDaughter of the Forest8.3
- Eleanor Catton1 ranked bookThe Luminaries7.9
The story is set here 1
Books whose story is set in this country, according to Wikidata and our own additions.
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An author's country is their citizenship in Wikidata or, where none is recorded, the country they were born in; a story's setting comes from Wikidata too. Obvious errors and gaps are corrected by hand. Authors are ordered by the number of reader ratings. Country shapes: Natural Earth.