Recs if you like When I Open the Shop...

a compiled list of all the "underrated" or otherwise overlooked books from the various cultures of our very own pagebound community, inspired by all of your wonderful recommendations!

i'm always open to further suggestions from your own culture if you have any books you think deserve a further spotlight or you don't see them mentioned here.

Haere Mai, welcome! Here you will find a non-exhaustive list of modern literature that evokes the feeling of what it is like to live in Aotearoa New Zealand today.

All books here are written by New Zealanders and set in modern time New Zealand (or a fictionalised version of).

Very open to recommendations!

do you like noodles? thanks to Lurdo for the list name