The holiday season is the perfect time to treat yourself to some screen-free time and explore fresh ideas within the pages of a book. 2024 has seen some excellent new releases, from fiction to cookbooks, and we’ve put together 25 of the best we recommend.
A Plant Based Farmhouse, Cherie Hausler
Fireside Warmers, Emily Vikre
Everything Anxiety Ever Told You is a Lie, Dr Toni Lindsay
Sight Lines, Kirsty Baker
Charlie and the Christmas Factory, Roald Dahl
Code Dependent, Madhumita Murgia
Diddly Squat, Jeremy Clarkson
The Fishmonger’s Son, Anthony Yotis and Laura Di Florio Yotis
Recipetin Eats Tonight, Nagi Maehashi
Girl Falling, Hayley Scrivenor
The Happiness Trap, Dr Russ Harris
From Here to the Great Unknown, Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough
River Song, Di Morrissey
By Any Other Name, Jodi Picoult
kai Feast, Christall Lowe
A Hugh So Tight, Holly Melville-Bell
Comfort, Ottolenghi
Plant-Based Goodness, Tracey Bennett
Food Stories, Rick Stein
The Ocean Speaks, Matt Porteous and Tamsin Raine
The Green Olive, Olivia Moore
The Beatles
Unbound Vol 1, An Aotearoa Rod Trip, Rambo Estrada