My New Zealand picks were enjoyable and challenging. There’s really nothing I wouldn’t recommend here, aside from Maori Girl and the two mythology books.

Ranking from favorite to least favorite:

1. The Whale Rider, Witi Ihimaera, 1987 ♥
2. The Bone People, Keri Hulme, 1984 ♥
3. The Luminaries, Eleanor Catton, 2013 ♥
4. The Garden Party and Other Stories, Katherine Mansfield, 1922 ♥
5. Once Were Warriors, Alan Duff, 1990
6. Tu, Patricia Grace, 2004
7. Faces in the Water, Janet Frame, 1961
8. Plumb, Maurice Gee, 1978
9. Polynesian Mythology, Sir George Gray, 1854
10. Maori Girl, Noel Hilliard, 1960
11. Oceanic Mythology, Roland Dixon, 1916 (Polynesia section)