Wanaka’s independent bookshop
Carrying a wide range of titles from your favourite New Zealand and international authors The Next Chapter bookshop is a haven for lovers of literature and Wanaka’s home of books.
Our comprehensive selection covers everything from Penguin classics to modern best-sellers, children’s books, graphic novels and glossy hardbacks.
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Upcoming Releases
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2026 Wall Calendar
$35
1st September
The Next Chapter is delighted to represent June in the 2026 calendar.
These beautiful calendars make the perfect gift for any book lover. Pre-order now, before these sell out!
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The Book of Guilt
$38
6th May
A creepy, compelling novel that takes place in a version of our world where some lives are valued less than others. It will shock you with each new revelation.
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Air
$35
6th May
From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, a contemplative story about one man trying to move forward from the trauma of his youth to become a better father to his son.
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The Emperor of Gladness
$38
13th May
Ocean Vuong returns with an achingly beautiful novel about chosen family, unexpected friendship, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.
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My Friends
$40
3rd June
An unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger’s life twenty-five years later.
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A Different Kind of Power
$60 HB
3rd June
From the former prime minister of New Zealand, then the world’s youngest female head of government, comes a deeply personal memoir chronicling her extraordinary rise and offering inspiration to a new generation of leaders.
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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
$38
10th June
Santo Domingo de la Calzada, 1532. London, 1837. Boston, 2019. Three young women, their bodies planted in the same soil, their stories tangling like roots. One grows high and one grows deep and one grows wild. And all of them grow teeth.
Featured Titles & Latest Arrivals
Browse the latest titles that have landed on our shelves along with some of our staff and customers’ current favourites.
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The Eights
$38
Following the unlikely friendship of four of the first ever women to study at Oxford University- a captivating debut novel about sisterhood, self-determination, courage, and what it means to come of age in a world that has changed forever. -
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Care and Feeding
$40
A candid, funny and occasionally devastating memoir of a woman making her way through the food world while navigating addiction, a cultural reckoning and an unexpected tragedy. -
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The Taiwan Story
$40
In this urgent book, we learn why a small island in the East China Sea will be central to the world's future -
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The Buried Life
$40
In The Buried Life Andrea Goldsmith brilliantly dissects the conflicts and complexities of contemporary life in a story of love and friendship, faith and fundamentalism, subtly underscored by the power of poetry and music. -
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Room on the Sea
$30
The brand new novel from the global bestselling author - a tender love story with resonant themes of regret and longing. -
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Dissolution
$38
A staggeringly mind-bending speculative thriller about a woman who dives into her husband’s memories to uncover a decades-old threat to reality itself
Upcoming Next Chapter Book Club Reads:
If you would like to attend the next Fiction Book Club we are meeting Wednesday, 30th April, 5.30pm at The Next Chapter Bookshop.
The books for discussion are Delirious by Damien Wilkins and Three Days in June by Anne Tyler.
The Classics Book Club will meet every second month, on the last Thursday of the month. The next meeting is Thursday 29th May, 5.30pm at The Next Chapter Bookshop. The books for discussion are A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens and The Red and The Black by Stendhal.
Our Non Fiction Book Club meets every second month. The next meeting will be Thursday 5th June, 5.30pm at The Next Chapter Bookshop. Books for discussion are Discriminations: Achieving Peace in Cultural Wars by A.C Grayling and Carbon: The Book of Life by Paul Hawken.
The Poetry Book Club will meet quarterly, on the last Thursday of the month. The first meeting is April 24th April, 5.30pm at the bookshop, where we ask you to bring a poem you love to share with the group.
The books in our shop Book Clubs are all offered at a special price. Don't forget to mention you are buying to read for the Book Club meetings.
RSVP is encouraged so that the group size allows participation and discussion.
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