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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The Book of Guilt
$38
6th May
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Air
$35
6th May
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The Emperor of Gladness
$38
13th May
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My Friends
$40
3rd June
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A Different Kind of Power
$60 HB
3rd June
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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
$38
10th June
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 Usual Desire to Kill
$40
An often hilarious, surprisingly moving portrait of a long-married couple, seen through the eyes of their wickedly observant daughter – for fans of A Man Called Ove. -
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The CIA Book Club
$39
The astonishing story of the ten million books that were smuggled across the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. -
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Three Wee Bookshops at the End of the World
$40
This stunning sequel to The Bookseller at the End of the World continues Ruth Shaw's story with more heartwarming tales from a woman who has lived a brave and fascinating life. -
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A Training School For Elephants
$40
From the acclaimed author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia, comes a new journey tracing a colonial-era African expedition. -
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Deep Cuts
$38
Good songs come from love. Great songs come from heartbreak. The biggest new literary debut of 2025, perfect for fans of Daisy Jones and the Six and One Day. -
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The Bookshop Detectives 2 Tea and Cake and Death
$38
Another case to solve for the number-one bestselling Bookshop Detectives.
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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