![]() ![]() We acknowledge that really good books very regularly miss out on awards, but they weren’t considered. As follows are the top 50 books as voted by our panel of 50 experts.Ī brief note on what wasn’t considered. We wanted to mark the occasion with something special, and we came up with…a listicle. This week’s Ockham ceremony marks the 50th anniversary of national book awards. We assembled a panel of 50 literateurs – authors, publishers, academics, booksellers, the usual suspects – and sent them the entire list of New Zealand book award winners since 1968. Maurice Gee’s 1979 novel was almost immediately regarded as The Great New Zealand Novel and it pretty much still is, going by The Spinoff Review of Books’ landmark survey, in which experts have voted Plumb as the best book of the past 50 years. ![]() To mark the occasion, we asked 50 experts – authors, publishers, academics, booksellers – to name the very best local books published since 1968.Īnd the winner is Plumb. This week’s Ockham New Zealand national book awards marks the 50th anniversary of book awards in New Zealand. ![]()
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