Welcome to the Catherine McAuley Library
Welcome to the Catherine McAuley Library
We are open for business daily from 8.00 am until 3.30 pm.

The Library is closed for the first 15 minutes of the lunch break.
Popular Authors 2025

All the bright places

P.S. I still love you

Catching fire

Smile

A good girl's guide to murder

Where the crawdads sing

The song of Achilles

The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo

The Twins of Auschwitz

Lessons in chemistry

The silent patient

Love stories

Storm child

I was Anastasia

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- Catching fire
- All the bright places
- P.S. I still love you
- Smile
- A good girl's guide to murder
- Where the crawdads sing
- The song of Achilles
- The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo
- The Twins of Auschwitz
- Lessons in chemistry
- The silent patient
- Love stories
- Storm child
- I was Anastasia
A new book theme list
A new book theme list
Fantasy Fiction
Popular Book Themes- List 1
Popular Book Themes- List 1
- Biographies and autobiographies
- Books to read if you liked 'Where the crawdads sing'
- Courage
- Crime
- Dyslexia-Friendly Reads
- Dystopia
- Fiction with adult main characters
- Filipino authors
- Graphic novels & non fiction
- Historical Fiction
- The Holocaust and World War II
- Horses
- Humour
- Identity, conformity and non-conformity
- Jenny Han Books
- John Green fans
- Love stories
- Lucinda Riley books
- Maori authors
Popular Book Themes- List 2
Popular Book Themes- List 2
- Middle grade reads
- Murder fiction
- The New Zealand Army & heroism
- Parihaka
- Pasifika authors
- Quick Reads 2024
- Resilience
- Science fiction
- Sport
- Thrillers
- Treatment of women
- War stories
- What to read after David Walliams
- Young adult books for reluctant readers
- YouTube stars' books
Do you have a Christchurch City Library Card?
If you would like to have a public library card or have lost one, please come and see Mrs Neilson in the Library and we can issue a card to you, even if you live in the Waimakariri or Selwyn districts.
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Quick Reads 2024
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What to read after David Walliams
Online jigsaw puzzles
Take a moment or two to relax with online jigsaw puzzles using taonga fromTe Papa collections.
Choose a puzzle, then select your difficulty (the number of pieces) once it has opened.
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Orientation Booklet 2025- For all of your key library information
Bridget Williams Books
Bridget Williams Books
Deep, rich and high-quality New Zealand non-fiction books brought together online for the first time – these are landmark digital resources.
BWB Collections are available to libraries, schools, university departments, businesses, public sector organisations, law firms, think tanks, research centres – anyone with an internet connection.
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Filipino Authors
Looking for a good thriller? Check out this list
Looking for a good thriller? Check out this list
Thrillers
Top Reads- Non Fiction

Madeleine

Looking for Madeleine

The Holocaust: Lost words

Impossible: My story

Marie Antoinette

Straight up

The Twins of Auschwitz

Love stories

Previous Next
- The Holocaust: Lost words
- Looking for Madeleine
- Madeleine
- Impossible: My story
- Marie Antoinette
- Straight up
- The Twins of Auschwitz
- Love stories
Top Reads- Fiction

Shatter me

Dead Poets Society

It's not summer without you

The Hunger Games

Sisters

A good girl's guide to murder

The song of Achilles

Heartstopper Volume 1

Gone girl

The silent patient

Previous Next
- The Hunger Games
- Shatter me
- Dead Poets Society
- It's not summer without you
- Sisters
- A good girl's guide to murder
- The song of Achilles
- Heartstopper Volume 1
- Gone girl
- The silent patient
New Fiction
New Fiction
The inheritance games - Jennifer Lynn Barnes
All the broken places - John Boyne
No middle name - Lee Child
White lies, Māori legends and fairytales - Falstaff Dowling-Mitchell
Lessons in chemistry - Bonnie Garmus
Sisters under the rising sun - Heather Morris
The last devil to die - Richard Osman
The secrets she keeps - Michael Robotham
The things that matter most - Gabbie Stroud
The dictionary of lost words - Pip Williams
New Non-Fiction
New Non-Fiction
The reading tribe - David Riley
Mythos - Stephen Fry
Takahē; Bird of dreams - Alison Ballance
Waiwhero: The red waters - Ngāhuia Murphy
The Motunui Epa - Rachel Buchanan
Sevens Sisters - Rikki Swannell
Straight up - Ruby Tui
Impossible; My story - Stan Walker
Killers of the Flower Moon - David Grann
The Womens Suffrage Petition 1893 - Jane Parkin and others
APA Referencing
Follow this guide on how to reference, using APA format, in Google Docs. This will help with creating a bibliography and in-text citiations.
National Library Resources
Search the whole collection here: https://natlib.govt.nz/
Great for school research!
Meet Libby the new OverDrive app- reading from a device
The History of Christchurch
The History of Christchurch
A brief introduction to the early European settlement of Christchurch which covers significant events, people and buildings.
New Zealand Geographic
New Zealand Geographic
New Zealand Geographic is a magazine published in New Zealand. It focuses on the biodiversity, geography and culture of New Zealand, New Zealand's interests abroad, and that of the adjoining region: Antarctica and nearby Pacific Islands.
Te Ara
Te Ara
‘Te ara’ in Māori means ‘the pathway’. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand offers many pathways to understanding New Zealand. It is a comprehensive guide to the country’s peoples, natural environment, history, culture, economy, institutions and society.
CCC Libraries
CCC Libraries
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Book Critic - Catherine Ross
Catherine Ross is the librarian at Diocesan School in Auckland. Today she talks about fictional World War Two themed books for different age levels.