The book collections at Auckland City Libraries are wide and varied. Comprehensive collections cover every subject and genre imaginable.
Collections include:
Adult fiction
A wide range of best selling and popular novels as well as enduring works, works by new and local authors, award winning fiction and New Zealand fiction.
Adult literacy
Specialized graded readers aimed at adult new readers and those learning English as a second language.
Adult non-fiction
A selection of material across a range of subjects and interest levels. This includes reference / not-for-loan items.
Children’s literature
A collection to support the study of children's literature.
Graphic novels
Words and pictures working together to tell stories.
Historic fiction
A showcase of popular fiction from the late nineteenth century to the late twentieth century.
Large print books
Includes fiction and non-fiction.
Legal
Law books and legal resources including contemporary parliamentary bills, statues and acts, and a selection of legal commentaries, law reports and case law.
Nga Matauranga Maori
Works written about Maori, historic and contemporary in English and te reo.
Teenage fiction
Popular high demand, high interest fiction and graphic novels, critically acclaimed and/or award winning books, New Zealand and local books and enduring works of fiction.