Sylvia! The Biography of Sylvia Ashton-Warner by Lynley Hood (Viking, 1988)
2nd
Wines and Vineyards of New Zealand by Michael Cooper (Hodder & Stoughton, 1988)
3rd
The Unfortunate Experiment by Sandra Coney (Penguin, 1988)
New Zealand Book Awards
Poetry
Benzina by Cilla McQueen (Benzina, 1988)
Fiction
The Carpathians by Janet Frame (Century Hutchinson, 1988)
Non-Fiction
Tarawera: The Volcanic Eruption of 10 June 1886 by R. F. Keam (R. F. Keam, 1988)
Book Production
Fold of the Land: New Zealand’s National Parks from the Air, by Lloyd Homer designed by Bridget Williams (Allen & Unwin for the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1988)
