Crime writer Michael Connelly's new book The Scarecrow and Annabel Crabb's Quarterly Essay on Malcolm Turnbull were the new additions to the Readings bestsellers list last week.

1. The Slap — Christos Tsiolkas
2. The Brain That Changes Itself — Norman Doidge
3. The Angel's Game — Carlos Ruiz Zafón
4. Brooklyn — Colm Tóibín
5. The Scarecrow — Michael Connelly
6. Nocturnes — Kazuo Ishiguro
7. Ransom — David Malouf
8. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo — Stieg Larsson
9. Quarterly Essay 34: Stop At Nothing — Annabel Crabb
10. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society — Mary Ann Shaffer