Here are our top 10 bestselling books of the year – so far. And we’re thrilled to see that all 10 of the books listed here are from Australian writers.

1. The Barefoot Investor by Scott Pape
2. Lion by Saroo Brierley (including sales from the young reader’s edition)
3. Fighting Hislam by Susan Carland
4. Fight Like a Girl by Clementine Ford
5. The Dry by Jane Harper
6. The White Queen (Quarterly Essay 65) by David Marr
7. Depends What You Mean by Extremist by John Safran
8. The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose
9. A Most Magical Girl by Karen Foxlee
10. Between a Wolf and a Dog by Georgia Blain

Indispensable money guide The Barefoot Investor is our bestselling book of the past six months. In clear language and with easy-to-follow instructions, Scott Pape demonstrates how to create a financial plan that is ‘so simple you can sketch it on the back of a serviette’. His book has certainly converted a number of our booksellers!

Our list also includes two prize-winning Australian novels, The Museum of Modern Love won the Stella Prize and Between a Wolf and a Dog won the Fiction category of the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. The new format of Jane Harper’s breakout literary crime debut The Dry has been a popular pick, as has the two film tie-in editions of Saroo Brierley’s memoir – one for adult readers and one for younger readers.

Two provocative and timely non-fiction reads about Australian politics are also being snapped up by our customers. In Depends What You Mean by Extremist, John Safran embeds himself with Australian political extremists, and in his latest Quarterly Essay, David Marr examines the rise of One Nation.

Also in non-fiction – Fighting Hislam and Fight Like a Girl are two powerful non-fiction reads from renowned Melbourne feminists Susan Carland and Clementine Ford. (You can find more feminist books by Australian writers here.)

And finally, we’re absolutely delighted to see Karen Foxlee’s beautiful, immersive children’s novel listed here. A Most Magical Girl is the winner of this year’s Readings Children’s Book Prize. Find out why we loved it here.

Ed. note: The list combines sales from all Readings shops and our website. Where possible, different editions of titles have been combined to reflect total sales of each title. The list includes all genres. It covers sales from 1 January 2017 to 30 June 2017.