1. Black Rock White City by A.S. Patrić
2. Harry Potter And The Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany
3. The Hate Race by Maxine Beneba Clarke
4. Nutshell by Ian McEwan
5. The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
6. Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
7. The Course of Love by Alain de Botton
8. Skylarking by Kate Mildenhall
9. Grant and I by Robert Forster
10. Ghost Empire by Richard Fidler

Last Friday, Melbourne author (and our own St Kilda bookseller!) A.S. Patrić was named the winner of this year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award for his first novel, Black Rock White City. Congratulations again Alec! You can read more about this exciting news here, and a short Q&A with Patrić here.

Other bestselling books from last week include Maxine Beneba Clarke’s searing memoir of growing up black in white middle-class Australia (The Hate Race), Liane Moriarty’s page-turner set in suburban Sydney (Truly Madly Guilty), Robert Forster’s fascinating story of his life with The Go-Betweens (Grant and I), Ian McEwan’s new novel narrated by a foetus (Nutshell).

Please note, this list does not include books bought at the Melbourne Writers Festival Festival Bookshop over Friday night and the weekend. Those sales will be included in next week’s list of bestsellers.