Our top ten bestsellers of the week

  1. The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
  2. The Best of Adam Sharp by Graeme Simsion
  3. Black Rock White City by A.S. Patrić
  4. Working Class Boy by Jimmy Barnes
  5. Enemy Within – American Politics in the Time of Trump (Quarterly Essay 63) by Don Watson
  6. The Age Good Food Guide 2017 edited by Roslyn Grundy
  7. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (including the film tie-in edition)
  8. Grand Intentions by Trevor Barr
  9. Neighbourhood by Hetty McKinnon
  10. Commonwealth by Ann Patchett

German forester Peter Wohlleben’s groundbreaking work of non-fiction is our bestselling book of last week. In The Hidden Life of Trees, he puts forth the compelling argument that a forest is a social network.

Other bestselling books of last week include an immersive novel from Orange Prize winning-author Ann Patchett (Commonwealth), Hetty McKinnon’s absoltely delicious new cookbook (Neighbourhood), this year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award winner (Black Rock White City), Jimmy Barnes’ much-hyped memoir (Working Class Boy), and the 2017 edition of ‘Australia’s most prestigious restaurant bible’ (The Age Good Food Guide 2017).