1. Fight Like a Girl by Clementine Ford
2. The Good People by Hannah Kent
3. Working Class Boy by Jimmy Barnes
4. Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
5. Talking to My Country by Stan Grant
6. The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
7. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (including the film tie-in edition)
8. The Boy Behind the Curtain by Tim Winton
9. Black Rock White City by A.S. Patrić
10. Nutshell by Ian McEwan

October is a blockbuster month for new releases – and last week’s list of bestselling books is testament to this fact.

Our top ten bestsellers include memoirs from influential musicians (Working Class Boy, Born to Run), and two memoirs from amazing Australian writers (Fight Like a Girl, The Boy Behind the Curtain).

We’re thrilled to see so many readers getting excited about Hannah Kent’s brand-new second novel. Editor of Readings Monthly Elke Power says: ‘Kent has written a timeless story of human frailty and a gripping period drama.’ Read her full review here.

We’re equally thrilled to see that readers are still snaffling up copies of A.S. Patrić’s Miles Franklin winning novel. Patrić works as a bookseller at our St Kilda shop, and you can read a Q&A with him here.

After a powerful event last week featuring journalist Stan Grant in conversation with author Richard Flanagan, it’s heartening to see Grant’s memoir once again making its way into new hands. Thank you so much to everyone who came along – the event raised $21K for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation which is an absolutely wonderful result.