Last week's top ten bestsellers

  1. Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain by Daniel J. Siegel
  2. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
  3. Chequered Lives: John Barton Hack and Stephen Hack and the early days of South Australia by by Iola Mathews with Chris Durrant
  4. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
  5. Piranesi’s Grandest Tour: From Europe to Australia by Colin Holden
  6. The World’s Best Spicy Food by Lonely Planet
  7. The Age: Good Food Under $30 by Simone Egger
  8. The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
  9. The Pocket Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology: An Integrative Handbook of the Mind by Daniel J. Siegel
  10. I Quit Sugar for Life: 148 Recipes + Meal Plans for Families and Solos by Sarah Wilson

Our top seller for last week comes from the author of the much-loved The Whole-Brain Child. In Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain Daniel J. Siegel shows parents how to turn one of the most challenging developmental periods in their children’s lives into one of the most rewarding.

Food books also feature heavily in our top sellers for last week with the arrival of three exciting titles: Simone Egger’s must-have guide The Age: Good Food Under $30, Lonely Planet’s gorgeously-packaged The World’s Best Spicy Food (available for 25% off as part of this month’s Lonely Planet Sale!) and a new title from Sarah Wilson I Quit Sugar for Life: 148 Recipes + Meal Plans for Families and Solos.

And with a new exhibition opening over at State Library of Victoria on the weekend, Rome: Piranesi’s vision, Colin Holden’s Piranesi’s Grandest Tour: From Europe to Australia is also proving popular.