Last week's top ten bestsellers — Readings Books

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  1. Diary of a Foreign Minister by Bob Carr
  2. Australian Notebooks by Betty Churcher
  3. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
  4. Stoner by John Williams
  5. Cadence by Emma Ayres
  6. N by John A. Scott
  7. By Its Cover by Donna Leon
  8. Jerusalem by Yotam Ottolenghi & Sami Tamimi
  9. Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
  10. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler

Two Australian non-fiction titles top our bestsellers this week: Bob Carr’s Diary of a Foreign Minister and Betty Churcher’s Australian Notebooks. Next on the list is Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch which was awarded the Pulitzer price for fiction just last week.

Our list also includes Emma Ayres’s memoir/intercontinental cycling adventure/music guide - Cadence, John A Scott’s ‘weighty, significant contribution to the catalogue of Australian literature’ - N and Karen Joy Fowler’s new novel which our reviewer called perfect for book clubs - We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves.