1. The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon
2. Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo
3. In The Dark Spaces by Cally Black
4. A Most Magical Girl by Karen Foxlee
5. The Wayward Witch and the Feelings Monster (Polly and Buster Book 1) by Sally Rippin
6. Possum Magic by Mem Fox
7. Wonder by by R.J. Palacio
8. The World’s Worst Children 2 by David Walliams and Tony Ross
9. In My Heart by Jo Witek and Christine Roussey
10. Under the Love Umbrella by Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys

Two award-winning Australian YA novels feature on our list of bestselling children’s and YA books from last week. In The Dark Spaces is a thrilling, tense and genre-smashing sci-fi-hostage-drama, and the winner of the Ampersand Prize. The Bone Sparrow is a powerful and compassionate story of a Rohingyar refugee born in a detention centre, and the inaugural winner of our very own Readings Young Adult Book Prize winner.

You can read more about this Prize and Zana Fraillon’s win here.

Bestselling children’s books from last week include a gorgeous, loving picture book from talented duo Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys (Under the Love Umbrella), Sally Rippin’s delightful first book in a brand-new junior fiction series (The Wayward Witch and the Feelings Monster), and the bestselling anthology for whole families to enjoy (Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls).