The biggest news for July was the announcement of Siang Lu as the 2025 Winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award for his bold and unique novel Ghost Cities, so it comes as no surprise that it topped our bestsellers for the month!
New to our list this month was Eden by much-loved Australian crime writer Mark Brandi and a gripping new espionage thriller and debut novel, The Peak by Sam Guthrie. Also noteworthy is Pissants, the hilarious and unhinged debut novel from former Sydney Swans player Brandon Jack.
1. Ghost Cities by Siang Lu
2. Abundance by Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson
3. The Peak by Sam Guthrie
4. The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
5. A Different Kind of Power by Jacinda Ardern
6. Pissants by Brandon Jack
7. The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins & Sawyer Robbins
8. Quarterly Essay 98: Hard New World - Our Post-American Future by Hugh White
9. Strange Pictures by Uketsu, translated by Jim Rion
10. The Vegetarian by Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith
11. The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
12. The Immigrants by Moreno Giovannoni
13. Eden by Mark Brandi
14. Theory & Practice by Michelle de Kretser
15. Broken: Universities, Politics and the Public Good by Graeme Turner
16. The Wedding People by Alison Espach
17. Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Book 1) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, translated by Geoffrey Trousselot
18. Orbital by Samantha Harvey
19. The Passengers on the Hankyu Line by Hiro Arikawa, translated by Allison Markin Powell
20. Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
