1. A Constant Hum by Alice Bishop
2. See What You Made Me Do by Jess Hill
3. Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe
4. Three Women by Lisa Taddeo
5. Open House Melbourne Weekend: 2019 Program by Open House Melbourne
6. Plots and Prayers by Niki Savva
7. Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton
8. Quarterly Essay 74: The Prosperity Gospel – How Scott Morrison Won and Bill Shorten Lost by Erik Jensen
9. No Friend But the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani
10. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

We have a wonderful list of bestsellers from last week; there’s not a book on here that won’t cause you to stop, reflect and think. It may be now over ten years since the events of Black Saturday, but the effects of those terrifying days are still being felt by Australian families all over. Debut author Alice Bishop’s A Constant Hum is a stunning collection of short stories exploring those effects and the fall-out of the horrifying fires that destroyed so many lives through evocative, poetic prose.

Another powerful, devastating title from an Australian author in last week’s top 10 list is investigative journalist Jess Hill’s See What You Made Me Do, a searing investigation into the domestic violence epidemic in Australia. Our reviewer Elke says, ‘to call it courageous is a gross understatement’. Read the full review here. Combining exhaustive research with riveting storytelling, See What You Made Me Do should not be missed. Three Women by Lisa Taddeo is a must-read reflection on female desire and longing that also should not be missed – with glowing endorsements from the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow, Elizabeth Gilbert, Dave Eggers and Gillian Anderson, you can bet that this is the book everyone you know will be talking about any minute.

And, finally, for those with a soft spot for poets, don’t miss Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, which also made the list last week. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is a wonderfully tender and original debut novel from poet Ocean Vuong, detailing a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read.