Our top 10 bestsellers of the week

1. The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson
2. The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
3. Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe
4. The Wife and the Widow by Christian White
5. Good Food Guide 2020 edited by Myffy Rigby
6. Kitty Flanagan’s 488 Rules for Life by Kitty Flanagan
7. Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith
8. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
9. Act of Grace by Anna Krien
10. Penny Wong: Passion and Principle by Margaret Simons

A new book from the inimitable Bill Bryson tops our list of bestselling books from last week. Full of extraordinary facts and astonishing stories, The Body: A Guide for Occupants is a brilliant and funny attempt to understand the miracle of our physical and neurological make up.

Other bestselling books include Margaret Atwood’s long-awaited follow-up to The Handmaid’s Tale (The Testaments), Christian White’s highly recommended tense crime thriller (The Wife and the Widow), a debut novel from award-winning Australian author Anna Krien (Act of Grace), masterful new fiction from Ann Patchett (The Dutch House), and the latest edition of the always-popular Good Food Guide (Good Food Guide 2020).