Our top 10 bestsellers of the week

  1. First Person by Richard Flanagan
  2. Force of Nature by Jane Harper
  3. The Life to Come by Michelle de Kretser
  4. The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur
  5. The Dry by Jane Harper
  6. Maggie’s Recipe for Life by Maggie Beer and Professor Ralph Martins
  7. Origin (Robert Langdon Book 5) by Dan Brown
  8. The Barefoot Investor (2017 updated edition) by Scott Pape
  9. Two Steps Forward by Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist
  10. Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan

Man Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan’s new novel, First Person, is our bestselling book of last week. Managing director Mark Rubbo writes: ‘In my opinion, this is Flanagan’s best work to date; it’s a book I’ve been constantly returning to – mentally unpeeling another of its layers, pondering one of its scenes or sentences, and admiring a writer who is on top of his craft. I feel so privileged to have read it.’

You can read Mark’s full review here.

Other Australian titles to appear on last week’s top 10 list include a heartwarming collaboration between husband-and-wife team Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist (Two Steps Forward), two addictive crime thrillers from Jane Harper (The Dry and Force of Nature), a cookbook from restaurateur Maggie Beer and Professor Ralph Martins that aims to fight Alzheimer’s (Maggie’s Recipe for Life), a new novel from Miles Franklin winner Michelle de Kretster (The Life to Come), and Scott Pape’s massively bestselling DIY financial guide (The Barefoot Investor).