1. Force of Nature by Jane Harper
2. First Person by Richard Flanagan
3. Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
4. The Age Good Food Guide 2018 edited by Myffy Rigby and Roslyn Grundy
5. The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur
6. Maggie’s Recipe for Life by Maggie Beer and Professor Ralph Martins
7. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
8. The Dry by Jane Harper
9. The First Casualty by Peter Greste
10. A Legacy of Spies by John le Carré

Australian author Jane Harper tops last week’s bestsellers list with Force of Nature, her second crime thriller to feature Federal Police Agent Aaron Falk. You can read a collection of staff raves about this ‘absolute page-turner’ here. Her earlier novel, The Dry, is also listed here.

Other bestselling books of last week include Mark Manson’s anti-self-help book (The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck), Peter Greste’s timely and provocative memoir about journalism in a post-truth world (The First Casualty), Rupi Kaur’s new poetry collection (The Sun and Her Flowers), and the always much-anticipated The Age Good Food Guide 2018 – this year edited by Myffy Rigby and Roslyn Grundy.

Finally, we were thrilled last week when George Saunders was named the winner of the 2017 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Lincoln in the Bardo is a beautifully strange and moving novel about that blends history with fantasy. You can listen to an interview with Saunders on the Readings Podcast here, and can read our review of his winning novel here.