1. The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku
2. Kokomo by Victoria Hannan
3. The Yield by Tara June Winch
4. When America Stopped Being Great by Nick Bryant
5. A Year of Simple Family Food by Julia Busuttil Nishimura (available 25 August)
6. A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville
7. Phosphorescence by Julia Baird
8. The Golden Maze by Richard Fidler
9. The Labyrinth by Amanda Lohrey
10. Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

There are some enduring favourites in our bestsellers this week, with Julia Baird’s Phosphorescence, Bernardine Evaristo’s award-winning stories Girl, Woman, Other and Eddi Jaku’s memoir The Happiest Man on Earth continuing to provide solace and food for thought.

Some notable new entries this week include a history of Trump’s rise by a BBC journalist, Richard Fidler’s fascinating history of Prague, and Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s follow-up to her wildly popular cookbook Ostro , A Year of Simple Family Food.

And Australian fiction continues to be more popular than ever, with our customers reaching for tender debut fiction, alternate history, an emblematic Australian story and an exploration of motherhood and community.