Our top 10 bestsellers of the week

  1. The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.
  2. The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
  3. Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
  4. Phosphorescence by Julia Baird
  5. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
  6. Honeybee by Craig Silvey
  7. All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent Dalton
  8. Loving Country: A Guide to Sacred Australia by Bruce Pascoe & Vicky Shukuroglou
  9. The Survivors by Jane Harper
  10. Mayflies by Andrew O'Hagan

It seems everyone is indulging in some last-minute summer reading! Our bestsellers this week is crammed full of quality fiction, from Robert Jones Jr’s breathtaking debut - our top seller for the week - to a suffrage-era celebration of language, a Booker Prize winner, a philosophical quest and a tale of Eighties working class Britain.

Journalist Julia Baird’s Phosphorescence pops back into our bestsellers, in the week that we announced it as our number one bestseller of last year. If you’re curious, be sure to check out our full list of 100 bestselling books from 2020 - you may well discover your next great read.