1. Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
2. The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
3. The Dry by Jane Harper
4. My Tidda, My Sister by Marlee Silva
5. Phosphorescence by Julia Baird
6. The Survivors by Jane Harper
7. Honeybee by Craig Silvey
8. Loving Country: A Guide to Sacred Australia by Bruce Pascoe & Vicky Shukuroglou
9. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
10. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

During a week that annually exposes our country’s fault lines, we see a wonderful collection centring Australia’s First Women in, My Tidda, My Sister as well as Loving Contry: A Guide to Sacred Australia, an essential guidebook for discovering Australia through an Indigenous narrative.

It seems this week our bestsellers are spotlighting the political as personal and our society’s struggle to reconcile individual versus collective identity. Honeybee, The Vanishing Half and Shuggie Bain also return to the list, with their powerful stories of shared history and inherited trauma.