The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Toxic by Richard Flanagan
With the Falling of the Dusk by Stan Grant
First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami
Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion
Old Seems to Be Other People by Lily Brett
Sex, Lies & Question Time by Kate Ellis
The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman
Emotional Female_ by Yumiko Kadota
Our best-seller from the past week is The Bass Rock, a historical novel which interweaves the lives of three women across four centuries. Last week, Evie Wyld’s The Bass Rock was also named the winner of the 2021 Stella Prize. You can read more about the 2021 Stella Prize here.
Other books making an appearance on our bestseller list this week are Joan Didion’s latest collection of incisive essays on everything from Hemingway to California, Lily Brett’s timely and intimate take (told through a series of fabulous vignettes) on growing old, and the pocket-sized edition of Amanda Gorman’s unforgettable poem – that you may remember from Jo Biden’s inauguration – which calls for the active pursuit of a better future.