1. How We Love by Clementine Ford

2. Devotion by Hannah Kent

3. How to End a Story: Diaries 1995-1998 by Helen Garner

4. Seven and a Half by Christos Tsiolkas

5. Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Shelf Love by Yotam Ottolenghi & Noor Murad

6. Love Stories by Trent Dalton

7. The Promise by Damon Galgut

8. Beautiful World Where Are You (Special Edition) by Sally Rooney

9. Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

10. Old Vintage Melbourne by Chris Macheras

Our best-seller from the past week is How We Love: Notes On Life by Melbourne’s own Clementine Ford. This generous and tender memoir explores love in all its forms. Our reviewer Chris Gordon says of the work: ‘All these stories are told with such tenacity that I was forced to reflect on my own love stories, my own brand of hope. This is the power of Clementine Ford. She positions herself so firmly and honestly that you have no choice but to contemplate your own life.’ You can read the full review here.

Other books making an appearance on our bestseller list this week include another memoir on love, this one a collective, that contains stories shared with author Trent Dalton when he spent time speaking to Australians from all walks of life and asking them the question, ‘Can you please tell me a love story?’. Additionally, we also have another long-awaited work of memoir from juggernaut Helen Garner, who last week released the third volume of her personal diaries which span from 1995 – 1998.

An amazing week for personal narratives throwing a spotlight onto the complexity of the human experience.