Our top 10 bestsellers of the week

  1. The Shepherd’s Hut by Tim Winton
  2. 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson
  3. Deep Time Dreaming by Billy Griffiths
  4. The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
  5. The Rúin by Dervla McTiernan
  6. Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
  7. Silent Invasion by Clive Hamilton
  8. Randomistas by Andrew Leigh
  9. Not Just Lucky by Jamila Rizvi
  10. The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

Tim Winton’s first new fiction in more than five years arrived in shops last Friday. A powerful novel about masculinity, violence, forgiveness and love, The Shepherd’s Hut is the story of a young man on the run in the vast saltlands of Western Australia. It’s our bestselling book of last week.

Other bestselling titles include Andrew Leigh’s fascinating deep dive into the radical researchers who changed the world (Randomistas), two fantastic fiction debuts from Australian authors (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The Rúin), and Kamila Shamsie’s reimagining of Sophocles’ Antigone (Home Fire).

Shamsie’s masterful novel novel was recently longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction alongside some brilliant other books. Find the full longlist here.