1. The Life to Come by Michelle de Kretser
2. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
3. No Friend But the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani (translated by Omid Tofighian)
4. Normal People by Sally Rooney
5. Leather Soul by Bob Murphy
6. Dark Emu (New edition) by Bruce Pascoe
7. The Football Solution by George Megalogenis
8. The Shepherd’s Hut by Tim Winton
9. Man Out of Time by Stephanie Bishop
10. Scrublands by Chris Hammer

The Life to Come has been named the winner of the 2018 Miles Franklin Literary Award, making it the second win for author Michelle de Kretser. This ‘acerbically funny, heart-twingeing and incredibly moving’ novel tops our list of bestselling books from last week – you can read our review here.

Our bestsellers list also includes some fantastic new releases. In 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Yuval Noah Harari explores what it means to be human in today’s world. Man Out of Time is the much-anticipated new novel from Readings Prize winner, Stephanie Bishop – it’s also our Fiction Book of the Month. And our staff are proving big fans of Normal People, the second novel from Irish author Sally Rooney.

Tim Winton was in Melbourne last week for the Melbourne Writers Festival and dropped by Readings to sign copies of his latest novel, The Shepherd’s Hut. Signed copies are currently available at all our shops and online, but only while stocks last.

And we’re very happy to share that No Friend But the Mountains, Behrouz Boochani’s powerful memoir about life in one of Australia’s refugee detention camps, is back in stock.