1. Quarterly Essay 74: The Prosperity Gospel – How Scott Morrison Won and Bill Shorten Lost by Erik Jensen
2. Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton
3. Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe
4. While You Were Reading by Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus
5. Big Sky by Kate Atkinson
6. See What You Made Me Do by Jess Hill
7. Normal People by Sally Rooney
8. No Friend But the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani
9. The White Girl by Tony Birch
10. City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

Australians are reflecting on the election year that was with Erik Jensen’s Quarterly Essay 74: The Prosperity Gospel – How Scott Morrison Won and Bill Shorten Lost sitting in the top spot of our bestsellers of the last week, while Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus’ While You Were Reading, a funny, poignant and insightful love story for book lovers, comes in at number four.

Jess Hill’s powerful See What You Made Me Do is essential reading; combining exhaustive research with heartbreaking true stories to explore Australia’s domestic violence problem. Our reviewer Elke says, ‘Sometimes you begin reading a book and everything else you need to do or think about instantly recedes.’ Read the full review here.

No Friend But the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani also returns to the Readings’ bestsellers list. This groundbreaking book has just been shortlisted for the 2019 National Biography Award alongside five other remarkable works of biography and memoir – so if you haven’t picked up your copy yet, now’s the time.