1. Everywhere I Look by Helen Garner
2. The Course of Love by Alain de Botton
3. The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood
4. The Last Painting of Sara De Vos by Dominic Smith
5. The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman
6. The Killing Season Uncut by Sarah Ferguson with Patricia Drum
7. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (translated by Ann Goldstein)
8. The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047 by Lionel Shriver
9. Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld
10. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

This week’s list of bestselling books include new novels from Alain de Botton, Lionel Shriver and Curtis Sittenfeld. De Botton’s The Course of Love is a philosophical exploration of a contemporary relationship, Shriver’s The Mandibles follows three generations of a family hit by a national fiscal crisis in near-future America, and Sittenfeld’s Eligible re-imagines Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in modern-day Cincinnati (our reviewer called it ‘one of the funniest and smartest adaptations’ she’d ever read).

Australian novelists Charlotte Wood (The Natural Way of Things) and Dominic Smith (The Last Painting of Sara De Vos) also appear in our bestsellers list, while Melbourne author Helen Garner tops the list for the eight time in the row with her essay collection, Everywhere I Look. And readers are also loving Jennifer Ackerman’s The Genius of Birds, which explores the astonishing intelligence of these feathered creatures.