1. The Dry by Jane Harper
2. Vinegar Girl: The Taming of the Shrew Retold by Anne Tyler
3. The Girls by Emma Cline
4. The Course of Love by Alain de Botton
5. Ruins by Rajith Savanadasa
6. Dark Emu: Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident? by Bruce Pascoe
7. The Last Painting of Sara De Vos by Dominic Smith
8. Music and Freedom by Zoë Morrison
9. A Hero in France by Alan Furst
10. Breaking Cover by Stella Rimington

Our bestselling books of last week include (deep breath) …

…Emma Cline’s much-hyped debut novel loosely based on the Manson Family (The Girls); Bruce Pascoe’s compelling argument for reconsidering the hunter-gatherer tag assigned to precolonial Aboriginal Australians (Dark Emu); new crimes reads from bestselling authors Alan Furst and Stella Rimington (A Hero in France, Breaking Cover); Anne Tyler’s contemporary retelling of Shakespeare (Vinegar Girl); Alain de Botton’s playful, moving depiction of a marriage (The Course of Love); and four terrific Australian novels.

Jane Harper’s The Dry is a gripping page turner, Rajith Savanadasa’s Ruins is a sweeping family saga, Dominic Smith’s The Last Painting of Sara De Vos is a mystery set in the art world, and Zoë Morrison’s Music and Freedom is a sonnet to redemption and resilience.