1. Harry Potter And The Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany
2. The Hate Race by Maxine Beneba Clarke
3. The Course of Love by Alain de Botton
4. Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
5. Halliday Wine Companion 2017 by James Halliday
6. Ghost Empire by Richard Fidler
7. Alimentari by Linda Malcolm and Paul Jones
8. All the Buildings in Melbourne by James Gulliver Hancock
9. The North Water by Ian McGuire
10. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (translated by Ann Goldstein)

We’re so pleased to see our Book of the Month, Maxine Beneba Clarke’s The Hate Race, listed as one of our bestselling books for last week.

Our staff have been absolutely blown away by this memoir. Head book buyer Alison Huber says: ‘At a time when our country is becoming less tolerant, less welcoming of diversity, less compassionate, we need the lessons of this book more than ever, and it is absolutely essential reading.’ Managing director Mark Rubbo says: ‘You can’t read this book and not be affected by it; you can’t read this book and not be astounded by the force of its writing.’ And our St Kilda shop manager Amy Vuleta simply says: ‘Everyone, please, read this book.’

Yes, please do!

Other bestselling books of last week include an addictive page-turner set in the suburbs of Sydney (Truly Madly Guilty), a bloodthirsty tale set aboard a 19th-century whaling ship (The North Water), a voyage into the dazzling Byzantine Empire (Ghost Empire), and – of course – the brand-new Harry Potter story that everyone is talking about (Harry Potter And The Cursed Child).