1. The White Queen - One Nation and the Politics of Race (Quarterly Essay 65) by David Marr
2. See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt
3. The Barefoot Investor by Scott Pape
4. The Dry by Jane Harper
5. Between a Wolf and a Dog by Georgia Blain
6. They Cannot Take the Sky by Michael Green, Angelica Neville, André Dao, Dana Affleck and Sienna Merope
7. First, We Make the Beast Beautiful by Sarah Wilson
8. A Writing Life: Helen Garner and Her Work by Bernadette Brennan
9. Gut by Giulia Enders (translated by David Shaw)
10. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

David Marr’s provocative new Quarterly Essay is our bestselling book of the past week. The White Queen examines the rise of One Nation and explores the peculiar power of fear in Australian politics.

Sarah Schmidt’s much-anticipated debut novel, See What I Have Done, imagines the story of Lizzie Borden. An iconic figure, Borden was famously charged with murdering her parents in 1892. Our reviewer writes: ‘Schmidt’s beautifully abject and visceral prose paints a new and somehow more disturbing picture of Lizzie Borden and her family.’ Read the full review here.

Bernadette Brennan’s A Writing Life is the first full-length study of Helen Garner’s 40 years of work, and also comes highly recommended. Our reviewer writes: ‘Brennan has produced a literary portrait that more than does its subject justice.’ Read the full review here.