Our top ten bestsellers of the week
- Depends What You Mean by Extremist by John Safran
- The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose
- Which Cult Should I Join? by Jo Stewart
- The Barefoot Investor by Scott Pape
- Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
- The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
- M Train by Patti Smith
- The Starlings by Vivienne Kelly
- First, We Make the Beast Beautiful by Sarah Wilson
- The White Queen – One Nation and the Politics of Race (Quarterly Essay 65) by David Marr
Our top ten bestselling books from last week include some intriguing non-fiction reads from Australians.
John Safran’s Depends What You Mean by Extremist is a confronting portrait of contemporary Australia. Sarah Wilson’s First, We Make the Beast Beautiful is an exploration of the anxiety that has been her lifelong companion. Jo Stewart’s Which Cult Should I Join? is a choose-your-own guidebook for the spiritually bereft. David’s Marr’s latest Quarterly Essay is an investigation into One Nation and the politics of race in Australia. And Scott Pape’s The Barefoot Investor is the only money guide you’ll ever need.
Bestselling fiction releases include a second novel from Australian author Vivienne Kelly, and two recent prize winners – The Museum of Modern Love won this year’s Stella Prize, ad The Underground Railroad won this year’s Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
