Our top ten bestsellers of the week

  1. My Story by Julia Gillard
  2. Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s ‘Learned’ by Lena Dunham
  3. Plenty More by Yotam Ottolenghi
  4. The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
  5. Nora Webster by Colm Tóibín
  6. The President’s Desk: An Altered History of the United States by Shaun Micallef
  7. The Wife Drought by Annabel Crabb
  8. Lenny: With All My Heart by Lenny Hayes
  9. The Bush: Travels in the Heart of Australia by Don Watson
  10. This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial by Helen Garner

Our top sellers this week is almost exclusively non-fiction, and on top of that, predominantly Australian!

The list includes Don Watson’s journey through the Australian landscape (The Bush), Shaun Micallef’s comic history of the United States (The President’s Desk), Annabel Crabb’s contribution to the debate about women in the workforce (The Wife Drought), Helen Garner’s story of a murder trial (This House of Grief), and memoirs from footballer Lenny Hayes (Lenny) as well as former Prime Minister Julia Gillard who tops the list (My Story).

The two international non-fiction titles include a collection of personal essays from Lena Dunham (Not That Kind of Girl) and a new cookbook from Ottolenghi (Plenty More).