Our top ten bestsellers of the week

  1. The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
  2. Plenty More by Yotam Ottolenghi
  3. We are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
  4. The Book of Paul: The Wit and Wisdom of Paul Keating by Russell Marks
  5. Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s ‘Learned’ by Lena Dunham
  6. A World of Other People by Steven Carroll
  7. Amnesia by Peter Carey
  8. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
  9. Only the Animals by Ceridwen Dovey
  10. Merciless Gods by Christos Tsiolkas

Our top sellers this week are dominated by books by Australian authors including two short-story collections (Only the Animals, Merciless Gods), three novels (The Narrow Road to the Deep North, A World of Other People, Amnesia) and one witty gift book (The Book of Paul).

The list also features some great suggestions for summer reads: Karen Joy Fowler’s funny and heartbreaking family drama We are All Completely Beside Ourselves; Lena Dunham’s much talked about essay collection Not That Kind of Girl; and Donna Tartt’s sprawling epic tale The Goldfinch.