Our top ten bestsellers of the week
- The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
- Plenty More by Yotam Ottolenghi
- We are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
- The Book of Paul: The Wit and Wisdom of Paul Keating by Russell Marks
- Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s ‘Learned’ by Lena Dunham
- A World of Other People by Steven Carroll
- Amnesia by Peter Carey
- The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
- Only the Animals by Ceridwen Dovey
- 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.