Our top ten bestsellers of the week

  1. The Mindfulness Colouring Book: Anti-Stress Art Therapy for Busy People by Emma Farrarons
  2. Millie Marotta’s Animal Kingdom by Millie Marotta
  3. Certain Admissions: A Beach, a Body and a Lifetime of Secrets by Gideon Haigh
  4. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
  5. Supermarket Monsters: the Price of Coles and Woolworths’ Dominance by Malcolm Knox
  6. Gut: the Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Under-Rated Organ by Giulia Enders
  7. Secret Garden: An Inky Treasure Hunt and Colouring Book by Johanna Basford
  8. The Strays by Emily Bitto
  9. Enchanted Forest: 20 Postcards by Johanna Basford
  10. The Lost Swimmer by Ann Turner

While we haven’t listed the book here (as we have a separate bestsellers list for children and young adult books here), our biggest seller for the week is Trace Balla’s debut graphic novel, Rivertime, which was recently named the winner of the Readings Children’s Book Prize 2015!

The Readings Children’s Book Prize recognises and celebrates books that families love reading together, or that children read under the covers with a torch late into the night because they can’t bear to put it down – books they tell their friends about. It also aims to raise the profile of debut and on-the-rise Australian children’s book authors. You can find out more about Balla’s win here, or find a sneak peek inside the book here.

Other top sellers for last week include no less than four colouring books (The Mindfulness Colouring Book:, Millie Marotta’s Animal Kingdom, Secret Garden, Enchanted Forest: 20 Postcards), as well as two non-fiction books from terrific Australian authors: Gideon Haigh and Malcolm Knox (respectively Certain Admissions and Supermarket Monsters)).

Also non-fiction, Giulia Enders’ Gut is quickly becoming a staff favourite. Find our review of the book here.