Our top ten bestsellers of the week

1. The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
2. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
3. My Story by Julia Gillard (pre-order available only)
4. The Age Good Cafe Guide 2014 by Matt Holden
5. Hard Choices by Hillary Rodham Clinton
6. Jerusalem by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi
7. Piranesi’s Grandest Tour: From Europe to Australia by Colin Holden
8. Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Little Golden Book by Diane Muldrow
9. Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
10. A Girl is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride

Our top seller for the week is Robert Galbraith’s - AKA J.K. Rowling’s - new crime novel, The Silkworm. Our reviewer says, ‘(Rowling) livens up the crime-fiction scene, hitting all the right notes, creating people you want to follow and making words such a pleasure to read…’ Read the full review here.

This week also features three fiction prize winners on our list (The Goldfinch, Burial Rites, A Girl is a Half-formed Thing), two memoirs from female politicians (My Story, Hard Choices), two food books that are long-standing favourites at Readings (The Age Good Cafe Guide 2014, Jerusalem), a book full of life lessons for adults (Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Little Golden Book) AND… a stunning book featuring the artwork of eighteenth-century Italian printmaker Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Piranesi’s Grandest Tour: From Europe to Australia).

Happy reading!