Our top ten bestsellers of the week
- Lost & Found by Brooke Davis
- The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
- All the Birds Singing by Evie Wyld
- The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
- Chasing the Ace by Nicholas J. Johnson
- Dragon’s Tail: The Lucky Country After the China Boom by Andrew Charlton (Quarterly Essay 54)
- Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty
- The Book of Paul: The Wit and Wisdom of Paul Keating by Russell Marks
- Eyrie by Tim Winton
- The Age Good Cafe Guide 2014 by Matt Holden
Our top seller for the week is a heartwarming debut novel from Perth author Brooke Davis. Our reviewer writes, ‘If you can read Lost & Found, and not find such praise deserving, then your heart must be a cold ocean!’ Read the full review here.
Including this title, our bestsellers list featured seven books from Australian authors: Chasing the Ace, Dragon’s Tail: The Lucky Country After the China Boom, The Age Good Cafe Guide 2014, Eyrie, The Book of Paul: The Wit and Wisdom of Paul Keating, and finally, All the Birds Singing, which was named winner of the Miles Franklin award last week. Our reviewer said of the novel: ‘the beauty, simplicity and tension of Wyld’s prose, and her skill at reflecting Jake’s moods against the weather and wildlife of her severe surroundings, are exquisite.’ Read the full review here.