Our top ten bestsellers of the week

1. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (translated by Ann Goldstein)
2. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
3. The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante (translated by Ann Goldstein)
4. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
5. Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante (translated by Ann Goldstein)
6. The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood
7. The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante (translated by Ann Goldstein)
8. A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
9. The Other Side of the World by Stephanie Bishop
10. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

All ten of of bestselling books from last week are fiction, and there are some excellent reads tucked in there.

Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life is an engrossing story of enduring friendship. Charlotte Wood’s The Natural Way of Things is a haunting allegory of patriarchal complexities. Marlon James’ A Brief History of Seven Killings is a dazzling exploration of the turbulent world of Jamaican gangs and politics. Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train is a thrilling crime read with a slippery, unreliable narrator. Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See is a devastating tale of a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths cross during WW2. And Stephanie Bishop’s The Other Side of the World is a fascinating study of a marriage and family.

In addition, all four books of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan quartet made it to our top ten last week, and we’re not surprised. These books have causes a sensation world-wide and the first book of the series, My Brilliant Friend, was our top selling novel of 2015!

(You can find all 100 bestselling books of last year here.)