1. The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet by Michael Mosley
2. Our Magic Hour by Jennifer Down
3. The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine by Alexander McCall Smith
4. Chance Developments by Alexander McCall Smith
5. Talking to My Country by Stan Grant
6. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
7. Enemy by Ruth Clare
8. All These Perfect Strangers by Aoife Clifford
9. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (translated by Ann Goldstein)
10. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Our bestselling novel for last week is Jennifer Down’s debut, Our Magic Hour, which our reviewer describes as, ‘beautiful, gut-wrenching fiction’. This novel is breaking many hearts here at Readings, and you can read a fascinating interview with Down here, in which she discusses the role of trauma and memory in her work.

Other new releases in our bestsellers list include: Ruth Clare’s memoir exploring the lasting effects of war (Enemy), Aoife Clifford’s debut psychological thriller (All These Perfect Strangers), and doctor Paul Kalanithi’s life-affirming reflection on mortality (When Breath Becomes Air).

Talking to My Country, Stan Grant’s personal meditation on race and national identity, also continues to be popular with readers. Our reviewer calls it, ’one of those rare books that has the potential to change the way people think’.