- The Road to Ruin by Niki Savva
- Talking to My Country by Stan Grant
- Econobabble by Richard Denniss
- When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
- The First Bad Man by Miranda July
- My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (translated by Ann Goldstein)
- Balancing Act – Australia Between Recession and Renewal (Quarterly Essay 61) by George Megalogenis
- A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
- The Midnight Watch by David Dyer
- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Last week’s bestsellers list features some important new books about the Australian experience.
In the top spot sits Niki Savva’s controversial new book exploring the fall of the Abbott government. The Road to Ruin has been one of the most talked about books of 2016 so far, and after selling out on its day of release, is now back in stock.
Other Australian non-fiction titles include Richard Denniss’s straight-talking investigation into the mysteries of economic talk in the public sphere (Econobabble), a new Quarterly Essay from George Megalogenis (Balancing Act), and Stan Grant’s meditation on race, culture and national identity that our reviewer described as ‘one of those rare books that has the potential to change the way people think’ (Talking to My Country).
Our bestsellers list also includes a moving memoir from neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi; When Breath Becomes Air chronicles his transformation from doctor, to a patient himself. Managing Director Mark Rubbo writes, ‘It is his great skill as a writer that raises this book from just a tragic tale to one that has lessons and meaning for us all.’ You can find out more about this astonishing short book, as well as other memoirs from doctors here.
