We were delighted to be the official booksellers at this year’s Melbourne Writers Festival, which finished up last Sunday. Congratulations to the Melbourne Writers Festival team on another amazing year!

Readings Managing Director Mark Rubbo says: ‘It was a very enjoyable festival and everything went well – we enjoyed ourselves. The program was strong and focused; Maxine Beneba Clarke’s opening address was particularly powerful, as was Richard Flanagan’s address. We were especially excited that Readings staff member Alec Patrić won the Miles Franklin and that it was the bestselling book of the festival. Also, Readings sponsored a series of free morning sessions with new Australian writers and that was a great success.’

Here is a list of the top 25 bestselling books from this year’s Festival.

1. Black Rock White City by A.S. Patrić
2. The Hollow of the Hand by PJ Harvey and Seamus Murphy
3. The Hate Race by Maxine Beneba Clarke
4. East West Street by Philippe Sands
5. The Unwinding by George Packer
6. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
7. Enemy Within (Quarterly Essay 63) by Don Watson
8. The Easy Way Out by Steven Amsterdam
9. Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
10. Thatcher Stole My Trousers by Alexei Sayle
11. The Girl With The Dogs by Anna Funder
12. The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood
13. The Health Gap by Michael Marmot
14. The Science of Appearances by Jacinta Halloran
15. The Mandibles by Lionel Shriver
16. Tell the Truth, Shame The Devil by Melina Marchetta
17. Drawing Blood by Molly Crabapple
18. The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride
19. Walking Towards Ourselves edited by Catriona Mitchell
20. Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe
21. In Certain Circles by Elizabeth Harrower
22. Neurotribes by Steve Silberman
23. The Magicians by Lev Grossman
24. The Killing Season Uncut by Sarah Ferguson and Patricia Drum
25. The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel

And here is a list of the top 10 bestselling authors, including combined sales of all their books.

1. A.S. Patrić
2. Rainbow Rowell
3. PJ Harvey and Seamus Murphy
4. Maxine Beneba Clarke
5. Elizabeth Harrower
6. Anna Funder
7. Philippe Sands
8. Charlotte Wood
9. George Packer
10. Lionel Shriver

Thank you to everyone who came to visit us at our Readings Festival Bookshop. We loved seeing so many passionate readers in the same vicinity.