We were delighted to be the official booksellers at this year’s Melbourne Writers Festival. Congratulations to everyone who brought this festival together!

Here is a list of the top 25 bestselling books from the festival…

1. No Friend But the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani (translated by Omid Tofighian)
2. The Life to Come by Michelle de Kretser
3. Boys Will be Boys by Clementine Ford*
4. War on Peace by Ronan Farrow
5. Bridge Burning and Other Hobbies by Kitty Flanagan
6. The Future is History by Masha Gessen
7. The Battle for Home: by Marwa al-Sabouni
8. Where Am I Now? by Mara Wilson
9. Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
10. The Shepherd’s Hut by Tim Winton
11. Alt America by David Neiwert
12. Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee
13. On Doubt by Leigh Sales
14. Butterfly On A Pin by Alannah Hill
15. Reckoning by Magda Szubanski
16. Everyones A Aliebn When Ur A Aliebn Too by Jomny Sun
17. Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
18. Leather Soul by Bob Murphy
19. The Power of Hope by Kon Karapanagiotidis
20. Home: Drawings by Syrian Children edited by Ben Quilty
21. Always Another Country by Sisonke Msimang
22. No Country Woman by Zoya Patel
23. When Elephants Fight by Majok Tulba
24. Clean by Juno Dawson
25. Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia edited by Anita Heiss

* Please note: Clementine Ford’s book was a special early release for the festival and more copies won’t be available until 26 September. You can pre-order signed copies from Readings, both in-store and online.

And the top five bestselling authors from the festival are…

1. Ta Nehisi Coates
2. Michelle De Kretser
3. Maxine Beneba Clarke
4. Behrouz Boochani
5. Clementine Ford

Thank you to everyone who came to visit us at our Readings Festival Bookshop – and happy reading.