1. The Mindfulness Colouring Book: Anti-Stress Art Therapy for Busy People by Emma Farrarons
2. In The Quiet by Eliza Henry-Jones
3. Gut: the Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Under-Rated Organ by Giulia Enders
4. The Other Side of the World by Stephanie Bishop
5. The Eye of the Sheep by Sofie Laguna
6. Enchanted Forest by Johanna Basford
7. The Hanged Man and the Body Thief: Finding Lives in a Museum Mystery by Alexandra Roginski
8. The Strays by Emily Bitto
9. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
10. Colourtation Anti-Stress Colouring Book For Adults: Volume 1 by Stan Rodski and Jack Dowling

Readings staff member Nina Kenwood recently wrote about how July is a terrific month to read a book by an Australian woman, and it seems readers are taking note with four novels by Australian women making our bestsellers list for last week.

Two of these novels are award winners. Sofie Laguna’s The Eye of the Sheep won this year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award and Emily Bitto’s The Strays won this year’s Stella Prize. The other two are new releases that our staff are loving. Our reviewer for Eliza Henry-Jones’ In The Quiet described it as, ‘utterly lovely’ (read the full review here). And our reviewer for Stephanie Bishop’s The Other Side of the World called it, ‘a brilliant work of art’ (read the full review here).