1. Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder
2. Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran
3. The Voice to Parliament Handbook: All the Detail You Need by Thomas Mayo & Kerry O'Brien
4. Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang
5. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
6. What You Are Looking for is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama & Alison Watts (trans.)
7. Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi & Geoffrey Trousselot (trans.)
8. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
9. Day Trip Melbourne by Evi O & Andrew Grune
10. The Collector by Daniel Silva
11. The Empty Honour Board by Martin Flanagan
12. Restless Dolly Maunder by Kate Grenville
13. The Very Hungry Coeliac by Melanie Persson
14. American Prometheus by Kai Bird & Martin J. Sherwin
15. The Love Contract by Steph Vizard
16. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
17. Atomic Habits by James Clear
18. At the Foot of the Cherry Tree by Alli Parker
19. Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead
20. Everything You Need to Know About the Voice by Megan Davis & George Williams

Our bestseller this month was Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life, which tells the story of George Orwell's unsung wife and gives an intimate view of one of the most important literary marriages of the 20th century. It is a book that speaks to our present moment as much as it illuminates the past.

Also making an appearance in August was What You Are Looking for is in the Library, perfect for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Tom Lake by Ann Patchett, a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents have led before their children were born, and Day Trip Melbourne which lists 52 nature adventures – one for every week of the year – to tempt Melburnians, and visitors, outdoors in any weather. August also includes long-term favourites Yellowface and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow which have continued to chart since their release.