January is always a quiet month for new releases but it is a great chance to see what our customers have been reading over the summer holidays. Many of our wonderful 2024 bestsellers feature in this month's list but there are also a couple of books making an appearance for the first time.
Straight in at number 3 after only 10 days on the shelves is Onyx Storm, the third in Rebecca Yarros's ever-popular five-book romantasy series The Empyrean. Also in the top ten, and experiencing a resurgence, is I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, a haunting, heartbreaking post-apocalyptic tale of female friendship and intimacy set in a deserted world. Other notable new books are Geraldine Brooks' Memorial Days and The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins.
1. Orbital by Samantha Harvey
2. The Season by Helen Garner
3. Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, Book 3) by Rebecca Yarros
4. Intermezzo (special edition hardback) by Sally Rooney
5. All Fours by Miranda July
6. The Vegetarian by Han Kang & Deborah Smith (trans.)
7. James by Percival Everett
8. RecipeTin Eats: Tonight by Nagi Maehashi
9. Butter by Asako Yuzuki & Polly Barton (trans.)
10. I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
11. Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi & Geoffrey Trousselot (trans.)
12. Dusk by Robbie Arnott
13. Theory & Practice by Michelle de Kretser
14. Time of the Child by Niall Williams
15. Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks
16. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
17. Juice by Tim Winton
18. The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami & Philip Gabriel (trans.)
19. The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
20. A Very Short History of the Israel-Palestine Conflict by Ilan Pappe
