Our November 2023 bestsellers

1. Question 7 by Richard Flanagan
2. The In-Between by Christos Tsiolkas
3. Good Material by Dolly Alderton
4. Women & Children by Tony Birch
5. So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan
6. Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life by Anna Funder
7. Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton
8. Bright Shining: How Grace Changes Everything by Julia Baird
9. Killing for Country: A Family Story by David Marr
10. All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien
11. Quarterly Essay 92: The Great Divide: Australia’s Housing Mess and How to Fix It by Alan Kohler
12. Corners of Melbourne by Robyn Annear
13. Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum & Shanna Tan (trans.)
14. Before the Coffee Gets Gold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi & Geoffrey Trousselot (trans.)
15. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench
16. Iron Flame (The Empyrean, Book 2) by Rebecca Yarros
17. Unruly: The History of England’s Kings and Queens by David Mitchell
18. Everyone On This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson
19. Rumi: Food of Middle Eastern Appearance by Joseph Abboud
20. I Don’t: The Case Against Marriage by Clementine Ford

Unsuprisingly there were a few new entries on our bestsellers list this month as many exciting releases graced our shelves in November. Coming straight in at number one was Question 7 by Booker Prize-winning author Richard Flanagan. Combining memoir and history Question 7 is about the choices we make about love and the chain reaction that follows, but it is also so much more. Read it and see for your yourself – this distinctive work could well be Flanagan's finest yet.

Other first-timers to our bestsellers were Bright Shining by Julia Baird, a beautiful and timely exploration of that most mysterious but necessary of human qualities: grace; Corners of Melbourne by Melbourne's favourite historian Robyn Annear which takes us on an unorthodox tour of the city's streets and corners; Good Material by Dolly Alderton a sharply funny, beautifully observed and exquisitely relatable story of heartbreak and friendship, and how to survive both; Women & Children by Tony Birch, a powerful and personal novel about the love and courage between two sisters, and a sudden loss of childhood innocence; and for those who enjoyed Before the Coffee Gets Gold (a regular in our bestsellers), and love books, there's Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum (translated from Korean by Shanna Tan) which is a heart-warming story about finding comfort and acceptance in your life – and the healing power of books.

There really are too many noteworthy books to mention but cast your eye over the above list for some wonderful ideas for festive gift-giving and also check out our Summer Reading Guide offerings here.