Usurping Sally Rooney's throne at number one this month is Helen Garner's first new work in a decade The Season, a tender portrayal of the relationship between grandmother and grandson, and of that moment on the cusp of adulthood when a boy is both child and man.

Not far behind in second place is Taboo by Cheek Media co-founder and CEO, Hannah Ferguson. Part memoir and part feminist manifesto, Taboo is a vulnerable exploration of modern womanhood that weaves deeply personal stories with opinions and advice on sex, friendship, family, career and beyond. Also noteworthy is the breathtaking new work from Haruki Murakami, The City and Its Uncertain Walls; the must-read book on how power, money and influence work in this country by journalist Joe Aston, The Chairman's Lounge; plus two prize-winners having a resurgence: Orbital, winner of The Booker Prize 2024 and The Vegetarian by this year's winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, South Korean author Han Kang. We are very excited that Kang has a new novel, We Do Not Part, which is due for release late February 2025!

1. The Season by Helen Garner
2. Taboo by Hannah Ferguson
3. Intermezzo (special edition hardback) by Sally Rooney
4. Juice by Tim Winton
5. Theory & Practice by Michelle de Kretser
6. The Chairman's Lounge by Joe Aston
7. Orbital by Samantha Harvey
8. The Golden Road by William Dalrymple
9. RecipeTin Eats: Tonight by Nagi Maehashi
10. Dusk by Robbie Arnott
11. Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
12. The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami & Philip Gabriel (trans.)
13. Unlovable by Darren Hayes
14. We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
15. The Granddaughter by Berhard Schlink & Charlotte Collins (trans.)
16. The Vegetarian by Han Kang & Deborah Smith (trans.)
17. What I Ate in One Year by Stanley Tucci
18. The Voice Inside by John Farnham with Poppy Stockell
19. Molly by Rosalie Ham
20. Ottolenghi COMFORT by Yotam Ottolenghi & Helen Goh