- The Dry by Jane Harper
- Vinegar Girl: The Taming of the Shrew Retold by Anne Tyler
- The Girls by Emma Cline
- The Course of Love by Alain de Botton
- Ruins by Rajith Savanadasa
- Dark Emu: Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident? by Bruce Pascoe
- The Last Painting of Sara De Vos by Dominic Smith
- Music and Freedom by Zoë Morrison
- A Hero in France by Alan Furst
- Breaking Cover by Stella Rimington
Our bestselling books of last week include (deep breath) …
…Emma Cline’s much-hyped debut novel loosely based on the Manson Family (The Girls); Bruce Pascoe’s compelling argument for reconsidering the hunter-gatherer tag assigned to precolonial Aboriginal Australians (Dark Emu); new crimes reads from bestselling authors Alan Furst and Stella Rimington (A Hero in France, Breaking Cover); Anne Tyler’s contemporary retelling of Shakespeare (Vinegar Girl); Alain de Botton’s playful, moving depiction of a marriage (The Course of Love); and four terrific Australian novels.
Jane Harper’s The Dry is a gripping page turner, Rajith Savanadasa’s Ruins is a sweeping family saga, Dominic Smith’s The Last Painting of Sara De Vos is a mystery set in the art world, and Zoë Morrison’s Music and Freedom is a sonnet to redemption and resilience.
