Our top ten bestsellers of the week

1. Dear Life - On Caring for the Elderly (Quarterly Essay 57) by Karen Hitchcock
2. The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
3. Bad Behaviour: A Memoir of Bullying and Boarding School by Rebecca Starford
4. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
5. So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson
6. The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
7. The Story of Australia’s People Volume 1: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Australia by Geoffrey Blainey
8. Hello, Beautiful!: Scenes from a Life by Hannie Rayson
9. Brother of the More Famous Jack by Barbara Trapido
10. Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano by Dana Thomas

Our top seller for last week is the new Quarterly Essay. In Dear Life - On Caring for the Elderly, Karen Hitchcock investigates the treatment of the elderly and dying through some unforgettable cases. Literary critic Stephen Romei called the essay ‘required reading for every Australian’, and we agree. You can find an extract from it here.

Other interesting non-fiction titles on our list include Dana Thomas’ story of how John Galliano and Alexander McQueen changed the face of fashion (Gods and Kings) and Jon Ronson’s brilliant exploration of shame (So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed).