1. Purity by Jonathan Franzen
2. The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante (translated by Ann Goldstein)
3. The Girl in the Spider’s Web by David Lagercrantz (translated by George Goulding)
4. Decolonizing Solidarity: Dilemmas and Directions for Supporters of Indigenous Struggles by Clare Land
5. Fever of Animals by Miles Allinson
6. Prick with a Fork: The World’s Worst Waitress Spills the Beans by Larissa Dubecki
7. Enchanted Forest by Johanna Basford
8. Make Me by Lee Child
9. The Secret Son by Jenny Ackland
10. Breakfast, School Run, Chemo: The Sometimes Funny, Definitely Not Depressing, True Story of a Mum with Cancer by Julia Watson

September is an excellent month for book-lovers with a swag of exciting new releases! Several notables have made their way into our bestsellers list this week.

Leading the way is Purity, Jonathan Franzen’s first work of fiction in five years. Our Head Book Buyer (and self-declared ‘Fanzen’) Alison Huber says it’s worth the wait: “This is writing to marvel at, its writer a soothsaying chronicler of the age… Please, read it now.”

Read her full review here.

Next is Elena Ferrante’s with the final instalment of the Neapolitan Novels. Our reviewer for The Story of the Lost Child writes: “These are the kind of books that swallow me whole. As soon as I pick one up, I don’t want to breathe or move lest I break the spell.”

Read her full review here. (Or find the first book in the quartet here.)

Other bestsellers include: Clare Land’s landmark book in Australian Indigenous affairs (Decolonizing Solidarity); two Australian fiction debuts (Fever of Animals, The Secret Son); and, two crime fictions continuing the stories of two much-loved characters – Lisbeth Salander and Jack Reacher (The Girl in the Spider’s Web, Make Me).