1. Faction Man: Bill Shorten’s Path to Power (Quarterly Essay 59) by David Marr
2. Island Home: A Landscape Memoir by Tim Winton
3. The Age Good Food Guide 2016 edited by Roslyn Grundy
4. Reckoning: A Memoir by Magda Szubanski
5. Make Me by Lee Child
6. Nopi: The Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi and Ramael Scully
7. A Mother’s Story by Rosie Batty with Bryce Corbett
8. ST Gill & His Audiences by Sasha Grishin
9. Secret Garden: An Inky Treasure Hunt and Colouring Book by Johanna Basford
10. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (translated by Ann Goldstein)

Our bestselling book for last week is the new Quarterly Essay from David Marr, in which Marr traces the career of Opposition Leader Bill Shorten. You can find a short extract from this essay here.

Last week also saw the release of some amazing Australian memoirs, and three have made it onto our bestsellers list: Island Home (Tim Winton explores the relationship between landscape and his writing); Reckoning (Magda Szubanski digs into family secrets that haunted her childhood); and, A Mother’s Story (Rosie Batty shares her devastating story, and advocates for further reform).

Another popular new release from last week was The Age Good Food Guide 2016. This annual publication is a must-have for anyone who loves to eat out in Melbourne, and throughout regional Victoria.