Our top ten bestsellers of the week

1. The Road to Ruin by Niki Savva
2. Balancing Act – Australia Between Recession and Renewal (Quarterly Essay 61) by George Megalogenis
3. Talking to My Country by Stan Grant
4. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (translated by Ann Goldstein)
5. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
6. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
7. The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet by Michael Mosley
8. Political Amnesia – How We Forgot How To Govern (Quarterly Essay 60) by Laura Tingle
9. The Light on the Water by Olga Lorenzo
10. The Romanovs: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore

Our bestselling books for last week include some exciting non-fiction reads, from Simon Sebag Montefiore’s blockbuster history of the Romanov dynasty (The Romanovs), to Niki Savva controversial investigation into the fall of the Abbott government (The Road to Ruin).

We’re also pleased to note that our book of the month – Stan Grant’s powerful letter to Australia, Talking to My Country – also makes our bestsellers list this week.

Fiction titles include the first of Elena Ferrante’s deservedly popular Neapolitan novels (My Brilliant Friend), Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize-winning epic tale set during WWII (All the Light We Cannot See), and Olga Lorenzo’s ‘perfect for book clubs’ second novel (The Light on the Water).

We put together a list of our top picks for book club out this month (including Lorenzo’s) here.