The 100 Bestselling Books at Readings in 2012
It’s almost the end of the year which means it’s time to look back at the 100 bestselling books at Readings in 2012! This list combines sales from all six Readings shops and our website (but excludes ebooks.) Different editions of titles have been combined to reflect total sales of each title. The list includes all genres. It covers sales from 1 Jan 2012 to 14 December 2012.
The list includes a great range of Australian books (including Gaysia, The Chemistry Of Tears, The Essential Leunig, Autumn Laing), some word-of-mouth sensations released this year (HHhH, Gone Girl, The Dinner), popular trilogies (The Hunger Games, Fifty Shades of Grey) and prize-winners (Bring Up The Bodies, Behind the Beautiful Forevers).
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100. The Spinoza Problem by Irvin D. Yalom
99. The Convent by Maureen McCarthy
98. Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East by Benjamin Law
97. Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver
96. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 6: Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney
95. The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do
94. Where Is The Green Sheep? by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek
93. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
92. Memoirs of an Addicted Brain by Marc Lewis
91. Foal’s Bread Gillian Mears
90. Lola Bensky by Lily Brett
89. Tasting India by Christine Manfield
88. The Little Veggie Patch Co: How to Grow Food in Small Spaces by Fabian Capomolla and Mat Pember
87. Annie’s Garden to Table by Annie Smithers
86. The Beginner’s Goodbye by Anne Tyler
85. A Song of Ice and Fire Book 4: A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
84. Melbourne by Sophie Cunningham
83. Gough Whitlam: His Time (Volume 2) by Jenny Hocking
82. Free Will by Sam Harris
81. Phantom by Jo Nesbo
80. The Family Hour in Australia by Tai Snaith
79. A Song Of Ice And Fire Book 2: A Clash Of Kings by George R.R. Martin
78. Unnatural Habits by Kerry Greenwood
77. Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
76. Sunday’s Garden: Growing Heide by Lesley Harding and Kendrah Morgan
75. Mr Wilkinson’s Favourite Vegetables by Matt Wilkinson
74. Beastly Things by Donna Leon
73. The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge
72. Mortality by Christopher Hitchens
71. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
70. NW by Zadie Smith
69. Stasiland by Anna Funder
68. On The Road by Jack Keroac
67. The Invention Of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
66. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Book 7: Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney
65. A Song Of Ice And Fire Book 3: A Storm Of Swords Part 2: Blood and Gold by George R.R. Martin
64. 1835: The Founding Of Melbourne & The Conquest Of Australia by James Boyce
63. Eleven Seasons by Paul D. Carter
62. Crossing To Safety by Wallace Stegner
61. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
60. The Dinner by Herman Koch
59. HHhH by Laurent Binet
58. Whole Larder Love by Rohan Anderson
57. Quarterly Essay 45: Us And Them: The Importance Of Animals by Anna Krien
56. The Second World War by Antony Beevor
55. A Song Of Ice And Fire Book 3: A Storm Of Swords Part 1: Steel and Stone by George R.R. Martin
54. A Universe From Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing by Lawrence Krauss
53. My Journey by Jim Stynes
52. Standing in Another Man’s Grave by Ian Rankin
51. The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
50. Canada by Richard Ford
49. The 13-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
48. A Visit From The Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
47. Quarterly Essay 46: Great Expectations: Government, Entitlement and an Angry Nation by Laura Tingle
46. A Cook’s Life by Stephanie Alexander
45. The Hanging Garden by Patrick White
44. Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography by Walter Isaacson
43. QF32: The Captain’s Extraordinary Account of How One of the World’s Worst Air Disasters Was Averted by Richard De Crespigny
42. A Song Of Ice And Fire Book 5: A Dance With Dragons by George R R Martin
41. The New Graded Word-Book For Australian Schools by W. Foster & H. Bryant
40. The Woman Who Changed Her Brain by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young
39. The Casual Cyclist’s Guide To Melbourne by Matt Hurst and Guests
38. Speechless: A Year In My Father’s Business by James Button
37. Jamie’s Thirty Minute Meals by Jamie Oliver
36. Mateship With Birds by Carrie Tiffany
35. True North: The Story Of Mary And Elizabeth Durack by Brenda Niall
34. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
33. Just Doomed! by Andy Griffiths
32. The Age Cheap Eats 2012 edited by Nina Rousseau and Simone Egger (out of print)
31. Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals by Jamie Oliver
30. Behind The Beautiful Forevers: Life Death And Hope In A Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo
29. The 26-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton
28. Autumn Laing Alex Miller
27. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
26. The Engagement by Chloe Hooper
25. The Age Good Food Guide 2013 by Janne Apelgren
24. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
23. Plenty by Yotam Ottolenghi
22. James Halliday Wine Companion 2013 by James Halliday
21. A Song Of Ice And Fire Book 1: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
20. The Australian Moment by George Megalogenis
19. The Street Sweeper by Elliot Perlman
18. The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund De Waal
17. The Mountain by Drusilla Modjeska
16. The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
15. The Chemistry Of Tears by Peter Carey
14. The Essential Leunig: Cartoons From A Winding Path by Michael Leunig
13. Fifty Shades Freed by E. L. James
12. Quarterly Essay 47: Political Animal: The Making of Tony Abbott by David Marr
11. Fifty Shades Darker by E. L. James
10. Jerusalem by Yotam Ottolenghi & Sami Tamimi
9. The Sense Of An Ending by Julian Barnes
8. The Hunger Games Book 3: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
7. Religion For Atheists: A Non Believer’s Guide To The Uses Of Religion by Alain de Botton
6. Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan
5. The Hunger Games Book 2: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
4. The Hunger Games Book 1: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
3. Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel
2. Fifty Shades Of Grey by E. L. James
1. All That I Am by Anna Funder
Australian Women Writers Challenge
and the
, we are delighted that a novel by an Australian woman is our number one selling book of 2012!
All That I Am
has had an incredible run – last year, it was our number #4 bestseller, and this year it just kept on selling, easily slotting into the number one spot. Books written by women also round out our top five, with the EL James juggernaut
, Hilary Mantel’s masterpiece
and the ever popular
by Suzanne Collins.